BBE sonic maximizer.

[cobhc]

Many guys on the Jackson/Charvel forum swear by that and a 5150, many also swear that the 5150 cab is the best cab for that amp. But again, each to their own.

 

[Muttley]

I have a 362 in my rack. It was an e-bay impulse purchase with the idea that "if it sucks, I'll just re-sell it". It doesn't suck. It can be very useful for tweaking an already dialed in sound, and that's what I use it for mainly; fine tuning.

Very nice bit of kit that can make a dramatic difference to your sound. I haven't used it for recording yet though, just live work. So that still needs to be tested out.

Muttley

 

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

It looks like there is a mac version available although I can only find a VST version rather than AU

Let me know if you find something, I've failed when I tried to

 

[elmuchoescadawg]

Let me know if you find something, I've failed when I tried to

At the moment its looking like VST only

 

[greyskull]

why not grab a vst to rtas wrapper ?

 

[Kazrog]

I will go out on a limb as somebody who used to swear by it and say that the BBE Sonic Maximizer is total crap.

 

[unsilpauly]

I will go out on a limb as somebody who used to swear by it and say that the BBE Sonic Maximizer is total crap.

this man speaks the truth.

 

[Jackal_Strain]

Aye! The BBE is the devil!

 

[006]

^^ That's basically what I was trying to say in a roundabout, nice way, lol.

~e.a

 

[~BURNY~]

I'd not go that far while Jacob said he found it useful on some occasions...
But yes, in the wrong hands, it can be the devil.

 

[musickey]

I have three BBE 482's, I used to think they were the shit and well i guess you could say i was right kinda they are shit lol, Nothing i record now goes through em but my bassist uses one with his Ampeg rig. (dont ask me why)

 

[kev]

Yeah, it's a last resort imo, if you can't get it to sound good with anything else, then bring out the bbe.

exactly what i think- i see no cause for one myself in a guitar rig, just set the damn thing up well i guess lol.... lazymans EQ?

 

[Kazrog]

I know a guy who throws a BBE plugin on every single track in his Sonar sessions. Vocals, guitars, bass, drums, doesn't matter. uke:

 

[cobhc]

I know a guy who throws a BBE plugin on every single track in his Sonar sessions. Vocals, guitars, bass, drums, doesn't matter. uke:

Is the end result good though?

 

[Kazrog]

Is the end result good though?

No, it's crap. Of course, he also swears by Behringer, Crate, etc.

 

[cobhc]

Lol, ok I guess I was gonna try to prove a point that if the BBE works for someone and the result is good, then it's not all bad.

 

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

Works for me.

 

[ApolloSpeed]

No, it's crap. Of course, he also swears by Behringer, Crate, etc.

actually....I've known Behringer and Crate to have a couple good products every once and a while.

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Again I only have liked it on vocals. Got to agree with guitars, bass, drums etc I hate it.

 

[taylor666]

I know a guy in a local band who uses a Crate Gt3500h with a BBE 362 in the loop. It sound's way over-processed and digital on it's own but it isn't too bad in the full band situation. Then again, the other guitarist usually just bums gear off other people at shows and almost always gets the worst possible setup from the opening bands so it sounds better by comparison.