Rocktron Blue Thunder Bass Preamp
The Blue Thunder is loaded with 128 professional Presets custom designed for bass. The Blue Thunder has a selectable Hi-Pass Effects Filter that allows you to determine the frequency range being passed through the digital effects, delivering lush effects that won't muddy up your low end. Custom voiced bass effects including flanger, phaser, tremolo, delay and reverb.. Rocktron's Dynamic Compression is included and has also been specifically engineered for bass. If that's not enough, Rocktron's Multi-voiced delay and chorus are again specifically voiced for bass use in live and recording situations.
Want some distortion? The Blue Thunder rolls out built-in distortion designed specifically for bass which can be added to your dry bass signal and effect path independently as desired.
Rocktron's unique signal routing allows you to choose between an analog direct feed, or full effects routing. The Blue Thunder has a most powerful and flexible tone shaping tool with Rocktron's SIMbiotic 4-Band Parametric EQ consisting of two sections of band limited parametric EQ - "BASS" and "PRESENCE" along with two sections of FULL BASS Paremetric EQ sections - "MID" and "TREBLE". Speaker Exciter with Sonic Clarity and Sonic Boom controls allows you to record direct, but also adds a new dimension of tone to your live sound.
Whether using the Blue Thunder with a power amp and speaker cabinets or while recording with the CABINET SIMULATOR engaged, the Speaker Exciter offers yet another extension of tonal expression allowing you to choose the speaker type (8", 10", 12", 15") then giving you even more tonal possibilities using the SONIC BOOM and SONIC CLARITY controls.
Rocktron's unique signal routing allows you to choose the signal path type for the direct mix - Analog or Digital. For Effect Loop Routing - you may want to use the Blue Thunder in an effects loop of your existing preamp - in this case you can route the direct signal around the DSP by setting the Direct Path option. With Direct Path Analog, your direct signal is untouched and then mixed with the DSP effects only. With Direct Path Digital you are using the Blue Thunder as a dedicated preamp.