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Topic: Cube 80XL Direct Out |
Lee Baucum
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McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 26 May 2023 9:41 am |
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My Roland Cube 80XL amps have a quarter-inch line out on the back.
I can run a guitar cable from that output to a mixer and it sounds pretty good.
One time, on stage, the mixer was too far away from my amp; so, I ran a short guitar cable to a DI box. From the DI box, I ran a low impedance microphone cable over to the mixer. I do believe it sounded better than using just a guitar cable.
Since then, I placed a Sennheiser e 609 microphone in front of the speaker, instead of using the line out. I could hear yet another improvement.
My imagination? Flakey old ears?
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Lee, from South Texas - Down On The Rio Grande
There are only two options as I see it.
Either I'm right, or there is a sinister conspiracy to conceal the fact that I'm right.
Williams Keyless S-10, BMI S-10, Evans FET-500LV, Fender Steel King, 2 Roland Cube 80XL's,
Sarno FreeLoader, Goodrich Passive Volume Pedals, Vintage ACE Pack-A-Seat |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 26 May 2023 2:09 pm
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I tried the guitar from the preamp out on my NV400. Hated the sound. Tried a DI box with low impedence out to mixer. Again not happy. Since then, I have been using an e609. The preamp out was too dry. Love the sound that the speaker adds.
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Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, Recording King Professional Dobro, NV400, NV112,Ibanez Gio guitar, Epiphone SG Special (open D slide guitar) . Playing for 54 years and still counting. |
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Bruce Bjork
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Southern Coast of Maine
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Posted 27 May 2023 6:11 am
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I mic my Nashville 112 with a e 609, much better sound.
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Banjo, Dobro, Guild D-40, Telecaster, Justice Pro Lite 3x5, BOSS Katana 100, Peavey Nashville 112 in a Tommy Huff cabinet, Spark, FreeLoader, Baby Bloomer, Peterson StroboPlus HD, Stage One VP.
"Use the talents you possess; the woods would be very silent indeed if no birds sang but the best" |
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 27 May 2023 7:59 am
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| Bruce Bjork wrote: |
| I mic my Nashville 112 with a e 609, much better sound. |
I have done the same with my Fender Steel King, with the same results.
The line out has a volume control, as well as a switch to choose between pre- and post- EQ.
I prefer using the e 609.
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Lee, from South Texas - Down On The Rio Grande
There are only two options as I see it.
Either I'm right, or there is a sinister conspiracy to conceal the fact that I'm right.
Williams Keyless S-10, BMI S-10, Evans FET-500LV, Fender Steel King, 2 Roland Cube 80XL's,
Sarno FreeLoader, Goodrich Passive Volume Pedals, Vintage ACE Pack-A-Seat |
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Dave Grafe
From:
Hudson River Valley NY
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Posted 28 May 2023 7:10 am
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I often use the Headphone Out on my Cube Street as a direct line for recording, but never on stage. The Cube has excellent reverb and tone so it's a natural for tracking, but when it's show time it's the Webb and a Senn e906.
I prefer the e906 for its flatter response, i.e. much less peaky at 3kHz than the e609. Neither compares with the original MD409 other than form factor, but both are superior to Shure's SM57 for mic'ing pedal steel amps IMHO. |
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