You had asked what sound I am looking for in the original thread. I really appreciate possibility to ask for something particular.
But to my shame I do not have an answer for a couple of reasons.
It’s been ages since I’d seen a real amp in flesh, and my goal here is processing bass side of my Chapman stick, which is quite exotic and there are not a lot of signature known setups documented for it that could be used as a template.
So I can just wait what actual bass players would ask for and hope that plugin would be versatile and flexible enough so I could find a sweet spot with it.
Wish I was more useful)
P.S. probably as bass is more wide-range instrument than guitar (if we take slaps and overtones into consideration) it might require more eq controls than it’s guitar counterpart, but it’s just a guess.
Nice! been looking for Bass relevant pedalboards and this is appreciated. Although I lack the experience and verbal skills to really voice what sound I’m looking for.
[mod: I also moved the topic to requests as it’s still a plugin proposal, once there is something released there can be a separate support topic for it ]
In no particular order, some models/makes that would be wildly different from what I consider the usual suspects:
SWR amps: Redhead, Workingman, etc
Hartke
Ashdown/Trace-Elliot
Acoustic amps like Acoustic Image (RIP Rick Jones) or the Genzler Acoustic Array
Bergantino
Wayne Jones
Phil Jones
Markbass
There’s a big part of me that wants to say Marshall VBA400, that head is a 40kg, all valve beast. As much as it deserves waaaay more love than it gets theres a reason most go for a SVT or similar, it’s very popular and very impractical to kart it about.
It would be cool to have a vintage and modern voicing option, sweepable mid and a subtle bright/low toggle that isn’t overwhelming at high volumes.
For a clean/drive blend I’d consider maybe having something a little more nuances, having a LPF and slight compression on the clean tends to make it much more cohesive. There are too many clean blends where the two signals feel very separate and don’t really work together.
I’m a long-time Eden user. Though I don’t use the “enhance” knob much, I know it’s a beloved feature. I think it’s mostly a mid scoop, but I could be wrong. The other feature I like about the Eden stuff is the semi-parametric EQ section. That being said, throwing the x42 parametric EQ plugin after the amp model would likely be a better solution.
I’m a novice player, but am really enjoying designing pedalboards for my fretless. Like others have said, I usually prefer a clean-ish sound with a bit of EQ. The VeJa Mutant is my go-to.
Sound wise I’d love if you could get the distortion sound of the Boss ODB-3 in there.
I’ve grown to love it, as it’s “easy to mix” and fits well in a metal band context. I keep getting compliments from FOV engineers for my sound with it
It’s sounds quite different from all other overdrive/distortion sounds for Bass that I’ve heard so far. So, it might be nice for those who are searching “something new”…
Yes, I would second that!
And maybe that’s also a good basic principal to set this up. For a clean sound the good old SVT seems to be a nice common ground, but for more distortion it would be good to choose from different characteristics.
If I could choose, I would like to be able to switch between:
1.) Boss ODB style,
2.) Darkglass style,
3.) VT-Bass style distortion
And additionally I would really like to have an amp or even a pedal that integrates that “enhance” or “character” feature. It gives you very easy access to tweak your sound in a live or rehearsal situation, without the need to go over your whole equalizer settings.
It’s my own
The trained model works alright, but it’s kind of a “one trick pony” with my settings baked into it. Having the pedal more “natively implemented” would maybe give better control, I hope
for those of you looking for ways of using guitar models with bass, using a frequency splitter and only running the higher frequencies (experiment anywhere between 100-400hz) through the guitar amp will often give you a lovely warm amp sound without the possible loss of low end associated with guitar amps.
That said, I’ve also found quite a few guitar amp effects on the MOD platform that work great for bass full range…
But yes, AIDA bass- specific models would be fabulous
Honestly I think I’d rather those as standalone pedals rather than baked into the amp profile.
I thought what STL Tones did with their Graviton bass preamp was a good balance between clean/dirty options and a lot of tonal variety. You could get a decent level of grit from the head but it also took additional drives and boosts pretty well too.
The joy of the MOD platform is its ability to accommodate and absorb our most insane ideas The most exciting aspect for me is still the options for many, many parallel, switchable paths, having things running in series and/or parallel, using multiple cabinet sims to get the tone I want, running preamps in parallel, or sometimes even L/R using one of the width-control plugins to make sure that they aren’t hard L-R, but instead just giving some width.
That plus the near-infinite variability in how those things are controlled, especially when CV is brought into the mix, and it’s worth just seeing what mad nonsense you can conjure up and then try it out 80% of my board started out as ‘mad nonsense’
FWIW, I was momentarily using the AIDA plugin for preamp stuff, but then realised how much I like combining a ton of different processing to create a tone that is uniquely mine, rather than a clone of something that exists. Modular tone building is my idea of a great night in I’m sure I’ll be going back and forth with the AIDA models over time, but I’m just as happy using the preamp tube IRs and speaker cabs and EQ plugins.
Yeah, I can absolutely see that, but it’s the sound most people probably have in their heads, when they think about what a bass sounds like. So it made sense for me on a developer/seller standpoint.
For myself it wouldn’t be that much of a problem, as the SVT is versatile enough for my clean sound needs, and I’m more interested in different gain characteristics. But that’s my personal preference.
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