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Re: New member.



Op vrijdag 16 april 2004 18:54, schreef Krispen Hartung:
> What pickup did you buy? I found that this one is excellent!
> http://www.buckinghammusic.com/accs/accssitar.html#trans

I use AKG C411,
http://www.akg.com/products/powerslave,mynodeid,186,id,272,pid,272,_language,EN.html
it sounds good.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Luther Zevenbergen [mailto:demiurg@wanadoo.nl]
> Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 7:36 AM
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: Re: New member.
>
> Op vrijdag 16 april 2004 10:53, schreef Per Boysen:
> > On 04-04-16 10.02,  "Luther Zevenbergen" <demiurg@wanadoo.nl> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm Luther Zevenbergen and just subscribed to this mailinglist. i
> > > will lurk a bit to see if there will be things discussed, that will
> > > be interesting and useful for me. And maybe participate in
> > > discussions.
> > >
> > > Let me tell a bit about my interest in looping.
> > > On the practical site, I just started a project, which I called
> > > "Dipak", in which i play sitar live, with effects on the sitar,
> > > combined with electronic music. i use styles like techno, electro,
> > > ambient and ofcourse Indian classical music. Well, it sounds better
> > > than it is right now, because i did only two gigs, and am still
> > > searching for everything fall into place. I'm using delay to try to
> > > get two sitar's 'sounding together', but i want to expand these idea
> > >
> > > with looping-techniques. My musical interest is very unlimited, but
> > > mainly Indian music, folkmusic minimal music and electronic music.
> > >
> > > Well, i will see what this mailinglist will bring me.
> > >
> > > gr.
> > > Luther
> >
> > Welcome to the list! Sitar is such a cool instrument. I've played some
> >
> > gigs with a sitar player and then I learned that it can be difficult
> > to amplify a sitar, since it is not as loud as most acoustic
> > instruments. What's your way of dealing with this? (getting a good
> > sitar signal for processing)
>
> It is hard. i did once a few gigs with a stonerrock-band and i used a
> small
> pickup, but it was horrible.
>
> Now I have bought a pretty good pick-up and I connect it with my mixer,
> where
> also the electronic part is mixed, and than to the PA-system.
> I did it a few times, and it worked perfect.
> Although I must add that the places i played where small. About a couple
> of
> weeks I play in a bigger venue, so I will see if it works out than.
>
> gr.
> Luther