| The ironic thing about the situation is the engineer | | | | ridiculous, but I just haven't learned what truly sounds |
| admits now that he did nothing different on that | | | | good on a bass. I think the biggest problem with my |
| bass sound than he had on the numerous other | | | | bass sounds (besides the variety of bass players) |
| records he had done. Of course, no one cared much | | | | has been the quality of the basses. Almost every |
| about the bass sound on the other records. It turns | | | | bass that I record with a DI has this over the top, |
| out that the only change in the equation was the | | | | unusable low end that just sounds like crap. While a |
| song and the player. The engineer said that this one | | | | few bass sounds do make the subs in the car go to |
| particular bass player just sounds that damn good. He | | | | town, I find that most of the time, the bass sound is |
| has magic hands and no one else comes close.This | | | | up above the subwoofer level. It's in the low mids |
| takes me to my review of the Sansamp Bass DI. I | | | | region.I've been experimenting with knocking out a |
| bought this pedal about the same time I bought my | | | | ton of the lows with the Sansamp and I'm getting |
| first microphone, so I've had it for years and years. | | | | closer to what I'm looking for. The tone controls on |
| Before I get into it's tone, I must say that bass is | | | | the Sansamp really do seam to do something cool. |
| something that totally eludes me. Maybe it's just my | | | | They do offer a lot of flexibility. I find it easier in my |
| guitar player instinct, but I never seam to record a | | | | brain to twist a few knobs on a pedal to extreme |
| bass sound that impresses me all that much. I'm not | | | | settings ( if necessary) than I do using a parametric |
| sure what the problem is, but more than likely the | | | | eq plugin.So for me, I can't give the Sansamp a |
| answer to my question was in the first two | | | | tremendous review. Honestly, I can't give a review at |
| paragraphs of this article.I wanted to blame my | | | | all right now. I've not hit the bass sound that I'm |
| recording gear such as the Sansamp Bass DI for me | | | | looking for, but I'm going to keep trying until I find it. |
| not achieving a bass sound that I really liked. | | | | I'm not sure that the Sansamp is the cause or the |
| However, I'm starting to think that this is not the | | | | blame for the this.With that being said, the best bass |
| case. I read the forums where the big dogs hang out. | | | | sound I've ever gotten was done with a very good |
| Someone once asked about the Sansamp Bass DI. I | | | | bass player with a very good bass. We ran him |
| was amazed at how many people truly loved it. I'm | | | | straight into a Vintech 1272 preamp and it did sound |
| talking about engineers who had 20 platinum records | | | | excellent. For whatever reason the Vintech preamp |
| on their wall. These guys usually refute anything | | | | did sound much better than the Presonus M80 I was |
| that's not $3,000 but it seamed that no one had | | | | using. The difference was night and day. It's very |
| anything negative to say about the Sansamp Bass DI. | | | | possible that the preamp you use the Sansamp DI |
| Impressive.So I sat down one day to play with my | | | | with could make a huge difference in tone. I think the |
| Sansamp. To be honest, I never played with the | | | | big engineers like it because it has all the knobs right |
| knobs too much on this pedal. I guess it's a little | | | | there so they can fool with them as they choose. |