Re: [Harp-L] Re: Delay pedals and Harp Commander

[John Watts <coast2coastmusic@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- billhines4@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>  It doesn't have
> reverb/delay features, but you could chain in those or effects boxes
> between the HC and pa/amp or even before the HC, not sure which makes
> sense. 

Here is the answer to that from Ron Holmes:

"Here is the answer to using a pedal with Harp Commander. The input
section of HC matches microphone to preamp and tone section. Mics sound
terrible right into any pedal because they are designed to load (match)
a much lower impedance guitar pickup. Usually the low impedance,
"Instrument Out" signal from Harp Commander is perfect for driving a
pedal. . . . . . So, to sum up the Harp Commander lives between your
mic and the world. Some dynamic mics can drive an effects pedal OK as
long as they are strong and have a fairly low-impedance out. They could
allow for driving a pedal then on to HC then out. But most mics and
especially all crystal mics _have_ to be isolated with a very high
impedance amplifier like the Harp Commander has (5 megohm) for them to
work at all let alone sound good. A pedal usually creates 10,000 to
100,000 ohms loading on input source and that makes a crystal mic
signal sound tinny and useless. They need 5,000,000 ohms (5 megohms) loading."


Regards,
John Watts, Coast to Coast Music
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