Tuesday, January 20, 2009

VLOG: New rig update #5 - a tour of the rack with sound clips

In an effort to get more familiar with the new Sony HDR-UX5 camcorder, I thought it would be an interesting exercise to create a few videos walking through the rack rig. The rig is pretty much unchanged since the last update, with the addition of a Hiwatt Series 2000 PRE-1 preamp and some minor reorganization of items within the rack (to make space for more stuff!).

The first video talks through the components, what they do, and how they're wired up...


The second video has sound clips of the four preamps in the rack (Mesa Studio, Mesa Recto, Soldano SP-77, and Hiwatt)...


And the final video has sound clips of some of the Lexicon MPX-G2's effects...


The sound quality isn't too bad for using the built-in camcorder mic, though at some point I'll figure out how to "do it right" by mic'ing the guitar cabs, recording separate audio tracks on the computer, and marrying up the mic'd guitar tracks with the video. But for now, this'll do...

--B

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