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Hey Mark one question: what kind of amplification do you use if u are dealing with synths and guitar? do you run both straight into a P.A.? i am still searching for the optimal, at the moment i go straight into a mackie and 2 active yamaha MS150 powered speakers,and although the synth sounds great i am still not satisfied with the guitar sound.Now the Roland GP-100 preamp is great amp modeler but through the P.A. it still lacks that compressed punch that u get through a tube amp.Ive thought about getting something like the mesa boogie 20/20 single space power amp and speaker cabinets more suitable for guitar and run evrything through it, but i dont know how the synth will sound.Now i know i could carry an x-tra amp and run my preamp through it, but i just want to take a mixer and 2 speakers,any suggestions? Luis --- mwsmart@insightbb.com wrote: > > > > > Hi there, > > > > Playing bass patches with the VG8 is quite > strange; there are no delays between > > picking and sound, but it doesn't quite "feel" > right. > > There is a little bit of delay on the VG8 when you > are using the pitch > shifter. Because a pitch shifter works by recording > sound into memory > and then playing it out at a different speed, the > playback pointer has to > be a little bit behind the record pointer to keep it > from catching > up. This delay is noticeable, but is not nearly as > bad as that on a guitar > synth like my GR-50. > > For instantaneous-feeling bass sounds, I use a > Danelectro Chili Dog octave > pedal. It's kind of amazing that this little $40 > pedal can do a bass better > than the VG-8, but it's true! > > >You can't really play a > > guitar like a bass - the lightness of the strings > changes things too much - so I > > tend to play a short scale bass I've got to remind > my fingers what a bass feels > > like to play, so that I play bass, not just > downtuned guitar. I suppose it's > > like trying to cover an absent bass player by > playing your guitar through an > > octaver/octivider. (Damn, typing about "feel" of > instruments is weird.) > > Hope that helps, > > > > - Tony > > > > Luis Angulo <labalou2000@yahoo.com> wrote: > > But I like the VG-8, and it's great for looping. I > have done a few solo > performances with the VG-8 and an Echoplex...you can > do some very cool stuff. > One tune I did was "The Dance of Maya" by the > Mahavishnu Orchestra. I would > lay down the main riff, like in the mp3 on my VG-8 > page: > > <http://www.marksmart.net/sounddesign/guitarsounds/VG8/VG8Sounds.html> > > Then loop that and play the melody over it. At the > end where the boogie- > woogie riff gets combined with the main riff, you > can use "Multiply". > > I also did a virtual country band by laying down > bass, guitar, banjo, and > pedal steel. I need to make a recording of that, > it's pretty cool. > > Anyway, if you get one, there are some patches on my > page you can try out. > > Mark Smart > http://www.marksmart.net > > www.luis-angulo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com