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ive recently gotten a Rane sm82 mixer which you can rack mount easily.The drawback is that it only has 1 stereo aux send but i suppose i could use the repeater and the EDP mono. My Roland GP100 is suppose to simulate tube amp and it does a fair job so thats the compromise.Weight is also something i am trying to avoid! cheers Louie --- Paul Greenstein <paul@ubiq.co.uk> wrote: > Will a tube guitar power amp make a difference? I > would say yes. The > main thing I've noticed from using the Mesa 20/20 as > a power amp is > that it does bring back the 'punch' and dynamics > that you want from a > guitar amp. The looping stuff would probably sound > more high fidelity > going through a PA, but you have to compromise > somewhere, unless you > can afford to have separate rigs for your 'straight' > guitar and guitar > synth/loopers. > > Regarding mixers for live setups, personally I'm > trying to avoid using > a mixer outside of the studio, mainly because of the > hassle of carrying > a desk around as well as everything else. I'd love > to be able to use my > powerbook as well, run the guitar through Logic and > use plug-ins, but I > don't want to spend hours setting up every time I > want to play. > > Paul > > On Wednesday, March 31, 2004, at 06:01 pm, L. > Angulo wrote: > > > Hi Paul, > > Good that you bring this up! > > This has been one of my frustrations trying to > have a > > good configuration to balance between digital > > versatility and the warmth of a tube power amp.I > Run a > > roland GP 100 and a Roland GR33 guitar synth into > a > > small 1202 mackie mixer, sending its aux into both > the > > Echoplex and Repeater, and then returning them > back > > into the mixers input channels so i can bounce > loops > > between both loopers.Then the overall sound goes > to a > > pair of yamaha active P.A. speakers. > > The advantage of this is total flexibility; being > able > > to mix all the signals into the loopers and then > being > > able to bounce the loops into each other,so if i > > recorded something i like into the EDP, i can send > it > > to the Repeater through the mackies aux and either > > save the loop or twist the loop further,with the > > repeaters pitch shift capability,speed it up,slow > it > > down etc. > > But i am not still 100% satisfied with the guitar > > sound.I played with tube amps half of my life and > i > > just dont get the punch i am used to just running > the > > preamp into the mixer and to the active > speakers;The > > question is if it would make a difference using a > > dedicated guitar power amp instead? > > Louie > > > > > > > > > > --- Paul Greenstein <paul@ubiq.co.uk> wrote: > >> I posted several weeks ago about problems with > >> trying to run my > >> Repeater through a Mesa Boogie combo - lack of > >> volume control, noise > >> problems etc. A few people replied with the > general > >> consensus being > >> that looping and tube amps do not mix well. > >> > >> Anyway, I've managed to finally come up with a > >> system which works well > >> both for 'normal' playing and for looping > purposes, > >> so I can be at > >> least reasonable versatile+portable (without > >> spending ridiculous > >> amounts of cash). I've ended up with a POD XT pro > >> (rack) as a preamp, > >> going into a Mesa 20/20 stereo power amp (the > combo > >> went back to the > >> shop). This goes into a couple of EV speaker cabs > >> I've had knocking > >> around for years. I run the Repeater and a > G-Major > >> via the POD's > >> effects loop. All controlled from the FCB1010 of > >> course... > >> > >> This seems to produce minimal to non-existent > noise > >> and hiss, and gives > >> me a good balance between digital versatility and > >> the warmth of the > >> tube power amp. > >> > >> I thought it might be interesting to hear what > other > >> people use > >> sound-reinforcement wise, guitarists or not... > >> > >> > >> Paul > >> > > > > > > ===== > > www.luis-angulo.com > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on > time. > > http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html > > > > > ===== www.luis-angulo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html