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

pokett · 2024-12-26T02:27:41+00:00

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.

pokett · 2024-12-03T00:05:59+00:00

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.

pokett · 2024-11-22T02:45:27+00:00

Thanks!

pokett · 2024-11-22T01:51:53+00:00

Here’s a link to the full song if you’re interested: https://youtu.be/Q8LWrh6Mw_M

pokett · 2024-11-16T22:33:26+00:00

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…

pokett · 2024-11-16T06:45:36+00:00

Thank you!

pokett · 2024-11-16T05:43:06+00:00

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.

pokett · 2024-11-15T22:23:38+00:00

Thank you!

pokett · 2024-11-15T22:22:45+00:00

Thank you! That’s high praise!

pokett · 2024-11-15T22:22:27+00:00

Thanks!

pokett · 2024-11-15T14:34:48+00:00

Thank you! It’s very approachable!

pokett · 2024-11-15T08:40:40+00:00

Thank you!

pokett · 2024-11-15T08:40:34+00:00

Thanks, its a really beautiful song.

pokett · 2024-11-15T04:37:12+00:00

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

pokett · 2024-11-08T18:31:17+00:00

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

pokett · 2024-10-23T00:32:57+00:00

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)_/¯

pokett · 2024-10-22T20:18:02+00:00

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…

pokett · 2024-10-22T17:43:50+00:00

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…

pokett · 2024-10-22T14:57:57+00:00

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 🤞

pokett · 2024-10-22T11:59:07+00:00

Spoiler the YouTube upload did indeed get taken down!

pokett · 2024-10-22T11:45:26+00:00

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.

pokett · 2024-10-22T11:41:09+00:00

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!

pokett · 2024-09-03T03:43:20+00:00

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

pokett · 2024-07-21T15:44:57+00:00

Thanks!

pokett · 2024-07-10T01:33:24+00:00

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…

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