Saturday, May 30, 2009
What type of amp to use with your GT-10 or X3-live
Lots of people have trouble getting a good sound with their GT-10 or X3-Live with a traditional amplifier. This is because traditional amplifiers color the sound of MFX units and it takes lots of tweaking to get a good sound. I use a Traynor K-4 which is a keyboard amp. It's 350 watts, stereo. It has XLR outs so I connect my GT-10 to the main inputs on the front of the amp in stereo and I go out of the XLR's into the mixing board/PA. So I have the amp sound on stage but the PA is getting a direct signal. This is the way to go for me. I get my stage sound from the amp and the PA gets a clean direct signal. If the Traynor K-4 is a bit pricey they have smaller wattage amps in the 300 to 500$ range and are very good. These keyboard amps like the Traynor are FRFR amps meaning Full Range Flat Response so they won't color your sound like a traditional amplifier would. There are also powered PA speakers that can be used with these MFX units that also work well.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
5/27/09 Introduction
I'll start by saying that I use Line6 & Boss gear. I have the Line6 POD 2.0, XT-Live, X3-Live, Variax models 700Trem and the 600 model. I also own the Boss GT-10, Roland GR-33, and a Roland VG-88. I can say that the sounds in the GT-10 are way more advanced than the VG-88. I use all of this equipment in my studio where I record my music. I have several self-produced albums and I also do composition for film and television. I have been playing professionally for 31 years.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)