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Simplified controls but you would need an active pickup because it doesn't have high impedance guitar input. |
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Once the Play Acoustic is set up (which took me a month of daily tweaks) all I ever touch now is the Output and Guitar volume on the Mix page, which is easily accessible and makes adjustments to different rooms simple. Yes, the learning curve was there, but the manual and YouTube videos made it manageable.
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After I learned guitar and harmonicas, to play out, I had to learn the words to a lot of songs. Then I had to learn how to properly use a P.A system. I learned to use effects to enhance my guitar sound. After I write a new song I have to learn it. The learning never stops. I enjoy the challenge of learning new things. If you are here on this forum you already have demonstrated the ability to learn a lot of stuff. The Play Acoustic isn't very hard at all and the difference in your sound will be well worth the effort. |
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I originally agreed with the above quoted statement in bold. But what we discovered was that the mic gain (a small knob on the back) was down too low. If you boost the gain up significantly (and turn the volume out knob down, obviously) then the harmonies sound great. The VE-8 got rid of an entire pedal board cramming all those pedals previously used into a single aesthetically pleasing, well-built, relatively easy to use pedal that runs on batteries. The perfect unit to use with our Bose S1, especially when we're running on battery which these days is all the time even when external power is available. |
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I don't think you need an active pickup. I use it with my Halcyon OM, which has a Schatten HFN passive pickup in it. I've also used it with my Eastman T184MX (which I use to play clean rhythm most of the time anyway).
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Yes, like Methos1979 said, you need to trim the little gain knob on the back quite high. It effects both channels.
Mine is fabulous and I don’t have any ‘white noise’ but I don’t use many effects..lately, I have tried no effects at all on guitar and lots on my vocal. I use it for the 2 channels and adjustments, the ‘Enhance’ button on half has me using my old Shure SM58 again, and a dash of reverb on vocal. Now and again, I use the harmony set on just ‘high’...it plus me. Simple but really effective. Like I mentioned earlier, I call the harmony Keef. BluesKing777. |
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I agree with this. I started with a Play Acoustic before upgrading to a VL3. There's a bit of a learning curve with both but it's not substantial. The Play Acoustic was really simple IMO and sounded fantastic; much better than the VE-8 demos I heard.
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Just experiment with it, find a couple of guitar patches you like and copy them with different variations. Yes, it takes a bit of time, but the vocal quality is better than the roland gear and the guitar quality roughly equal. I use "Normal" for patches 1-9, "Rockabilly Slap" for patches 11-19, and "Ballad" for 21-25. Within each bracket, from low number to high, I then use high harmony high and higher high and low octave down octave up octave up and down then a couple of vocal delay and effects. The key for me is having a "bank" where my guitar sounds the same and then using a consistent ordering scheme for my harmony patches. Having a switch-3 or switch-6 to use with guitar delay and chorus on/off is also helpful. Don't be put off by your first impressions, it really is not as hard as it first seems |
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PA with added Switch pedal
For some of you experienced PA users...can the PA with a Switch3/6 recall in a live performance multiple stored settings PER song?
For example Song1 Verse (guitar and vocal settings), Song 1 Chorus (same guitar but different vocal settings), Song 1 Bridge (different guitar and vocal settings)? And then program and recall multiple settings for additional songs 2-100? |
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Song one verse - Patch 1 Song one chorus - Patch 1 using the Hit button (would activate whatever effects you want) Song one bridge - Patch 2 It’s very flexible and you can build this into what you need for each song. |
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Ok, doable but a little kludgy.
What I would love is to be able to assign a button for verse, one for chorus, one for bridge, maybe one for solo, etc. when you go to each next song those assignments flow with it to the next verse, chorus, bridge settings. |
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