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UPS Needed? Brown outs, sharing breaker with AC

I'm about to move into an apartment in a pretty busy part of town. I haven't gotten a chance to scope out the power situation. The space is well supplied with outlets. I was just told by my girlfriend that she found a cluster of 6 outlets around the area I wanted to put a workstation. The...
- Firstpenguin
- Thread
- May 11, 2009
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Rigs and Routing
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Best Compact Mixer as Headphone Amp

Mixer Comparision I've been searching the forum for info on using headphones with the axe fx. The general consensus being don't bother with headphone amps your trusty mackie mixer will work just as well if not better. I totally agree. I'm posting this because there is little discussion about...
- Firstpenguin
- Thread
- Mar 20, 2009
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Rigs and Routing
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Atomic Reactor FR Poll: Where do you stand?

Quick poll to see where people stand on the Atomic Reactor FR.
- Firstpenguin
- Thread
- Mar 2, 2009
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
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Patch Bay or Digital Mixer??? Possibly Lexicon FW810S ?

SO I'm having some routing issues I've got a lot of interesting ideas as far as routing things in and out of my ultra so I think I need something to manage this or risk wasting a lot time and wear out the connectors pulling cables. The simpler solution but not my favorite seems to be a patch...
- Firstpenguin
- Thread
- Nov 28, 2008
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Rigs and Routing
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Best Cables with the Axe-FX

So I know with traditional tube setups the kind of cable can influence tone. So i was wondering if anyone who has experience with higher end cables could share there philosophy when it comes to tonal influence of cables with the axe fx. Warm? Dark? Transparent? I'm realizing that the guitar...
- Firstpenguin
- Thread
- Aug 26, 2008
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Rigs and Routing
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Difference between Volume and Expression Pedals...

So whats the difference between a volume and a expression pedal and can you use a volume pedal as an expression pedal? Could you just alter it to be an expression pedal?
- Firstpenguin
- Thread
- Aug 25, 2008
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Other MIDI Controllers
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First Recording: Built in Presets, 2 Tracks, Ebow

Here is a simple spacey out there recording. I'm so happy. Everything but the editor is working for me. First off I was just had a frustrating evening of getting protools working had to buy the upgrade to get it to work with OS X 10.5. I haven't used it in a while. So got the Mbox 2 Pro...
- Firstpenguin
- Thread
- Aug 19, 2008
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Ultra/Std Recordings
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Pan Flute Patch???

Here is a random thought. Since my work has me running around for peruvian pan flute music (long story) I thought it would be fun to query all at the forum for a solution to getting a pan flute sound out of the Axe. Any thoughts?
- Firstpenguin
- Thread
- Aug 18, 2008
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Ultra/Std Preset and Cab Exchange
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Traditional Post section: Openback or Closedback

So I'm going to probably run the axe fx ultra with out cab models and very light power amp sag, however I was going to get different cabs so I was wondering peoples opinion on open or closed back with the axe fx with a traditional power / speaker situation. It'll probably be an alnico style...
- Firstpenguin
- Thread
- Aug 4, 2008
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Amps and Cabs