So I did it.

Giogiogio4

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BigHeadClan said

Busy times are busy for all I guess, I'm going to be hitting 65-70 hours this week because half my team is on vacation.... Will I have time to right for the tune contest?!?

Should post pics and a recording once you get that smexy axe though.

Oh i can't wait. made room on my desk for it. By make room I dragged my night stand next to my desk and put some wood across it. Lol

Im sooo busy. Taking some of those online classes at my school. Well there isn't any teacher and everything is automated. So I stay up like 48+ hours each week nonstop trying to do my math class. Its like 30 sections a week and then they throw 2 or 3 quizzes in a week with a test at the end Plus all the work. its almost impossible to remember anything you do because your constantly being thrown new information! I can't backtrack 1 bit. it's killing me. And thats just 1 class. times that by 3. I had to quit my job for the entire semester just to barley be behind.

Giogiogio4

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It's such an awesome unit. Played it a bit tonight before It distracted me from homework.
It's an amazing feeling playing it compared to pod and zoom stuff. Until i touched this thing
i would have never known how lifeless the emulated stuff feels. It's hard to describe... It's like the strings
are directly connect to the tone coming out. It's weird, almost like my guitar strings just feel different all together. ( in a good out of body experience kind of way ). I guess that's what they meant by "feel of an amp" and "dynamics" .

The Lights on this thing are crazy, it will hypnotize you. and DAMN you can make them bright as fuck.
The case is all metal. This thing is hard as fuck, real quality. wish the nobs where metal as well.
Menus are cool and they change the screen color depending on what section your in. Tons of great basic
effects we all know. Love the organ preset on this thing XD. And damn Keith Marrows stuff sounds awesome.

I got to get around to taking some photos or something.

Giogiogio4

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There are a ton of raw sound clips online as well.
Heres a few from some dude selling a few profiles.
I myself got to play around with it a bit before I start recording some new covers with it.

BigHeadClan

Joined: Jan 20 2012

Yeah I fell into the trap and dropped $300 on the G5, not horrible and I may one day make crazy use out of it. But probably my worst purchase to date for guitar stuff.

Still cool to hear they stand behind their stuff!

I'm going to get something like Rolad Guitar Synth I think. I'm way to lazy to get a keyboard and learn how to play it and I write all my music on guitar pro anyhow, so it would probably be easier to transcribe if nothing else.

Sounded really nice in the store and even with the guitar/pickup it's not to shabby a price.

Giogiogio4

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BigHeadClan said

Yeah I fell into the trap and dropped $300 on the G5, not horrible and I may one day make crazy use out of it. But probably my worst purchase to date for guitar stuff.

Still cool to hear they stand behind their stuff!

I'm going to get something like Rolad Guitar Synth I think. I'm way to lazy to get a keyboard and learn how to play it and I write all my music on guitar pro anyhow, so it would probably be easier to transcribe if nothing else.

Sounded really nice in the store and even with the guitar/pickup it's not to shabby a price.

Fisherman made a midi system for guitar. its close to the roland stuff. many people had luck with it and some don't like with all midi systems.

it's just the pickup and it wirelessly connects to the computer.Skip the whole pickup and pedal system that roland does if you have stuff on your computer you rather use.

The Best system is Graphtechs stuff by far is still. It takes more work to install though. but it works great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=VbFIpRNnqSI

Giogiogio4

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BigHeadClan said

That's a cool alternative for sure, I'll have to look into it more. Midi may not sound great, but I may be able to run a plug-in that Dante showed me.

Biggest problem with Midi on guitar is picking up the correct note. Guitar strings tend to change pitch ever so slightly. Roland and fishman do the normal pickup route.

graphtech uses Piezo pickups and a onboard chip. Since Piezos are actually connected to the strings that pick up the vibration instantly. So there is a little install work to get everything up an running for that system though. They also have an acoustic system that makes your guitar sound like an acoustic.

Giogiogio4

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BigHeadClan said

Well my Godin (who owns/makes fishman) has an under the saddle mic, and a pezio in the bridge. So whether it will impede or help is something worth looking into.

Probably impede, but I'm gonna look into it.

BigHeadClan

Joined: Jan 20 2012

Ahh the colors >< looks like theres a boat load of stuff to play with as well.

BigHeadClan

Joined: Jan 20 2012

Some tasty sounding highs you have, I imagine it will only sound better once you get fine tuning down.

BigHeadClan

Joined: Jan 20 2012

I don't know about a mixing book, but FamilyJules7X has a really solid tutorial on how he does mixing up on youtube.
Recording Guide Pt2 Couldn't find part one in his list but I'm sure it's around.

Well if your looking for solid Headphone for down the road I'd recommend something that is Open ear styled from Sennheiser, Shure or AKG. Personally I love both set's of Headphones I have from Sennheiser so I'd start there, $120-$200 can get you some amazing pair that sound great for everything.

BigHeadClan

Joined: Jan 20 2012

I haven't tried either headset in person but those Beyerdynamic's are smexy, they give me Sennheisers a run for their money and are cheaper then when I got mine. I just hope you have a DAC or other type of interface to plug them into your computer, the on-board audio won't be able to drive those properly.

BigHeadClan

Joined: Jan 20 2012

Well played sir,

I'm not huge on USB soundcards and I can't say I'm familiar with EMU but it looks like a solid little thing.
A bit pricey for what you get but it's portable, something I wish my Xonar Essence STX could do...but then again I'd also risk trashing my headphones. lol

BigHeadClan

Joined: Jan 20 2012

Hah guess I was looking at the wrong version of it, the VRM bit is nifty but I can't say I'm huge on simulating room experiences for the most part. But I also never really sat down to really dial in my settings on my Soundcard for it.

Then again I'm fortunate to have my sound-card running into my Onkyo receiver and that is powering my 5.1 set-up, so I really only use my headphones for mixing and first-person shooters. lol

BigHeadClan

Joined: Jan 20 2012

Hmm I've heard both it's good and bad to mix with headphones... so I just use both. lol

BigHeadClan

Joined: Jan 20 2012

I see, I didn't think of the 50% left/right panning but it makes sense. As for headphones adding mids/bass whatever I could argue that the type of speakers you listen to also effect how the sound is heard.

My JVC's sitting beside my desk have a pretty flat response since they are 25+ years old, but if I grabbed a pair of Kilipch's tomorrow they would have a large frequency response.

But in a sense I guess the story's about pro. mixers using the worst possible speakers they can find makes more sense.

Giogiogio4

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auriplane said

50% to the left doesn't exist with speakers either, BTW.

50% to the left exist with speakers because the sounds blends with the right before reaching your ear.

It also exist if you have MORE SPEAKERS. Ever heard of having a speaker between the left and right? Or having a speaker halfway between the middle speaker and right speaker?

The whole concept of surround sound was invented Ages ago...

BTW

( Yeah that's how you look like a smart ass and fail at it. What great Input that was, you totally pushed the conversation forward and didn't just look like you were butting your nose in trying to sound like a know it all.)

auriplane

Joined: Sep 06 2008

The point is that (with stereo speakers) 50% left is not a physical thing. It's a virtual thing. It doesn't correspond directly with a position between the two speakers, and your brain doesn't perceive it in the same way it would perceive something mic'ed in stereo in that position. Any time you decide to pan, you're making a tradeoff and saying you want the associated disadvantages because of some perceived advantages. (I think the example everyone brings up is spot tom mics, usually. You know panning sucks, but sometimes it sucks less than not doing it.)

It's useful information to have, and it's one of several reasons that a lot of professionals mix almost exclusively in LCR (left-center-right, no panning).

Hakoria

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I thought we were all sophisticated enough to be using headphones so no reason for sound-engineering-for-speakers debate.