[Harp-L] Bulletizer samples

[Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I said on Harp-L that I'd post a recording of Greg Heumann's Bulletizer in action, and here it is.  You can find the samples at:
http://www.hunterharp.com/about-the-bulletizer/

The clip is about 30 seconds long. It's played on a Lee Oskar A harp in 2nd position using my Bulletizer-equipped Shure 545SD, which is running through a Digitech RP355 using a Champ amp emulation that I created, and finally into a Peavey KB2 keyboard amp. The amp EQ is set to slightly cut the frequencies around 100 hz and above 8 kHz. The clip was recorded using a Zoom H4 sitting on a chair  about a foot in front of the Peavey, with the built in mics roughly at speaker level.  The only editing done on the clip was to normalize the volume.  

The first 5 seconds is played with a closed hand cup on the Bulletized mic; the next 5 seconds is the same phrase played with an open hand; then another 5 seconds of closed hand, and another 5 of open hand. In the last 10 seconds, I alternate closed and open hand articulations, which is what youâd probably do in performance.

By the way, I think the sound of the amp modeler coupled with the Peavey amp is pretty big.  In fact, I think it produces a better tube amp sound than a lot of "real" tube amps I've played through.  I plan to distribute this patch plus a few others I've developed lately to my customers.  You can never have too many good blues harp sounds.

Regards, Richard Hunter

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