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The sound guy earlier this evening flipped out about my acoustic tone. He came up and said, "Now THAT's what an acoustic guitar should sound like.
I recorded about 15 different wavemaps yesterday with an SM81 in various positions and distance and I got some great results. I haven't transferred the wavemaps to my HX Stomp yet, so my chain was 1952 Gibson J-45 with Schatten HFN > Tonedexter > Helix > DI > PA. The HX Stomp block is Parametric EQ > Compressor > light Plate reverb. I'm in the beginning stages with the HX Stomp, so I didn't go crazy with anything. It sounded fantastic. The sound guy was impressed because he gets a lot of National Touring acts through there and usually has to work to make the acoustics sound good. He said my channel was flat and didn't need any tweaking . He wanted to get a Tonedexter just to have, but I told him that he'd have to profile the guitars on the spot. He kinda scratched his head and said, "Might actually be worth it. You should hear some of the signals that I have to work with,..."
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Current: 1952 Gibson J-45 - Schatten HFN passive / Fishman Matrix Infinity 1983 Washburn Timber Ridge Custom - Fishman Onboard Prefix Premium Blend & - Schatten HFN passive 2016 Gibson J-45 Standard - Fishman Onboard Prefix Premium Blend & - Schatten HFN passive backup Tonedexter & Sunnaudio Stage DI 1990 Yamaha FS-310 Past: 1995 Martin D-28 2015 Eastman E10SS |
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The SM57's frequency response drops about 5 db between 196 Hz (the fundamental frequency of the open G string in standard tuning at concert pitch) and 82.41 Hz (the fundamental frequency of the open low E string in standard tuning at concert pitch). You'll probably like the WaveMaps even better when you start training with one of the recommended training mics which has (or can be set for) a flat frequency response. Last edited by guitaniac; 02-20-2019 at 06:28 AM. |
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The Matrix Infinity onboard preamp, for instance, is a great curiosity to me. When I connected one of David Enke's OTSS USTs to it, the result was so bassy (with the tone control set for max treble) that it takes a 7.5db bass cut from ToneDexter to normalize the tone when I have TD on bypass. On the other hand, that same pickup yields a nicely balanced signal with a typical outboard preamp. Last edited by guitaniac; 02-20-2019 at 06:16 AM. |
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There are also ways to trick ToneDexter into training a bassier WaveMap. Before finally getting a recommended training mic, I experimented with EQing some extra bass into an SM57 training mic signal. That certainly resulted in a bassier WaveMap. Another possible trick would be to EQ some bass out of the pickup signal while training, then use the regular pickup signal when performing with TD. |
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On a side note, I have been waiting for the Slate ML-2 to hit stores in my area but it has literally been out of stock for eight months (maybe even more as that's when I first checked). I am over that company. I want a better mic though. I am tempted to spring for the Shure SM-81. |
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Here's a Vintage Sony electret Mic which I used back in the '80s for a time before it fell apart. Its a very good instrument mic and retailed for $279 when it was introduced back in 1978. If you put it on the "M" setting it has a very flat bass response, although there's a definite presence peak out around 15 KHz. http://www.coutant.org/sonyscan/ecm-23f.pdf There are one or two on ebay right now: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sony-Electr...7060254?epid=1 |
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Yep, I found an ML-2 on reverb too. This happened just after the Sweetwater rep had told me that the revised arrival estimate was still a month away. I'd already been waiting since October, so I took the new arrival estimate with a grain of salt. As luck would have it, the Sweetwater shipment came in two days after I bought used off reverb.com. Another case of man plans and God laughs.
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PS I should mention that I was considering buying another ECM-23F when I noticed that a used Slate ML-2 was available. |
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Past the 300-post limit. Feel free to start Part II.
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