{"items": [{"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100132594481432?comment_id=10100132594686022", "anchor": "fb-10100132594686022", "service": "fb", "text": "Audrey Cecilia Edward Michael Christopher", "timestamp": "1579280154"}, {"author": "Hollis", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100132594481432?comment_id=10100132596687012", "anchor": "fb-10100132596687012", "service": "fb", "text": "I have wanted this for years.", "timestamp": "1579281318"}, {"author": "Hollis", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100132594481432?comment_id=10100132596687012&reply_comment_id=10100132596761862", "anchor": "fb-10100132596687012_10100132596761862", "service": "fb", "text": "→ For my money, you'd also want said box to have a muting capability.", "timestamp": "1579281363"}, {"author": "Kendall", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100132594481432?comment_id=10100132596687012&reply_comment_id=10100132610120092", "anchor": "fb-10100132596687012_10100132610120092", "service": "fb", "text": "→ https://www.bhphotovideo.com/.../Rolls_MS111_MS111_Mic...", "timestamp": "1579287025"}, {"author": "Hollis", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100132594481432?comment_id=10100132596687012&reply_comment_id=10100132610169992", "anchor": "fb-10100132596687012_10100132610169992", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Kendall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYOw3wEuesQ", "timestamp": "1579287075"}, {"author": "Kendall", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100132594481432?comment_id=10100132596687012&reply_comment_id=10100132610863602", "anchor": "fb-10100132596687012_10100132610863602", "service": "fb", "text": "→ yup. there are other spendier mute switches out there that do have LED indicators, but they aren't as good as the cheap Rolls about not popping when switched, especially when phantom is on, as is the case for any of the nice clip-on condensers that so many fiddlers and others use. if someone is willing to do a little solder work, void some warranties and all that, then ... color me interested!", "timestamp": "1579287467"}, {"author": "Kendall", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100132594481432?comment_id=10100132596687012&reply_comment_id=10100132611083162", "anchor": "fb-10100132596687012_10100132611083162", "service": "fb", "text": "→ does the additional (tiny) load of the LED affect the performance of a condenser mic running through this pedal as modded?", "timestamp": "1579287572"}, {"author": "Hollis", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100132594481432?comment_id=10100132596687012&reply_comment_id=10100132611911502", "anchor": "fb-10100132596687012_10100132611911502", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Kendall I haven't noticed any difference, nor has any sound person I've talked to.", "timestamp": "1579288076"}, {"author": "Kendall", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100132594481432?comment_id=10100132596687012&reply_comment_id=10100132611976372", "anchor": "fb-10100132596687012_10100132611976372", "service": "fb", "text": "→ cool beans. Hey, Brad, you got time for a project with your mute pedal? ;-)", "timestamp": "1579288131"}, {"author": "Brad", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100132594481432?comment_id=10100132596687012&reply_comment_id=10100132621272742", "anchor": "fb-10100132596687012_10100132621272742", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Heh. Not this week, maybe next.", "timestamp": "1579291563"}, {"author": "Bob", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100132594481432?comment_id=10100132597011362", "anchor": "fb-10100132597011362", "service": "fb", "text": "where \"bunch of people\" = you, me and a handful of others. when the mixer solution costs $60 -- less than many pedals -- it's just not a market anyone's likely to address.", "timestamp": "1579281620"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100132594481432?comment_id=10100132597011362&reply_comment_id=10100132606177992", "anchor": "fb-10100132597011362_10100132606177992", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Bob I think you're right: small mixers are such a high volume standard product that it's hard to compete", "timestamp": "1579285709"}, {"author": "Daniel", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100132594481432?comment_id=10100132599825722", "anchor": "fb-10100132599825722", "service": "fb", "text": "I just got the Radial Voco Loco which I believe matches those specs:
https://g.co/kgs/V1yG17", "timestamp": "1579282341"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100132594481432?comment_id=10100132599825722&reply_comment_id=10100132605244862", "anchor": "fb-10100132599825722_10100132605244862", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Daniel that looks right, except for being much more expensive than the mixer based solution...", "timestamp": "1579285080"}, {"author": "Daniel", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100132594481432?comment_id=10100132599825722&reply_comment_id=10100132606652042", "anchor": "fb-10100132599825722_10100132606652042", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Agreed, and the only things that set it apart are the footswitch and smaller form factor, which aren't really worth the price tag in comparison.", "timestamp": "1579285877"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100132594481432?comment_id=10100132599825722&reply_comment_id=10100132607071202", "anchor": "fb-10100132599825722_10100132607071202", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Daniel they're factors, through if the pedal you're using has a good bypass the foot switch not a big factor", "timestamp": "1579285931"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100132594481432?comment_id=10100132599825722&reply_comment_id=10100132607081182", "anchor": "fb-10100132599825722_10100132607081182", "service": "fb", "text": "→ I guess it could be good if you wanted to turn a whole chain on things on and off", "timestamp": "1579285946"}, {"author": "Kendall", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100132594481432?comment_id=10100132599825722&reply_comment_id=10100132608892552", "anchor": "fb-10100132599825722_10100132608892552", "service": "fb", "text": "→ I have a friend who runs his DPA mic through a VocoLoco.", "timestamp": "1579286821"}, {"author": "Andy", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100132594481432?comment_id=10100132607734872", "anchor": "fb-10100132607734872", "service": "fb", "text": "Voco Loco or Eventide Mixing link. Running pedals through fx loop is superior routing. Better sound, more control, and your output is from your DI, not your last effect.", "timestamp": "1579286378"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100132594481432?comment_id=10100132607734872&reply_comment_id=10100132607919502", "anchor": "fb-10100132607734872_10100132607919502", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Does this have an advantage over the mixer-based solution?", "timestamp": "1579286518"}, {"author": "Andy", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100132594481432?comment_id=10100132607734872&reply_comment_id=10100132608213912", "anchor": "fb-10100132607734872_10100132608213912", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Yes, it fixes your impedence/reamping issues.", "timestamp": "1579286565"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100132594481432?comment_id=10100132607734872&reply_comment_id=10100132608303732", "anchor": "fb-10100132607734872_10100132608303732", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Andy do you know how much guitar pedals tend to care whether they're connected to high impedance input/output?", "timestamp": "1579286617"}, {"author": "Andy", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100132594481432?comment_id=10100132607734872&reply_comment_id=10100132608967402", "anchor": "fb-10100132607734872_10100132608967402", "service": "fb", "text": "→ It depends on the pedal... but they are typically made for a different kind of signal. YMMV, and certainly your mixer solution works, but it overcomplicates the routing when there are several simpler solutions. First off you could use a mixer with an fx loop. Or with one box and zero extra cables you can optimally route a mic signal through pedals.", "timestamp": "1579286853"}, {"author": "Andy", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100132594481432?comment_id=10100132607734872&reply_comment_id=10100132610060212", "anchor": "fb-10100132607734872_10100132610060212", "service": "fb", "text": "→ I've been running my pedals in an effects loop from my tonebone pz-pre (side note will actually make your pickup sound better by impedance matching) for years and my pedals are less problematic and better behaved. A more expensive but ultimate solution for your question +48v would be the Grace Felix.", "timestamp": "1579286979"}, {"author": "Andy", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100132594481432?comment_id=10100132607734872&reply_comment_id=10100132610269792", "anchor": "fb-10100132607734872_10100132610269792", "service": "fb", "text": "→ I do think your OP routing solution is creative and of course will function but it's not the ideal, simplest or most beautiful solution. Spend more money on pedals! :)", "timestamp": "1579287123"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100132594481432?comment_id=10100132608388562", "anchor": "fb-10100132608388562", "service": "fb", "text": "Also: is a reamper just a regular passive DI with the gender swapped, or is it a different circuit?", "timestamp": "1579286679"}, {"author": "Andy", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100132594481432?comment_id=10100132608388562&reply_comment_id=10100132610659012", "anchor": "fb-10100132608388562_10100132610659012", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Jeff Kaufman Not sure, but you could pioneer re-amping for live use?", "timestamp": "1579287298"}, {"author": "Eric", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100132594481432?comment_id=10100132608388562&reply_comment_id=10100133163900312", "anchor": "fb-10100132608388562_10100133163900312", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Yes, that's the basic idea. A DI in reverse, with connections adjusted to taste. An active DI won't do this, of course; a passive DI is basically an impedance matching transformer and connectors.", "timestamp": "1579590905"}, {"author": "Kendall", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100132594481432?comment_id=10100132608623092", "anchor": "fb-10100132608623092", "service": "fb", "text": "side note on the mixer thing... if there's an \"insert\" jack on your mixer channel strip, that is precisely for the purpose of \"inserting\" outboard gear into the channel strip. it's a TRS jack, so the signal goes (I think, but this may be backwards) out the tip side, back in the ring side. to use a pedal board, connect the tip side to the input of the first pedal, the ring side to the output of the last pedal.", "timestamp": "1579286778"}, {"author": "Daniel", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100132594481432?comment_id=10100132608623092&reply_comment_id=10100132610174982", "anchor": "fb-10100132608623092_10100132610174982", "service": "fb", "text": "→ I don't think there's a standard for whether tip/ring correlates to send/receive (this is what I use for my pedals running through a Grace Felix DI, but it's specifically mentioned in the manual which side is send vs receive).", "timestamp": "1579287076"}, {"author": "Daniel", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100132594481432?comment_id=10100132608623092&reply_comment_id=10100132611063202", "anchor": "fb-10100132608623092_10100132611063202", "service": "fb", "text": "→ As per Wikipedia:
\"most are designed with Tip Send, Ring Return, though many can still be found with Ring Send, Tip Return. A very few mixers have both architectures present on the same mixer; Tip Send for input channels and Tip Return for mix groups.\"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insert_(effects_processing)", "timestamp": "1579287561"}, {"author": "Eric", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100132594481432?comment_id=10100132608623092&reply_comment_id=10100133164069972", "anchor": "fb-10100132608623092_10100133164069972", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Most mixers I've encountered have the TRS insert jacks wired to have \"Send\" to outboard gear on Ring, and \"Return\" coming in on Tip. So to so a \"vampire\" tap of a signal from the insert jack is commonly done by inserting a TR or TRS cable partially into the insert jack, so that the Tip of the cable connects with the Ring on the jack, and doesn't break the normalled connection in the jack. It's more reliable to use a special TRS patch cable that has Tip & Ring connected. Don't use a TR cable in a TRS insert jack, that will connect the Send (Ring) to ground (Sleeve).", "timestamp": "1579591277"}, {"author": "Andy", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100132594481432?comment_id=10100132611896532", "anchor": "fb-10100132611896532", "service": "fb", "text": "Also if anyone wants to discuss things like this every day in a larger community, you are hereby invited to join the Electric String Players FB group.", "timestamp": "1579288063"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100132594481432?comment_id=10100132611896532&reply_comment_id=10100132614770772", "anchor": "fb-10100132611896532_10100132614770772", "service": "fb", "text": "→ https://www.facebook.com/groups/ElectricStringPlayers/", "timestamp": "1579289171"}, {"author": "Matthew", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100132594481432?comment_id=10100132616133042", "anchor": "fb-10100132616133042", "service": "fb", "text": "Another consideration is whether all the stuff involved can be carried easily on low- or neutral-carbon transit. The ultimate lifehack, I think, is to learn to get a variety of great tone out of your fiddle \u2014 growls, whispers, whatnot \u2014 and leave all the gear at the shop so you can take the bike, bus, or train instead of a minivan. At least that\u2019s where I\u2019ve ended up after thinking a lot about how to carry heavy pedals in my backpack.", "timestamp": "1579289738"}, {"author": "unknown", "source_link": "#", "anchor": "unknown", "service": "unknown", "text": "→ unknown", "timestamp": "-1"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100132594481432?comment_id=10100132616133042&reply_comment_id=10100132616387532", "anchor": "fb-10100132616133042_10100132616387532", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Matthew as someone who primarily plays keyboard...", "timestamp": "1579289808"}, {"author": "Matthew", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100132594481432?comment_id=10100132616133042&reply_comment_id=10100132616652002", "anchor": "fb-10100132616133042_10100132616652002", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Jeff Kaufman I hear melodicas are trending? There is a real tension between musicianship and climate; keyboard certainly is on the rough end of that!", "timestamp": "1579289950"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100132594481432?comment_id=10100132616133042&reply_comment_id=10100132620554182", "anchor": "fb-10100132616133042_10100132620554182", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Matthew most of the dances I'm playing are also not within walking/pubtrans distance.
For me, either it's walking distance and I can just throw as much gear as I want on my wagon, or it's driving 1hr+ and I need to borrow/rent a car", "timestamp": "1579291077"}, {"author": "Matthew", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100132594481432?comment_id=10100132616133042&reply_comment_id=10100132620983322", "anchor": "fb-10100132616133042_10100132620983322", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Jeff Kaufman yeah! that's what i'm saying! no easy answer, though i feel it's worth making periodic noise as part of a general noise-making around the issue of increased public transit. it used to be that i [brooklyn] could have reached my hometown [bennington VT] dance through three trains -- counting the subway and one cross-platform transfer in albany. gone are the days...", "timestamp": "1579291323"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100132594481432?comment_id=10100132616133042&reply_comment_id=10100132624097082", "anchor": "fb-10100132616133042_10100132624097082", "service": "fb", "text": "→ But I'm totally in favor of people learning all the amazing things a fiddle can do unprocessed!", "timestamp": "1579292878"}]}