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    Bergantino HDN212 Cab

    in Amps and Cabs For Sale

    Posted

    A wonderful cabinet, its an HDN212 which has neodymium speakers. The HD212 was a much older cabinet with ceramic drivers and a different tone. (I actually love the HD's which brought me to your post.)

     

    Here's the specs for you :)

    HDN212

    Woofer: 2-12” Neodymium Magnet Woofers

    Tweeter: High Intelligibility HDN Series Tweeter

    Cabinet Design: Ported

    Cabinet Material: Lightweight Italian Poplar w/ Baltic birch baffle

    Cabinet Covering: Black Bronco Tolex

    Impedance: 4-ohms

    Power Handling: 700W RMS

    Crossover: Custom Phase-Coherent Crossover w/ Tweeter Control

    Frequency Response: 40hZ – 12kHz

    Sensitivity: 104db @ 2.83v / 1-meter

    Dimensions: 31”H x 18-1/2”W x 15”D

    Weight: 47 Lbs.

     

     

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    BBE BMax-T Preamplifier Schematic

    in Repairs and Technical

    Posted

    6 minutes ago, Bigwan said:

    It's a weird one when you look at internal pics. A HUGE PCB with each circuit section clustered together. Only single sided though which makes it slightly more tricky to isolate sections from each other...

     

    Yeah, there's a few things I know about the topology already - the valve preamp' isnt anything unusual and the BBE circuit is well documented on the interwebs too. But yeah, I agree, if it turn out not to be obvious PSU issue related, I'll have the board out. It's just time I need that would be saved with a schematic. 

    BBE BMax-T Preamplifier Schematic

    in Repairs and Technical

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Bigwan said:

    Wish people would gift me things like that!

     

    "Dead" would suggest PSU issue? Or lights on but nobody home?

     

    I've not had time to open it up yet as I have been catching up with a whole pile of magazine video reviews I am editing up. Some pretty nice pieces of kit to show off! When I do get time I'll start isolating sections and testing - I've not checked for any signs of life yet. 

    BBE BMax-T Preamplifier Schematic

    in Repairs and Technical

    Posted

    Good morning 'Chatters!

     

    I have been kindly gifted a dead BBE BMAX-T for the benefit of schematic study and to reignite my love for electronics that has been somewhat dormant for years. However, I was sure that I did have copies of the various revisions of BMAX-T schematic diagrams to aid me. It appears that I don't anymore and BBE's email addresses just bounce and there doesn't apear to be any way of contacting a service centre.. better still, WHO to contact! 

     

    So, asking my fellow electronics nerds: Does anyone have any schematic diagrams for the BBE Max-T? I'd even take diagrams of the solid state version as well, because that's all interesting stuff to me. 

     

    Thank you in advance!

     

    Hartke LH1000....would you?

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted

    5 hours ago, TheDaivisch said:

    What I'm after is the preamp I love (Reidmar) with a powerful class AB power amp. Basically I want the 802 but can't afford it 😬


    The 802 is an extraordinary beast for sure! How about a TD650 / TD660? The Hartke thing will work very well either with the Reidmar head or the EBS Microbass, I’m sure.

    Hartke LH1000....would you?

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted

    19 hours ago, TheDaivisch said:

    Hi mate. Assume that was running a preamp straight into the effects return ?


    Yes and no, it depends on what is being plugged in. If you set the EQ “flat” - iirc is 2-10-2? Then you have a clean power amp with some extra level matching capabilities. The great thing about the LH amplifiers is that the master volume control is actually more like the gain control on a non-master volume amplifier. Go straight in to the “passive” input and wind the level up to taste, lots of clean power on tap.

    A good quality super low noise drive tested valve with lots of headroom is a nice upgrade too.

    High Pass Filters

    in Effects

    Posted

    9 hours ago, PaulWarning said:

    funnily enough, I was messing around with the 30 Hz slider on my Trace Elliot GP12 today, couldn't tell any difference whether it was right down or half way, so I left it right down

     

    I was sure I rememebr reading a Trace Elliot manual that said as much many years ago (which is interesting as I have never owned a TE 12 band)

    I have found it on page 8 of a TE manual for the 12 band range:-

     

    "Do not use excessive bottom ( 30 to 40Hz ) boost on the graphic unless your speakers can handle it. Very few speaker systems are capable of handling frequencies as low as 30 and 40Hz with any degree of efficiency.

    N.B. Boosting at 30Hz for instance will not add to the perceived amount of bottom end in the sound, it will only make your speakers flap to no useful effect. In fact boosting at 100Hz or 180Hz will have the apparent effect of adding far more bottom end than boosting at 30, 40 or even 60Hz.

    Do not use excessive top ( 10 to 15kHz ) boost, this will add mostly hiss to the sound as there is very little signal output at this frequency from a bass.

    The 30Hz slider has been provided to allow precise tailoring at very low frequencies. This

    slider should be used to CUT ( not Boost ) the 30Hz to a level that allows the speaker system to

    work at its maximum efficiency."

     

     

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    Q: How to improve sound and speech recorded on the Voice Memos app in Logic Pro/GarageBand etc.?

    in Recording

    Posted · Edited by Dood

    I use Waves Clarity VX and Izotope's RX Essentials. These are the budget options of their bigger plugin suites. I don't think I ever even paid full price for these either - you may as well buy the whole Izotope Essentials Suite that includes a whole bunch of plugins that I use all the time. 

    I produce videos professionally and between these plugins they cover pretty much all bases, but, as mentioned above, they can't perform miracles. As the ole addage goes, "SISO"... or, "you can't polish a turd".

     

    I'll have to try out Spectral Layers, that sounds really good, though I suspect it will have a lot in commin with RX which is no doubt Steiberg's competitor in the noise-management market!

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    Replacement lightweight Tuning Machines for a Power Jazz Bass Special?

    in Repairs and Technical

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Pirellithecat said:

    Many thanks ...... !  Very tempted to have a go at the activisation project!  As though i really need another bass ............!   Are the EMG Alnico PJ pickups the PJAX series or just a combination of the PA plus the LJA?  I think I'd probably go for the "non X" series as I suspect I'd like the separate tone controls rather than the VLPF .... but who knows!? 
    Better find something to sell to raise the funds ......  

     

    No problem!

     

    Good question, I think you can just order them as Alnico PJ and yes, I beleive it woulkd be a PA and LJA, that would make most sense. Hmm, maybe a Pa and LJ combination would also be fun, it would give the J a bit more oomph whilst the PA would sound more traditional. Now I'm thinking about this a bit too much ha ha!! 

     

    It might be worth asking EMG if its still ok to use a passive tone with the PJAX if that's what you want specifically? I can't imagine it wouldn't. Having the VLPF wouldn;t limit you from using the other preamplifier options, you could leave it out altogether and install an active pre instead - the whole thing pops together with quick connect installation that makes it (within reason) easy to customise. You could replace the pan control with a three way switch, add the EXB or VMC, plenty of options to play around with! :) I think the PJBS is an absolute gem of a bass. I got my first one when they were massively out of fashion, for £200! I'd grab another before the prices go too bonkers as I really want a 70's jazz tone combination out of one! 

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    Replacement lightweight Tuning Machines for a Power Jazz Bass Special?

    in Repairs and Technical

    Posted

    8 hours ago, Pirellithecat said:

    Dithering about what to do with mine.   Had a bit of a set up with it this afternoon, and whilst I had the strings off removed a Machine Head and Weighed it - it's 106.1g.   So if i were to replace them all with Resolite GB640's it'd knock 165g off the Headstock weight.   I'll probably leave that until I've used the bass a bit more as there are other things I'd also like to change, partly to reduce the weight and partly to see how it sounds with different electronics. 
    I've carefully removed all the "stock" electronics and, probably temporarily added an EMG PJ Geezer Butler set and the ABC control.    It's certainly easier to use and dial in a tone on the hoof, but it doesn't have the character of the original.   Probably worth upgrading to some form of active set up if I decide to keep it and mod it.   Another thread methinks ..........  

     

    I'd really love Gotoh to make the matching lightweight set, I think they'd sell loads. Oh and my basses would liek them :) That said, one of my PJBS basses has Wilkinson and the other two have stock tuners and, with a wide strap, I don't really notice the weight if the bass after a normal 3 hour function. That said, one of my basses is much heavier than the other two, and, interestingly, that's reflected in the tone too. 

    I love the GZr pickups, probably the best passives that EMG have ever churned out, but deep down,m I've been an Active EMG'er for over 25 years now and I love what they do, so I'd definitely recommend them, they do sound really good in the reverse P-J configuration, both pickups full on. That said, I have been having a hankering for EMG's Alnico PJ version (The standard pups are Ceramic), for a more traditional vibe. 

     

    Here's what I used to ream out the smaller holes (by hand) to fit the larger potentiometers in my basses that I have upgraded. The pots dropped neatly in afterward. 

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    Logic Pro

    in Recording

    Posted

    Hi PTP! I’ve done a quick search with what I know about Logic:

     

    Minimum System Requirements for the latest version of Logic Pro:

    macOS Ventura 13.5 or later

    6GB of available storage space for minimum installation or 72GB of storage space for full Sound Library installation


     

    The following Macs can run macOS Ventura:

    MacBook models from 2017 or later.

    MacBook Air models from 2018 or later.

    MacBook Pro models from 2017 or later.

    Mac mini models from 2018 or later.

    iMac models from 2017 or later.

    iMac Pro (all models)

    Mac Pro models from 2019 or later.

    Mac Studio (all models)

     

    This would seem to be true as my iMac is a 2017 running Ventura. It’s an old machine but it has no problem running 40 odd tracks with plugins, glitch free. 4.2Ghz I7 Quad Core with 64Gb RAM and quad channel internal 2Tb SSD.

    I also have a 2013 MacBook Pro I7 that is running Logic with no issues, but I’m not sure if it’s the latest update, probably not! 

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    How is this sound being achieved?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    The video comments suggest this was recorded live and, Joe has an Aguilar AG head that is at least being DI'd. It certainly sounds more DI than cabinet (which I generally prefer anyway!) I think the Original '62 pickup would sound pretty good in a P bass for this tone, or a lil scoop from a CS62. 

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