Behringer BDI21 query

Snags

I have one of these that I use for recording direct to DAW, not least because I have no bass amp.

Is it possible to use the XLR and the 1/4" outputs at the same time?

Turns out Friday night I'm going to need to play bass for some carols that are being recorded "live". I'll have access to an amp in the room (which I'll need to hear myself) but I know the chap running the desk (who isn't great) will want to DI the bass, which will sound utterly shit without a bit of pre-processing (it won't get any in post, the people who'll be doing that don't have the knowledge, and I'm not sticking my oar in).

If I can stuff the BDI21 in front of the amp and also take a feed to the desk, without having to acquire any additional kit, that would be quite handy. Unfortuantely I don't have anything here I can experiment with ahead of time.

ICBM

Yes, you can do that. I have one exactly for that sort of situation, and although I haven't had to use it for real yet, I've tested it at home.

Snags

Brilliant, thank you. I'll chuck it in the bag.

mart

Yep, used it like that many a time. All works exactly as you'd want it to.

ICBM

It would be surprising if it wasn't a pretty good piece of kit, because the clue as to what it's a none-too-subtle copy of is in the name .

Snags

It's something to do with bass. I don't pretend to have any knowledge or understand it, I only got one because @Bridgehouse said they were OK. It sat in the box for nearly a year until I needed it for some recording

Bridgehouse

Snags said:

It's something to do with bass. I don't pretend to have any knowledge or understand it, I only got one because @Bridgehouse said they were OK. It sat in the box for nearly a year until I needed it for some recording

Yes, it's a copy. And it's very good - its extremely good value for money

ICBM

Snags said:

It sat in the box for nearly a year until I needed it for some recording

Mine does too, but for what it cost it's the perfect sits-in-a-box-until-you-need-it-one-day solution. Buying it was inspired by a situation at a gig where the soundman appeared to have no idea how to DI a bass amp, so used the input signal to the amp instead, with the result that the sound on stage bore no relation to the out-front sound at all... probably not helped by my fuzz pedal which was then effectively going straight into the PA .

Or worse, that possibly the awful buzzy racket coming out of the wedge monitor was representative of what the audience were hearing as well! At least with this, I can set the stage amp 'flat' and dial the sound in using the BDI21, so there's some hope the two might be similar.

fretmeister

It's a near perfect copy of the Mk1 of the thing. The Mk2 has a mid control now (at last).

The only thing that is a bit shabby about the copy is the footswitch. It's a bit crap and can fail.
But if it's being used in place of an amp or an always-on tone maker then so what. Could buy 10 of the Behringer ones for the price of a new proper one!

ICBM

fretmeister said:

The only thing that is a bit shabby about the copy is the footswitch. It's a bit crap and can fail.
But if it's being used in place of an amp or an always-on tone maker then so what.

Exactly. If mine ever does, I'll hardwire it to on... the way I intend to use it, there's no need to ever turn it off.

fretmeister

Just noticed they are only £21 on Amazon at the moment.
I'm going to get a spare!!


SCRATCH THAT - for some reason it won't let me order to my address. Why?

Seymour1

fretmeister said:

Just noticed they are only £21 on Amazon at the moment.
I'm going to get a spare!!


SCRATCH THAT - for some reason it won't let me order to my address. Why?

I've got the same problem. A quick look at other stockists seems to suggest that the only supplier with stock Is Thomann with other places not getting new stock in until January. I guess the issue is Amazon saying it is in stock when it isn't and the problem only gets resolved when you try to buy one.

Jalapeno

Nothing to do with Brexit of course !

fretmeister

Seymour1 said:

fretmeister said:

Just noticed they are only £21 on Amazon at the moment.
I'm going to get a spare!!


SCRATCH THAT - for some reason it won't let me order to my address. Why?

I've got the same problem. A quick look at other stockists seems to suggest that the only supplier with stock Is Thomann with other places not getting new stock in until January. I guess the issue is Amazon saying it is in stock when it isn't and the problem only gets resolved when you try to buy one.

I went through it with Amazon customer service yesterday. Tried loads of things. Ultimately they tell me it's a website tech issue and not stock issue.

They've logged it as a ticket and told me it might take the website team a week to get to it, but that I should try again then to buy it, and if not go through customer service again.

hollywoodrox

It’s basically a bass sans amp ,very well thought of