[Harp-L] First gig with midi chromatic

[Shirley, John]

Hey all.

Looks like the auto-correct on my phone had other ideas for the spelling of Erik….

If you’re reading this - sorry Erik!

;-)

- John

Dr. John Shirley, Professor of Music and Sound Recording Technology
The University of Massachusetts Lowell



> On May 3, 2017, at 10:08 AM, Shirley, John <John_Shirley at xxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hey Michael - I’m psyched to hear you are loving the DM48 as much as I am!
> 
> I am very impressed with the build qualiity and GUI, as well as the power and flexibility, of the design. The wealth of musical possibilities it represents is staggering.
> 
> Eric has done an amazing job on this!
> 
> I’ll post some video on it soon… and I’ll be bringing mine to SPAH for a seminar presentation. I know you’re super busy at SPAH, Michael, but if it works out it would be fantastic to have you come and play the DM48 at the seminar!
> 
> - John
> 
> Dr. John Shirley, Professor of Music and Sound Recording Technology
> The University of Massachusetts Lowell
> 
> 
> 
>> On May 3, 2017, at 9:08 AM, Michael Rubin <michaelrubinharmonica at xxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> I have an I phone 6.  I went to the Apple store and bought a converter from
>> a USB to where you charge your phone.  $30.  My earbuds that came with my I
>> phone have a detachable converter from the earbuds to the phone.  I went to
>> the music store and bought a converter from that converter to a quarter
>> inch cable.  I plugged that into a Peavey KB2, a very clean amp that is
>> basically a little PA speaker.  The band is bluegrassy in nature and we all
>> gather around a condenser microphone so I did not route the amp into the
>> PA, but I could if necessary.  Since it was midi,  I turned everything up
>> as loud as possible without fear of feedback.
>> 
>> As I am sure you may have gathered if you watch my posts closely,  I am
>> technology challenged.  This has so far been a very intuitive process for
>> me.
>> 
>> Richard Hunter, hopefully I can get an audience member to take a video
>> soon.  Perhaps I can find a way to play your patches through one input and
>> the midi through the other or just play your patches through the PA,
>> because I would love to get some sounds on the diatonic.
>> 
>> As to the software, I am using garageband.  It came with my phone for
>> free.
>> 
>> Michael Rubin
>> michaelrubinharmonica.com
>> 
>> On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 7:21 AM, robert mcgraw <harpbob at xxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>> Could you talk about how you amplified the midi on your gig?
>>> WVa Bob
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>>> On May 3, 2017, at 8:17 AM, Michael Rubin <michaelrubinharmonica at xxxxx
>>> com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Last night I liberally peppered my music with the new midi chromatic.
>>>> 
>>>> Everyone agreed it was awesome. I loved it.
>>>> Michael Rubin
>>>> Michaelrubinharmonica.com
>>> 
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