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Topic: would a mixer do anything |
Calvin Walley
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colorado city colorado, USA
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Posted 25 Mar 2009 12:13 pm |
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maybe a stupid question but
i have always went from the guitar to the amp ( nashville 400) then from my CD player to the amp
to play with sound tracks , would going into a mixer of some kind, then the amp make any difference?
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proud parent of a sailor
Mullen SD-10 /nashville 400
gotta love a Mullen!!!
Guitars that i have owned in order are :
Mullen SD-10,Simmons SD-10,Mullen SD-10,Zum stage one,Carter starter,
Sho-Bud Mavrick |
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Roger Crawford
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Griffin, GA USA
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Posted 25 Mar 2009 12:35 pm
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Going from your CD player to a mixer then to the NV400 input would give you better control over the volume of the track.
Last edited by Roger Crawford on 25 Mar 2009 4:48 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Calvin Walley
From:
colorado city colorado, USA
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Posted 25 Mar 2009 12:49 pm
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but would it have any effect on the tone ?
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proud parent of a sailor
Mullen SD-10 /nashville 400
gotta love a Mullen!!!
Guitars that i have owned in order are :
Mullen SD-10,Simmons SD-10,Mullen SD-10,Zum stage one,Carter starter,
Sho-Bud Mavrick |
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A. J. Schobert
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Cincinnati, Ohio,
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Posted 25 Mar 2009 4:09 pm
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| I thought you gave up steel. |
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Roger Crawford
From:
Griffin, GA USA
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Posted 25 Mar 2009 4:55 pm
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| You could tailor the tone on the tracks if you choose to, but running it flat (all controls set at 0)would not color the tone. Some tracks that I have sound better with some EQ. Going straight into the NV400 doesn't offer you that option. You can find a pretty inexpensive four channel mixer that will handle this. |
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Calvin Walley
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colorado city colorado, USA
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Posted 25 Mar 2009 5:25 pm
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A. J.
i never gave up the steel , just went thu a divorce and some bad times , i did however have to sell the Mullen, and have just made arrangments for a new steel but it will be a little while before i get it
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proud parent of a sailor
Mullen SD-10 /nashville 400
gotta love a Mullen!!!
Guitars that i have owned in order are :
Mullen SD-10,Simmons SD-10,Mullen SD-10,Zum stage one,Carter starter,
Sho-Bud Mavrick |
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David Doggett
From:
Bawl'mer, MD (formerly of MS, Nawluns, Gnashville, Knocksville, Lost Angeles, Bahsten. and Philly)
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Posted 25 Mar 2009 5:28 pm
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Why are you going from a CD player to a guitar amp? A guitar amp is not a full range system, and so will never sound as good as a home stereo system or a PA system. I suppose if you don't have a good home stereo system in your practice room you can run a CD player into a guitar amp, but the sound will not be full range hi-fi. As long as you are going into a guitar amp, a mixer will not help the tone.
There are two ways I play along with CDs. If I want to hear the full sound without headphones, I simply play the CD player through the home stereo system I have in my practice room. And I play my steel through its own amp and speaker. There is no need for a mixer for that.
If I want to hear the CD and the steel through headphones, I run them both into a little 4 channel Behringer mixer. You can either run the CD player from an audio out on the back of the CD component or receiver (a tape out or aux. out will do); or you can use the phone jack of the CD player or receiver. Either way you go into the CD or tape in stereo jacks of the mixer. You run the guitar into one of the four channels of the mixer.
A problem with this headphone arrangement is that the steel will sound harsh directly into the mixer. Some amps have a headphone circuit or line out that has built in EQ to emulate a guitar amp and speaker. I believe the NV112 does that. The NV400 doesn't. Also, I believe the NV112 has a CD stereo in jack, and probably preserves the full range stereo sound, at least through headphones (but you can't get full range sound from the single 12" speaker of the amp). A good way to deal with this problem is to run the guitar into an amp/speaker emulator such as a POD before going into the mixer. This is the best of all worlds for headphones. You have full range sound from the CD player and guitar amp/speaker sound from the guitar, both going into the mixer and your headphones. But again, if you are not using headphones, just play the guitar through its amp/speaker and the CD through its system - there is no need for a mixer. |
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