Variax 700 Acoustic
Acoustic modeling guitar
As with most Line 6 products, the Variax Acoustic goes beyond
simple modelling. There’s also a Microphone control, which
colours the sound the way moving a mic closer or further away
from the strings does with a real acoustic, and a Compressor
slider.
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M-Audio Nova condenser microphone Entry-level
condenser mic  So
you’re starting to take your music seriously; you’re
writing good songs; the band is excited about taking the next
step. You want to get your songs down on tape. You might buy
a four-track or one of those fancy-ass digital multitrackers.
Either way, you’re going to need a decent mic. The good
news is that in the last couple of years microphones have
dramatically improved in terms of sound quality, whilst simultaneously
tumbling in price. Result! Just a few years back, pretty much
everyone’s first mic was some kind of cheap dynamic
thing, fine for recording basic demos or screaming through
at rehearsals and gigs, but not that brilliant at capturing
your subtle nuances. And we all know how important nuances
are in music, right?
Condenser mics are the thing for nuances, frankly. They love
’em. A condenser’s inherent sensitivity might
make it largely unsuitable for high sound pressure level (SPL)
environments such as gigs, but get them in a studio situation,
stick them in front of an acoustic guitar or a bass amp, hang
them over the drum kit or shove one under your singer’s
nose and they’ll reward you with a much more detailed
recording than most dynamics ever could.
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