First impressions of the Zoom G3
I spent a few hours yesterday working with the Zoom G3, and it’s an interesting box. Here are a few of my initial impressions. First, it’s not an extremely simple device to operate. There are a lot of buttons on the device, which is both…
What’d I get for Christmas? The Zoom G3
I was a pretty good guy this year, and Santa brought me a Zoom G3. I did some work a little while ago with the Zoom G2, and ultimately decided not to offer patches for it, because it didn’t seem to produce sounds on a…
Looping with the RP: “The Road Out of Here”
I’ve been working lately on using my JamMan Stereo looper to put complete band arrangements together on the fly, using the Digitech RP355 to orchestrate. This piece, “The Road Out of Here” (copyright 2012 Richard Hunter/Turtle Hill Productions, all rights reserved) has been evolving, starting…
Rob Paparozzi with Digitech RP and Huntersounds patches: “In a Mellotone”
Rob Paparozzi, New York studio harmonica ace and lead singer with bands that include the Original Blues Brothers and Blood, Sweat, and Tears, just posted this piece to Youtube: Rob playing lead (on an Anthony Dannecker customized diatonic harp in Ab) on Duke Ellington’s classic…
Steve Baker LIVE in Mumbai (with Digitech RP255 and Huntersounds patches) Nov. 22 2012
Steve Baker wrote the following message to the Harp-L list today: Here’s a short video from my appearance at Mumbai’s BlueFrog club in November, performing with local musicians. I’m playing a CR element mic through a Digitech RP255 (Hunter patch Champ 2) direct into the…
My first dedicated vocal processor: TC Helicon Voicelive Play
I took delivery on my first dedicated vocal processor–the TC Helicon Voicelive Play–yesterday. I’ve been working up to this for a while. It started when I began to sing regularly at my practice sessions. Then I developed a vocal repertoire. Then I tried setting up…
Great performance, distorted recording: “So Sweet” with Brian Maw, Nov 16 2012
The quality of the recording attached to this post is not very high, but the performance is killer. This is me playing a Special 20 C harp through my Audix Fireball mic into my Digitech RP355 running a Champ amp model patch, and from there…
Hey! That guy’s using my rig! (And that’s just fine)
My sister-in law, Jennifer Sagalyn, leads a band in Massachusetts called the Jenny Hayes Band. I found out this week that the harp player in the band, Mark Levitan, is using my patch set for Digitech RP in their performances. I dropped by the band’s…
Christmas reprise: what’s the best choice for your first amp?
We first published this piece–a guide to buying your first harp amp–a year ago, and with Christmas near it seems like a good time to reprise it. Just click right here to find out everything you need to know about picking your first amp (or…
RP Tip #20: When you open the door to new sounds, new roles for the harp come too (clips included!)
I played three gigs last week with The Maw Band in Idaho, and of course I used the RP355 on all of them. I recorded all the shows on audio and video, and I’ve already started putting some of those recordings up on this site,…
