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by the way folks,im also looking for a really good stomp tight spanky preamp bass amp modeler to use with bass for going direct into the mixer,i cant always take my bass amp when traveling, any suggestions? as far as guitar goes the ETHOS OVERDRIVE is the best ive heard going directly into the board,imho beats all of those amp sims from muti effectors! thanx Luis On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Todd Matthews <gtmatthews@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes I'm using the 4099, although it's at DPA for repair right now. I >love it > but in my looping setup I only engage that channel when I want to solo >over > top off the loops. It help boost the volume of my lead lines over the >layers > of loops built up and sounds amazing. I didn't end up using the new bass > mount though. My basses vibrations would cause extra really low notes to > sound from the string afterlength vibrating so much. I ended up using the > violin mount and attached in between the side of my bass and f hole >opening. > I'm also using it a good amount on the album I'm working on right now for > the tracks I want less room sound. > > -Todd Matthews > On Apr 21, 2011, at 12:14 PM, Daniel Thomas wrote: > > I realized I enjoyed that sound because I was hearing the sound of >acoustic > bass in the room mixed with the amp...but for looping it was a different > story. > > I am not a Standup bassist. But, being a recordist for a long time now, > I > do have a lot of experience with nearly every pick up system. I share >this > observation. In general, pick up systems sound better in the presence of > amplification. A great deal of the warmth is due to amplification > resonating the sound board upon which the pick up is placed. Send this >same > signal to a looper and the result is pretty darn disappointing-- even >with > high end pick up systems like realist or schertler. > I am interested to know if any bassists have explored the DPA clip on > stringed instruments mics (4099.) This mic really liberated my acoustic > looping-- the returning loop sounds like the input-- which sounds great! > IMO, This mic sounds incredibly natural on guitars, fiddle, mandolin, > etc.. And, it rejects feedback admirably. Interested to know how it >works > on a larger bodied instrument... any bassist tried it? > Daniel > > Apr 21, 2011, at 8:59 AM, Todd Matthews wrote: > > I tried to like the realist and it sounded great playing through an amp. >I > realized I enjoyed that sound because I was hearing the sound of acoustic > bass in the room mixed with the amp...but for looping it was a different > story. If I listened to the sound of the Realist through my headphones > monitoring my loops it sounded awful. Just hearing the sound of the >realist > pickup without the acoustic sound of the instrument in the room was >pretty > bad. Since I only send the pickup through the looper (mic goes FOH) >that's > not the tone I wanted repeated over and over :) I guess every bass will >be > different too so maybe it wasn't the right fit for my instrument. I >forgot > to mention all my comments are bowed related. Sounded great to me >monitoring > with in-ears if I was just doing pizz > -Todd Matthews > > On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 10:48 AM, David > Grego <tubaczar98@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I've used the REALIST pickup of years. Recorded "Blues Clues" with it in > combination with a mic (for room ambience) and the Broadway musical > "Chicago" for 12 years using this pickup. Switching between Pizzicato and > Acro has little change in amplitude completely w/o EQ. It sounds the most > natural in clarity of any pickup I've tried (I've tried too many over the > years to mention) and at any anticipated/expected instrument dynamic. I >also > use it on my Mondobass and Cello Banjo (tuned to a bass) with excellent > results. ~David > > > > > > > > > Todd Matthews > http://www.joshuasteelemusic.com > > > > -- www.luis-angulo.com