Hi Ed ! i'm a guitar player too ... I don't understand why these metal guys want to play well under the natural range of their instrument : if a normal guitar is too high for your taste, play bass and stop bothering your comrades !! What you say about staying in tune is perfectly right , even with heavy gauge strings : physics don't mind about gimmicks ! The problem of our friend is , in fact , that all the band members want to play at very low frequencies , and everyone pushes his amp up trying to hear what he plays in the overall infra-sound rumble ! In a good mix , even in "tutti" and "fff" parts , you must hear all the instruments , that means everyone has to manage with the sound power and the frequencies he plays , including harmonics . That's why our ancestors have invented such a wide range of instruments , from triangle and piccolo to double bass and bass drums ! @+ J.F. Ed Edwards a \ufffdcrit : >Drop "C" (dropsy)? Crap, that's 4 semi-tones below what guitars are >designed for. Um, I suppose you get a lot of bass frequencies, but as a >guitarist I don't know how they stay in tune above the 12th fret without >specialized super-tuning. Further, there are 8 semi tones below that C >that a bass guitar can reach but those dropsy guitarists can't. As a >gimmick, I'm not convinced. > >Anyway, yes, I use the AN1x live. All I can say about where you "fit in >the mix" is that it takes a bit of intuition as well as a bit of skill. >Each instrument should occupy its individual sound spectrum so there is >minimal overlap or stepping on the others tones. > >If you are compressing every channel then you will never be able to get >a balanced sound. Compression is a crutch -- a band-aid, an artificial >squirt, MSG, chemical enhancement of organic tones... be very, very >careful if you use it. > >Meanwhile, remember that a keyboard often is pushed into an >accompaniment situation by vol-egotistical guitarists. Be firm, be >omnipotent -- you play the KEYBOARDS! No guitarist, bassist, singer, >drummer or sewerist can overwhelm you if you know how much power you >have in your arsenal. > >Bwahhahahahahahha! It belches - it screams - it slams - it pleads - it >cries - it sings - it grunts - it leads. You have the POWER. YOU have >the range. Teach them to take their wooden phallus' and back down while >a man gives some art to the audience without cocking his trigger. >Wooden necks, indeed... how I tire of hero guitars pointing at me >expecting some implied reverence. Bah! (Stewie Griffin) > >*Ed Edwards* > > > >><> <>< <>< ><> >> >> >http://www.ezekielswheel.com >http://www.untiedmusic.com/ezekiel >http://mysite.verizon.net/vze29bq6 > > > > > > >Community email addresses: > Post message: AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com > Subscribe: AN1x-list-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > Unsubscribe: AN1x-list-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > List owner: AN1x-list-owner@yahoogroups.com > >Shortcut URL to this page: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AN1x-list > >The AN1x Control Synthesizer FAQ:: > http://www.geocities.com/jondl_2000/an1x_faq/an1x_faq_toc.htm > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Wanadoo vous informe que cet e-mail a ete controle par l'anti-virus mail. >Aucun virus connu a ce jour par nos services n'a ete detecte. > > > > > >--- >avast! Antivirus: message Entrant propre. >Base de donn\ufffdes des virus (VPS): 0619-0, 08/05/2006 >Test du: 10/05/2006 07:56:20 >avast! - copyright (c) 2000-2006 ALWIL Software. >http://www.avast.com > > > > > > --- avast! Antivirus: message Sortant propre. Base de donn\ufffdes des virus (VPS): 0619-0, 08/05/2006 Test du: 10/05/2006 08:17:10 avast! - copyright (c) 2000-2006 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com
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Re: [AN1x] An1x Live
2006-05-10 by Jeff