Re: [Harp-L] Turbo ELX

[Slim Heilpern <slim@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.