tegendemuur
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From the AION Beta Lead / Bass docs
"The Beta Preamp is a single-channel adaptation of the original amplifier. It can be built in either Bass or Lead configurations by swapping out a few components. While it can be used as a drive pedal, it works best as a true preamp driving a power amp directly."
I am not sure how to take this, concidering my situation, where I don't use cabinets. I use powered bookshelf speakers or studio monitors, depending on what I want to achieve. Would this pedal benefit from adding, for instance, the power amp module that PedalPCB sells (or a lower wattage variation)? I take the description above as that the pedal sounds "better" with a power amp after it. Or a boost (I read on the board that its volume is weak when there's no gain dialed in). Maybe I am better off adding an effects loop to it then (kinda where the reverb sits in the original) so it really can sit at the very end of the chain....?
"The Beta Preamp is a single-channel adaptation of the original amplifier. It can be built in either Bass or Lead configurations by swapping out a few components. While it can be used as a drive pedal, it works best as a true preamp driving a power amp directly."
I am not sure how to take this, concidering my situation, where I don't use cabinets. I use powered bookshelf speakers or studio monitors, depending on what I want to achieve. Would this pedal benefit from adding, for instance, the power amp module that PedalPCB sells (or a lower wattage variation)? I take the description above as that the pedal sounds "better" with a power amp after it. Or a boost (I read on the board that its volume is weak when there's no gain dialed in). Maybe I am better off adding an effects loop to it then (kinda where the reverb sits in the original) so it really can sit at the very end of the chain....?
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