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