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Post by MartinS on Oct 21, 2017 22:32:44 GMT
I have a jumbo version of the aura pedal, which i keep meaning to sell, since I don't use it any more.
I really liked it, it gave a very useable sound which knocked spots off just about all 'electrified' acoustic guitars I heard with piezos. And now I know there is a hidden usb port, that must have pushed its value up a bit!
It's also reassuringly bomb-proof. Only reason I don't use it is because I got another guitar with an in-built Baggs Anthem SL which I think gives more of the character of your own guitar (comparing it to the models of the Aura - but I guess that's part of the point of the Aura system).
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Post by MartinS on Sept 11, 2017 19:52:29 GMT
I think I put spoons in the same bag as jaws harp and kazoo. Does my head in. If you've sat next to an exhuberant 'spoons' 'player' in a 'session' you'll understand. (Colour me carmudgeonly!) But Chris was great!
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Post by MartinS on Sept 6, 2017 11:21:41 GMT
I reckon that could be played just as nicely on a guitar (speaking as a two-bit fiddler)!
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Post by MartinS on Sept 6, 2017 11:16:14 GMT
An adhesive backed cork pad? Like the kind of thing you put on the underside of vases, Poundland?
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Post by MartinS on May 30, 2017 20:43:54 GMT
£1 per item is cheap, and that's on-site, too. but we Scotsmen know how to sniff out a deal! I think it was minimum £40 though, but we have do a minor heap of PA stuff. If anyone around Glasgow is interested I can pass on details. Now how do I tag folk? Martin ? m.
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Post by MartinS on May 30, 2017 13:22:07 GMT
Yes, anything with a plug or a mains socket.
Bit of advice, if you haven't done this, tell the tester you'll be going for a retest period of 2yrs. (If he dates the stickers.)
2 years is the retest period for lightly used portable equipment.
Otherwise you might get a sticker on everything which says next test date 12 months away, which looks bad after a year, and when it's not necessary.
It's usually about £1 per item to test.
m.
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Post by MartinS on Jan 25, 2017 20:03:47 GMT
I've absolutely no experience of these type of systems (mini-line array), but I also doubt it would be sufficient for a medium size hall, unless everyone was silent! People are pretty noisy in my experience.
Just a suggestion, but you might consider renting a small PA plus sound guy as required. If you only very rarely need it, it saves a big capital outlay. You get the comfort of a guy setting it up for you, and working the sound during the performance. You might find you have the choice of a few local folk who could provide this service fairly cheaply.
m.
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Post by MartinS on Jan 7, 2017 23:06:30 GMT
Last month, in a moment of unusual Scottish weakness, I invested 99p for three months of Spotify (minus the ads). I have to say it's the best 99p I've spent for a long time, and after the offer finishes I'm going to pay the tenner a month to keep it going because I'm enjoying it that much. Cats are just going to have to feed themselves.
I found, via the 'related artists' tab this guy called Ale Carr who plays a cittern, and he has (in today's common youth parlance) literally blown my mind. He spent a year studying with Roger Tallroth, so I guess that would help, and then a few years studying swedish fiddle styles at music college.
I've been listening to an album called Holmgang he recorded with Esko Jarvela from Finland who plays a five string fiddle.
The playing is just sublimely inventive, and I am therefore moved to share it with y'all.
Here's a live version of a tune called Kollberg and Pringar from the tube:
As I sit here in the midst of my new year lurgy, I raise a hot toddy to the skills of someone so far beyond my own level that I feel I'm back at the first faltering steps of the Eminor chord again, and who has opened the doors to a new way of playing.
(I may have a slight fever...)
m.
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Post by MartinS on Dec 13, 2016 20:48:56 GMT
Ragamuffin.
Just love it, first heard it about 20 years ago,
90% there, but I've been at 90% there for a couple of weeks now!
As well as the weird (for me) percussive bits, there is some precise fingering and damping required. Quite a workout.
Anyone else had a go?
m.
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Post by MartinS on Dec 11, 2016 17:56:40 GMT
Andy,
Just thinking that if I'm going to think about getting Reaper, I'd really be as well getting Cubase, so that I can swap files with the friend that has that.
Going to meet him this week and discuss how to make it work better on a laptop screen.
I just stuck up a quick 'bare bones' recording of Parting Glass/Banish Misfortune on my Soundcloud. I used the Rode mics in spaced pair, but this time didn't use any reverb (and no eq) just to see. And actually I think it works pretty well. Maybe it could do with a touch of reverb, just hard to know...
I'll need to go and listen to someone like Tony McManus (aiming high, eh?) to get a feel for how much he would put on.
m.
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Post by MartinS on Dec 10, 2016 12:32:20 GMT
You have,thanks Andy, but it's obviously worth repeating! Sorry Keith, heavy night last night? I'm looking into Reaper, and maybe even Cubase again. My big problem with Cubase was seeing what was going on on a laptop screen, Audacity is just so simple in comparison (although so much more basic). m.
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Post by MartinS on Dec 9, 2016 8:45:25 GMT
Kym, thanks for the input.
Performance is the biggy, as you say, then a nice sounding guitar, I think. I think I'm getting closer to what I want from the recording process though.
Comments like yours are really helpful, maybe one day I'll upgrade to more modern software, but since I'm only running with an old laptop it might not be soon!
m.
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Post by MartinS on Dec 8, 2016 11:21:09 GMT
Like a simpleton, I had thought that with Audacity, all you did was:
1.record
2. tweak volumes (in a stereo recording)
3. do a bit of fade in/fade out processing
4. maybe a bit of high pass to get rid of the rumble
5. maybe a bit of editing if there was things I thought I could clean up
6. add a bit of reverb directly to the stereo file
7. maybe a bit of hf eq, to brighten things up as appropriate
8. finally check gains and tweak again if required
9. sit back, listen to the file and think "I need to practice guitar more"
My questions are:
A) It would be good to get other people's takes on their workflows, and see what I'm doing wrong or missing out. What's the optimum procedure so that I get everything in the right order?
B) Turns out that my use of reverb was totally wrong, and I should have created a new copy of the file, added reverb to that, then blended the dry and wet files to get an optimum sound. Now, the normal audacity reverb plugin is criticised as being a bit harsh, so I have downloaded SIR1, which is a free impulse response reverb based plugin, and also downloaded some example impulse response WAV's from the web (they are legion). From a brief foray into this world last night I did think that going down this path will give better results. Question is, does anyone have a favourite impulse response? Anyone got an opinion on response times that work well with fingerstyle?
Generally, I have probably been guilty of adding too much reverb, so I'm going to try and be a bit more sparing in future.
m.
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Post by MartinS on Nov 23, 2016 14:57:20 GMT
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Post by MartinS on Nov 23, 2016 11:50:09 GMT
Great, now you've got the wherewithal to buy this ! m.
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