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Re: a solo looping band: pb with feedback!
Tim What kind of contact transducers do you use on
your guitar?
great tip,i want to get a marimbula and mike it with a
fishman!
Luis
--- Tim Nelson <psychle62@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> One thing I've found helpful has been to be able to
> control the mic signal with a volume pedal. There
> was
> a thread several years ago in which I asked if
> anyone
> knew of an xlr-equipped, low impedance volume pedal.
> I
> never did find one (or bother to wire one up) but I
> did get around the problem by putting a little
> preamp
> on my pedalboard (a midiman audio buddy) so that my
> mic'ed stuff goes SM57>preamp>volume pedal>mixing
> board. I've also used a Behringer Shark in place of
> the midiman, and it works ok too. The idea is to
> control the volume level to the looper; backing it
> off
> and looping silence at times to avoid the monolithic
> roar that can build up really quickly with an
> 'always-on' mic.
>
> It's not foolproof; one must still be very careful
> with monitor placement so that the loops don't
> re-enter the mic. (Acoustically, I mean; I have a
> lot
> of fun routing the loops back into themselves with
> the
> aux sends). Having a bit more control over what gets
> into the loop through the mic keeps the noise floor
> a
> little more tolerable. A bit of EQ tweaking can help
> a
> lot as well.
>
> Also, I've had pretty good results with putting
> contact mics/transducers on some of my otherwise
> acoustic instruments to avoid having to mic them. A
> piezo bar like you'd find under a guitar saddle is
> great under the bridge of a mbira; huge bass!
>
> -t-
>
> --- ml@dadaprod.org wrote:
> > My problem is when I play live (no problem with
> > headphone at home), I've got
> > serious feedback when I add several layers of
> > acoustic instruments!
> >
> > I am working with a boomerang (v1.0) wich is
> placed
> > at the aux send of a little
> > beringer. My guitar is connected to this beringer
> > throuh a Pod (line 6) and I
> > record acoustic instruments (my voice too) with a
> > sm57 microphone also
> > connected to the mix table..
> >
> > Has anyone any idea how I can improve all this?
>
>
>
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