Dan_Nailed Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 (edited) The fire sale continues. After using my Bass 400+ for my first practice with it today, I realised that I don't need my compressor any more. The gate isn't used as my distortion is blended in the FX loop and there's no noise, and I don't need the compressor as the tubes do that for me. So I'm saving space and clearing out some air vent room for the tubes, and this is up for grabs. It's transparent and served me very well when I had my QSC, great for adding punch, cutting out noise and is just a great piece of kit. It's in brand new condition, racked since day one. Features: Goof proof operation to smooth uneven levels, add sustain to guitars, fatten drums or tighten up mixes New gate timing algorithms ensure the smoothest release characteristics Program-adaptive expander/gates Great sounding dynamics control for any type of program material Separate precision LED displays for gain reduction, compression threshold and gate threshold allow quick, accurate setup Stereo or dual-mode operation Balanced inputs and outputs on 1/4" TRS and XLR Side Chain insert Classic dbx® "Auto" mode £100 with £5 shipping, kettle plug included. Cheers, Dan [email protected] Edited June 23, 2008 by Dan_Nailed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Excellent compressor!!! I really wanted to find one of these at this price before I got my rack. Defintely in my top 5 compressors! Any with a side chain filter (or Contour as it is known on this one) is a massive plus for bass compression. Have a bump on me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-soar Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 How so? I've forgotten the reason from your older posts, so tell me again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Nailed Posted June 23, 2008 Author Share Posted June 23, 2008 [quote name='steve-soar' post='224764' date='Jun 23 2008, 09:51 AM']How so? I've forgotten the reason from your older posts, so tell me again. [/quote] Well a compressor works on detecting peaks in signal, and then reducing that signal. However, low frequencies especially in bass guitar usage are prominent and contain more energy than the high frequencies. Hence the low frequencies will trigger the compressor and squish the signal, but with the Contour button, the compresor ignores the low frequencies and hence all the information that is happening down there. This cleans up your low end and allows you to really work the compressor on the highs, which is what gets rid of finger noise and other such stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 [quote name='Dan_Nailed' post='225100' date='Jun 23 2008, 03:41 PM']Well a compressor works on detecting peaks in signal, and then reducing that signal. However, low frequencies especially in bass guitar usage are prominent and contain more energy than the high frequencies. Hence the low frequencies will trigger the compressor and squish the signal, but with the Contour button, the compresor ignores the low frequencies and hence all the information that is happening down there. This cleans up your low end and allows you to really work the compressor on the highs, which is what gets rid of finger noise and other such stuff.[/quote] Hell yar! Also stops pumping and compressor breathing.. and those annoying attack artifacts you get on bass notes under heavy compression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Nailed Posted June 24, 2008 Author Share Posted June 24, 2008 Bump - someone must want this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph_Orpheus Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 I'm highly interested in this! But I'm low on cash, damn. I'll see what I can do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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