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#447827 - 03/03/18 11:17 AM Re: Q2n video/audio [Re: Uncle Dave]
Uncle Dave Senior Member Registered: 12/01/99 Posts: 12800 Loc: Penn Yan, NY	Thanks for all the great feedback guys. Here's the signal chain: My mic goes direct to the Korg PA900. I have a preset for harmonies that follow each of the keys, so I was set to a third above in G major. That way it does not have to track the guitar. (it just KNOWS) I use the same footswitch as if I was playing the KB. The guitar is a special beast. It's a Frankenstrat, built from the ground up. The body is a lightweight, basswood deal I got on eBay. The neck is a 12" radius Warmoth, all maple. (curly, or flamed, or some such thing) The inside has 3 Fender vintage noiseless pickups, and an L.R.Baggs Piezo acoustic bridge. I can blend between the two sounds, output separately, or together. What you heard was about 90% acoustic bridge pickup, with 10% dark neck pickup blended in. It sounds almost as good as my Taylor 714 when it's plugged it. I love this guitar because it's LIGHT .... about 5 lbs. (compares to my Parker Flys of yesterday) ... and it sounds Soooooooo sweet. Thanks again. I love that song, too. _________________________ No longer monitoring this forum. Please visit www.daveboydmusic.com for contact info
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#447831 - 03/03/18 11:39 AM Re: Q2n video/audio [Re: Uncle Dave]
DonM Senior Member Registered: 06/25/99 Posts: 16735 Loc: Benton, LA, USA	Trying to follow, so you only can use the harmony while you are G chord? _________________________ DonM
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#447860 - 03/04/18 03:52 AM Re: Q2n video/audio [Re: Uncle Dave]
john smies Senior Member Registered: 05/05/00 Posts: 1384 Loc: koudekerke, Holland.	Originally Posted By Uncle Dave Thanks for all the great feedback guys. Here's the signal chain: My mic goes direct to the Korg PA900. I have a preset for harmonies that follow each of the keys, so I was set to a third above in G major. That way it does not have to track the guitar. (it just KNOWS) I use the same footswitch as if I was playing the KB. The guitar is a special beast. It's a Frankenstrat, built from the ground up. The body is a lightweight, basswood deal I got on eBay. The neck is a 12" radius Warmoth, all maple. (curly, or flamed, or some such thing) The inside has 3 Fender vintage noiseless pickups, and an L.R.Baggs Piezo acoustic bridge. I can blend between the two sounds, output separately, or together. What you heard was about 90% acoustic bridge pickup, with 10% dark neck pickup blended in. It sounds almost as good as my Taylor 714 when it's plugged it. I love this guitar because it's LIGHT .... about 5 lbs. (compares to my Parker Flys of yesterday) ... and it sounds Soooooooo sweet. Thanks again. I love that song, too. Let me get this straight: You are in fact not in any way linking the guitar to any harmonizer contraption but are using the Vocaliser on the PA900 (at the touch of a pedal) to bring in the harmonies created by the PA900 without playing anything on the PA900 ? That could save me the trouble and expense of hanging on to the TC Helicon Play Acoustic which I currently have on approval... But how can the PA900 track your voice correctly if ,say, you only press a G chord to start with and then go on playing a number of other chords in that song on your guitar only, the guitar being in no way linked to the keyboard and/or vocaliser ? regards, John
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#447874 - 03/04/18 08:55 AM Re: Q2n video/audio [Re: Uncle Dave]
Dnj Senior Member Registered: 09/21/00 Posts: 43703	John if you notice the KB is SET to GMajor by just pressing those eg: G,B,D, keys before you start and Dave is ONLY using VH on a GMajor chord on/off pedal thruout this song,.......this way no need for the keyboard to track different chords.. PS keep your Play Acoustic Harmony Box Edited by Dnj (03/04/18 08:57 AM)
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#447883 - 03/04/18 09:42 AM Re: Q2n video/audio [Re: Uncle Dave]
synerjim Member Registered: 10/27/03 Posts: 526 Loc: CA	Thanks Uncle Dave for this sentimental song. One of my fave Beatles song. _________________________ Jim SD90,Korg I3, KMA Liverpool,TC Helicon Play Electric, Fender Sonoran Guitar, vArranger, Bose S1 Pros, Bose L1 Compact, Aiwa Exos-9
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#447920 - 03/04/18 10:05 PM Re: Q2n video/audio [Re: DonM]
Uncle Dave Senior Member Registered: 12/01/99 Posts: 12800 Loc: Penn Yan, NY	Originally Posted By DonM Trying to follow, so you only can use the harmony while you are G chord? Nope - the intelligence of the TC follows a diatonic scale and "feels" when I'm singing over the other chords in that scale. In this song, there's a MAJ 2 chord that I can't harmonize because the preset wants to play a min harmony, which is more typical. There's 3 settings, and each one handles the scale a little differently. I used this one: I ii iii IV V vi vii _________________________ No longer monitoring this forum. Please visit www.daveboydmusic.com for contact info
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#447921 - 03/04/18 10:09 PM Re: Q2n video/audio [Re: Dnj]
Uncle Dave Senior Member Registered: 12/01/99 Posts: 12800 Loc: Penn Yan, NY	Originally Posted By Dnj John if you notice the KB is SET to GMajor by just pressing those eg: G,B,D, keys before you start and Dave is ONLY using VH on a GMajor chord on/off pedal thruout this song,.......this way no need for the keyboard to track different chords.. PS keep your Play Acoustic Harmony Box Donny - nope. That's not it. The TC follows all the typical chords changes as I address them. It's kinda freaky how accurate it is. I don't trigger the harmonizer at all. I simply turn it on and off. The preset is created to follow a diatonic scale. I have 2 banks, one with a simple 1 up, and another with 2 up. _________________________ No longer monitoring this forum. Please visit www.daveboydmusic.com for contact info
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#447946 - 03/05/18 08:48 AM Re: Q2n video/audio [Re: Uncle Dave]
john smies Senior Member Registered: 05/05/00 Posts: 1384 Loc: koudekerke, Holland.	thanks for the update Dave, amazing really.... Still (Donny) I will hang on to my TC Helicon Play Acoustic as well, after all it does so much more for the guitar than just adding harmonies to the vocals. regards, John
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#447982 - 03/05/18 01:05 PM Re: Q2n video/audio [Re: Uncle Dave]
Dnj Senior Member Registered: 09/21/00 Posts: 43703	Originally Posted By Uncle Dave Originally Posted By Dnj John if you notice the KB is SET to GMajor by just pressing those eg: G,B,D, keys before you start and Dave is ONLY using VH on a GMajor chord on/off pedal thruout this song,.......this way no need for the keyboard to track different chords.. PS keep your Play Acoustic Harmony Box Donny - nope. That's not it. The TC follows all the typical chords changes as I address them. It's kinda freaky how accurate it is. I don't trigger the harmonizer at all. I simply turn it on and off. The preset is created to follow a diatonic scale. I have 2 banks, one with a simple 1 up, and another with 2 up. Whoooops but it was a good guess..
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#447986 - 03/05/18 02:04 PM Re: Q2n video/audio [Re: Uncle Dave]
tony mads usa Senior Member Registered: 01/16/02 Posts: 14376 Loc: East Greenwich RI USA	Originally Posted By Uncle Dave Donny - nope. That's not it. The TC follows all the typical chords changes as I address them. It's kinda freaky how accurate it is. I don't trigger the harmonizer at all. I simply turn it on and off. The preset is created to follow a diatonic scale. I have 2 banks, one with a simple 1 up, and another with 2 up. My Digitech Vocalist WorkstationEX does the same thing ... just press the 'button' corresponding to the key you are singing in and it just follows your voice - correctly ! ... could never quite figure out how ... _________________________ t.
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