Re: LR Baggs Session DI - anyone tried it for Mandolin?
I agree with that.
I'd also suggest that there could be a problem with mandolin and this box... because the compressor that is in there is a dynamic multi-band type with non-adustable, fixed bands and relative thresholds, designed for use with guitar. Acoustic guitar and mandolin put out quite different signals, not only in frequency but dynamically. As Foldedpath says... compression of any kind can be an effective, but also dangerous, tool... and you need to know when and how to use it, and you need a reasonable degree of control over what it is doing and how it works. The "one-knob" type compressors do have real drawbacks, and that is what you get on here. Given the fairly high price, also worth noting there is only one available notch filter and four fixed high pass filters....the latter would be far better if it was fully variable. Saturation in this context is a gimmick... it is another word for faked tube/transformer harmonic distortion.
I'd pass on this box. Costs a lot and too many limitations.
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