Gear WANT thread
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And if you like Michael Manring (who doesn't?), this version of Pat Metheny's 'Bright Size Life' is fantastic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG-qltNvjek
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG-qltNvjek
Its a pro mixing desk....
http://vintageking.com/recording-gear/consoles-mix...
Im going to take a guess its good car money.....
http://vintageking.com/recording-gear/consoles-mix...
Im going to take a guess its good car money.....
Without baffling me, can you explain the need for soooo many knobs ?
I can understand a channel each for guitar drums etc, but Ive never used or understood the need for all the knobs on a mixing desk....
Fully prepared to look stupid here, as its one of those things I have just not been involved with.
I can understand a channel each for guitar drums etc, but Ive never used or understood the need for all the knobs on a mixing desk....
Fully prepared to look stupid here, as its one of those things I have just not been involved with.
Turn7 said:
Without baffling me, can you explain the need for soooo many knobs ?
I can understand a channel each for guitar drums etc, but Ive never used or understood the need for all the knobs on a mixing desk....
Fully prepared to look stupid here, as its one of those things I have just not been involved with.
You've already answered your own question in part, each line on the unit is for a single track, the more you have, the more individual tracks you can mix into the music simultaneously (this is not absolute, with modern software you can mix more, but see it as the more physical track channels on the mixing desk, the more you can mix by hand at the same time). The more knobs, sliders etc per channel just give you more depth to tweak the parameters of the channels. There will be EQ knobs, a volume level slider etc at a basic level, and all sorts of gates, filters, trims etc on more advanced kit.I can understand a channel each for guitar drums etc, but Ive never used or understood the need for all the knobs on a mixing desk....
Fully prepared to look stupid here, as its one of those things I have just not been involved with.
That sort of equipment is in one sense, "redundant", as entire albums of all sorts of music have been recorded with nothing more than a laptop. Plug the instruments in, record digitally, mix with various software programs and voila. However, that kind of equipment will never become extinct because there will always be people who want to do that work by hand. It's an analogue way of manipulating digital material that will always have a place.
Ovation Celebrity 225 - I've long wanted one of these so much it hurts. Not only do they look a million dollars, but the sound they make is totally unique as well due to the design and the composite bowl-back. The 12 string neck has a fantastic ring to it that I just cannot replicate on my normal 12-string, and the 6-string neck can be made to sound more like and electric guitar than an acoustic:
http://youtu.be/g9S4apyZVo8?t=26s
The only fly in the ointment? They are only available from America - $999 + £100 shipping. Approx £670 all-in, which is about £430 more than the capital i could raise by selling my existing Yamaha APX5a 6-srting and budget-brand 12 string
I do love that Ovation sound. I hear the bowl-back can be a bit of an arse if you're sitting down with the guitar as it can make the guitar slide. I've not played one for long enough to really judge. The quick attack and decay is what makes it for me. Al Di Meola gets a fantastic sound out of them.
IainT said:
One of these:
Sadly it wont fit in the A5s boot (should have bought an A6 Avant!)
Finally gave in trying to get my Ampeg Portaflex Stuff to deliver the right sound at higher volumes... Went Italian:Sadly it wont fit in the A5s boot (should have bought an A6 Avant!)
Big Bang
Traveller 121H
First gig with it last night and it's fecking epic... how something that small can shift that much air.
6th Gear said:
Lovely, if a tad expensive...
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