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Sharks Eat Bear posted:I just started up in a band that consists of a guitarist, a bassist, a keyboardist and a drummer, for now we're just working on some rock and funk covers. We have a 80W Squier 4 PA system that we hook up two mics and the keys to. The mics are a Sennheiser e815s and the other one is, from what I can tell, a TEAC TM 77. I can't find anything about TEAC mics online, although it seems like it might be a pretty old mic and the company TEAC has since become TASCAM. Anyway, it's often pretty hard to hear the vocals over the rest of the instruments, and the mics feedback when we turn them up too loud. Is 80W enough in a PA to produce sufficiently loud but clear vocals? Or is it that those mics just aren't cutting it? I think my dad might have some SM57s or 58s kicking around somewhere, so I'll have to get those over winter break. But yeah, is it the PA or the mics that are more important in getting vocals loud enough but not muddy? Also, are the mics feeding back just because they're turned up too high or could the spatial arrangement of the mics and the speakers have an effect? If so, could guitar/bass amps affect mic feedback too, or not? mrbradlymrmartin posted:I'm not feeling curious enough to break out my high level google fu on this but I know we have some major ehx fans here; does anyone know if the foot controller for the 2880 would work with the HOG (or any other ehx unit) by any chance? Pannus fucked around with this message at 07:08 on Dec 14, 2009 |
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mrbradlymrmartin posted:This is stretching it. They're not the fishiest fx company ever but they def want to make a buck and their descriptions of their effects are often high on flowery prose and low on useful details Well yeah, most companies are primarily about making money. But I don't think it would serve them in the long run if it was discovered they sold two pedals that are the excact same product just with a different paintjob. But then again, who knows. I can take a look inside my HOG FC when I get home from work and see if I can find any gut shots of the 2880 FC to compare.
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mrbradlymrmartin posted:I'll find the camera again and disassemble my 2880 foot controller to compare   Edit: ok, the "reverse," "feedback," "record" etc labeling on the PCB makes it looks like some kinda multipurpose thing after all... Pannus fucked around with this message at 00:04 on Dec 15, 2009 |
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It's also worth adding that there's money to save by getting Finale notepad or whattever it's called instead of the full version. I've only used the full version, but my sister used the cheaper one for her college music classes, and it's supposed to be good too. If you're just gonna use it to write down scores and don't need a lot of fancy options, you should get something cheap and simple.
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Green Puddin posted:Saving for a sax, but in the mean time I want to get my music juices flowing, and lately I've been really getting into harmonicas, they seem pretty god drat blues all around and so I'm wondering, as someone who is beginning with that instrument, should I go with B or C? B seems to be the all around blues harp but some people have said they've had to start with C then take it to B... All harmonicas play the same, they're just tuned to different keys (unless it's one of those chromatic ones).
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There's nothing wrong with combining different dirt pedals (or amp and pedal dirt for that matter), just experiment until you get a tone you like.
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CalvinDooglas posted:Do I need the Line 6 brand power supply to run a Line 6 FM4 Filter modeler? I'd like it if I could just plug it in my OneSpot. And is that pedal going to sound good live? The Line6 stompbox modelers need 9V AC, but according to the Line6 website, they can also run on 12V DC. AFAIK, the OneSpot can only output 9V DC, so it will probably not work anyway. You don't need a Line6 power supply, though, just get a cheap one with the right specs from radio shack or whatever.
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CalvinDooglas posted:hopefully the guy I'm getting it from has the power supply and pedal, it's just part of a sale/trade so I can pay some bills. I'm not even sure it's a pedal I want in my rig, but I'll give it a shot. I can probably sell it for more than it's costing right now. Yeah, that's the fun part with buying/trading used pedals, you're not really risking anything, because you can almost always resell them with little to no loss. I've only played the FM4 briefly in a shop, but I really liked it (then again, I'm a big fan of filter effects). Definitely fun to play around with, but whether or not I'd be able to use most of the effects in a musical context is a different question... legsarerequired posted:What happened to the ukulele thread from a while back?
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ballgameover.mp3 posted:I have a few questions that you folks may be able to help me with. I'm looking first of all for a good method of drastically increasing sustain. Is there any pedal out there that simply creates a sustain effect without otherwise altering the guitar sound? This seems illogical to me, but it could be possible, just I haven't heard of it yet. Also, I'll be able to afford the Moog E1 by late fall, but it would be cool to have a pedal in the meantime. A compressor may give you some extra sustain, but it will alter the sound to a certain extent. An eBow will give you infinite sustain, but I'm not sure if that's what you're looking for.
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Well, now I have this job with a band that can actually afford to pay me, so I'm going to need my own rig again. I don't want to spend a lot on something that may not be a recoupable expenditure, so...cheap is the key. Any help on what's both cheap and decent would be appreciated. The price range I'm looking at is less than $700.
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whereismyshoe posted:So, i've got a Sterling JP50 (beater alternative to my music man axis) with a floating bridge, and i'd like to change tunings on it every once in a while - but as i've discovered floating bridges are a BITCH to detune. can i solve this by buying higher gauged strings to keep the tension up and keep the bridge level? is there a rule of # of steps down = # of gauges up or something? You'll have to adjust the spring tension anyway, but increasing the string gauge will probably make it easier. If you like to use different tunings, a floating bridge isn't a very good idea. Either block the bridge (if you don't use it to bend up), or consider getting an additional guitar with a fixed bridge...
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Archituethis posted:I'm looking to buy a recording interface. Right now I use an SM58 and a Line6 UX2. I don't really like the UX2 though. I want to find something a little simpler that doesn't force me to use a lovely program with lovely effects. I don't have any recommendations for you, but I'd just like to point out that it's possible with the UX2 to bypass the lovely program with its lovely effect and run the signal through a different plug-in.
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