Re: [Harp-L] JJ Milteaus set-up

[joe leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mar 25, 2010, at 8:54 PM, IcemanLE@xxxxxxx wrote:

> First of all, he may have that luscious pure warm sound in his  
> inner ear to
>  begin with. In other words, his preconceived notion of his sound  
> is just
> that.  This is different than "fat" tone or dirty bluesy tone.
>
> Then, an SM-58 or other decent mic can be run into the PA - EQ down  
> the
> high frequencies, tweak the mids and lows to taste, add a dash of  
> reverb
> and/or  echo, and serve warm to an enthusiastic audience.
>
> Charlie McCoy does the same thing.


That's the way we did it last Thursday...and no, we didn't cup much.
smo-joe

> Don't know whether JJ cups the mic or plays in front of it. Charlie  
> doesn't
>  cup usually.
>
> It's a fun quest.
>
> On your mark, get set......
>
>
> In a message dated 3/25/2010 8:27:42 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> martinoldsberg@xxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> Getting  good sound through the PA is a perennial quest. I´ve been  
> browsing
> Youtube  recently to find interesting examples, but nothing much  
> has come
> up from  diatonic playing.
> Any suggestions on things to listen to  on that channel?
>
> Then as it happened, today I  played JJ Milteau´s "Blue Pacific", a  
> live
> album, just for my listening  pleasure, and on the first cut, "Ode  
> to Billie
> Joe" -- isn´t that  microphone straight to PA?
> He´s got a luscious sound, pure and warm,  and probably a very fine  
> mic,
> but still.
> Anyone in the know on  this?
>
> (Of course it´s "all in the player", don´t we know  that, and those
> extremely expensive boutique amps, customized microphones, amp   
> modelers, effects
> boxes, computors, coffee grinders and power plants we use,  if we  
> can afford
> them, are just a teeny weeny bit of it all; in fact so  unimportant  
> it´s
> practically inaudible.)
>
> Cheers,
> Martin