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How would this change the way you record bass?
I go straight into a Line 6 UX2 at the moment. I am dead sure this will be an improvement! 🤣
well um for one my bass wont sound so wretchedly muddy but that was before my new treats I just got but yeah If I win this Im gonna be kicking some seriously smooth psychedelia bass grooves
It would sound better!!
Well, id more inclined to call up a bass player as opposed to program it myself.
I haven't got a DI box yet so it would be the difference between a very good something and nothing. 😄
I had some anxiety that this British man was sitting there NOT making a Spinal Tap joke about sustain, and then he finally did. Thank goodness.
Haha you got me figured Nathan!! Haha
Can't believe you're reviewing this and giving it away. I just stayed looking for my first DI for my efficient semi professional studio and saw this beauty. Amazing
Hey, Warren! I don't know what type of mic is in your accoustic guitar, but if it's a piezo pickup (sounds like it), you should switch the input impedance to the 2MOhm position. That might give you loads of bottom end to work with! The input impedance should always be at minimum the same, preferably ten times higher than the source impedance. An imput impedance lower than the source impedance will give you a high- and sometimes low-pass filter in the audible range. A piezo usually has an impedance of 1MOhm, so the 2MOhm position should be a better fit! (A "normal" 1MOhm DI is also more often than not a bad fit for piezo's. Radial makes DI's specificaly for Piezo's)
The flexibility of the HDI is insane. It sounds great and the color knob is one of a kind. Awesome!
Thanks ever so much Jürgen!
Funny thing: I have a Radial Bassbone OD, which I bought for my piezo-powered EUB. It works beautifully for that. Not so long ago, I decided to try recording guitars direct from its line-out, as well as processed by a modelling amp via its amp-out, as is commonly done with bass guitar. The DI signal sounded fantastic for all of them! It might just be Radial magic at work.
I always forget what a good guitar player you are! The DI sounds great too but your playing is sick!
I always use a DI from an electric/acoustic. I did a session back in my ADAT days and the client bumped a mic and refused to reperform the part because it was a live performance and was so happy with his performance, he didn't think he could do it again. The DI'ed acoustic guitar ended up saving the day and he was "pleased as punch" and I was (quite literally) a hero in his eyes because I had the backup source. I did bring the mic track up just enough to hide the bump but it was about 80% DI.
What a wonderful DI! Thanks for the demo. The Radial Tonebone is my go-to di for acoustic guitars, this will probably do the same for bass, and maybe electric guitars as well. I have used the Avalon U5 a lot, and love it, but this Radial has so much more to offer. Any opinion of those compared?
It's the first bass di I have seen in a long time that's made think, I NEED THAT!!! Great, enthusiastic demo, that tells me all I need to know. Thanks
I have two DIs I LOVE this one and the ACME DI. Both amazing and both really cloud the sound! That's what I'm really loving about the Radial!
I'm really excited. When I add my half-assed bass playing to one of my tracks I need all the help I can get.
As a bass player, are usually use my processor to compress my signal going in to my interface, but there are no attack and release times on the patch are use so it tends to choke the tone a bit. I’ll definitely be looking into this Radial box, Thanks for the great review!
Hi Warren, love your channel! The bass and guitar sounded great, but obviously what you were hearing and what is heard on this video as pertaining to the acoustic is completely different since you were hearing both the live in the room sound as well as the direct feed while we only hear the direct feed. The direct feed by itself doesn't sound good but blended with a mic'd signal it could sound great, but we can't tell because we weren't in the room with you! You are such an amazing guitarist I think you could make any DI sound great! I would love to hear a song with you playing a ripping lead!! Cheers
That looks awesome... I Love radial products. Being a bass player, I’m always into direct boxes!
Yes, great products! The first person who commented on my instagram was Al Schmitt saying he got one!
Grabbed one of these a month or two ago, and I've gotta say it's absolutely incredible. The tone shaping/compression is awesome, but I also love how many tracks you can get from the one source. I've been having a lot of luck sending the mic/line outputs to the mixer (scoop some mids and do the pultec trick to the mic level channel, leave Line level as is), and sending the Raw/Effected 1/4" outputs directly to my interface. End up with 4 incredibly usable tracks to pick and choose from or combine.
Yet another wonderful tool! I just took a break from recording some bass when your new vid popped. Alas this one is below a couple mics, a couple pres and a compressor or distressor or two on the studio list. Cheers Warren!!
Unless I misunderstand, this is just a DI sound for the guitar? That sounds like a great clean amp sound. I'm super impressed with this. I share your enthusiasm for this thing!
Thanks ever so much Kyro!
THIS MAN JUST STARTED ANOTHER GIVEAWAY I CAN'T HANDLE ALL THIS GOODNESS
Do you really think anyone does this for free? This is a business driven youtube channel, and you are the targeted audience... Just saying ;-)
Thanks ever so much my friend!
@@thesoundresidence I only review things I like and believe are great! And I insist they let us give them away! FYI the first person to comment on the video on Instagram was Al Schmitt saying he had one and loved it!
@@thesoundresidence yes they give away for free. and Warren has to pay for the shipping, wherever it is, even Brazil. this isn't a business driven channel. how do i know? i've binge-watched PLAP videos too much ❤️
just figures I upgrade my bass, bass amp and bass cab and here comes warren peeking in my window with something else for me to drool over lol Best of luck to everyone who entered! Radial? Im all over this one! Damn fine gear damn fine indeed
Where do you enter ?
Crikey that's not cheap... Any great DI for bass around $200-250 that would be a huge improvement over an interface Hi-Z input?
Tech 21 GED-2112 Geddy Lee Signature SansAmp Bass Preamp - changed my life for recording bass. I highly, highly recommend it. I can't imagine a playing style that it won't excel at, FWIW. I don't see it going away for me at this point, ever, but dang the HDI sounds pretty fantastic and has some extra features to make it worth adding to the toolbox.
Dang, as someone who is primarily a Bassist, this looks awesome man! A fond and informative showcase as always!
Fantastic!! Thanks for the great comment!
@@Producelikeapro You are always welcome! My pleasure!
Thanks, Warren, awesome Radial box! What kind of bass are you using.. Ibanez? What model?
Looks like a Yamaha bb735A
@@peterhammond4570 Thanks!
So glad I clicked on this video.
Can't compare that live signal to a digitally-driven signal. I love the sound of my bass driven with what engineering techniques I'm aware of but that sounds is just not possible to achieve without running the signal through a physical system. There's so much more detail in an analog signal because the saturation is added into the signal coming from the strings rather than just increasing the amplitude.
I really like that mid tone around the 16m mark.
I actually really like the acoustic run through that. It makes the strings sound really metallic - I think it'd fit well in overlay environments in the studio when the bass tones are usually cut out anyways. I think it'd also be really great for running the acoustic's signal into some really deep effects because of the high-frequency values (flanger, etc.) It'd also add a great high-frequency overlay if you played the same riff as the bassline and mixed it in with the bass. Try passing it through a low-cut filter. It sounds like a pulse-width oscillator. Ooh, try it with a wah!
I can't WAIT to try one of these out (hopefully) but we shouldn't think it's too amayyyzing to see a line output on any modern DI, let alone an $800 Radial bass masterpiece... right? 😊
I love you, brother. Please keep these videos coming! You're a godsend in this pandemic!
Very nice piece of gear. I can really hear the transcient getting eaten up (pumping) on the acoustic guitar. Love it on bass.
Fantastic playing as always Warren!! You've really got me eying this DI! And then you broke out the Beatles licks, haha, I love it!!
Thanks for doing this video, been having my eye on it for quite some time. I am a fan of Radial for quite some time now! Going to play around with those multitracks!
I would use this to color the DI signal. The Di un-buffered path would still go to my Demeter bass pre. I am guessing the Di would be fairly usable without a ton of tweaking.
I loved the short ‘nod’ to Al DiMeola.
The bass sounded pretty good, the electric sounded mighty.
The acoustic guitar however, I will say that you were almost certainly hearing a lot of acoustic live, and not hearing the DI output to the same extent that you were from the electric instruments. To my ear, the acoustic sounded overly ‘brittle’, and over compressed, to the extent that a notable amount of ‘pumping’ was present in the track.
As you said, possibly use it as an extra fattening or FX track next to 1 or 2 nice microphone tracks.
Overall though, it sounds like a pretty nice toy, and one I would love to get my hands on.
I've been looking at the BAE stereo passive DI ..it has the Carnhill transformer inside ..i want to use it to liven up my digital signal ...so I'd be bouncing round a loop out of the audio interface and back in again. Looks like a nice bit of kit ..what about a soft synth into it...or ITB generator ..like a drum machine ...big love to the show, team and community.
At the moment I'm recording my bass with the built in D/I on my Ampeg B1 and just tweek alittle on the console and use some stock plugin to satisfy the customer. I have tried mic as well but to be honest, the DI sounds better and is easier to manipulate to create a awesome sound. This RADIAL HDI would of course help me make an even better bass sound.
Have a great day and I really hope I win this wonderful piece of gear.
This sounds great! I currently use the Neve RNDI for recording bass and synth which are awesome but this is way more versatile. That Yamaha bass sounds great too. I may have missed it if you said it but did you start with the just split pickup or did you have any of the jazz pickup rolled in too?
Thanks for the demo. When I first saw this for sale, I was wondering why Radial was putting out a "premium" DI, but I get it now.
Amazing tone! And great timing by Radial! I'm off to pre production in two weeks, and this thing is just what I need to get that extra playing inspiration. Competition or not! 🥳
Another option in the same price range would be a tube head from Ampeg which would also provide some nice compression and distortion. just wish the Portaflex had a "thru"
A Reddi sounds sick, too.
this bass looks great and sounds awesome...what is this for an model?
Sounds great. Not that I'm nitpicking but it would have been cool to combine it with a reamp box. Hell, put a loop inside it so you can just use the unit as a reamper to put some nice analog compression and saturation on a track.
9:30 very spinal tap moment with the sustain 😂 great video, as a recording bass player I'd love to have one of these
Wow sounded incredible with the electric guitar DI normally I hate that sound but clean or distorted it sounded great. When you played the guitar through it sounded like a great tone for a jazz record. Soo weird that it sounded that good just wow! Great video!
I'm loving that Bass Guitar Warren, what is it?
Looks like a Yamaha BB734. Very solid basses!
I own a Radial Pro D2 dual-DI and ProRMP re-amp, but for bass, I use my trusty SansAmp RBI. Granted, it doesn't include an opto comp, but that's where I use plugins. The Radial boxes are tanks - absolutely indestructible.
Hey Warren and Team, I know it's off topic but NICE AMP WALL! Rock Out! Cheers
Amazing!! id get a "shinzle" load of use out of one of these... both live and in studio sessions
Hi Warren - I've been meaning to ask, when we sign up for contests, it asks to sign up for several PLAP social media that I've already signed up for, but it looks like you need to do it again in order to properly enter the contests. Thanks!
Please compare these two and tell your suggestion: Boss Tube Amp Expander vs. Universal Audio OX Box
The acoustic sound surprisingly better than I thought it would. Maybe a a touch too compressed though.
This would be a great DI box for recording bass for sure. I’m currently using an ART pro channel which is okay, but this would be a great substitute for the ART. 😉
wow, big fat grinding bass tones. I'd be happy plugging straight into that. Great review, thanks.
Hi Warren, I seem to hear the same low end and treble as the distortion is applied. That's brilliant!!! Is there any bandpass filter that makes that happen? Cheers
I'm thinking Warren really likes this DI. It looks and sounds great.
Fantastic piece of gear. Goes straight to the top of my Wishlist. Great video review too, as always. 😎👍
great stuff Warren!! really versatile !!! and for the price,,, it;s a steal!!!
Pretty good sounding overall for Bass and Electric. Not sure about the acoustic through it -- would have to play around with it. A bit farty/wooly in the lowend with the bass -- when you pulled back the color it cleaned up some mud, much nicer. I've used my Radial JDI a lot -- they definitely make great products.
that sounds killer.. cheers from Finland
I just bought that bass two months ago it's amazing.
Please what make and model? A few people are asking. Thanks in advance!
@@sansocie yamaha bb734a - I have one and it's incredible.
Jeez... So cool. I want this so badly. But I also want the radial XTC soooo much. The things they do overlap somewhat but they're obviously geared towards different functions. ITS SO HARD TO DECIDE SOMETIMES! 😖😡😤
Hi Warren, the HDI seems impressive! I have been using Radial DI’s for years for any shows I mix and they are great. What do you think to potentially using the Radial HDI as an outboard? Possibly in a similar way to an LA-3A for example? Obviously you wouldn’t be able to dial it in quite as exact due to the stepped controls but it could add a certain something possibly? All the best from good old Blighty!
Everything Radial makes is bulletproof. I have 3 of their products and haven’t had any issues.
Could you do a video comparing the sound quality of going directly into an interface, vs a cheap, medium, and expensive DI? cheap could be the Radial ProDI, medium could be the Rupert Neve RNDI, and expensive could be this
Busting out all the Spinal Tap references recently.. love it! Whenever anyone plays a single bass note in these demo style videos I immediately hear Chain by Fleetwood Mac... (and Murray Walker losing his nut over Formula 1 for all the Brits out there). Very sweet on acoustic... loads of character..
Minus the functionality I wonder how this stacks up against an A Designs RedDI. I heard one in LA a number of years ago and dreamed of owning one ever since!
I LOVE the RedDI - I would rather have that than this - but I would need to win one of these to be certain.
This is awesome! This color for the bass might sweet in our band
I can understand the compressor for a bass guitar, but why the compressor on the acoustic? It really seems to squash the dynamics of the fine acoustic guitar you are playing... Can you switch out the compressor in the HDI?
Hi, great as always.
Can you tell us your opinion for comparing it to your other favored Bass recording devices: BAE DMP and Motown DI
Thanks for the entertaining review! Have you ever tested the API TranZformer LX or GT?
I've been asking for this for years! Since I have been a Radial guy with my JDI and J48 I don't travel without them. I have the Avalon U5 and it's great but the specs are different and I want it!
I like it. its clean and boomy it delivers
nice chops n tones. God bless
Thanks ever so much
Ok, just ordered one. I have a few Radial products but this one is FIRE!
Fantastic Cary! I know you'll love it!
the Colour and presence controls are neutral when fully anti-clockwise not at 12 O'clock bbut it sounds delicious.
Hi Perry Gingerysty haha indeed! I just loved playing with it!! Radial make such well built gear!!
Solid piece of equipment... I use the DI on the isa on... You should do a review on the isa one... What's your thoughts thoughts on the isa one. Thanks again for the best channel.. Yours effort are well appreciated.
(So sorry to spam the comments!!) One of the nice things about a DI acoustic is you can use it in place of EQ to add clarity/presence etc. to a mix to help bring the acoustic forward in a band/ensemble context.
A test of the HI Z switch would have been useful!
As per the manual, HI Z should probably be turned ON for recording instruments that are usually 20 to 100K Ohms outputs and expect 1M Ohms or more amp inputs. Remember that DIs are impedance adaptation tools first!
With a 200K Ohms input (which is already high and way better than a line input), input/output impedance ratio is likely a bit too low for passive instruments, and, you might then lose signal amplitude and especially high frequencies due to the cable acting as a condenser when current passes through. On the other hand, if input impedance is too high, it might lead to more self noise in some cases.
On a side note, it's funny to see Radial doing non transparent products, because what I know them for the most is their incredibly efficient and neutral Jensen coils (notably used in at least some editions of the JDI which is affordable). That said, these tools seem quite nice to have if you can. Also, I wouldn't go that hard on the compression as it acts close to a limiter but with slow release, it pumps a lot when you smash signal into it.
Ultimately, I'm using this occasion to thank you for all your work and useful insights including this video. I've learned a lot from you, and I'd be thrilled if I brought at least one useful piece of information in return!
All the best.
Sounds GOLD on bass, "meh" on electric guitar and then I don't know what the third instrument was. I mean it looked like an acoustic guitar, but sounded nothing like it.
Haha yes, it'd definitely amazing on Bass! I meant for you to download the files from the electric and use an amp simulation on it! DI'd acoustic never sounds good!
Hi Warren. Have you ever seen Analog Obsession Plug-ins? They all are free and I think that they are cool. Could you make a review and give us your opinion?
The acoustic sustain might be fantastic (and it seems to be as much), but it certainly doesn't sound as much like an acoustic. 😬
If that isn't piezo-quack I'm hearing exacerbated, I would be quite surprised! I'm wondering if there's a setting on the rig that would drop down that piezo 2-3kHz quack out before bringing up that compression.
Sounds absolutely fantastic on bass! Even on elec guitar.
Wasn't that found of the acoustic guitar though, maybe because I don't like DI'ed acoustics. 😊 As always great review Warren! 👍
Greetings from Sweden ☀️
Hi Bengt! Agreed, yes, DI Acoustics are always quite 'interesting' to say the least!
Too much drive for acoustic guitar
I just recently picked up a axe i/o for this very reason. I wonder how this would compare in a recording scenario?
Nice but sounds thin for a bass n playing the bass like a guitar makes it more noticeable for that price I would get a Neve pre amp 1073 or 1272...guitars seem but again for the price best to go for a tube ...personal preference n taste otherwise professional awesome Presentation n awesome piece of DI to combine w others
How would you compare this to the Avalon U5 Direct Box? I used the Avalon U5 Direct Box for years when running FOH at a church. We used a pair of them on a piano. I've used the Avalon U5 Direct Box quite a bit on bass guitar in studio settings.
VERY nice! Approved.
I have an Avalon U5 and it's a great DI similar to this. Great on bass and acoustic guitar.
You should have read the manual first! The Color and presence is flat fully counter clockwise! The opto comp is 3 positions, and the HPF is also a three positions.... The switch is OFF down position! any way, that thing sound awesome ! I'll test it soon! ;)
Do you like it better than the Acme Audio Motown D.I.?
I have the radial xamp which is great for running things back out of my daw into an amp or even to just get it to the proper level to run virtual instruments through guitar pedals and then come back in through a hiz input on my uad apollo x8. Great stuff, I would run this in parallel with using unison ampeg in my uad and then in the method warren taught me, use the di for low end and amp for the character (although this seems to give you some of that as well)
Very impressive sound HDI for acoustic guitar!
Extra points for the Golden Dawn riff.
What is your preferred method for getting stereo -10 dB unbalanced line level keyboards and synths to your balanced converter ins?
I'm assuming you plug this in after the pedalboard and then into Logic? Or would it work better into an amp?
Sounds very coloured - even before you applied it! Would have liked to hear it with no drive "ultra Clean" as they say. Radial are know for transparency. I like this but Im not sure is it is DI or a Pre. Extensive testing would answer that one! better enter the give away..!
I would love to see the Radial compared to the Line 6 bass Driver. I've been using the bass Driver for 20+ years and it would be a useful comparison.
Sounds good! Sounds really good
Very nice Warren! I'm gonna have to pick up one of these if I don't win one. 😜
Humbuckers have a higher resistance and inductance, so they are usually quite well matched fir a D.I. Plug in a Strat or a Tele: so damn clean you couldn't clip a hedge with one; then let's see how it goes.
Nice Beatles riffs!
Ooooo, The Velvet Underground. One day I'll tell you my Lou Reed stories. 😈
Hey Warren: Does your acoustic have a battery in it? Was it on it's way out?
Would interesting to compare it to the Focusrite ISA
trying to think about if this would be good for my wurlitzer because i cant play it thru an amp due to volume! that compressor seems really weird though, not sure i liked what it was doing in this clip
Does sound great on bass and electric but I prefer the LR Baggs para acoustic DI for acoustic
Its that opto compressor. on Bass it reminds me of the LA-3A which I love to use on bass in the mix.
Thank you for a great review
Hi SIEL thanks ever so much!
Hey - you didn't mention that it was designed by Hutch Hutchinson who was a magic designer at Manley Labs. No surprise he's making some killer gear!!