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Rockin' post. What do you mean by "cb mic"? Scott On Apr 22, 2008, at 10:40 AM, Teddy Kumpel wrote: > ok. > > I don't post here very much, but let me just say that I have learned > a lot about the craft of looping here. Mucho respect to all the > master loopers on the list. > > my band almost always just makes up songs on the fly and we hardly > ever do anything in our set without the RC-50. > I would say that the whole gig is based around that box... that > being said, I don't want it to seem that way. > I don't want the band to be about the technology. It's just part of > what we do to make our music. > > I have a mixer with 2 different vocal mics (one is a cb mic with > echo on it) and a toy keyboard plugged into the left side of the > RC_50 and my guitar pedalboard output plugged into the right. The > right side SUB output goes to a PA and the left side SUB output > first goes into an on/off switch then into a gtr amp. This way it's > like having 2 mono RC-50s in one box. I can freely mute the output > of the vocal or gtr sides independently. After my pedalboard and > before the RC-50 I have an A/B/Y switch. A goes to the RC-50 and B > goes to my live gtr amp. With that swicth I can control what is > going into the RC-50 from my gtr. > > I never listen to the guide track through the PA, only in > headphones. The drummer and I both have headphones on (I have one > ipod head phone and he has these cheapo panasonic ones that clip > behind the ear, so he can hear the band and the guide track.) > > I have 2 blank patches, one for multi mode and one for single mode, > ready to go. > I sometimes hold the mic over his snare drum to get that in the loop. > I use the reverse functions a lot. > I have 2 FC-6 control pedals hooked up for extra buttons. I use > "clear" "reverse" and program up and down > I reprogrammed the undo switch on the RC-50 to be ALL start and stop. > I have a master stereo volume pedal across the outputs of the RC-50. > I do a lot of dub remix type activity using a line 6 verbzilla that > I have after the mixer side, before the PA. > > we mainly improvise funny, funky gtr trio music. Sometimes I sing a > song. > > that's about it. if you're in NYC, come see us. We play at > nightingale Lounge on 2nd and 13th every Thursday. > > Teddy > > > On Apr 22, 2008, at 8:47 AM, Scott Kellogg wrote: > >> Care to share your workflow? >> >> On Apr 22, 2008, at 2:24 AM, Teddy Kumpel wrote: >> >>> I use the RC-50 extensively.... >>> >>> Teddy >>> >>> >>> On Apr 21, 2008, at 9:27 PM, Scott Kellogg wrote: >>> >>>> Any users on this list (of the RC-50 tee hee). I'm concentrating >>>> on what it /can/ do rather than /cannot/. >>>> >>>> Scott >>>> -- >>>> "However, faced with a fixed set of options, you are forced to >>>> employ those special, mystical powers — imagination and >>>> creativity." >>>> - Paul Nagle >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> "Divination is not a method of predicting the future, but a way of >> connecting with higher wisdom and helping one make informed >> decisions." >> - Robert M. Place >> >> >> >> > > -- > PS. > -- > EPK > > my band, Mister Shifty, is doing some shows at Nightingale Lounge... > > Featuring > Teddy K - gtr, vocals, toy keyboard, kazoo and cb mic > Matt Miller on drums > ? on bass > > every Thursday in April > all shows 8pm, 2 long sets > > http://nightingalelounge.com > > 212.473.9398 > > 213 Second Avenue > (NW Corner of East 13th St. & 2nd Ave.) > NYC 10003 > Trains: L,N,Q,R,W,4,5,6 to Union Square/ 14th Street, L to 1st Avenue > > more gigs: > April 25th at Banjo jim's, nyc 8pm (opening for Lenny Kaye) > April 26th at Ace of Clubs, nyc 11pm (chris crosby's birthday party) > -- > new videos of my hippy dippy dance trio weekly > mister shifty > -- > Teddybut's song "My Country" is featured on Neil Young's "LIVING > WITH WAR TODAY" site > -- > visit teddybut on my space > -- > new teddybut cd "The Man" is available online at > cd baby > -- > Teddybut- "The Man" is part of the rotation at > Harris Radio > -- > Interviews > -- > http://www.teddybut.com > Kumpelstiltskin Music, Inc. > Brooklyn, NY > > "The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long > plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die > like dogs. There's also a negative side." > --Hunter S. Thompson > > > > -- "When it's right, nothing can stop it. When it's wrong, nothing can make it happen." - Jonathan Livingston Seagull