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Re: Roland Street Cube



If I am not mistaken, that is the amp that my son uses when he does street 
gigs--separate channel for guitar and vox.

I don't know about quiet cafes, but it is the best in its class for noisy 
street corners. 


On Jun 11, 2012, at 6:30 PM, Per Boysen wrote:

> Well I have not looked that close yet on the Street Cube, but as with
> all Roland products there is probably a good PDF manual to download
> somewhere on their web page. Running a headphones output into a PA may
> be a challenge because a normal headphones output is amplified to
> drive a pair of headphones and that is not compatible with a line or
> mic input of a mixer, stage-box or PA amp input. BTW, if you haven't
> already googled it, here's a good review:
> http://www.gearwire.com/roland-cubestreetportableamplifier-proreview.html
> 
> Greetings from Sweden
> 
> Per Boysen
> www.perboysen.com
> http://www.youtube.com/perboysen
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 2:47 AM, Lindsey Walker
> <lindsey.walker@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Cool idea, Per, especially for working with quiet, gossamer layers!
>> 
>> Just looking at pictures, it has a headphone out which could work.  
>> Could
>> that setup be run through a bigger pa, I wonder?  Where could that be
>> spliced in?
>> 
>> Lindsey
>> On Jun 10, 2012 4:59 PM, "Per Boysen" <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Lindsey,
>>> 
>>> I haven't used it but read a lot of reviews and chatted with fellow
>>> musicians that have the Street Cube. It is said that the Street's
>>> volume is powerful enough for busking, something that can't be said
>>> about the smaller Mobile Cube. For vocals it must be totally
>>> sufficient. I'm thinking about it because I play many instruments that
>>> include two outputs and the Street Cube kind of equals two cubes in
>>> one box, each channel having its own control knobs and effects. There
>>> are also two extra inputs besides the two instrument channels. I can't
>>> recall having heard about any effect send though - if there isn't one
>>> you may need to daisy-chain the looper with the mic before going into
>>> one of the amp channels. It would be very good for looping if the
>>> Street Cube offers a separate AUX output for one of the channels
>>> because then you could feed the looper from there (with the Street's
>>> effects included) and bring in the looper's output into the other
>>> Street channel with perhaps a different set of amp effects applied.
>>> Wow, that would be useful.
>>> 
>>> Greetings from Sweden
>>> 
>>> Per Boysen
>>> www.perboysen.com
>>> http://www.youtube.com/perboysen
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 11:07 PM, Lindsey Walker
>>> <lindsey.walker@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hey, has anyone used the Roland Street Cube for live looping?  What 
>>>> was
>>>> your
>>>> experience?  I want to use it for vocals.
>>>> 
>>>> Lindsey
>>> 
>