Here is my first little gear test via video
A blog about bowed instruments and pickups, microphones, amplifiers and other gear for fiddles, violin, viola
18 September 2015
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28 January 2015
Electric violin effect pedal reviews - MAK Space Reverb
Here is a nice little video on the MAK space reverb. Even if you do not have that particular reverb a lot of the controls are essentially common on all reverbs.
Reverbs are very useful in conjunction with with pickups or more directional mics for giving a more lively feel.
Yianny Kuc also goes into more experimental sounds in the last half of the video.
Reverbs are very useful in conjunction with with pickups or more directional mics for giving a more lively feel.
Yianny Kuc also goes into more experimental sounds in the last half of the video.
21 January 2015
Zoom A3 - with the Remic
I have been using the Remic 5200LB for more than a year now. It is a nice handmade mic, which is not intrusive and has a good sound and is very feedback resistant - the most feedback resistant mic I have ever tried on my fiddles.
My first setup comprised a Sennheisser G3 system going into a Headway EDB-1 (discontinued) preamp for EQ. After discovering that the allowed wireless frequencies in Denmark was not allowed within the UK, I ditched the Sennheisser (but I would like to be wireless so I am searching for a system)....
