RD Artist Sound Clips
 1978 RD Artist bass description of controls. This sheet applies to the first version of the RD Artist.
The RD Artist has no passive mode; all clips are of the active instrument. These sound clips are recorded directly into a mobilepre preamp. Recorded with flat wound strings. Pickups volumes on 10.
- funky treble
bass -5 treble +5, bridge pickup only, bright mode
- super bass
bass +5 treble -5, both pickups, compression/expansion mode
- midrange
bass +5 treble +5, both pickups, straight active mode
- bright midrange
bass 0 treble 0, bridge pickup only, straight active mode
- mudbucker bass
bass +5 treble -5, neck pickup only, straight active mode
- even brighter midrange
bass +5 treble +5, bridge pickup only, straight active mode
The following three clips are the ones used on the RD Artist overview page - see there for more details.
- Range of tones
demonstrates the RD bass at its most mellow and then again at its most brash
- Compression
natural sound of the neck pickup, without, and then with compression
- Expansion
natural sound of the bridge pickup, without, and then with expansion
- Bright mode
natural sound of both pickups, without, and then with bright mode
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