Most electric bass players are all too familiar with plugging directly into the PA and getting a flat, uninspiring sound from the speakers. The Stadium DI was designed by our bass-playing engineering team to solve that live-performance problem.
With a blend of traditional and truly unique sound-shaping controls, the Stadium DI gives you a full range of features to transform your signal into a deeply expressive bass tone that fits effortlessly into any live mix.
In the process of adapting studio mixing and mastering tools for our acoustic-series Session DI, our engineers took features like harmonic saturation and multiband compression and turned them into highly effective tone-shaping tools for live performance. They pushed these concepts even further when they reworked the same ideas for electric bass.
Unlike standard overdrives that distort the entire signal, this circuit isolates and saturates a specific low-frequency band. This introduces harmonic overtones that add warmth and grit without thinning out the fundamental note. Engage the Drive switch to expand the saturation across the full frequency spectrum.
Rather than using static equalization to make permanent cuts, this circuit utilizes three separate bands of dynamic tone-shaping. The Comp-EQ acts as a touch-sensitive equalizer that adapts in real time to your playing. Light playing remains uncompressed, while aggressive playing triggers targeted compression to smooth out problem frequencies, without flattening the overall performance dynamics.
This control focuses on the specific upper-midrange frequencies associated with string attack. Adjusting the control modifies the character of the note’s leading edge (or attack), allowing you to shift between a rounded, muted tone and a sharper, more defined attack without affecting the larger tonal response.
The specially tuned Fat switch boosts 150Hz by +3dB or +6dB for a fuller, rounded tone that fills out the mix without stepping on other instruments.
Instrument: Electric Bass
Type: Preamp/DI
Position: Floor, Pedalboard
Active/Passive: Active
Preamp: Yes, High-Graded FET
Controls: Volume, Gain, Attack, Growl, Comp-EQ, Fat, Drive, Pad, Ground/Lift, Engage/Bypass
Power Source: 9V Battery, 9V 500mA Power Supply, 48V Phantom Power
Included: Stadium DI, carrying case
