chriswilliams666 Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 Hey Guys I am after the quickest, easiest and cheapest way of getting a spare rig for rehearsals and small gigs. I have a Pandora and a PA Power Amp. Would this work together? Has anyone got any experiance in doing this? Thanks for your time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 Depends what you mean by a PA amp. If you take a feed from the Pandora headphone socket to a mixing desk, then you'll take your output through the PA and you're sort-of using the Pandora as a DI box. That should work, though you might get a rather distorted sound. If you take the feed direct to a power amp and use that to drive your cab, then I suspect you'll be way short of enough signal to drive the power amp properly. Someone who knows a lot more than me will be along in a second ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriswilliams666 Posted December 7, 2009 Author Share Posted December 7, 2009 I use a GK Rig with a Head and two cabs. For smaller gigs i wanna take the pandora, a Phonic Max1500 Power Amp and one cab. I very rarely DI to a PA direct. The bigger gigs i would use the GK rig and its internal DI. [quote name='Happy Jack' post='677008' date='Dec 7 2009, 06:58 PM']Depends what you mean by a PA amp. If you take a feed from the Pandora headphone socket to a mixing desk, then you'll take your output through the PA and you're sort-of using the Pandora as a DI box. That should work, though you might get a rather distorted sound. If you take the feed direct to a power amp and use that to drive your cab, then I suspect you'll be way short of enough signal to drive the power amp properly. Someone who knows a lot more than me will be along in a second ...[/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mottlefeeder Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 The Pandora is designed for headphone use, and the noise reduction circuit (a variable mute) will not be correctly calibrated if you use it in a higher gain set up. It is slightly hissy - this will be more noticeable: plus, you may not be able to find a mute level that takes out the hiss without bringing in a noticable mute level at the start of each note. As others have said, it may not have sufficient output voltage to drive your PA to the desired level, but a small cheap mixer ~£40 could fix that for you David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KERMITNT Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 if you have the new one it has an option that sends the signal to amp instead of headphones i ve try it i conect the bass to it then to an amp i used the effects but i think is better to use it for recording instead of live.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 It's too noisy to use for anything other than practice I reckon. I suggest you look at the Tech 21 VT Bass, if that's too expensive then the Behringer BDI21 is a decent clone of the Sansamp BDDI and is dirt cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingray Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 I have tried the Pandora as an effects unit to add some chorus between the bass and the bass amp. The manual indicates that you can use the unit like that. However I agree with previous comments that it is quite noisy. Any of the pre-set tones work much better with headphones rather than for use with an amp as well. Even for recording it is too hissy in my opinion. It is very good for practising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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