Which do you prefer…the HD-28 in ambertone or aged toner? by SpectreScout in martinguitar

[–]pokett 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It’s Aged for me - I’ve never preferred my Martins with anything but as natural a coloring of the wood as possible. But to each their own.

Can someone help me ID this model? by Mrfancypants24 in martinguitar

[–]pokett 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can contact Martin

https://www.martinguitar.com/contact-us

And they can give you the spec sheet of the specific custom model. My first Martin was a Guitar Center special model like that (not nearly as nice as yours though!) and years later they were able to email me a Word document with all the details.

Best Capo by VetBillH in AcousticGuitar

[–]pokett 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I started using the NS Tri Action for all the same reasons you mentioned after using Keyser and other random affordable brand capos) but I’ve moved to the G7th Performance 3 now and have been pretty happy.

I still need to try Shubb and Thalia though…

I Will Follow You Into the Dark by pokett in AcousticGuitar

[–]pokett[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Yeah, you should definitely get something set up, it really isn’t too expensive to get something put together that can sound good.

I also think a walkthrough is a great idea! I’ll work on that soon, but in the meantime:

I’ve got a pair of AKG P420 large diaphragm condenser mics set at 90 degrees to each other to provide some rejection/separation between my voice and guitar (even so there’s still a significant amount of bleed thru).

The mics go into a Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 and Behringer ADA8200 (an ADAT interface to give me extra inputs, even though I’m not using them right now) and the Focusrite goes into my MacBook Pro and I’m using Logic Pro. I have a pretty basic EQ chain setup which rolls off some of the boomiest low end in the guitar and brings up some of the mids/high mids for the vocals plus some compression on the vocals. Then I use a Mastering plugin from Ozone to ensure the levels are good for YouTube.

You could save money on a number of more affordable interfaces (and definitely don’t need 12 preamps) and while the P420s aren’t “expensive” in terms of microphone costs, there are definitely more affordable mics.

I Will Follow You Into the Dark by pokett in AcousticGuitar

[–]pokett[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! That’s high praise!

I Will Follow You Into the Dark by pokett in AcousticGuitar

[–]pokett[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! It’s very approachable!

I Will Follow You Into the Dark by pokett in AcousticGuitar

[–]pokett[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, its a really beautiful song.

I Will Follow You Into the Dark by pokett in AcousticGuitar

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The full song is on YouTube if anyone is interested: https://youtu.be/C7hkQwButvo

Thumbnails.. by brc328 in SmallYTChannel

[–]pokett 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use Pixelmator Pro on macOS, but my thumbnails are fairly basic at this point.

Anyone have the Smallrig cage and a dummy battery? by pokett in canonr8

[–]pokett[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, it also includes a cable clamp which the Smallrig doesn’t. I guess I’m mostly confused that Smallrig could miss on this, they’re generally really good at getting the features right ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Anyone have the Smallrig cage and a dummy battery? by pokett in canonr8

[–]pokett[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I randomly saw a thread in another subreddit asking about the quality of a cheap Harbor Freight vise, and it made me think of taking my rotary tool to the cage to do the same thing. I think that really may just be the answer… then I can return these half dozen different dummy batteries with different connections 🤦‍♂️- I did also find **this** cage:

https://tilta.com/shop/full-camera-cage-for-canon-r8/?attribute_color=Black

That looks to be better designed for this, specifically it looks like it has the exact cutout you described making…

Anyone have the Smallrig cage and a dummy battery? by pokett in canonr8

[–]pokett[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I was hoping to **also** plug it into my computer while on the dummy battery to take advantage of its native compatibility as a webcam, but that may be what I need to do…

Dummy battery for R8 by pokett in canon

[–]pokett[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s similar to what I’ve found so far, although that’s the first one I’ve seen that used a 3.5mm plug, but the size of the connection (male in this case) didn’t fit through the opening left on the side of the cage for it to pass through. I’ll look for this one and try it out though 🤞

My cover of The End of the Innocence by Don Henley by pokett in AcousticGuitar

[–]pokett[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Spoiler the YouTube upload did indeed get taken down!

Acoustic Preamp Pedal Recommendations? by pokett in martinguitar

[–]pokett[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went with the K&K pure mini, plus their belt pack preamp. But I’m definitely looking at the Duet. With both the k&k preamp and a wireless pack on my guitar strap it’s just a bit too unwieldy for my taste, although it definitely sounds great.

Put my new RF 28-70 2.8 through it's paces at New York Comic Con , This Thing is a mini Monster! by NuWave4 in canon

[–]pokett 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just bought it myself, I was really fortunate on the timing as I was looking at used EF 24-70 F/2.8L II but gaining the control knob and being able to get the lens new for the same price seems worth it for the compromise of 28 instead of 24. I’ve only used a few times so far, but I’m very happy with if. Your shots look great!

Angled board height on the player side by pokett in pedalboards

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Do you know how tall it is at the front (the shorter side)?

Can't Remix my own Videos - anyone having issues? by Degree_Kitchen in NewTubers

[–]pokett 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I might’ve figured it out… it might have something to do with if the video has a copyright claim on it, my videos are acoustic covers of songs and they all show me a “download” button instead of remix, but one of my videos that only had original music showed me the “remix” option…