Dana Olson wrote:
On 2/18/06, Cesare Marilungo <cesare@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dana Olson wrote:
On 2/18/06, Ross Vandegrift <ross@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 11:27:04PM -0500, Lee Revell wrote:
Does anyone have a smallish amp with a really nice sound, of comparable
quality to the above two, that they would recommend? I don't really
like the way Marshalls sound.
I've heard good things about amps from Line6. They come in a lot of
different sizes, come wwith different feature packages, and were
medium-priced, IIRC (been a while since I looked at amp; not much a
guitarist myself).
I never really listened to them, but I got the suggestion from asking
a similar question.
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Ross Vandegrift
ross@xxxxxxxxxxxx
"The good Christian should beware of mathematicians, and all those who
make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians
have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine
man in the bonds of Hell."
--St. Augustine, De Genesi ad Litteram, Book II, xviii, 37
I can't vouch for their amps, but I have a Line6 POD 2.0, and it is by
far the best investment I've made for my guitar sound, period. My main
focus is on recording guitar direct though, and this thing simulates
many different amps, speaker combos, and some basic effects. You could
use it in front of an amp as well, and get a wide variety of tones out
of it.
I sold my old Yamaha amp so I could afford it last year. I do almost
miss having an amp, but with headphones, this thing rocks.
Anyhow, I imagine their amps would sound great too, with a variety of
different sounds in them. I'll probably be trying them out when I'm
ready to get a new amp again. But I liked Fender's Princeton Chorus
the best out of all the amps I've tried thus far.
Dana
Check out the Zoom G2.1u, also.
It's cheap (130 euro, should be around 130-150$ in US) and it can be
connected directly to a pc via usb. The resolution through usb is
16/44.1 but the converters are 24/96.
http://www.zoom.co.jp/english/products/g21u/index.php
I know it's not the real thing. But if you haven't enough space you
wouldn't be able to properly capture a real amp anyway.
I'm satisfied enough of its sound that I'm using it in my recordings.
I used it on this track:
http://www.cesaremarilungo.com/download/music/Hope.ogg
c.
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www.cesaremarilungo.com
Wow, what a nice song! I generally don't listen to much other than
metal and industrial, but this song is very nice. There's something I
can't describe about it...
Thanks. :-)
There are five albums (now also in ogg) available on the website.
Anyhow, that Zoom you are using sounds nice. I'm actually surprised,
because a couple other Zoom things I've tried really sucked.
Especially the 505II, that thing is noisier than an interstate.
So the Zoom you have, it works as a usb-audio device in Linux? What
else did you use to record that track, as far as the software and
other instruments are concerned??
Dana
I switched to gnu/linux for music making just some months ago, and I've
made this track before.
Used tracktion as DAW (mackie was giving away free licenses two years
ago), a Fender Stratocaster through the Zoom, sampled piano played with
an old Roland A-33, Crystal Synth and lots of different esoteric
freeware effects.
I was using an EgoSys waveterminal 2496 at that time (a good card,
unfortunately it is not supported by alsa). This is the reason thet kept
me from using gnu/Linux. I had to wait until I bought another interface
(an Edirol UA-25).
Now, on linux, the Zoom pedal works flawlessly with snd-usb-audio. I've
used a 505II also, but this is a lot better.
c.
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www.cesaremarilungo.com
