sansamp bass di

[aramism]

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/BassDriver/



is this the famous and industry standard for bass direct recording? i've heard many people talk about how they use a sanasmp and combine it with a mic to track bass i just wanted to make sure i was gonna buy the right one

 

[JeffTD]

That's it.

 

[Gnash]

My old bass player had 2 of those, I can't remember why. He took them with him, so I need to pick one up too.

 

[aramism]

my bass player now has an mxr distortion/di box



this is def worth the upgrade right?

 

[PhilR]

I've had the Sansamp box for years. It's a great piece of kit.

Gnash, back when I was still a regular bassist I wanted to have two as well. One for clean and one for overdriven sounds. Never did scrape the money together though.

 

[Gnash]

Oh yeah, you will LOVE the sansamp!

 

[everybody's x]

one of my favorite tools

try it on drums!

 

[aramism]

drums? how

 

[everybody's x]

as a mono send, bring it up on a parallel bus under the drums

poor mans distressor

 

[Glenn Fricker]

Great box. Winds up on nearly every single project.

 

[punkrockacademyfightsong]

I've had the Sansamp box for years. It's a great piece of kit.

Gnash, back when I was still a regular bassist I wanted to have two as well. One for clean and one for overdriven sounds. Never did scrape the money together though.

nowadays you can get the 3 channel programmable version for just 10 dollars more than the single channel version, that would save you a lot if want to use 2 (or 3) different sansamp tones.

anyhow: i can't imagine bass recording before i bought a sansamp, it simply the best. i love it on vocals too... indeed, poor mans distressor

 

[sparkyness]

another vote...my tone's all about my bartolini's, my sansamp and whatever my hands are capable of producing doing that day.

Spent the afternoon tracking with my BDDI and just love that bloody thing.

 

[Curran]

when I did a tour with Joey Vera(he was playing in seven witches at the time) we where hanging out getting hammered and I told him his tone was amazing every single night!!! and all he said to me was "I need my sansamp and my fender P/J bass and I am good!!!" and everytime he has played it sounds like a rolling wall of power!!! it is FUCKING AWESOME!!! just get one and be happy
Love Curran

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

I don't own one, and I don't think I am gonna get one anytime soon. I really like how my bass recordings have been comming out without it.

 

[Gnash]

as a mono send, bring it up on a parallel bus under the drums

poor mans distressor

Nice!

 

[aramism]

wow i got it last night.



you don't even really need to mic the cabinet. by itself it sounds unreal. aside from the DI it's also a great preamp/signa boost makes the bass sound much better.


i convninced my bass player t order the emg 40dc pups for his bass sonce they arrive i'll install them for him and it should sound even better. monday im going to work on blending the DI signal with a mic on the cabinet (audix d6)

 

[kev]

I was tempted to pickup one of the sansamp guitar processors that dimitar on here uses. He got a most excellent sound out of it lol!

 

[Deaf Ear]

as a mono send, bring it up on a parallel bus under the drums

poor mans distressor

I've tried this before and it just sounded nasty to me. I'm sure I'm doing something wrong. Can you give an idiot's guide to hooking it up as a send? How do you deal with impedance, etc.?

 

[Seizure.]

I would be interrested too!
I distort vocals with it but never tried this.

 

[Sloan]

I ran sound for the Dave Matthews Tribute Band for a few gigs this last winter and dude used a sansamp. my first experience with one, but he definitely had a killer sound.