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Topic: Recording Steel Direct (PodXT) |
Joey Ace
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Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 8 Feb 2009 6:11 am |
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For the past few years I've been going amp-less in many local recording sessions.
It's been working for me. I appreciate the lack of setup time and consistency it provides.
I spend a lot of time at home tweaking my PodXT using the computer interface.
A current project I'm involved in is a Blue Rodeo Tribute Band.
The goal was to sound as close as possible to their original recordings. I'm quite proud with the results I achieved with this setup.
Equally impressive to me is Five Songs were tracked in one seven hour session. (including vocals, and a full band.)
Mixing was done in another six hour session.
The songs are now posted in the audio section of http://www.bluerodeotribute.com
Here's a pic of my setup that day.
Carter with XR-16 > Hilton VP > PodXT > Studio Board
The Peterson Tuner was connected to the VP's second output.
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 8 Feb 2009 7:50 am
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Kool Joey, I think that for us earthlings this is an excellent studio setup. I am gathering that you wrote several presets for the Pod.
neat photo. The few sessions I do I still lug an amp.
thanks
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 8 Feb 2009 2:23 pm
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| I've used my POD XT direct on the last couple of sessions I've done. I'm using it direct tomorrow as I'm finishing up a CD probject for an "Semi-Retired" Nashville songwriter. |
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Joey Ace
From:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 9 Feb 2009 9:17 am
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Yes, Tony, I write my own presets, in a way.
What I really do is modify others.
I go thru the (mostly useless) factory presets, find something close, and tweak it to match what I need.
As the years go by, I'm modifying my modified sounds.
I never could warm up to using the stand-alone programming. I do almost all my programming using it's graphical interface, on my computer. |
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Bob Grado
From:
Holmdel, New Jersey
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Posted 9 Feb 2009 11:56 am pod xt
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Joey,
Sounds nice .. I've also been recording direct with the Pod XT. In the below example I'm running through a Pod XT direct to my pc using Cakewalk Home Studio software. I downloaded the guitar/vocal mp3 and added the steel. It still needs to be mixed and compression added but the tone,in my opinion anyway is better then I expected.
As far as playing live.. If i can get away with leaving my amp home and running direct to the board with the Pod XT I will..
http://www.muziboo.com/bgrado/music |
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