Rig of the amateur: happyorange

[fulltone1989]

I bet that sound bubble is great, what mics do you use?

[Happyorange27]

I bet that sound bubble is great, what mics do you use?

I was using Audio Technica and now EV mics. They are dynamic cardioids. They sound just fine. I'm sure some condenser mics would rule but that's down the road. Yep the bubble is where it's at. Sustain without ridiculous volume.

[Happyorange27]

For giggles I added more capacitance to the sweep range cap in my cry baby. It was already .022 (Hendrix stock value). Most cry babies have .010. I went to .042 by putting some caps in parallel. I like it. More bass and less treble. Almost like a volume pedal on the very low end. No harsh top end. Likes OD better. I added little proto sockets to that part of the PCB so I can play around with values.

[Heady Jam Fan]

Nice, I always like your thoughts etc on wah. I have been thinking I might need a different wah - it hasn't gotten switched on too often lately.

[Happyorange27]

Exactly! Now mine is tolerable. Send me your wah and I'll add those sockets and give you caps and resistors to play with. Redeem that pedal:)

[Heady Jam Fan]

Yea - thanks man! Maybe I will, I have to decide if it is a good platform to begin with - it is a Budwah, kinda more midrangy. I think the low-end gets lost in the mix a bit, but I need to put some time in with it again to recall why I haven't been turning it on as often.

[Happyorange27]

I just got a Jamman Stereo.  It's cool enough.  I did notice diminished treble in the tone.  It's like my tone knob is around 5.  But I think I'm ok with that because I keep my treble on zero on my amp anyway because I just want as much mids as possible.  Heck maybe i'll get a bypass looper eventually, but seriously it's really minuet.  Anyway I think sourd has one and spoke highly of the robustness.  I will say there is no noise added to the signal.  I like that you can store different loops and just toggle between them using the foot up and down buttons.  So you can record a verse and a chorus in separate loops.  Just switch to the next loop anytime ahead of time and it will wait for that first loop to finish and seamlessly go into the next loop; doesn't skip a beat.
The rhythm accompaniment is limited to like 9 samples and they are like metronome or like boom-chuck sounds; nothing elaborate.  But hell it's totally fine for messing around and practicing jams.  It's cool because when you lay down your first loop, the drums automatically quantize to the duration of your loop and subdivide perfectly.  So it's doing some calculations to make the rhythm match your beat.  That means you don't need to manually set up the drums.  You can always tap tempo ahead of time if you want.
So there is more to play with, but that is the jest of it.

[fulltone1989]

I just got a Jamman Stereo.  It's cool enough.  I did notice diminished treble in the tone.  It's like my tone knob is around 5.  But I think I'm ok with that because I keep my treble on zero on my amp anyway because I just want as much mids as possible.  Heck maybe i'll get a bypass looper eventually, but seriously it's really minuet.  Anyway I think sourd has one and spoke highly of the robustness.  I will say there is no noise added to the signal.  I like that you can store different loops and just toggle between them using the foot up and down buttons.  So you can record a verse and a chorus in separate loops.  Just switch to the next loop anytime ahead of time and it will wait for that first loop to finish and seamlessly go into the next loop; doesn't skip a beat.
The rhythm accompaniment is limited to like 9 samples and they are like metronome or like boom-chuck sounds; nothing elaborate.  But hell it's totally fine for messing around and practicing jams.  It's cool because when you lay down your first loop, the drums automatically quantize to the duration of your loop and subdivide perfectly.  So it's doing some calculations to make the rhythm match your beat.  That means you don't need to manually set up the drums.  You can always tap tempo ahead of time if you want.
So there is more to play with, but that is the jest of it.

Jamman Stereo is great. I think it's equally as easy as the Boomerang to use live.

[Stecks]

Nice, I always like your thoughts etc on wah. I have been thinking I might need a different wah - it hasn't gotten switched on too often lately.

I love my VOX...  can't go wrong...

[Stecks]

I bet that sound bubble is great, what mics do you use?

I was using Audio Technica and now EV mics. They are dynamic cardioids. They sound just fine. I'm sure some condenser mics would rule but that's down the road. Yep the bubble is where it's at. Sustain without ridiculous volume.

I have an AKG C2000B phantom powered through an old Behringer EURORACK MX602A..  The AKG condenser is out of production now, I'm sure there are much better ones, but I like mine, I've had it for about 10 years or so (at least!)... think it was about 3 bills when I first got it.  Probably better ones out there for much less now.

[Happyorange27]

Just jamming in the basement today.
https://soundcloud.com/happyorange27/2014-06-01-basement-jam

[Heady Jam Fan]

Just jamming in the basement today.
https://soundcloud.com/happyorange27/2014-06-01-basement-jam

Sounds good brother!
Is that the CAE wah? Red or Yellow?

[Happyorange27]

Thanks. Yellow.