Sounds fun but perhaps a little over the top for my
living room.
Mark
--- Mark Wallis <
markstuartwallis@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Did an odd little solo set on Friday which led me to
> suppose that the best amplification for an M400 is a
> WEM Audiomaster into a Vox AC30 into a Big Dirty
> Rock PA system into a Big Sexy Victorian Theatre.
> Tamworth Assembly Rooms, to be exact. M400 no 151
> with Guitar and Theremin into a Boss loopstation.
> First time, so I was a trifle unsure of myself. Live
> looped improvisations and one cover- 'Sailing By' by
> one Ronald Binge. Nightowl Englishmen know this
> lovely waltz well as the theme from the Shipping
> Forecast. The Glorious Singing Fridge sounded
> wonderful and we nailed the atmosphere of a 1940s
> movie soundtrack...
>
> Went down surprisingly well, y'know ;-)
>
> Will do more.
>
> Love 'n' Scones,
>
> msw
> ________________________________
> > To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> > From: pocotron@yahoo.com
> > Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:35:08 -0700
> > Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] Amplifiers for an
> M400
> >
> >
> > Hi all-
> >
> > I agree, the digital effects processors in these
> > devices can fall flat on their faces. The one in
> my
> > Alesis sounds awful when a 'tron is processed for
> > frequency or echo effects. These effect devices
> > expect a clean signal, even tones, with no noise,
> to
> > be almost passable. The 'tron doesn't provide any
> > this. And, if all the audio mixing is done in the
> > digital domain, you really get what you pay for.
> >
> > The only usable effect I have is the Hall Reverb,
> > which can sound quite metallic if pushed. Wish I
> > could EQ it. Good thing that the FX section, and
> the
> > USB out, are the only digital things in this
> mixer.
> > Main outputs are analog.
> >
> > I want to get a variable tube driver on the 'tron
> > output to see if I can smooth things up a bit
> overall.
> >
> > Happy Easter, all!
> >
> > -Bruce D.
> >
> > --- Hessel Herder> wrote:
> >
> >> Mark,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Tying in with with what Bruce said, I would not
> use
> >> any digital effect unit
> >> as an insert effect ,which is basically what
> you're
> >> doing when you
> >>
> >> you feed the trons output , through the fx unit,
> to
> >> the amp.The quality of
> >> the AD/DA converters of many of these units could
> be
> >> better.
> >>
> >> I would make sure to connect and line up your
> tron
> >> as cleanly as possible
> >> and then feed any external reverb / multifx units
> >> with aux busses,
> >>
> >> also giving you more control over the levels.I
> >> always prefer to have effects
> >> unit return on separate channels, as opposed to
> fx
> >> return channels ,
> >>
> >> as it gives me more flexibility to tweak it.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Cheers,H
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> >> [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf
> >> Of Mark Pring
> >> Sent: zondag 23 maart 2008 5:13
> >> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> >> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Amplifiers for
> an
> >> M400
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi Bruce,
> >> When I said living room I was speaking
> >> metaphorically,
> >> my wife is not going to have this thing in her
> >> living
> >> room, it's in a living sized room but well away
> from
> >> our stereo. In fact I am quite lucky it's in the
> >> house.
> >>
> >> I notice that some of the low powered low cost
> amps
> >> do
> >> accept CD input and I have wondered about using
> >> them,
> >> which would be useful for indulging some middle
> aged
> >> fanatsies. Then adding something like the Alesis
> >> picoverb. I know very little about mixers etc
> what
> >> model mixer do you use?
> >>
> >> I assume that if you are using a seperate reverb
> the
> >> signal from the tron goes to that then the
> >> amplifier.
> >> Would a mixer be in the same place? See what I
> mean?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Mark
> >> --- Bruce Daily>> > wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi Mark-
> >>>
> >>> If you have a stereo(or other) amp in the room,
> >>> you
> >>> can use it. I bought a little Alesis mixer with
> an
> >>> effects section, and am running it in the tape
> >>> monitor
> >>> loop. The mixer gives a nice stereo reverb
> >>> effect(just to the 'tron), and you can play
> along
> >>> with
> >>> the music. Besides, the mixer might come in
> handy
> >>> later.
> >>>
> >>> And, the sound will make the cat jump 4 feet
> >>> vertical. Purrrfect!!
> >>>
> >>> -Bruce D.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --- Mark Pring>> >
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Need to buy an amplifier for #1565, I've only
> >>> heard
> >>>> the output from the pre amp on headphones. I
> >> know
> >>> we
> >>>> covered this in the old list last year but I am
> >>> not
> >>>> going to give concerts with this thing, I can
> >>> barely
> >>>> play it.
> >>>>
> >>>> It's going in the living room, I would like it
> >> to
> >>> be
> >>>> loud enough to annoy the neighbours and
> frighten
> >>> the
> >>>> cat but not to shake the house, we have
> >>> earthquakes
> >>>> to
> >>>> do that for us here. A built in spring reverb
> >>> would
> >>>> be nice and I don't have a lot of spare cash.
> >>>>
> >>>> Any suggestions?
> >>>>
> >>>> Mark
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
>
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