The Twickerman Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 I play both bass guitar and Taurus bass pedals in my band. I usually put the pedals through the venue's PA - but in small venues this isn't always possible. In those cases I need to put both though my bass amp. I am lucky in that my amp has both active and passive inputs, however, when I plug in the pedals (to the active input socket), the tone of the bass is affected. I guess the two are not isolated and the pedal output stage is loading the passive input circuit and sucking the tone. I am looking for a small, neat and cheap solution! A DI box maybe - to isolate the pedals - or perhaps I am using the wrong output from the bass pedals. I am using the LO-Z, as per the recommendation:- [indent=1][i]HI-Z Output: output jack outputs the Taurus audio signal from the classic higher impedance Taurus output stage. For use with Bass Amplifier instrument inputs[/i][/indent] [indent=1]LO-Z Output: output jack outputs the Taurus audio signal from a low impedance output stage. For use with line-level inputs[/indent] Perhaps the HI-Z would make more sense with the active instrument input? I can't try it though until I'm back in the studio next week. Any other ideas/recommendations? Thanks folks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 This generally happens when you connect two items to a single channel input. Using DI boxes won't help because you're still running both items to the same point. Best bet is to use a little mixer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Bear in mind most mixers won't work well with a passive bass being plugged straight in. Blend pedals like the Boss-LS2 can be used as mixers also. Just ignore the send outputs on the pedal and plug the Taurus into the return socket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Twickerman Posted February 11, 2014 Author Share Posted February 11, 2014 (edited) [quote name='icastle' timestamp='1392138420' post='2365223'] Best bet is to use a little mixer. [/quote] [quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1392138979' post='2365228'] Bear in mind most mixers won't work well with a passive bass being plugged straight in. Blend pedals like the Boss-LS2 can be used as mixers also. Just ignore the send outputs on the pedal and plug the Taurus into the return socket. [/quote] Thanks guys. That last one, in particular, is an excellent idea - especially as I have an LS-2 kicking around somewhere! I knew I'd kept it for something!!!!! Edited February 11, 2014 by The Twickerman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Great, let us know how you get on as I've never actually tried it with an LS-2 in practice! But bass into the input, then the Taurus into the channel B return should do it. Then you have channel A to control clean bass volume and B for the synth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Twickerman Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 Hit a snag. I need both inputs active at the same time. The only option on the LS-2 is to mix A and B. Therefore I need to plug bass and pedals into those inputs. Unfortunately the pedal doesn't turn on unless there's a jack in the main input. So I need to plug in something. If I use an unwired jack, it's prone to picking up noise. Any ideas? Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenitram Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 (edited) [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-Channel-Line-Mixer-/390780872084?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item5afc5ae594"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item5afc5ae594[/url] or http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SoundLAB-4-Channel-Mono-Microphone-Line-Mixer-/200940406523?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item2ec8fb46fb Maybe, unless they're crap. Edited February 25, 2014 by Zenitram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Twickerman Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 It's a line level mixer. I doubt if it will perform very well with an instrument level output. But depending on the final price, it may be worth a punt! Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenitram Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 (edited) Yeah, you'd need a DI box of some sort to turn your bass to line level first. I thought you said you had one, sorry. Edit: not a DI box, a preamp of some sorts. Or something. Edited February 25, 2014 by Zenitram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 [quote name='Zenitram' timestamp='1393329471' post='2378712'] Yeah, you'd need a DI box of some sort to turn your bass to line level first. I thought you said you had one, sorry. Edit: not a DI box, a preamp of some sorts. Or something. [/quote] A DI would do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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