LukeFRC Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Hello, wonder if anyone knew much about the differences in sound between standard passive blend v's the pickups being buffered first. Do you still get the subtraction of the mids when they are both on full? or does it make them interact utterly differently? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikay Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 (edited) LukeFRC, I have a passive jazz and a jazz with an Audere JZ3 pre with buffered blend. To my ears the active blend just gives a much smoother and more progressive transition from one pickup to the other. There's a wider range of blended sounds to be had over a wider area of control movement. The sound at the mid point is still slightly scooped. The passive blend on the other hand only has a very small zone either side of centre where you can actually 'mix' the pickups. For example, if you slowly move the blend from centre towards the bridge pup there's a particular point where you can hear the bridge pup starting to 'bite'. Very small movements around this point are where you can find some 'blended' tones but it's quite delcate compared with an active blend. II wouldn't say that passive blend is inferior - it has it's own unique character and in some ways is more characterful than the finer grained control offered by active. As with most things it depends on what you're after and what works for you. I'll do a quick back to back recording to compare in the next day or two. Not sure how effective that will be in showing the difference but will give it a go. If it works I'll post it here (if not I wont!). Edited March 17, 2012 by ikay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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