Ada Sesuatu Dari yNot Studio (Part 2)

Jumaat 23/7/2010 - It's a fast decision really, yesterday I've contacted Engbok of yNot Studio (Farlim, Penang), asking about DI unit especially Behringer DI boxes for guitar or bass. And came up with Behringer V-Tone Bass BDI21 - bass amp modeller, direct recording preamp, DI box in one stompbox size.

Seperti biasa, yNot studio memang tempat untuk aku mendapatkan produk-produk Behringer, sebab lebih murah berbanding premis-premis lain (BDI21 standard retail price RM180) dan senang nak deal dengan Engbok. Pagi semalam order, bank-in duit belah tengahari, pagi ni dah dapat bungkusan dari PosLaju, quite fast eh? Thanks Engbok, you rock! Credits to PosLaju staff too.

Behringer V-Tone Bass BDI21 pedal dan seunit patch cable Belden
(yang sepatutnya aku dapat dua unit waktu beli BOD100 dulu).

BDI21 ni boleh digunakan untuk bermacam-macam fungsi - preamp, overdrive, simple equalizer, tube sound emulator/modeller, direct recording dan fungsi paling penting sebagai DI unit. Dengan menggunakan XLR output, aku boleh cocok output bass rig aku ke PA system atau mixer dengan "selamat", no more overloaded high impedance sound signal rushing through. Dan normal output yang satu lagi aku boleh cocok kat bass amp (bila dah ada bass amp kelaklah).

As for other Behringer stompboxes/pedals, as expected with Behringer quality, this pedal was totally plastic! Except for the rubberised base plate which was metal, just make this pedal feels heavy and rugged. It's a Behringer, what did you expect? With couples of "manual" sheets only which doesn't really give you the idea what this pedal really was.

Powered by 9V battery or AC adapter (not included) but since I've got Zoom AD-0006E adapter, so it's not a big deal.

Normal 1/4" input/output jack dan balanced XLR output.
Nak kena cari kabel with XLR connector (microphone cable).

Imej link dari website Behringer.

Sound? Petang tadi dah buat soundcheck, test pedal ni bersama-sama Black Ice dan BOD100 beberapa minit kat makeshift studio with this setting Black Ice -> BOD100 -> BDI21 -> PA system. Not bad, not bad at all... Especially that presence and blend knob, kalau pandai cari setting yang sesuai memang boleh dapat sound yang agak "dalam".

Empat knobs yang atas tu pulak (drive, treble, bass, level) fungsinya seakan-akan overdrive knobs kat BOD100. Ground lift switch may reduce the humming sound if the rig wasn't earthed properly. Tapi buat pertama kalinya aku dapat pulas tombol PHAT-II preamp kat Black Ice aku full blast tanpa bunyi yang menggerunkan. Selama ni aku tak berani nak pulas tombol PHAT-II full blast, takut nanti akan menjejaskan PA system Bob Kandar.

Esok plan nak jamm lagi (bergantung kepada keputusan Bob Kandar), mungkin esok dapat test pedal ni seoptimumnya.

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Lain cerita,

Selain BDI21 ni, memang aku dah survey beberapa DI box (untuk bass) yang lain. Tapi memandangkan harganya agak mahal, in the end sucked-up with Behringer :)

Hartke VXL Bass Attack @ RM35x (kanan - imej link dari website Samsontech). Yang ni aku nak tunggu CK Music Year End sale, pastinya pedal ni harganya drop gila-gila macam tahun lepas.

Tapi tahun lepas aku ambik keputusan untuk beli Zoom B2, sebab waktu tu aku tak terpikir pun nak guna DI unit, apa itu DI unit pun aku tak tau...

MXR M80 Bass DI @ RM89x (kiri - imej link dari website Jim Dunlop). Awat la produk MXR ni harganya terlampau mahal? kalau bawah RM4xx tu kira mampu lagi la.

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Ada apa: Behringer pun Behringer la... It's not that bad after all.