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Re: cheap two way switches

On 12 feb 2007, at 04.33, Michael Plishka wrote:

> What type of live two way switches is anyone using for effects plus  
> vocals?
> Right now I use my custom mic mounted in my guitar for vocal loops,  
> but I
> think it would be cleaner to be able to mix guitar and voice prior  
> to the
> EDP.  Thoughts?


In one of my rigs I use guitar and mic in parallel inputs and with  
volume pedals, one for each. I sometimes use the same input for both  
but then I turn off the mic when not in use (preventing acoustic  
feedback) with a little power button on the small XLR converter box  
(the preamp providing phantom power). When playing flute its easy  
because I use the same mic for voice and instrument but guitar is  
most problematic. I've seen some people using headset mics which  
seems to work fine with guitar.

When you say "live two way switches" I'm guessing you want to use the  
same input for both voice and guitar? I was looking into this some  
years ago, when I was using my EDP plus Repeater and had only one  
input. I learned that if you go for a switch you need to get some  
really good (and expensive) ones to avoid loud bumps in the PA. There  
might be many but this is a brand I was recommended: http:// 
www.lehle.com/

I think it looks very cool when acoustic guitarists sing through the  
guitars mic. So fast and easy, very performance friendly (explicit)..  
But as you're saying the resulting vocal sound will always sound just  
like voice-through-guitar+effects.

Greetings from Sweden

Per Boysen
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