Got to spend more time with the SigX tonght

[ejecta]

Would you know a decent camera mic to use in place of the stock crappy one?

George

Does your camera have and external jack for a mic?

 

[mentoneman]

Got to spend more time with the Sig X tonight. Guys this thing can cover a wide range of feel and tone. I mainly stayed on the rhythm channel and turned the knobs and switches to all kinds of extremes. I was getting cool and different tones from fat and round bluesy, scooped and chunky, classic crunch, nice 80's tones, modern tones, and leads just on this one channel. Switching the thing to 40 watts softened the feel but wasnt flubby and was more classic. Switch it to 100 and you open up more headroom and add a nice top end and grind. That said you can still keep it in the 40 watt mode and use the eq and presence to dial back in some top end and you have nice new tone. The "wood" mode here adds that Marshall quack and gets nice and round when you turn up the mids on the eq. Flip it to scoop turn down the mids, put it on "burn" mode, up the gainII switch it to "more" and you have a good metal tone IMHO. However with scoop on you can still really turn up the mid knob and its got some of that Marshallness back but not as prominant. Man this thing is crazy with versatility.

All that said.... did all these options make it sound like a mesa, or make it sound like a Bogner, or make it sound like a classic Marshall, or make it sound like a Fender, or a dumble, or a Vox? NOPE but it does alow alot of TONAL VARIATION OF A GREAT BASE TONE. Im serious this amp sounds and feels really really nice. Im liking it more tonight than I did last night. It gets better and better the more I learn what it can do. Im still not going to the OMG this is the end all be all but night number 2 was alot of fun and I was impressed when I wasnt really sure I would be. Cant wait to get to do the same experiments with the lead and clean. The true test will come when it gets in a live band situation and Im thinking it will be just fine but we will see.

the immediate impression this amp made on me is that it is way deeper than any vht amp previously offered.
this is a good thing because i really liked the D60 for it's rawness and guts but felt it needed more tweakable refinements.
the earlier multichannel graphic eq jobs sounded killer but were missing the raw factor.

the sig x seemed to connect the dots. but i would predict it would take a week or two of pure tweaking to really understand the interaction of controls intimately. i look forward to post honeymoon clips from greasy...

Hey Pat,

Would you know a decent camera mic to use in place of the stock crappy one?

George

check rode for price/performance

http://www.videomaker.com/article/12163/

http://www.sjmediasystem.com/rd-svm.html

http://www.dvcreators.net/shotgun-shootout/#

if you only have mini 1/8" input, you could get a beachtek quiet connection and use any dynamic mic:

http://www.beachtek.com/


the big deal is not clipping the input of the camera, which just about everyone with a camcorder clip of an amp on youtube seem to not care about, present company not included...

 

[Greazygeo]

Hey Pat,

Would you know a decent camera mic to use in place of the stock crappy one?

George

check rode for price/performance

http://www.videomaker.com/article/12163/

http://www.sjmediasystem.com/rd-svm.html

http://www.dvcreators.net/shotgun-shootout/#

if you only have mini 1/8" input, you could get a beachtek quiet connection and use any dynamic mic:

http://www.beachtek.com/


the big deal is not clipping the input of the camera, which just about everyone with a camcorder clip of an amp on youtube seem to not care about, present company not included...

Yes this has a 1/8" plug on it. The first attempt I made was much worse clipping wise. I turned the amp down a fair amount the next time, but its still not that great.

I'll have to get the book out to see if there is a way to adjust the input level. I've looked over the on screen menu and only found a way to select between the camera mic and its line in....

I'll look over that info you posted, thanks for the help!

George

 

[mentoneman]

my cam, sony pd-150, has dual xlr inputs with discreet metering for each input, phantom power, and -20db pads which are indispensible for LOUD recordings.

the problem however is that sony prosumer cameras of that era had notoriously poor audio fidelity...s/n and converters are in the twa-lot. dull highs and hissy...

panasonic cameras in the low to mid price range have great audio.

 

[Greazygeo]

my cam, sony pd-150, has dual xlr inputs with discreet metering for each input, phantom power, and -20db pads which are indispensible for LOUD recordings.

the problem however is that sony prosumer cameras of that era had notoriously poor audio fidelity...s/n and converters are in the twa-lot. dull highs and hissy...

panasonic cameras in the low to mid price range have great audio.

This camera is a Hitachi DZ-MV550A and has been pretty difficult to work with.....I may try running my Zoom H4 into the mic jack and see how that works. There is an A/V in too, but not sure what kind of connector that is....have to get out the book