What music bits have you just bought?
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Variax 600, bought specifically to live next to the Yamaha THR-10X in the living room. Dozens of modelled guitars and plenty of amp models. I'll be spoiled for choice, I thought.
But it was spoilt by the combination of both unit's digital latencies. Sounds OK, but the overall delay makes it no fun to play. Got an old SG out of the spare room and the Yamaha is fine with that, so it's definitely the Variax or the combination.
Will try the Variax out with an old valve amp next week...
I've been using an Axe-Fx ULTRA for about 7 years, but I miss being able to play with pedals to just "accidentally" come across sounds, so I bought this interesting sounding reverb pedal:
It creates all sorts of cavernous sort of reverb sounds:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV8uHN6w1cY
Unfortunately I didn't realise it didn't take batteries and my pedal power box is in my parents' attic, so I'll have to head over to find it before I can use it!
It creates all sorts of cavernous sort of reverb sounds:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV8uHN6w1cY
Unfortunately I didn't realise it didn't take batteries and my pedal power box is in my parents' attic, so I'll have to head over to find it before I can use it!
Driller said:
ETA How does the Voice Keys work Pixelpeep?
More detail on your question please Driller.Edited by Driller on Wednesday 29th April 21:40
I'm still getting used to it - there are lots of hidden and tucked away features which change the game just when you think you've heard all its got to give
there's a great video review of it here > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVTm0mT53fU
Pixelpeep7r said:
More detail on your question please Driller.
I'm still getting used to it - there are lots of hidden and tucked away features which change the game just when you think you've heard all its got to give
there's a great video review of it here > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVTm0mT53fU
Thanks for the link, I asked the question as I just had no idea what it was so no more detail necessary! Looks like fun though I'm still getting used to it - there are lots of hidden and tucked away features which change the game just when you think you've heard all its got to give
there's a great video review of it here > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVTm0mT53fU
Fantastic specs on the Behringer stuff. I have a bigger brother to that one - Xenyx X1222USB.
I won't spoil your honeymoon period by saying what's gone wrong with it. (After about 3 years, most of which was sitting in a box!) But I will STRONGLY, that's STRONGLY, recommend draping something like a towel over it when it's not in use.
I won't spoil your honeymoon period by saying what's gone wrong with it. (After about 3 years, most of which was sitting in a box!) But I will STRONGLY, that's STRONGLY, recommend draping something like a towel over it when it's not in use.
EskimoArapaho said:
Fantastic specs on the Behringer stuff. I have a bigger brother to that one - Xenyx X1222USB.
I won't spoil your honeymoon period by saying what's gone wrong with it. (After about 3 years, most of which was sitting in a box!) But I will STRONGLY, that's STRONGLY, recommend draping something like a towel over it when it's not in use.
I am under no illusion that i will need a better / bigger one and soon - funny enough the model you have has been on my amazon wish list for a good while but funds are tight at the mo and i was getting bored of just playing with the Volca Keys, Volca Bass and the roland TB-3 separately lolI won't spoil your honeymoon period by saying what's gone wrong with it. (After about 3 years, most of which was sitting in a box!) But I will STRONGLY, that's STRONGLY, recommend draping something like a towel over it when it's not in use.
So, talk to me. what do i need to look out for?
Mainly scratchy faders. All 12 of the large faders on mine have some degree of scratch. Seems to be mainly in the place that they were 'sitting' at when put into storage. (Lesson to self: put faders to minimum before storage). I presume dust got in and then got stuck to that part of the track. Not quite sure.
I'll be doing the squirt+clean thing before selling it. But as the digi-FX in it have gone t*ts-up, too (no FX at all, just random clicking noises in the FX output), I'll get SFA for it. And this comes hot of the heels of my Behringer RX1602 developing intermittent knobs/switches (that's poor manufacturing, though).
I just replaced them both with another Behringer! (Will I ever learn, you ask?) But this one is entirely digital - with no faders or switches in sight! - the XR12: http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/XR12.aspx
So I should be fine. Unless the Behringer's digital emulation is spot on and includes virtual dust getting into the PC's on-screen controls... :-/
I'll be doing the squirt+clean thing before selling it. But as the digi-FX in it have gone t*ts-up, too (no FX at all, just random clicking noises in the FX output), I'll get SFA for it. And this comes hot of the heels of my Behringer RX1602 developing intermittent knobs/switches (that's poor manufacturing, though).
I just replaced them both with another Behringer! (Will I ever learn, you ask?) But this one is entirely digital - with no faders or switches in sight! - the XR12: http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/XR12.aspx
So I should be fine. Unless the Behringer's digital emulation is spot on and includes virtual dust getting into the PC's on-screen controls... :-/
We were using the 1002 model for our acoustic gigs until it started adding an extra sub-octave harmony to everything. It was bought as b-stock about 2 years ago though, and up till then was great. We now use my Mackie Pro-FX12, which is a brilliant mixer but much more bulky to transport to gigs, at £50 odd it's almost worth getting another Behringer.
Just picked up my first Telecaster
Has it got vintage tuners? No. Has it got a mellow neck tint? No. Has it got a 3 saddle bridge? No.
It's a 2005 American standard, with bodywork that looks like it's been in bar fights every night for the last decade, it sounds wonderful acoustically with a lovely tone and great sustain, and a neck I could play all night.
Not hugely impressed with the bridge pickup but hey, that's what Seymour Duncan's for...
Has it got vintage tuners? No. Has it got a mellow neck tint? No. Has it got a 3 saddle bridge? No.
It's a 2005 American standard, with bodywork that looks like it's been in bar fights every night for the last decade, it sounds wonderful acoustically with a lovely tone and great sustain, and a neck I could play all night.
Not hugely impressed with the bridge pickup but hey, that's what Seymour Duncan's for...
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