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    • #189667
      starman
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        Hello everyone,

        I have an acoustic bass, could you recommend me a good way to set up a Reverb and EQ to use with this type of acoustic instrument?

         

        Thank you very much

      • #189670
        tbskoglund
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        Eventide Staff

          Hello,

          Thanks for your questions.

          Does your bass have some sort of pickup that would allow you to connect it to an effects processor? Or are you planning on using a microphone?

          Do you already have an Eventide device that you need help setting up? Or are you looking for advice for which device to get for your setup?

          • #189675
            starman
            Participant

              Hello tbskoglund,

              Well, my acoustic bass is an Ibanez AEB8E-BK model, yes it has a Fishman on-board preamp and a regular 1/4 TS jack to connect it to an effect processor or to my bass amp. So, I don’t use it with a microphone

              I already have an Eventide H90 to setting up

               

              Thank you very much

          • #189672
            apalazzolo
            Participant

              With the understanding that I don’t have any actual experience using an H90 with an acoustic bass … and assuming we are not talking about a stand-up bass (a double bass) … and assuming you’re interested in relatively subtle enhancements of your acoustic sound:

              I’d start with EQCompressor (EQC) serially running into SP2016 Reverb (SPR).

              EQC has a lot of factory presets and many of them are specifically for bass.   Two things about this algo: 1. I play guitar and like subtle compressors.  Although transparent, this compressor will squash more than a 20 ton vice so I use it set VERY low.   Maybe bass calls for a lot of compression?  I don’t know.  I’m just saying that this thing can SQUISH! 2. In the H9, EQC had an awesome graphic display that is not in the H90 Control software. If you plan to explore EQC in depth, I recommend you install H9 Control software and run it in demo mode so you can see all the factory presets and how moving the knobs affects things.  Just playing around with the H9 graphic display will help you get a feel for what the knobs do.

              The H90 has a lot of great reverb algos, but SPR has become my favorite … especially for subtle/natural enhancement.   There are 1000 options but I would start with something like  Type= Vintage Stereo Room … Position= 67 … Diffusion=67 … Decay .5s – 1.5s … Pre-delay … 20-70 ms.

              As an alternative to EQC you can try Sticky Tape (probably with the W&F Amount and Rate set to zero).  There is a compressor in there that is fairly subtle.  The filter knob and tape speed will both provide some EQ.  The Offset and Width can add some thickness and stereo spread.

              Hope that helps.

               

               

               

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