[linux-audio-dev] LAD meeting - LinuxSoundNight

[Frank Barknecht]

Hallo,

Paul Winkler hat gesagt: // Paul Winkler wrote:
 
> Guitar effects on a microphone is very hard to manage without uncontrollable
> feedback.  But I saw it done - on a saxophone yet! - by a trio called 
> Spongehead (guitar/bass, sax, and drums). 

Cool. I even have a record by them, on Shimmy Disc, I think. 

> The sax player used wah, echo, and an octave divider (which on a
> tenor or bari gave him some very nice deep notes, allowing the sax
> to function as the bass player on some songs!). I don't remember if
> he ever used distortion.  He played through a big guitar amp, i
> think.

That was my plan, as well. 

> Basically you want to:
> 1) use a very directional mic that mounts on the sax itself -
> there are some made for this purpose.  I don't know what kind of
> pickup the Spongehead guy used, but it seemed to have a cable
> coming from near the mouthpiece???

My microphone then wasn't directional enough, I guess. 

> 3) don't stand right in front of your amp :)

But that was the main problem: the room was so small, I had to standing
near the amp. I tried squeezing myself behind it, with some success
squeezing-wise, but not feedback-wise. 

ciao
-- 
 Frank Barknecht                               _ ______footils.org__