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…
Brendan Power adds Low F, G, C, and D Powerbender harps to his lineup
We did a piece not long ago on Brendan Power’s Powerbender harmonica, which uses a unique tuning setup designed by Brendan that dramatically expands the number of bend-able reeds on the diatonic harmonica. At the time of our review, the Powerbender was only available in…
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…
Second Video of the Day 11 Nov 2012: Steve Baker and Opportunity, “The Very Thing…”
“… That makes you rich, makes me poor.” Baker here again is playing through an Ultimate 57 mic, into a Digitech RP255 running my patch set, into a Marble amp, and my goodness, don’t it sound nice. This is a performance with a lot of…
Video of the Day 11 Nov 2012: Steve Baker and Opportunity
This video shows Steve Baker in performance within the last couple of weeks, playing live with Opportunity, one of his killer bands. He sounds good, dunnhe? The main reason I draw attention to his sound is this: he’s playing into his Marble amp through a…
RP355 versus RP500: more is not necessarily better (but it can be!)
I’ve been working lately on patches for the Digitech RP500, the next step up in the RP series from the RP355. New RP500s sell for around $300, a hefty step up from the RP355’s $200 price tag; but used RP500s in excellent condition can be…
RP tip #19: setting the RP up so you can play it like an organ
All the RPs from the 150 on have a very nice rotary speaker effect, which is a good starting point for making convincing organ sounds. So the first thing to do in setting the RP up for sounding like an organ is to choose a…
Get ready for the next Huntersounds patch set for Digitech RP
It’s been a while since my latest update to the Huntersounds patch set for harmonica and Digitech RP, and I want our customers current and future to know that I’ve been busy. First things first: I’ve been hard at work tuning up my patches to…
The Digitech JamMan Solo XT is shipping…
… at a retail price of about US $200, as I predicted. Stay tuned for more info; I hope to acquire one of these for testing soon.
