Markbass - In My Humble Opinion.

The 28 November in Guitar House (Kiev) was an interesting event

"Presentation MarkBass in Ukraine!"

T-Sound lab – this is exactly the firm through which I came to the presentation, but also as a demonstrator, so in my story I will address only the technical part, already turning the handle I had the most.

I do not remember in what order were "testing", I will begin

what I remember.

Kid who impressed on my all, loud and clear sound for its compact size, it MICROMARK. About the controls: LEVEL - This is understandable, but VPF (Variable Pre-shape Filter) it will be interesting. Knob clockwise raises the frequency of 35 and 10000gts, and the frequency 380gts cut, making the sound of bass guitar more transparent and clean, how much twist to the left, already depends on your instrument well, and taste.

Going further, the sound of all vehicles purely transparent with a good bottom, excellent riding (a lot depends on the correct settings) and a loud sound. On every amp alone will take a long time, so I'll try to describe the concept of equalization Markbass, which is very different from other manufacturers of bass amplifiers.

Equalizer in Markbass in most cases the 4-th band, each band has a center frequency, we are talking about those who were at the presentation (Little Mark 250, Little Mark III, LITTLE MARK TUBE), there is a Markbass course equalizer with semi parametric frequency , but unfortunately was not.

With EQ all clear what kind of hand spun, so the frequency of advanced, there is also a filter VPF, its impact on frequency response, I said when told of MICROMARK, and the filter VLE (Vintage Loudspeaker Emulator), the term "Vintage" speaks for itself, turning the knob clockwise, we lower the level of the upper frequencies, ensuring a sound, say like Paul MakKartni about 50 years ago

How do I set up the EQ:

First, handles filters the end of off., A 4-band EQ are making the most satisfying sound and slowly regulator VPF add "heat", the main thing is not to overdo it. Well, when it was already very hot, start to put out a little "Fire" filter VLE, Vintage!!!

Tube compressor MARKBASS COMPRESSORE, who from the beginning to the end of the demonstration was in the path of my bass guitar to the entrance to the amplifiers, in general, deserves a separate topic.

Thank you all for reading this if you have any questions, you can write to the guestbook.

Thanks to the company MARKBASS, T-Sound lab (in the person of Kostja Shalygin), and guitar House in Kiev for sending us a test drive, and of course my sponsors, online store "Estrada.Com.Ua"

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