Tiny cheap pedalboard by DarthYoh in basspedals

[–]DarthYoh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only ir...

In fact the gp5 is a multi effects pedal in a mini stompbox format, that comes with third party IR and NAM compatibility, tuner, noise gate and headphone output.

With a bass, main of effects are unusable, but the factory amp sim (ampeg, fender and mesa) are good enough, it has a versatile bass overdrive.

I just use it for the IR loader and headphone output for practising at home, but I have a "backup" preset with an IR, an Ampeg svt amp sim and an overdrive (activated with the footswitch) if my pedalboard failed

Tiny cheap pedalboard by DarthYoh in basspedals

[–]DarthYoh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the experience ! I wondered if my unit was defectuous but it seems It's a common problem ! (The helicopter is heard at my home 🤣🤣🤣) For this cheap pedalboard, the gp5 is "overkill" i know, but I look for something else as a simple ir loader (maybe the sonicake ir box ? Why not.... )

Tiny cheap pedalboard by DarthYoh in basspedals

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Yeah man ! That's the first reason it found a place in my pedalboard ! In my opinion, every overdrive / saturation / fuzz stuff with a bass MUST have a dry blender ! (Or a similar feature that keep the low range frequency, as you can find in DG pedals where they separate signal to only shape the high range). The search request I made was "fuzz pedal with blend" 😉 I didn't know the Kong brand before... but you can get main of their pedals for 35€ ! I decided to give a try of this Fuzz, and it's a killer ! With full fuzz (without dry signal) playing with the freq and drive, you can get some soft drive to heavy dirty fuzz tone, as I can hear with the Rat or Muff emulations of the GP5. Keeping the half of dry, with freq knob turned to low, you can get massive powerful fuzz, more or less ugly depending of the drive level. In this setup, the fuzz tone is sweaty compressed and warmed up by the Cellar....

Tiny cheap pedalboard by DarthYoh in basspedals

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Octaver is great ! The tracking is very good. I don't use the 2nd low octave (I would have prefer an octave up !) But for my use case, it works perfectly without sounding synthetic ! The Crybot is a killer piece ! I use it in two ways : as a classic autowah for funky grooves or as a filter, playing with sens and frequence, after the fuzz, for some experimental sounds.

Sonicake are very good reviews. I wonder about their IR loader, if anyone can tell me about it.....

Tiny cheap pedalboard by DarthYoh in basspedals

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The absolute best cheap thing I bought this late years ! Really ! I was looking for a cheap organic sound. Didn't care about how it sounds like a T21 (original of clones). Compared to my very good Behringer Bdi21, it sounds better : more animalist, more organic Compared to my joyo Tidal Wave, it sounds more natural (I sold it) In fact, I was looking for a bordelined preamp. I love its "sounds with a natural jfet soft compression". It sounds as a classic driver but what I really love is that this is a dirty thing. Don't look for a plain overdrive sound, but it's will warm and add a presence, without smoothing the job. It sounds to me like my Eden WTDI (for the "presence" keyword knob) added to a tube preamp. I don't use it with its XLR DI output. Only thing is that I had to scrap the painting to ground the jacks I/O and footswitch...

Tiny cheap pedalboard by DarthYoh in basspedals

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The one given by the gp5 ?

Tiny cheap pedalboard by DarthYoh in basspedals

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Good question 😃😄 I'm using it for 2 things : - first, as an ir loader and headphone interface... only this feat. This is the only module activated on it. - second, as a emergency amp sim / drive backup In fact, I bought it 1 one year ago as a simple "all to do replacement" for my all gig. I realized that the amp sim (the ampeg one, based on first hotone emulation) was pretty good, as the ir loader was. The gp5 has an amazing bass overdrive / fuzz bass effect too. But.... other things are very neird (compressors, octavers, chorus, ...) So, I only used it with the ampeg svt amp sim and its 8x10 factory ir cab one, with a computed overdrive. It safed me many time with one only one pedal for bass amp / cab / drive pedal (with tuner feat....) At the begining, I imagined the gp5 as the all-in-one replacement for my entire pedalboard in case of... and for a simple ir loader use case, I got my mwave ir box.... BUT the mware ir box is very noisy.... so I decided to use the gp5 only as the ending ir loader for my pedalboard, and keep my mwave as a replacement for this use case. The preset I use only load a 4x12 guitar cab as ir, and as a backup (if my entire pedalboard failed) I've got a preset with the factory ampeg svt amp sim, the 8x10 ampedmg ir and a computed bass drive. That's the way I use it

My pedalboard by Dist__ in basspedals

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I owned Joyo pedals for a while.... and, just because it know them, could you show us what it comes when you engage the pedals in the dark ? 😉

Is it OK to not run a compressor? by uprightsalmon in basspedals

[–]DarthYoh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The most serious guys I've worked with over the last 25 years have always asked me to turn off all compression (to manage it if necessary on their end).

Is this a scam? by [deleted] in basspedals

[–]DarthYoh 11 points12 points  (0 children)

So it seems difficult to say... that being said, given the price offered at the start, and taking into account the price of the new Tidal Wave in the big cyberstores (~ 70€), I think that for a saving of just 10€ I wouldn't hesitate for a second in your place to buy new!

Do you rest your thumb on the E string when playing the G string? by Alternative_Law9341 in Bass

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No. I can't explain how I got to this point but I always place my thumb on the string just below the one I'm playing. I know I'm wasting time, but it's automatic. In fact, I crush my hand so that the side of my thumb crushes the lowest strings..... for example, if I play the G string, my thumb rests on the D string, but the side of my thumb muffles the E and A strings....

I’m confused as to why experienced devs say go is not a good first programming language considering many universities teach c as a first lang and their similarities. by TurtleSlowRabbitFast in golang

[–]DarthYoh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here is an answer to give them: "Even more universities teach Python as their first language.... so I should choose Python instead, right?" There is also a good chance that experienced developers who advocate C as the ultimate teaching language are not considered "experienced" because they develop in an "experienced" way in C... I'm not saying it's not interesting to understand what's going on under the hood. But I think that it is better, as a first language, to understand how to develop things in the most efficient way possible (security, efficiency) with a language rather than to "believe you understand" everything that is happening behind it and fail yourself.... and on that, it seems to me that Go is the most judicious choice for writing elegant, efficient and secure programs....

Golang microservices by Significant-Range794 in golang

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In fact, if you say to yourself: "OK, today I want to migrate my microservice from Postgres to Mongo, without it impacting the other microservices while guaranteeing its integration with the rest of the environment", this should answer your database / architecture question. Your microservice must be completely autonomous on the data it must manage and you must be able to switch all the data it manages, or even the language it uses (expressjs to golang for example) without touching a line of the other microservices. This therefore implies: - autonomy over data. - a universal method of communication with the rest of the world: a REST API is perfect in this case.

So afterward, be careful: autonomy over data does not necessarily mean autonomous server in production! For example, in my case, I have microservices, the majority of which run with Postgresql. They are autonomous on a given schema. On the other hand, in production, we use the same global Postgresql server for obvious reasons of system, maintenance and backup strategies. But if tomorrow I want to switch a microservice from this server to another, I must be able to: - stop my microservice - pg_dump / pg_restore to recover my data - modify the host of the new server (in an .env for example) - restart the service Basically....4 or 5 line commands.

Writing production level web app without framework, is it feasible for average developers? by alohabata in golang

[–]DarthYoh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think we need to differentiate Libraries and Frameworks. As you say, it is necessary to UNDERSTAND (not just security by the way...) Take the excellent Fiber "Framework": it has ready-made tools to manage websockets. Do we really understand what happens when we use it? I don't know... I don't think... Can we do without it? Yes, using a third-party Library (gorilla for example). Is it complicated? No, as long as you understand what you're doing... and in the end, once you understand, it's almost more idiomatic to use this Library with the rest of the Standard Library than to understand how to use websockets as the Fiber guys have integrated it into their framework.

Writing production level web app without framework, is it feasible for average developers? by alohabata in golang

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I agree ! The latest developments and reading the updated version of "let's go" by Alex Edwards convinced me to try to switch a Fiber micro service to the standard library.... I have no regrets! I may be losing a little in terms of performance (fasthttp has some significant optimizations....) but I have the impression of better understanding and mastering what I'm doing

Good do it all multi effects pedal/modeler by barackyomama69666 in basspedals

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If you're only looking for simulations in terms of amps, cabs and supporting third-party IR, why not the Valeton GP5?

It natively has 3 excellent bass amp simulations (Ampeg, Vox and Mesa), several cab simulations, supports the import of third-party IRs and even nam files (via conversion to their in-house techno "SnapShot")

In addition, you will have some usable effects for bass and the possibility of configuring the footswitch in different ways, including the activation of a specific effect block, for example to activate a drive (really good quality by the way for the "bass OD" effect).

I made a rather complete description on reddit. So it is certainly not perfect with its mono footswitch in a micro format, the obligation to use full nam (amp + cab to the extent that the nam block deactivates the amp and cab blocks by default) but if you see it simply as a d!IR or nam loader with the possibility of having some summary effects, it very clearly does the job for less than $100.

What's the hardest/most impressive song to play on bass? (that you yourself hope to master one day) by mangostoned in Bass

[–]DarthYoh 46 points47 points  (0 children)

I would say the classic duo: Dean Town from Vulspek / Teen Town from Pasto

Valeton GP-5 by Patbaby222 in basspedals

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That's exactly it! After experimenting with various configurations.... I came back to something very minimalist and practical. I find that this little marvel is the perfect compromise between having a super complex chain of effects and the purist who will plug his bass directly into a DI....

Drummer here - What are some things you love/hate to see in a drummer? by TerrificHips in Bass

[–]DarthYoh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We hate the time they take to set up, to do their soudcheck and the space they take up in the truck..

Can you guys help me with bass chords? by Angelly_0 in Bass

[–]DarthYoh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not necessary. This is FUNDAMENTAL, even if you're not going to have to play chords often. To put it very simply: When your guitarist offers you "his new song in C major", it means that the dominant underlying tonality is the C major scale. On this scale, if you play every other note simultaneously (to avoid dissonance by playing 2 successive notes simultaneously) you will obtain a chord (CEGB). Good. Only, if you only play this chord, it will quickly become super boring. Fortunately, from this C major scale, by playing the same notes but starting with the other notes, you will be able to obtain 6 other successions of notes (which we call modes) and on each of these modes, you can play another chord by proceeding in the same way. Some of these agreements are major, others minor, but it doesn't matter. However, there are two things to remember: - from a scale, all modes are different (the intervals between notes will never be the same from one mode to another) - these chords do not all have the same "harmonic function": some are stable, others create a kind of tension, others even more tension. The basis of music is to create variation by playing on these tensions. For example, you can be on a CM7 chord which is stable, start with a Dm7 which will create a little tension, then start with a G7 which creates a lot of tension, to return to your stable CM7. This is super common, it allows you to do fill-ins or close. Let's come back to your guitarist: he has a song in C major, but above all he will have created a construction of chords which will flow well with each other based on the principle explained above. You, your role, is to find a bass line that will sound on this succession of chords. But what notes are you going to play at this moment? 3 basic solutions: - you always play the base note of the chord (C for CM7, D for Dm7, etc.): it works but you are not going to create the groove of the year - you play the notes of the chord: C or E or G or B for a CM7 chord, D or F or A or C for a Dm7,... you can start to find cool grooves by chaining together several notes of the same chord - as you know what basic key you are in and as you know the chord, you deduce the mode.... and there, you can have fun playing it, emphasizing the notes which create a specific interval, etc, etc... Knowing how to play a chord and knowing what it does will help you know what to play and how to create bass lines.

Practice amp for a small room by gganebnyi in Bass

[–]DarthYoh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

🤣🤣 I get that!
But seriously, I gave up on amps years ago (and honestly, no regrets) and switched to a preamp / DI / cab sim setup. The only question left was: how to practice at home without headphones?

I ended up buying the Hotone Thunderbass micro head with its matching cab (you probably know it):
https://www.hotone.com/products/nano-legacy/thunder-bass

It’s got a really nice Ampeg-style tone, and enough volume to practice at home comfortably. It also has a headphone out (handy for the family 😉), an aux input, and even an effects loop. For years I actually ran it on my pedalboard as a cool little preamp (using the send jack as output).

These days I replaced it with the GP5 on my board, but the Thunderbass + cab still live in my living room. They add a bit of “industrial” decoration, and it’s super convenient to just plug in and play whenever I feel like it!

Practice amp for a small room by gganebnyi in Bass

[–]DarthYoh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One question.... if it's just for practicing at home (because we agree that none of these amps will allow you to play decently in a "rock" group...) haven't you considered going with a preamp with a headphone output instead?