8/02/2012

Warmenfat Micro Amplifier Review

Warmenfat Micro Amplifier
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I run Weston House Recording, a tiny recording studio out of my small home in Orangevale, CA; just on the edge of Sacramento.
On occasion, I have gear go down and usually travel to the San Francisco Bay Area for repair. Within the past year, I ran into the Rainbow Electronics repair shop, not more than 10 miles from me. Funny thing is that it they've been there for 20 years!
John McCormack owns and runs Rainbow Electronics along with his wife. From the moment we met, we became instant friends; with me being intrigued with all that he does and he with all that I do.
Out of one of our numerous conversations, he introduced me to his Warmenfat project. Of course, me being one who is always looking for high-quality gear at reasonable prices from not-so-known very small gear manufacturers, there was no choice but for me to buy one so that I could try it out over a long period of time in my studio.
I've been using the Warmenfat for almost a year now. It seems I pull it out whenever nothing else seems to work. In particular, it's great when electric guitar players come into the studio and want to go directly out of their analog or digital pedals or when they want to use their little practice amps with all their digital modeling. These "budget" pieces usually have good tone but for whatever reason, they rarely seem big and 3-dimensional.
I've found that if I run the Warmenfat inline some place in the signal-chain, I can dial-in just the right type and amount of tube character I need and get some life out of these units. I'd imagine it's from all the good and not-so-good natural characteristics in the high-quality tubes and transformer in the Warmenfat; not to mention the excellent circuit designing and product manufacturing.
There are endless possibilities with the Warmenfat. I haven't had the opportunity yet, as there's not really ever any money in paying artists budgets for experimentation, but I look forward in my own projects to try patching in the Warmenfat in various places, such as big electric guitar amp's effects loops, bass tracks, vocal tracks, FX buses, and so many other things!
Weston Ray

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Tascam US-1800 USB2.0 Audio/Midi Interface Review

Tascam US-1800 USB2.0 Audio/Midi Interface
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I bought this unit partly because it came with a nice audio recording program called cubase. I like the interface but trying to register and run the free software has proven to be impossable. Great interface but don't buy it hoping to be able to use the software the company behind the Software has made it impossable to use their product (Steinberg). Interface is really usefull and easy to use. 8 xlr, six 1/4" plus midi and spdif(digital) inputs to connect to your computer with a single usb cord. Four assignable outputs. Phantom power to boot on the xlr ins. Very clean sound and I haven't add any problems with latense. Used it to record my band live, no problems running all 14 analog inputs and spdif at once for 15 tracks.

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8/01/2012

Behringer Europower PMP1680S 1600-Watt 10-Channel Powered Mixer with Dual Multi-FX Processor and FBQ Feedback Detection System Review

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JinYin E460 Electric Bass Review

JinYin E460 Electric Bass
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This bass is awesome. It is exactly what I needed. It has a great tone and and fairly high action. It sounds great into an amp as well. When I ordered this though I was expecting it to be red in the picture shown, but instead it came black, with the regular tan wood in the middle. It looked even better then it did in the picture. Don;t be fooled by the price, because it plays great and has a very fast neck.

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SKB Mighty Gig Rig with 14U top 6U Front Rack, Built-in Pedestal, Optional Rear Rack Rails Review

SKB Mighty Gig Rig with 14U top 6U Front Rack, Built-in Pedestal, Optional Rear Rack Rails
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I just installed my Presonus Studio Live along with 10 Shure Wireless Microphone Receivers, a couple of vocalizers and a small footprint computer in this baby. I used the optional rear rack rails to obtain more rack space.
Installation of the optional rails was a little tedious. There's not enough room for your fingers to get behind the side panel but after some trial and error and the appropriate profanity I had the two rails installed. After that everything went swift. This rack is the most spacious one I have ever used and it's perfect for big mixers. There is plenty of room for all cabling and you can leave all connectors in place when closing up. The overall quality is really good and I love the sturdyness of it. The heavy duty casters are impressive and with all four locks on, they keep the whole thing rock-steady in place during transportation.
The front and rear panels snap-on easily but I wonder how long the snap-on mechanism will last with heavy use. I hope you can get replacements from SKB if they break. Although the price is a little steep I whish I had bought this earlier.


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Warwick Streamer $$ Electric Bass (5 String, Oil Finish, Honey Violin) Review

Warwick Streamer $$ Electric Bass (5 String, Oil Finish, Honey Violin)
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I thought this was a true German made Warwick but it's just a glorified China or Korean made Rockbass. Description is not very clear. Buy the similar Rockbass one listed for only $3xx when it's in the Gold Box every once in a while...

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Electro Harmonix Micro Synth Pedal Review

Electro Harmonix Micro Synth Pedal
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If you've heard me live, this is one of my signature sounds. I'm not sure if Jeff Beck used one of the original micro-synths on Blow By Blow, but it sure sounds like it. If anyone knows, please drop me a line. The MS is cool not just for the sounds you get from it, but for the sounds you can get using it early in your signal-processing chain. In other words, go direct from your guitar into the MS, use it to shape your envelope and then run that into your other effects. Quite un-guitar-like sounds can ensue. A ton of fun!

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