| Author | Message | ||
| spose
Advanced Member Username: spose Post Number: 254 Registered: 5-2002 |
greetings I just picked up a Avalon U5 DI is anyone using one with their Alembic bass? How are you using it? I was thinking of using the summed mono out from my DS5 power supply into the U5. If I love this, I may just get another one so I can run both signals from my Series bass. Does anyone use the amp input section? this baby seems nice, I will be using it in the studio this month. any tips at all? thanks!! | ||
| spose
Advanced Member Username: spose Post Number: 255 Registered: 5-2002 |
oh..my current rig is Series bass -DS5- Alembic F1X into GK RB1001 into two mesa cabs(2x10 & 1x15) | ||
| wayne
Intermediate Member Username: wayne Post Number: 173 Registered: 5-2002 |
I've used the U5 a couple of times and it sounded .... like a bass running through a U5. It did not sound like my Alembic. I wish you better luck than I had. I use one of 3 options for DI (in order of preference): F1X, Little Labs RedEye, Radial JDI. C-Ya..........wayne | ||
| spose
Advanced Member Username: spose Post Number: 257 Registered: 5-2002 |
really? wow..okay. I'll be tring the U5 this week in the studio. I know I love my tone direct into the console without a DI. I tried the DI from my F1X and there was too much noise and the signal was weak. I'll report back on the U5. thanks for the reply! | ||
| briant
Advanced Member Username: briant Post Number: 276 Registered: 12-2004 |
I will eventually buy an Avalon U5. I used one when recording an album with a band I'm no longer in. The best thing about the album was the bass and drum tone... but that's another story and entirely too off topic for the sake of this thread. Listen to "Tiptoe" here: http://www.myspace.com/lateseptemberdogs While I think that was the worst song that made the album that bass tone is tasty. It's my JPJ into an Avalon U5 with some minor compression and EQ added later during mixdown. FWIW - the rest of the songs on that myspace site were also recorded with the Avalon U5 but the basses were not an Alembic. If I remember correctly most of the rest are a Mike Lull M5. "Maybe An Angel" might have also been a Stingray 5... but I honestly can't remember. Those recording sessions were a long ass time ago. I do know for certain that all the songs I played on a 4 string were the JPJ. | ||
| benson_murrensun
Intermediate Member Username: benson_murrensun Post Number: 102 Registered: 5-2007 |
I love my Avalon U5. The headphone sound is great. The pre-selected EQ curves are very usable. I don't think I ever had my Alembic plugged into it, though. It was probably with other basses. I have not used the speaker in, so I can't say if I like that circuit. | ||
| llobsterbass
Junior Username: llobsterbass Post Number: 46 Registered: 5-2004 |
My buddy had a U5 as the bass DI in his studio for years, and everything sounded great through it, including my Orion. But the Orion sounds great all the time! | ||
| edwin
Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 414 Registered: 5-2002 |
I like it OK, but I think my Groove Tubes DITTO sounds a lot better. Edwin | ||
| krystoof
Junior Username: krystoof Post Number: 22 Registered: 1-2009 |
I have the tube preamp "the Brick" from Groove Tubes, and it sounds soooooooo much better than the U5, much more simple, and so much more efficient!!! :-))) | ||
| thebass
Advanced Member Username: thebass Post Number: 254 Registered: 3-2003 |
I tried the U5 to record with my Orion-5 fretless. Without the EQ presets it is as clean as you can ever get, almost as if it is not existing in your signal path. If you like that, then the U5 will work out great for you. But in the end I preferred the Universal Audio LA-610 to record my tracks. |
