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I had an older one died an unfortunate death and replaced it last year with a new one.
#Started from the bottom bass boosted driver
Couldn't do that pre-Para Driver and always felt it was a weakness of the Full Circle set-up. I played a loud blues gig not so long ago on a very small stage where I was pretty much in front of my stack of two Fearless F112s and was able to get silly loud without feedback issues. I think that my bass/rig is more resistent to feedback with the Para Driver in the circuit than if I run directly into the amp (HPF and phase switch notwithstanding). Couldn't do that without the pre-Para Driver and always felt it was a weakness of the Full Circle set-up. The instrument level out seems too low-although perhaps I've been too reticent about cranking the level knob. I actually keep the switch to line level out even when taking it into the front panel input of my Acoustic Image head. I've been thinking that there may be something wrong with my old Para Driver DI, though, because I've never found the unit to have a particularly hot output. I think it adds a bit of "grain" to the sound that warms my Innovations toward a slightly more gut-like character. Also, I find that I actually like a bit of the Drive in the signal. I've done some mixing but prefer the pure, processed output. I've always kept my blend at 100% (like but never thought of it as the "tube emulation" feature, rather as the processed versus dry sound. It looked like hell, but performed flawlessly. I had a BDDI that I bought used, used in my BG days, then in my UB days, then sold it when I upgraded to the Para. The output on it seems pretty hot compared to most other preamps I've used to drive a power amp. It's probably not for everyone, and might not work for a modern jazz player using steels/hybrids. For my ear, and being primarily a gut player, it just puts that warm oomph back in for me. I run the tube emulation (Blend knob) at 100%. Here is where the purists should turn away. I've played around with the Air switch, but it doesn't seem to have any profound effect for me. This picture was taken in a horrible room for upright bass, so my EQ might have some more drastic adjustments than usual. Most of the time I'm either cutting the bass, or dialing the mids back towards flat for adjustments. My settings shown below are pretty close to what I usually use, though I do adjust for each room. A HPF is on the way, which will be the last device in my chain. I'm not shooting for MBOL with my rig, but rather good live tone that mixes easy (especially in loud clubs). My signal chain is as follows: RS2 > ParaDriver > TC Electronics Bodyrez > FX return. Obviously, lots of gig testing will be needed to flesh this out.Īnyway, there is lots of testing still to go with this unit, but I thought it would be nice to get input from others who have used it for DB amplification and not derail the previous thread. I've been informed by that the rumble filter was voiced for acoustic guitar and is likely too high for use with the double bass, but the ability to blend the original signal in with the affected signal seems to mitigate this and sounds nice at home. So far I've gotten the best results with all settings set flat and the rumble and air switches engaged, which enables me to forego the HP filter. I have the V2 version, which has some features on it that the original doesn't: a "Rumble" switch, an "Air" switch, and a Blend knob. There is still some Phil Jones magic in the preamp of that amp. I like it better so far through the regular input rather than into the effects return. I never noticed what I would exactly call "piezo clunk" with the FC/SFC combination, but there has always been a bit of that artificial low end that I had to roll off with a HP filter.
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It's got a really nice basic sound set flat.
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#Started from the bottom bass boosted how to
It just came today and I'm sure I'll play with this a fair bit to learn how to use it, but my initial findings are: On a whim, I ordered one to see if I could use it to get some upper harmonics out of my dark-ish PJB Super Flightcase amp. Click to expand.and found that there are a lot of players here - including more DB players than I would have thought - who really like this unit.