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Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 12:50:31 -0400
From: Richard Hunter
Subject: Re: VC508 WAS Re: Reverb - Questiion for Hunter/others

Rick Beall and and Alec Drachman wrote:
<<

> I actually think that Richard Hunter's sound sample
> http://www.hunterharp.com/freemus.html "Another Kind of Love" proves > Stephen Schneider's point. Compare the VC508 sample to a song I recorded > using a Kalamazoo Model Two and a vocal mic. No reverb or delay was
> added, no digital processing was done on the computer, and surprizingly > the Real Audio conversion left the sound untouched.
> www.bluesharp.org/contest0004/DontMakeRick.ram

<<
< I agree with Rick, here. Richard's sound clip is awesome. I love the
< playing and I even quite enjoy the unique tone of the amp, but it
< certainly doesn't sound like a vintage tube amp.
<<

I hear the differences too. I've reviewed my previous posts on this
issue, and I'm satisfied that I made it clear from the start that my
point is not that the Crate sounds exactly like any other amp, vintage
or otherwise. My point is simply that it's a very good-sounding amp,
and an expressive instrument that responds very well to the player's
changes in volume and tone.

Stephen Schneider's post noted that different amps have different
sounds, and he owns and uses multiple amps for that very reason. I tend
to use lots of stomp boxes and other signal processors to introduce
variations into my sound, but the intent is the same. A player should
sound the way that the player wants to sound. That's the only thing the
gear is for.
Thanks to Rick Beall for pointing to his clip. It's very useful indeed
to hear the differences for oneself.

Thanks, Richard Hunter
http://www.hunterharp.com
Turtle Hill Productions
turtlehi~arthlink.net