calling all EE's
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Re: calling all EE's
Having worked in the industry, unless this is a very simple product, you are talking significant monetary outlay. To get a clean (good) looking prototype raises the ante even more.
If you have a concise definition of exactly what you want built, you can find somebody to do it, but it won't be cheap. If you can do it yourself, you can save some money, but not the time.
JR
Having worked in the industry, unless this is a very simple product, you are talking significant monetary outlay. To get a clean (good) looking prototype raises the ante even more.
If you have a concise definition of exactly what you want built, you can find somebody to do it, but it won't be cheap. If you can do it yourself, you can save some money, but not the time.
JR
Re: calling all EE's
Oh well, never mind. I just found out about the L.R. Baggs Anthem pickup which is using (what I thought was) my idea. I still can't by one but there's no harm in discussing it now.
I play string bass with a Realist pickup and it sounds pretty good. I've used it to record too but I've not been thrilled with it. I've usually blended a mike for finger sound but still it wasn't great. So it finally dawned on me that I need a crossover to mix the pickup and the mic so I don't get the phase problems blending them has. I can do it in studio but would like to bring that sound on the road with me.
Can anyone think of someone, besides L.R. Baggs, who makes a two in, one out crossover?
Oh well, never mind. I just found out about the L.R. Baggs Anthem pickup which is using (what I thought was) my idea. I still can't by one but there's no harm in discussing it now.
I play string bass with a Realist pickup and it sounds pretty good. I've used it to record too but I've not been thrilled with it. I've usually blended a mike for finger sound but still it wasn't great. So it finally dawned on me that I need a crossover to mix the pickup and the mic so I don't get the phase problems blending them has. I can do it in studio but would like to bring that sound on the road with me.
Can anyone think of someone, besides L.R. Baggs, who makes a two in, one out crossover?
Re: calling all EE's
What you are really describing is a 2x1 mixer with input filtering configured such that the bandpasses of the two inputs have minimal overlap when mixed together. I can think of several ways you can do the same thing with the digital tools that are available, but none are particularly cheap unless you were to add a couple preamps to a customized mini-DSP.
What you are really describing is a 2x1 mixer with input filtering configured such that the bandpasses of the two inputs have minimal overlap when mixed together. I can think of several ways you can do the same thing with the digital tools that are available, but none are particularly cheap unless you were to add a couple preamps to a customized mini-DSP.
Re: calling all EE's
The blender blends and isn't a crossover.
and then mount it to my bass so I can use my X2 wireless. Yup, you nailed it.
I was thinking I could use a stereo crossover on channel inserts but that would require two wireless or two cables.
Rolls makes the SX45. That and a stereo pre could maybe do it. And a bunch of duct tape.
The blender blends and isn't a crossover.
and then mount it to my bass so I can use my X2 wireless. Yup, you nailed it.
I was thinking I could use a stereo crossover on channel inserts but that would require two wireless or two cables.
Rolls makes the SX45. That and a stereo pre could maybe do it. And a bunch of duct tape.
Re: calling all EE's
Mark,
A problem I envision is that the crossover would kill the upper tones of the body, while the mic at the fingerboard would cause the fingerboard sounds to overwhelm those same body sounds.
For recording my preference would be a ldc for the body and a sdc for the fingerboard mounted on the same stand. Obviously, that wouldn't work with your onstage playing style, but that is what you would be trying to recreate.
I will have to think about this. Are you still playing the eminence? What about a second pickup mounted behind the base of the fingerboard?
At one point, I was concerned about phase issues with pickup and mic on acoustic guitar and tried to calculate the relative delay. It may be that your pickup through the wireless is actually behind a direct wired mic in time. One way or another I kept coming up with no more than a couple of milliseconds difference, which I can't believe is that big of a problem, especially at the low end.
Mark,
A problem I envision is that the crossover would kill the upper tones of the body, while the mic at the fingerboard would cause the fingerboard sounds to overwhelm those same body sounds.
For recording my preference would be a ldc for the body and a sdc for the fingerboard mounted on the same stand. Obviously, that wouldn't work with your onstage playing style, but that is what you would be trying to recreate.
I will have to think about this. Are you still playing the eminence? What about a second pickup mounted behind the base of the fingerboard?
At one point, I was concerned about phase issues with pickup and mic on acoustic guitar and tried to calculate the relative delay. It may be that your pickup through the wireless is actually behind a direct wired mic in time. One way or another I kept coming up with no more than a couple of milliseconds difference, which I can't believe is that big of a problem, especially at the low end.