More Christmas music: “Peace to You All Tonight”
I improvised and recorded “Peace to You All Tonight” a few weeks ago. The piece is played on a standard diatonic harp in second position. The signal chain starts with an AKG BT330DT mic (my preferred harp mic in 1987, when I bought it, in…
A Little (Harmonica) Organ Music for Christmas
As I have for a while now, I’m exploring the sounds I can make with a harmonica and two amp modelers running in parallel. I recorded this piece with a Digitech RP500 running a patch that combines a Champ amp model with a rotary speaker,…
RP Tip #26: Set the AMP/MIXER Button
Digitech RPs have a button on the back panel labeled “Amp/Mixer.†We get a lot of questions about that button, all of which boil down to “which way should I set that button?†To answer that question we need to start with “what exactly does…
We’re ending development of new patches for recently discontinued Digitech RPs
We’ve been making patchsets for the Digitech RPs since the early 2000s, when we started with the RP200. We’ve designed some great sounds for these devices, and we’ll continue to do so. However, when a manufacturer stops making a device, there’s no point in continuing…
RP500 Patch Update #1 is Here!
Our first update to the Huntersounds patch set for Digitech RP500 was shipped to all our RP500 licensees today (16 October 2015). This update contains 23 patches, all designed to make full use of the RP500’s array of footswitches to enable a player to easily…
New Huntersounds RP500 patches coming in 2 weeks!
I’ve been steadily developing a new set of patches for the Digitech RP500, whose stompbox-inspired footswitch setup begs for patches that include every category of effect Digitech puts in the box.
Great Pics from the Workshop at the Sound Retreat!
Check it out at the Gallery.
Check out the Video from the 2015 Battle of the Bands Playoffs!
Video from the 2015 Inc. Magazine battle of the corporate bands is available now for streaming and/or downloading from The Playoff 2015.
Scott Albert Johnson’s “Going Somewhere” is a Brand New Rock n’ Roll Trip
Scott Albert Johnson’s new record “Going Somewhere” literally starts with a bang–a big drum groove–that is soon capped with feverish amped harmonica whose lines pay homage to the blues tradition without ever directly invoking it. Throughout this record, on every track of which Johnson sings…
Richard Hunter Harmonica Seminar in Connecticut on September 20!
On Sunday, September 20, I’ll be running a harmonica seminar at The Sound Retreat, a new facility in Chester, Connecticut. You can read about the Sound Retreat here. Here’s the skinny on this event: Famed harmonica virtuoso, educator and harp authority Richard Hunter will be…
