[Harp-L] Effects used in Windermere XB-40 instrumental

["Winslow Yerxa" <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- In harp-l-archives@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Richard Hunter 
<turtlehill@xxxx> wrote:

> This piece is very enjoyable, and it certainly shows 
> that you can do a lot of expressive things with an XB-40 
> that can't be done with a standard diatonic.  I particularly 
> enjoyed hearing those high-midrange notes bending all over the > > 
> place.  

======W: Thanks, Richard.

> The amped harmonica sound is very nice too.  What devices 
> produced the amped tone?  I'm prepared to hear anything from 
> "this was a Bullet mic into a Premiere Twin 8" to "I did it 
> all in software using Line 6 Amp Farm". 

======W: My apologies for taking so long to reply.

The harmonica  was cupped in my hands, held about 10 cm (4") away 
from the mic. The SM-58 mic was plugged into a Soundblaster Live 
soundcard and recording was done with Sonar 3 software.

Software effects applied to the harmonica track after the fact in 
Sonar:

- eq (highs around 10K rolled all the way down, slight bumps at 86 
and 196 hz, and trim rolled up to 9.

- Reverb, with motion depth up to 84 and density down to 0.24

Cakewalk Amp Sim, with Drive at 4.52 (out of 10), Bass and Mid rolled 
all the way up and Treble down to -2.39 (of a range between -10 and 
+10), presence at a fairly low 2.90, volume up to 15.9 (out of 24), 
the Amp Model at Fuzz 2, Cabinet enclosure 4x10 with open back, Bias 
cranked all the way down to -1.00, and the Mono box checked.

Winslow