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