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 TAPCO J-800Sweetwater Price Drop: Roland VariOS!
TAPCO J-800
When it comes to power amps, it's all about power, reliability and price. Thankfully, TAPCO's new J-800, delivers on all fronts. In developing these amps, Tapco devised a rigorous power amp test which was literally un-passable by dozens of name-brand amps on the market today. The new J-800 passed the test with flying colors. It's pure premium power.Sweetwater Price Drop: Roland VariOS!
VariOS is an open-ended hardware/software system that can be customized for different needs. With the bundled V-Producer software, users can create audio-based arrangements while independently manipulating pitch, time and formant. Load the included VariOS-8 and VariOS 303 software, and VariOS can emulate some of Roland's most popular vintage synths-complete with an impressive array of effects. And since the VariOS module handles all processing, there is no drain on the host computer's CPU.
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| Edison Plug |
| An ordinary household electrical plug in the United States. Characterized by having two flat blades and a semi-round ground pin. There are several different variations on this theme: A plug rated at 20 amps will generally have one blade perpindicular to the other. A standard 15 amp plug has the two blades in parallel with each other. Modern versions are also polarized so the neutral blade is larger than the hot. That way even when there is no ground pin present the plug cannot be inserted backwards (which can, but usually doesn't cause problems). |
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| Getting your bass guitar and kick drum to lock using phase! |
| If you have trouble getting your bass guitar and bass drum to lock together sonically in the mix you might try reversing the polarity of one of them. If the kick drum and bass guitar are backwards from each other in phase they will tend to fight each other acoustically. For example, you may have lots of low end in each of them, but when they play together it will sound somewhat hollow and empty. That's a dramatic case — in the real world the effect is usually pretty subtle. You can usually tell immediately if reversing the polarity helps or hurts. It only takes a second and is worth a try. Usually the bass guitar is easier/better to change because reversing the polarity of the kick drum could degrade how it reacts with the rest of the drum kit. In live applications it's also important to think through the implications of polarity with the monitor system. Sometimes a stage monitor can have a negative impact on the sound of a drum, or they both may be out of whack with the bass. A few minutes to check can be time well spent. Being very careful with the wiring of all the gear can eliminate the guesswork, but it still doesn't hurt to check. You never know… |
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