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Anybody got any experience with this product?...
http://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/irigacousticstage/
Good points... bad points?
Thanks.
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My only concern would be that my experience of using things live based on impressive sounding DI'd demos hasn't always been a happy one.....
I've totally fallen out of love with piezo pickups on acoustics (well... I was never in love with them... I tolerated them... but not anymore)... so I'm interested to see how this pans out.
F**k it I might just have to get one.....it's just cheap enough to take a punt and will probably be good for something.....
That could be a valuable addition to my live performance. End each song with the mic-ed up bubbling sounds of a pint of Fosters.
sounds good on my fender dreadnought
but the revelation is what it has done for my Kramer Ferrington - piezo is soooooooooooo bright and tinny, but using this and blending the two sources is great.
havent tried it live yet.
downsides
- signal is not strong, but just require turning up the amp
- I cannot believe the thin cable and connection will last a lifetime
- it doesn't fit very well on my classical because the soundboard is quite thick - one would have thought the designers might have worked that one out
still think reasonable value at the mome t
@sev112... Thanks for the info. Is the one you bought the new model that was announced at January's NAMM show i.e. the Stage version (with the separate pre-amp / DSP)?
With your Kramer... what does it sound like if you just use the iRig mic (with no output mixed in from the piezo)?
Kramer just using the iRig Mic is much much better sounding. But I find that a little bit of the piezo gives it a reasonable bit of brightness but not too much.
The feedback reduction works quite well and only using the bright setting generated high frequency feedback that it couldn't improve.
Theres a mic-like ambience to the sound - that's what is going to require further testing at volume to see if it stays sounding nice or whether gig-level volume reveals any honky nastiness.
In terms of build, the cable is very thin but no different to the cable on something like a DPA 4099G. The preamp is plasticky and cheap. Doesnt feel like it would survive its first stage mishap.
Will report back after louder testing.
https://soundcloud.com/david-woodhouse/untitled/s-9LIpp
@Lewy and @daveww. What's it like to attach to the guitar? Is it easy to attach... is it fairly firmly held in place? Does it get in the way of playing?
@daveww Thanks for the recording. Sounds good... and nice playing.