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I would say 600Hz is more "mids" than 2.5K. Whether or not either is of more use on bass or not........ I personally like to boost both mentioned frequencies on my amp. When recording, I use the EQ in my DAW. Do you not have this option?

A limiter is a compressor with the compression ratio set to 1:infinity. The limiter/enhancers you can buy let you bring the ratio down a bit, but it's still very much a hard compression ratio. These pedals are really good if your dynamics are all over the place, or, if you want a very consistent level. The "enhance" circuit could help your passive sound a bit active, but that's really not the point of these pedals. The reason I like them is that you can set the threshold, and the ratio. A compressor/sustainer will generally have less of a hard ratio. That's about all I can say (probably should have kept my mouth shut) The most important point IMHO when deciding what kind of compressor to buy is that the limiter/enhancer pedals (boss+behringer) give you more control over the compression taking place.

I saw one on Ebay, and I was watching it. I didn't buy it so it probably went above 50-60 quid but I can't remember the final price sorry. It wouldn't have been more than £100 'cos I would remember (I think). I'll make you an offer if you're going to sell it, but someone could always know more about these things and advise ebay 'cos it's worth more, or very rare or whatever. The one I saw was not in good condition.

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='129342' date='Jan 28 2008, 03:31 PM']I think its a mouth swab, Tom...[/quote] What kind of a celebrity would let you swab their mouth without demanding sexual favours? You're being a bit niave me thinks. :-p I played with Status Quo and spoke to the two famous ones. Also, I have an amusing picture of me and my band and Tony Christie!

[quote name='Doc B' post='129324' date='Jan 28 2008, 03:13 PM']I could get jailed if I shared mine with you as it involved someone I swabbed for a court-directed paternity test.[/quote] This is why your internet identity should be annonymous! We'd all love to know which celebrity had his c*ck in your hand

I have to agree there Tayste - Lots of people use blending to "retain low end". If a dirt pedal looses low end, turn up the low control on it, or get rid of the pedal IMO. I use my blending for added "punch"

[quote name='BassManKev' post='128862' date='Jan 27 2008, 08:10 PM']tom found that that didnt work too well with some of his effects on his board, so might not be the most flexible... this mini vfb barge concepts are bringing out seems interesting[/quote] Bob was good when I used it with just a couple of dirt pedals. It's when I put an NS-2 and LS-2 with lots of blending and routing, loads of buffers etc, it just didn't like it and started to squeal.

If you don't use the modelling, i'm sure there's something cheaper. I've seen USB mics really cheap on Ebay, so there must be a "USB DI" somewhere.

I'd love to know, but I don't. I'm watching this thread too though, so don't feel lonely!

[quote name='wotnwhy' post='126472' date='Jan 23 2008, 09:45 PM']i used to own that exact peavey combo, in fact i still had it when i first owned my current rig. and i can say without a shadow of doubt that although it sounds great, it doesn't sound anywhere [i]near[/i] as good as what i've got now! [/quote] You should have tried using it's crossover outputs!

[quote name='crez5150' post='126395' date='Jan 23 2008, 07:37 PM']I reckon cos a pedal tuner wouldn't fit on the board.... the rack tuner slots in nicely[/quote] Heh, no, I just bought the board off a mate who had already put the rack tuner in. He preferred it to a pedal, but now uses a pedal. Go figure!

yeh some sort of interface. I think a toneport is not necessarily great value for money though. You're deffinitely plugged into the line-in and not the mic-in yeh?

how do you know you're not overloading it? The level meter in soundforge will not necessarily say. If you're not playing as hard at the beginning (no speakers here sorry) then that's why it sounds fine. Use your windows mixer to lower the line input level almost to the bottom, and try again. You can turn it up after in soundforge.

what are you recording into? Have you set the line input to the correct recording level? If you're overloading the input of the laptop, it may have an automatic limiter function of sorts (although i've never seen this, it could explain it!)

Heh, I thought your first comment was a joke, i'm not really thinking of "upgrading".

[quote name='tayste_2000' post='126088' date='Jan 23 2008, 01:55 PM']I have a boss mini board that might be better for you holds 3 boss pedals. but looks good.[/quote] Yeh, I was thinking of upgrading, i'll let you know.

My rig doesn't look as cool as everyone else's, but, i'm sure it sounds as good

I've added an extra little board, tried to tidy it all up a bit, gigged with it a few times, and then kind of messed it up again!

I'd be really pissed off if this happened to me, and I would never be so selfish, but.... Wouldn't it be so much fun to be one of these guys who gets to chuck around fragile packages all day?!?!

There's no wrong way! Only your preference/opinion. I have my limiter at the end of my chain, but that's because I like to use the different output levels on my pedals to create a more/less compressed sound, rather than louder and quieter. No unity gain on my board! Many people would say this is the wrong way

[quote name='DHA' post='124680' date='Jan 21 2008, 03:21 PM']Bob the Blender is NOT a passive blender. It's active stages are valve driven. Dave[/quote] Sorry Dave, I didn't mean to mis-inform anyone about your excellent product (which really is, it's great using a guitar fuzz, with just the BOB the blender, just can't tame my whole pedalboard!). I was confusing you with another electronics expert I was discussing a passive blender with. Tom

Ahh, yeh, sorry, mine has an extra "custom" switch then, to turn off the blend for 100% mix through the loop.

[quote name='BigBassBob' post='124488' date='Jan 21 2008, 12:24 PM']I've got an Xotix X-blender. I chose this over the Bargeconcepts simply because I prefered the switching options (completely wet, mixed and off) and it was nice having a 2 band EQ in for versatility I'd say get the Bargeconcepts VBF if you don't need these extra functions as they're cheaper.[/quote] My VBF has footswitches to switch the effects loop in and out, to switch the blend in and out, and to switch the feedback in and out. Is this not standard?

Your EQ might be really sensitive because you have quite harsh limiting after it?