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| 2655.1 | | DABEAN::REAUME | perfectly<==>connected | Thu Jan 07 1993 14:41 | 16 |
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Gee - I would consider doing what I did. Get rid of the things
that aren't that great except for one type of sound. I sold my GSP-21.
I also agree that the all-in-one boxes leave a lot to be desired even
though they have improved somewhat.
Check into the H & K stuff for sure. The ATTAX may do everything
you need, three channels, switch via MIDI and put the Quadraverb or A3 in
the effects loop. If you sell off some excess gear you might consider the
H & K ACCESS preamp, which is the cream of the crop of MIDI tube
preamps. Not cheap, but you won't be shopping for another on anytime
soon!
The new PS Systems EB100S is a powerful unit and it includes a
tube power amp.
-B{}{}M-
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| 2655.2 | | TECRUS::ROST | Give me Beefheart or give me death | Thu Jan 07 1993 14:46 | 13 |
| You might want to check out the Hughes and Kettner Attax first. Their
small preamps (Cream Machine, Blues Machine, etc.) have a real power
amp (1 watt!) and speaker emulators and have gotten high marks from
many folks. What they lack is much in the way of control flexibility,
no presets, heck there is no tone control on the Cream Machine unit!
The Real Tube units have no speaker emulation and I doubt that the
solid state units will come very close if what you already have,
including the SR&D box, don't do it for you.
The Ensoniq DP-4 probably will satisfy your FX cravings for
configuration *and* control capabilities, but you'll have to come up
with more than $800...I think list is about $1500!
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| 2655.3 | SansAmp | SSDEVO::LAMBERT | Up on Cripple Creek | Thu Jan 07 1993 17:51 | 6 |
| I'd check out the rack mount SansAmp preamp/emulator. Never used one
myself, but they've gotten high marks from people I know who have tried
and/or use them.
-- Sam
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| 2655.4 | | DREGS::BLICKSTEIN | Here all life abounds | Mon Jan 11 1993 14:06 | 25 |
| I "ditto" on .3's suggestion to look into a amp emulator.
That may be what you are missing in the sound. SansAmp seems to be
the most popular, although many multi-effects units have an amp
emulator of some kind built into them (Roland GP-16 for example).
I also like the "processed sound". In fact, when recording, I prefer
it. To my rapidly-going-deaf ears, it doesn't sounds as a mic'ed
amp when you solo a track, but it seems to be MUCH easier to mix.
Amped mic's have a tendency to not jibe with other instruments. It's
hard to put what your ears here into words, but I sorta feel like
it's much harder to get mic'ed guitars to fit into the mix without
either muddying it up, or dropping out. I guess the best way to
put it, is that it's hard to get it "into the same audio space"
as the rest of the mix.
Compression seems to help - it's just that processed guitar is just
easier to record and guarantees you a pretty decent product. With
mic'ed guitars, it's hit or mixed.
BTW, I believe this problem (whatever it is) is one of the most common
failings of band demos.
Can anyone explain this phenomena?
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| 2655.5 | What about? | GIDDAY::KNIGHTP | I'll get you with my disentigrating pistol | Tue Jan 12 1993 15:04 | 16 |
| re -1
Q. can anyone explain this phenominum ?
A. place foreginger and thumb of one hand together to form a circle,
place said circle over nose, and with dumb expression on face move
circle back and forth. 8^).
Re orig note
Stay away from the quad GT of you want a real marshall or any
other tube sound, it will give you your processed distortion sound
but not tube.
I am in the same prob with the GT good clean,chorus,flange etc
pretty good processed dist, but zero tube / warmth sound. I was
thinking about the MP1 but they are mega dear over here. What is
this ADA preamp and Kittty hawk stuff like, could I connect My
GT to this stuff and then go straight into the desk (no amp)?
P.K.
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| 2655.6 | Preamp search had ended | FREEBE::POWELL | From the disk of Dan's K-Mart VAX | Wed Jan 27 1993 21:23 | 21 |
| A quick update on my progress. I haven't decided on what effects unit
is best yet, but I did get a winner in the preamp category.
I settled on a Hughes and Kettner Attax tube preamp. This thing is
*exactly* what I was looking for. It has three channels; clean, crunch
and lead, with three band eq and adjustable gain for each channel. There
is one mono/mono effects loop and one mono/stereo effects loop. It also
features two direct outs and two recording outs with built-in cabinet
emulators. Channel switching is absolutely silent. I still can't believe
the tones I'm able to get! All for $395. There is a MIDI option
available but as far as I can tell it only allows for channel switching.
Anyone familiar with Roland equipment will appreciate this; the manual
for this preamp makes Roland documentation look like Pulitzer prize
material. For example, the documentation states in many places that
this is a tube preamp, but there is no mention of how to change it,
nor does it state what kind of tube is used.
Documentation aside, I am a very happy camper right now. Now to find
a suitable multieffects unit ....
Dan
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