Re: Zoom G2 vs Digitech RP150

[Chris Sewell <lunamusic@mac.com>]

Well times must be tough for Ian. Maybe things will pick up.
On Dec 14, 2007, at 8:07 PM, Dave O'Heare wrote:

> I can't hold back any longer.
>
> My sweetie and I went to see Jethro Tull a couple of weeks ago, and  
> I ended up chatting with the sound guy afterwards.  Very pro stuff  
> supplied by 8th Day Sound, Yamaha PM5D-RH mixer at FOH, flown line  
> array, etc., etc., etc..
>
> The soundie's big gripe?  Ian Anderson was using an SM58 for vocals  
> and a Beta 54 for flute, run into a tiny Behringer mixer which fed a  
> pair of Zoom pedals for reverb and delay.  That was returned to the  
> mixer, and the output of THAT was sent to FOH.
>
> In all, it sounded pretty good, except for Ian's voice dropping out  
> when he moved at all off mic.
>
> Dave O'Heare
> oheareATmagmaDOTca
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Buzap Buzap" <buzap@gmx.net>
> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 7:19 AM
> Subject: Re: Zoom G2 vs Digitech RP150
>
>
>>> Makes perfect sense. These pedals are what, 100 bucks?
>> well, imo the Zoom G2 sounds much better than 100 bucks.
>> Of course, you cannot expect top-of-the-class compression or reverb.
>> But the basic effects are really good and sound excellent.
>>
>>> >Zoom doesn't do acoustic
>>> >well, but they probably do better at electric sounds I'm guessing.
>>
>> It would be also my first guess to use the Zoom pedal for grunge  
>> guitar rather than country folk. However, sometimes I'm not sure if  
>> it is the effects or the default patches configured maybe by a  
>> progressive rock guitarist (instead of a nashville singer/ 
>> guitarist). Generally, I have that problem also with "European  
>> versus Asian" sound style on keyboard patches. The first preferring  
>> more warm/mellow the latter more bright/clear sounds.
>>
>> I had good results for acoustic fx with the Zoom G2 when using it  
>> in a very subtle way. (default patches were horrible and sounded  
>> like "plastic").
>>
>>
>> Buzap
>>
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