Review Demo – Boss BC-1X Bass Compressor
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So what’s the big deal about bass compression? It may not be the most glamorous effect, but it’s invaluable for evening out your signal and can change your overall tone with the right (or wrong) tweaks. Common complaints about compression are that it can sound unnatural and/or too squeezed—to the point that bass doesn’t sound like bass anymore—and that compressors can be noisy. On the flipside, the right compression can sweeten a tone and make life a whole lot nicer in both live and studio situations. We spent some time with the new BC-1X Bass Comp from Boss. It’s their answer to the common complaints about compression and a pedestal for the positive attributes of the effect.
The familiar aesthetic of Boss pedals hasn’t changed much in 30-plus years, and the BC-1X preserves that vibe with a simple layout: four side-by-side controls positioned above a high-resolution gain-reduction indicator. A solid-feeling pedal, the green-metal-flake housing has the aforementioned decades of field-testing as verification of its ruggedness. Under the hood is what Boss calls MDP (Multi-Dimensional Processing), the secret sauce to their newer pedals. MDP technology virtually separates a signal into different parts and analyzes the parameters of these parts—such as frequencies and dynamics—before the effect is optimally applied to each part independently. It’s all very 21st century, but none of that matters unless it sounds good, right?
To test the pedal’s mettle, I used a Yamaha BB1024X loaded with active Aguilar pickups and an Aguilar OBP-3 preamp. The BC-1X is designed to run at 18V, so you can use it with active basses with very hot output. (An internal boost circuit helps that onboard 9V.) So I could best hear the nuances of the BC-1X, I plugged into a PreSonus FireStudio interface and pulled out a set of headphones.
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I would rather call it "Lamborghini" Yellow, no?
Super helpful thanks
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I'm planning on running a fretless theought this as well as a squire jazz bass….
Should I put compression before or after distortion?
Hi great video! Thanks! I'm still strugglin' to decide between this and MXR M87 Bass Compressor. Any help? Cheers
I love Bass Comp pedal by Boss ????????✌????????????
I'm running my bass through amp sims on my computer, but I'm thinking of getting a compressor pedal to put between by bass and my audio interface. Of course, there are a million compressor plug-ins you can use within your DAW, but I just figured getting the best compressed signal going into the system would make for cleaner recording.
Can anyone out there give me the pros and cons of this, because I'd rather not spend the money if I don't have to.
Also, can someone tell me the difference between a compressor and a limiter/enhancer?
Nice video but you need a second person changing the tone while you keep playing 😉
Totally wrong bass for this demo…it realy sounds like crap
Every bass player needs a comp! Even if you have very good control over your dynamics, it still will fatten the sound!
Does a bass compressor just compress the bass tones or the overall loudness
What a great, sensible review. In so many others, there's little to no difference between the pedal switched off and the pedal switched on! Thank you.
just bought the cpx1 for guitar, whats the difference and much do i need this one for bass. Will the cpx1 be decent enough
Mxr Bass compressor or The Boss here?
Not a good tone in that bass! Even without the compressor
4:24 Dude thinks that's how you play a bass, but it's not how you play a bass. Why do they always get this guy? You'd think Premier Guitar would have a bass player somewhere in the office.
Great demo ! The boss pedal sounds good and is easy to operate.
Threshold at -10dB and a 3:1 ratio is a nice starting point for me.
The angled frets make the neck of that bass look warped…
Took the balls off the bass tone
300 dollars?? dats a lot tho
what is that bass?
|'ve got one of these and yes, you're right, no bad sound possible. It's great. Not a cheap pedal but you need compression and you only have to buy it once. I had a Boss compressor with 5 band EQ on it a long time ago (the 80's) and that was wonderful. You could just set in your perfect slap sound but now it's like I dreamed it. Can't find one anywhere. It was red.
One of the main reasons to use a multi-band compressor is with extended range instruments.
It would be nice to focus in slamming the low string constantly to check the smoothing and consistency from the lowest string to the others, to see how much closer you can make the low string sound like the higher ones, and not the other way around.
You have a Dingwall there, but most people who buy that bass buy it to tune low as hell, so I keep wondering why people keep demoing at B and not A down to F0.
You are a really good bass player, but your angle is from a traditional player and not a drop tune player, and it would be nice to have both angles. We already have a gazillion traditional reviewers, and not enough people trying to push the sonic boundaries.
I hope this isn't seen as negative criticism and rather constructive.
Digital? Geez. Next!
How much blow did this guy do before shooting this?
Go to http://www.ovnilab.com to learn all about compression. Reviews, how to's, opinions, and so on. THE site for all things compression.
Awesome review. I just got this exact pedal and I had no idea how to really use it but I am now going in the right direction!
So glad I picked this bad boy up. A little pricey, but really levels out the tone, especially when playing hard and fast with a pick
I could use that with my GK 1001rb.