Figuring out the Loop Layers for “Mellow Down Easy”
I’m back in my home studio, working on my looping, getting the songs and the related sounds together. I love big low-frequency layers, because it’s a new sound for the harp with a lot of power, so I’m making lots of stuff that sounds like…
Going Wireless
I’ve been spending time thinking about how to make my rig look smaller and more compact. One of the important approaches to that end is cable management. The most prominent cable on the stage is the one that runs from my harp mic–i.e., from the…
A Few Things about Programming Patches for Your MultiFX Device
A number of the licensees for my Digitech RP patch sets have told me that they’ve tried and given up on programming the device, because it’s just so hard to make their own patches. (Some of them say that programming the RP makes them appreciate…
Bit by Bit: Bringing the Boards Together
Now that I’ve got a basic layout for my two-amp modeler setup, I’m beginning the process of setting it up for fast, reliable load-in and tear-down. I started this weekend by painting the boards. Here’s what they look like with their fresh coat of red…
Bringing out the Low End with the Big Amp
I’ve been working with the two-amp-modeler Zoom G3 + Digitech RP355 setup for long enough now to know that my Peavey KB2 amp, with its brave but outgunned 10 inch speaker, isn’t going to cut it for the super-saturated low end frequencies that I’m laying…
My Two-Modeler Rig: A Few New Insights
I’m still developing patches for the Zoom G3, and I’m starting to think more about designing patches expressly to be used in combination with the Digitech RP355. (That’s a pretty selfish use of my programming time, given that I doubt most of my customers will…
Hear our new Huntersounds RP155 patch set samples!
We recorded EVERY patch in the new RP150/155 set, and we’re putting them up here as fast as we can. You’re hearing my Fireball mic into the RP155, which goes into the first channel (line) input of my Peavey KB2 keyboard amp with 10″ speaker….
Hear our latest Digitech RP250/255/350/355/500 patches!
The patches for the v16 Huntersounds Digitech RP patchset update are all ready, so it’s time to hear the samples! I played these pieces with a Hohner Marine Band Deluxe in A, into an Audix Fireball V mic, into a Digitech RP255, into a Peavey…
Recording “Copper” Episode 19: An RP255 and a Fireball V Does It
As I noted in a previous post, I got a call Friday night from Brian Keane, a composer and producer that I’ve done a number of sessions for. Brian wanted me to record acoustic harmonica for a scene in a BBC series he’s scoring called…
Why I Spend Time Making Sounds for Harmonica Players
I want to be part of something that lives and grows in my own time, not something that stopped changing and growing 50 years ago. That’s why I make sounds for the 21st century: so harmonica players can live there.
