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On 2018-04-16 at 08:52, TheGreek said:
With too much time on my hands one day I actually made a YT playlist of some of the nominations on the previous F&G thread (prior to the soft ware change).
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIzVtYENBfYrCBJ_Y-U0HGLgzDwx7ihrt
Oh, had missed that one... Nice!!!
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Great to listen to, a blast to watch live and...local to me: The Brooks
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3 hours ago, dood said:
At the danger of getting this thread back on track, I see that Yamaha have announced the new DZR range to their powered PA kit. Given that I'm finding my way around my Helix (Yamaha own Line 6) and that our band PA is a full Yammy system too, I can't help thinking that I might like to try out a fully DSP controlled monitor instead of my backline.
Didn't see that news passing by...Got a link by any chances? Thanks!
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42 minutes ago, LukeFRC said:
I had one of them - the Roland D-bass 210 - I'm not quite sure why I moved it on it was very impressive in the 'ultrA flat" mode.
At the time I had a hellborg pre into a poweramp and a ACME B2 which again was even cleaner sounding.
Sold them both and ended up with a walkabout which is like the diametric opposite of FRFR - but the MB AC combo is something I would like to try some point
Walkabout is definitely at the other end of the spectrum, totally baked in sound. And what a sound, wow.
Funny enough, my visit to Alain was to pickup the D-Bass stack (D-Bass 210 + 115 extension) I had purchased...unknowingly from him! Unfortunately don't have it anymore, splendid stack it was. Alain being a total gear nerd, it was very interesting to hear him explain his tone philosophy and walk me through the new upcoming toy. And this discussion with him is one of the reasons I'm following this thread.
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17 minutes ago, stevie said:
I wouldn't call a cab FRFR that crosses a 12" driver over to a compression driver at 3.5kHz (according to the spec). As soon as you step to the side, you'll lose all your upper mids.
Interesting! Where should the crossover be ideally?
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42 minutes ago, Al Krow said:
Besides @JSB is clearly a big fan of my Markbass combo so maybe I can sell my DG M900 and Vanderkley cab and spend the money on an FRFR
Thanks for the offer, unfortunately MB amps aren't travelling well across different power standards.
Being FRFR is the key selling point of this unit, why would you get rid of it...to get a PA?
I have to ask... This isn't a cheap combo, if you were not going for FRFR why did you go with this one?
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1 hour ago, Al Krow said:
Certainly comparable in quality and usefulness for me as a bass player.
Markbass AC 121 Lite Combo. It's 500W rather than a than 700W, but kinda irrelevant as I've never needed it turned up more than half, so the extra 200W is superfluous headroom for me.
Doubt we will be able to do this test any time soon, but for me the test is a simple one: half way through a 2 hour set, swap with the combo for a 735A and see if anyone notices?
It's my basic 'would anyone give two hoots, if you did that?' test.
I had the opportunity to visit Alain Caron (AC) in his studio while he was transitioning from Roland to MarkBass.
He explained to me that the Roland D-Bass combos were designed with his feedback and the goal was to develop the most neutral combo possible, with the technology of the time. They came up with the FFP tech, which is basically a DSP similar to what was found in studio monitors. In SuperFlat mode, you had as much as a FRFR system as it was possible in those days. As Roland was moving out of the professional bass amp market, he was approached by MB...
At the time of my visit, Alain was in the process of A/B testing the MarkBass prototype combo with his reference for what he was looking for: his own studio monitors. This is what he uses at home. This is what he wanted to have on stage. No coincidence the design is similar to a PA system (bi-amped, powerful tweeter, etc.)
With the controls "neutral", this is probably one of the most FRFR combo available, plus you get the MB coloring on demand. Love this combo!
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On 1/9/2018 at 20:56, Bill said:
Haven't heard that one before, haha! Thanks! I've recently recorded a video with the pickup panned to the neck so you get a thumpier Precision sound without the Jazz bite.
Wow, blown away by your left hand muting technique. Outstanding!
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Groovy and spot on tone. Channel subscribed.
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5 minutes ago, Kevin Dean said:
WHAT DOES frfr STAND FOR ?
FRFR= Full Range Flat Response
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3 hours ago, Musashimonkey said:
Perfect, now you’ve got full permission to feel bad for destroying rock and roll! 😉
Billy has the permission too?
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18 minutes ago, EBS_freak said:
Yup
Read back from Nov 30th.
Ok, caught up.
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37 minutes ago, EBS_freak said:
So many people DESTROYING ROCK AND ROLL.
You BARSTEWARDS.
Huh... did I miss something?
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1 hour ago, CameronJ said:
Ignore the Voicelive Touch here...
Very nice, thanks for sharing!
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30 minutes ago, Musashimonkey said:
I’m eying up a Mesa Subway Di for my K12.2...
The bass amp modeller is good, but I miss the tone from my D800.
Hold on, you moved from D800 to K12.2? What was your cab? Did you try the Mesa DI yet?
Please tell me more, very interested in hearing your experience as we started from a similar place you are already on arrival...
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13 minutes ago, CameronJ said:
In that case, getting yourself one of these monitors is the perfect move. I’ve just discovered this myself and now I can’t imagine having a better rig. My usage scenarios are identical to yours. A quality FRFR speaker is a jack of all trades and master of all.
For a clean sound, what do you put in front of your FRFR speaker?
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1 hour ago, Bridgehouse said:
It is great for keys (see above) same for guitar - in some ways a Helix would be the perfect front end for you to do guitar and bass.
Helix looks like a killer unit!
Thing is, I play "clean"... I have a Katana and use only the reverb for the guitar. For bass, had (now sold) Mesa D800+Subway 1x12. That's it.
Cannot justify forking out 2.3kCAD$ for the Helix (well, I'm sure I could but don't really want to) but I understand that I'll need something in front of the QSC for guitar. And maybe bass as well, depending on what their "bass setting" does.
First thing first, need to find a place locally where I can try it those out!
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13 minutes ago, CameronJ said:
@JSB what context are you thinking of using one of these in?
Looking for the elusive do it all compact rig for bass (of course), guitar (sorry) and keys for home practice to small gigs when no FOH available.
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57 minutes ago, Bridgehouse said:
Might be worth adding - I used to use a LM Mk III with a BF Compact for rehearsing in the same room - with the Preamp into the fx return.
That would have been set to 50% on gain and just over 70% on Master for a similar volume level.
Never heard the BF Compact, but did hear that amp through a Berg 12"... I can relate to your This is impressive.
Have you got a chance of trying out the 8.2 and 12.2^ What lead you to pick the 10.2 over the others?
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1 hour ago, Bridgehouse said:
Right.
I tried the QSC at rehearsal last night.
Observations:
- 5 piece band: drums, keys, 2 guitars, bass + vocals (Americana/rock)
- Plenty of headroom - more than enough. Lots. Like buckets of it. I was at about half vol on the QSC and controlled volume on the bass or Preamp pedal.
- It plays with Preamp pedals very well - gave a good representation of the sound I was after
- Lots of bass for a 4 string - never felt like the lows were struggling
- No parping out or rattling - nice and smooth. Response was as good as a Barefaced Compact and it was louder.
- Projection across the room was also good
All in all it worked very well.
A search on Google for QSC brought me here... This thread got me to register to BC... :-) Very interesting stuff.
Where you also mixed in their PA? What was the other musicians amplification?
Interesting FRFR story..
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Probably competition to those, yes. I didn't look into the details but compared to K.2 it looks like the power section is much smaller and the Hi-z input gone in the CP series.