Iām currently looking at getting a drum looper for practice and messing around. Have narrowed it down to the two below. I know there is Beat Buddy stuff, but Iām more drawn to these two.
Currently leaning toward the 10R, because that has more rhythm functionality, which seems better for a bassistā¦
the NU>X. LoopCore soes about the same as what the 5 does, with like 3 times as much space, and more drums IIRC.
for $99 it was a steal, but I have not backed to back played with it, I just res the specs side by side and the NU>X seemed the better deal with more features.
That said, some like Boss for the real thing, and I get that if you rather spend on them, my hats off to you.
For $50 more, you can get the NU>X LoopCore Deluxe that comes with a footswitch for easy activation and looping.
And I think you get 8 hours recording, and with the first one you get 6 hours, unlilmited overdubbing on both.
Beginnerās FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out): My Sansamp BDDI arrived today. Spent two hours looking for comparable clones (mostly Behringer) after this thread drifted that way a couple days agoā¦ Eventually grew weary and just bought the Tech21. For the non-US readers, we are receiving some COVID economic stimulus money distributed right now. Figured it was better to blow part of it, rather than all of it on a new bass.
Now thinking about getting rid of my Ampeg SCR-DI (Rarely used)
While weāre on the subject, thereās also the Two Notes Le Bass which is another Tube driven DI/OD.
I was not a fan of my SCR-DI. The preamp side was great and had some nice tone to it (though very light). The scrambler was a joke though, some of the worst distortion I have owned. The BDDI will be way better for an overdriven sound for sure.
Yup. We have a tube topic 
@howard Yeah, I bought the Ampeg right after I got my first bass 8 months ago (a passive Mustang). Its pretty good for that sound from that bass. And blending the backing track is easy. The -db pad is a weird ass horizontal jumper inside and underneath - instead of a simple switch.
The āScramblerā circuit is useless as you noted. I try to think of it as a good headphone amp, but at that size etc the Zoom B1-4 beats it with itās drum machine, etc. I got it new-in-box for $100, so I think I can break even on it. Thatās the plan and how I justified impulse buying the SansAmp 
I was sad because I love the ampeg sound (which it has a little of) and wanted more of that, but the Scrambler was just so bad.
Itās otherwise a nice piece of gear though. And I love the amethyst colored LED 
Calling all gear experts:
I have a question about the Tech 21 SansAmp Character Series VT Bass DI I just got yesterday.
Iāve been playing around with it, and have discovered that I can turn off my Rumble 500 amp head and 115 cab, and just play though the PreSonus studio monitors I recently acquired. Obviously, they donāt have the same power, butā¦
Theoretically, does this mean I could sell my amp head and cab, and just buy a large and powerful speaker to hook up to the Tech 21 pre-amp?
Sorry if this is a lame question, but all this pre-amp, amp head, cab, etc stuff is still somewhat of a mystery to me.
P.S. I hope this is the correct thread in which to ask this question
thatās exactly what I do : I run the Bass POD Pro into the DAI and then into the KRK VXT8 monitors. I donāt have a bass amp since I sold the Ampeg, one year ago. I donāt need an amp right now because I only do studio stuff, but I will eventually get an amp when Iāll have to play with other musicians. still, the āpreamp into monitorsā thing works perfectly well.
Yes it does. You really only need an amp and cab or combo amp for playing with others.
Okay @terb and @eric.kiser , but again, couldnāt I play with others or perform on stage with the pre-amp hooked into a mixer and a large and powerful speaker?
thatās what some folks do, with a preamp directly into a PA. it can work ā¦ if you have a PA.
Okay, now weāre getting somewhere. I remember awhile back in another thread perhaps, @howard talked about doing that exact thing. So, how about if I got a PA? Isnāt that just a big speaker?
dumb blonde-------> Pam
One thing to note on @PamPurrsā question: donāt you still need a way to drive the large speaker? The monitors are active, so they have a built in amp. I guess if youāre going with a PA speaker, those are also powered, so that works. Then comes the question of sound quality vs your rumble head and cabā¦
This a perfect question for @DaveT. He would know more about how to choose a PA that would handle your bass.
This thinking eventually goes full circle. The PA @PamPurrs linked to is a 1x15ā. That will give you at best the same sound as a 1x15ā cabinet and likely not quite that because the cabinet isnāt as big as a bass cabinet. To make a PA sound as big as a bass cabinet it needs to be that big. Usually we end up adding subwoofers to PA if we want it to go that low, which is essentially adding a bass cabinet.
Itās all in how low you need it to go to like it.
Not at all. Part of the reason you became the BABG is because youāre never afraid to ask questions and put yourself out there to learn new stuff.
I think itās great you ask all the questions you do and even better that you figure out how to apply all the knowledge you gain.
Keep being you Pam. Weāre all better for it.
