Bass amps / plug ins designed for bass guitar black box 2
Posted: Mon May 04, 2020 9:13 am
What plug ins included with black box 2 are supposed to be used with a bass guitar?
The BassT devices are effects which includes 2 compressors placed after a frequency crossfader.
it allows to compress differently the lower and higher frequencies. The compressor Ratio is "relative to the other frequency (if bass comp ratio is high, then hi comp is low, and vice versa). It pretty easy to find the right comp. The Input and General ratio at the top left of the device is the start point o the compression. ON the bass T2 you can disengage compression from either hi or low. on the Bass T1 , you can disengage only from the high frequencies.
It does not include any amp/cabinet simulation but 2 equalizer stages (1 is classic 4 band curve, and the other is fixed frequencies)
You could add amp sims as vsti, after recording, but I never found one that is really "that" useful in comparison to eqs.
I have read the threads about bass amping + scope but I confess the best sound I get for recording is "dry" most of the time. That's how you get the cleanest and most full sound that is easy to eq and manipulate after recording. I also have a Mooer Radar (guitar pedal) which is pretty cool and sometimes helpful for bass. I would advise the mooer radar to anyone looking for inexpensive speaker simulation for bass and guitar. I do not remember if I used the mooer on bass for my most recent bass recording. What they do nowadays in the amp sim department is pretty amazing compared to 10 years ago. I never use "guitar rig" anymore it is completly outdated (and was never good for bass, that always sounded muddy). I still used it sometimes for extra amp sim (even after the mooer, as an extra "colorization" effect).
I also strongly advise recording in 32 bits to get 1:1 sound between your scope and your wave files (that's what i discovered recently... I still wonder why I did not do it sooner)....
