Re: [Harp-L] Turbo ELX

[David Fertig <drfertig@xxxxxxxxx>]

So far as I know I'm the only one on Harp-L who ordered one of turbo elx', or at least who admitted to it.  I wonder how it will work, could it be a midi controller?     Reminds me of a time in 1970 I was on a farm in W. Va where someone had an Arp synth unit, I played harp through a mic on it with limited success (I was a complete tyro), so this may be what I'd imagined could be, I expect mine tomorrow so I'll let you know next week, as I'll be traveling this weekend.

Dave "guinea pig" Fertig


--- On Thu, 9/27/12, harp-l-request@xxxxxxxxxx <harp-l-request@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Re: [Harp-L] Turbo ELX
        	Thursday, September 27, 2012 5:42 PM
        	
            
            
            From: 
            "Slim Heilpern" <slim@xxxxxxxxxx>
            	
            	
            	
        	To: 
        	"David Fairweather" <dmf273@xxxxxxxxx>, "Harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>Aside
 from being feedback free, it likely has a different sound than a mic'd 
harp. I have no idea how different in this case, but consider the 
difference between a magnetic pickup on a guitar and a mic'd guitar, or 
guitar with a piezo pickup -- drastically different sounds but all 
extremely useful. I would imagine optical harmonica reed pickups produce
 a unique sonic quality of some sort...

- Slim.

On Sep 27, 2012, at 5:08 PM, David Fairweather wrote:

> Can someone explain to me the advantages of the Turbo ELX?  I know it's
> feedback free.  But what other advantages does it have.  The demos I've
> seen on YouTube seem to emphasize the FX box it's playing through.   Would
> a traditionally mic'd harp through the same FX box sound different?  I see
> it has 20 different optical pickups.  Can you assign different FX to
> different pickups?  That might be cool.