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Behringer V-Tone Bass BDI21

Bass Amp Simulator from Behringer belonging to the V-Tone series

Grenouillère Grenouillère

« Jazz Precision rather than ... »

Published on 02/22/11 at 14:13
Value For Money : Excellent
So it&#39;s a direct box. It can serve either as a direct box, or preamp, or emergency replacement if it was not his gear on hand ...

It is therefore an effect pedal format, which comes before amplification (hence the name pre-amp&#39;...) der lol ... For specifications:

A level input / output level one ......
two parameters of equalizer settings: bass / treble
Can we find a "presence" (the goal is to increase the harmonics of the game)
Finally the "Blend": The wheel to increase the simulator lamp. The particularity of this effect is to bring a warm side to the sound without breaking the bank!
Then there is a footswitch / input and output jack "classical" / DI output for those wishing to enter directly into a table / Ground Lift switch to prevent ... I know not what? " A priori is to avoid the buzz in some contexts (neon, overvoltage, poor land taken ...).

I find the config complete and very well thought out. While the look is average, but at the same time a pedal AC arises from land, often in the dark, so ... For 30 € we will not ask for much more?

Of course not rackmount model ...
I think it&#39;s digital! Not light, but fairly convincing ...

XLR audio is connectable by the DI, or by conventional jack ...

It is regrettable that there have no marks around the knobs ... This is the only negative I find. The case seems solid (metal).

UTILIZATION

Setup: Simple! One branch ... Turning the level and it sounds! Course must be refined after!
Editing sounds takes a little time to find the sound that suits us, but we get a tampering his "inflated" more convincing ...

Manual? It is useless ... The only interest is to give two or three examples of classical sounds to try it at the beginning ...

SOUND QUALITY

This is where is the best! I think this little box is amazing! I was looking for a preamp box, and Noel, Father foo brought me this little box! What a great idea! Since December 26 I use it all the time ...
Initially I was using two types passive bass jazz bass. The advantage is a sound that is inflated, rounder, more "powerful" without breaking your ears ... It&#39;s warm, velvety, slamming against the side we criticize the sometimes passive JB!
I used preamp for concerts, and nothing to say! The macbhine done very good job. It gives me a heat lamp that I was not with my amp transistor. Certainly it&#39;s not real light. You do not compete with any Ampeg head lamps ... But for beginners it does it is!

This simulation lamp is a great idea! For cheap you can warm her sound! What cool ...

Face side: worries ... Well plugging in my old P Bass 79 (which has a large output level huge!) It was not going at all ... Well this is probably my settings! To me, they were perfect! And do it all again! Pwouah ... But it pretty saturated from the start. So I think it&#39;s a pedal for the rather low standard with modern microphones that send less than the old series. After maybe the P bass does not go with? Anyway for the jazz bass, there is a little warm side of the old low warmed to the lamp ...

The sound that I prefer:
- Drive: 9 pm .. To bring a hint of crunch ...
- Level at 15 h: to boost the output signal.
- Equa: as I am bass player: sharp at 10 pm or 11 pm to 14 pm and Basses
- The Blend: 15 pm, because at bottom it deteriorates too much signal ... It is the enemy of the good too.
- For harmonics (presence): I alternate between 12 and 14 h. Beyond that is too harmonic, below, the sound muffled sounds too ...

This is my setting, it is = Me, but I think I found a good compromise. After sometimes I play with the drive and the level to bring a small saturation very nice!

I put 9 for the problem with my P bass ...

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 2 months. I am very satisfied, Father Christmas was the nose (without going broke !!!). Tried other models? No. on the other hand I tried the "real" tube preamp, and it&#39;s true we do not play very much in the same court! The sound is warm, sympathetic, etc. ... But it&#39;s still digital "simulates" a lamp ... It&#39;s not a lamp! So for some € you underfoot a small pedal that will improve your sound, amplifying the input, bring what I call a "smooth", a softer, less aggressive, some say plsu homogeneous.

What I like most? The box side to do anything! The side preamp, DI, equations, Boost ... For a few Euros! Obviously, if we have 200 € are a lot better. For those who can not, it&#39;s a great compromise: The sound nice without being discovered ...
The ratio Q / P? Unbeatable for what it&#39;s done ... After no limit if it is ...

Quite honestly, I would do this choice (Mr Noel finally!) Because I think it improves his record to have a practical tool that lets you move better sound at lower cost. And especially "his" sound anywhere!

After two months: it&#39;s always been on my amp, I use it every day ...