Finding the Killer FX on the Zoom G3
As I continue with development of my patch set for the Zoom G3, I’m starting to find the killer FX on this box. For a start, I’m falling in love with the “M-Filter”, which is a filter based on Moog’s synth filters. It’s a neat…
Video of the Day 26 March 2013: Eugene Ryan and Liz Davis Maxwell, “The Kerfunken Jig”
The Kerfunken Jig is a traditional Irish piece, performed here by my Dublin harmonica buddy Eugene Ryan and Liz Davis Maxwell on cello. The instrumentation of chromatic harmonica (very nicely rendered by Eugene) and cello is fresh, and the performance is smooth and flowing. I’m…
Have You Tried My Un-Traditional Patches Yet? Neil Warren Did…
Neil Warren is the 2011 National Harmonica League (UK) Rock and Blues winner. He bought a license for our RP355 patch set last year, and he’s taken a big step recently. We’ll let Neil speak for himself: Hi Richard, there I was saying I couldn’t…
Writing is Work, Music is Play
The title says it all. Writing is work to me. It’s permanent by its very nature: you record your remarks and they remain, subject only to the viability of whatever medium they were recorded in. Because it’s permanent, it has to be done well–who wants…
Video of the Day 12 March 2013: Steve Baker Talks Tone
Steve Baker’s got buckets full of tone. Want to know how he does it? Check this out. Dig the Fabulous Thunderbirds “Girls Go Wild” (my favorite T-birds record) poster in the background. Tone matters. As Steve pointed out to me once, if you’ve got good…
Unforced Error of the Day; Or, How I (Almost) Fried My RP255
I’m going to be delayed delivering tracks to Brian Maw for the new EP. This afternoon I was setting up to record some tracks for the EP in my hotel room in London. I brought my Digitech RP255 to London with me for that very…
The new patches for RP250/255/350/355 (and VERY soon RP500!) are here!
The latest (version 16) Huntersounds patch sets for Digitech RP 250/255/350/355 are now up for sale at our store. These sets will be available from our retail partners in a few days. All current licensees will get the new set via email this weekend (March…
Preparing to record my first EP with Brian Maw
Brian Maw is going into the studio in Idaho Falls this weekend to record some tunes for a new EP. I’m waiting for the mp3s so I can lay down the harmonica tracks in my home studio. One of the first couple of songs will…
Looping the Big Sounds: Like, wow
I’ve been putting loops together using the Zoom G3 and Digitech RP355 running in parallel, and the sounds are amazingly big and colorful. The samples below, recorded directly to my Digitech Jamman Stereo, then exported as 16 bit WAV files, speak (loudly) for themselves. The…
Jamming at the Cottage Bistro in Vancouver
I was stranded in Vancouver this week for a day while a big storm came through New England, so I put out a message to the harp-l list asking if anyone knew of a good show in that town on Friday night. One member wrote…
