Dave,
I tried my 1969 Mercenary Edition on Kick the other day and it wasn't happening. I found the release wouldn't open up enough, so even at the fastest release setting, the kick didn't get a chance to breathe its note out. However, this box is great for a short, tight kick sound.
I ended up using my Distressor for the kick sound I was after. There was tons more control over the attack and release, and their range and usefulness easily outshined the 69's. Also, I was getting that last crucial few db of output from the Ditressor so the kick could sit in the track perfectly, which I wasn't getting from '69.
I'm wondering how to drive the tubes harder in the 69, though. I set it to where I expected to hear the tubes working hard, and I could hear the effect, but not as much as I wanted to hear it.
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Originally posted by Dave Martin
Yep - the 160 SL gives you an enormous amount of control of what the box does (and therefore over the signal). it has a bit of that dbx sound, though it doesn't (according so a couple of dbx160VU owners ) have whatever magic the 160VU has. You'd pretty much need to play with one and see if the sound of the unit is what you want. For a drum buss or a mix buss, I prefer the Drawmer 1969 and a Vari-Mu, respectively