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Do any guitarists here use any rackmount stuff? What do you use? For all I've done musically this is an area I've never explored.

I was thinking of getting a new EQ and have been considering a rackmount unit just because a decent single channel rack EQ isn't much more expensive than a good stomp box EQ.

Suggestions? Thoughts?
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amp, dbx compressor, cant remember tuner name, and i want to get an eq.
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Does a rackmount compressor do a lot for your sound? I normally apply compression to all my recorded instruments in my DAW...
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pedal board>rack fridge
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The Doctor wrote:Does a rackmount compressor do a lot for your sound? I normally apply compression to all my recorded instruments in my DAW...
to be honest, no. but i havent been playing for 30 years to notice it. there is a difference, but I think that a compressor should really be a last-in-line purchase.
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I assumed as much, especially considering compression can be added in production anyway.

Regardless, I definitely need a new EQ and tuner. May as well spend a couple extra bucks and put 'em in a rack... I'm thinking.
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are you looking to play live? because a pedal tuner will be a hell of a lot cheaper then a rack tuner.
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If I make enough material that I am satisfied with I'd play live, but I'm not sure if I'll ever do that again. I'm finding I'm my own worst critic since I've been working alone.

I just want a good tuner with a fast response. The one I have now is really slow and has a hard time reading lower registers.
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haha yea i know how that can be. just gotta remember it only makes for the best music when you set the standard so high. One of my side-projects is pelican-y but with some converge-y vocals and riffs, and we're in the process of doing a split with a pretty solid french band. Let me know if you get some shit up and running, maybe we can do a collabo. i think i meant to write this in the emg thread.
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Right on. :tup: I should have something to at least post online to share with people in a month or so.

I just have to find a good middle ground between the Electronic stuff and the Metal side of my style.
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The Doctor wrote:Right on. :tup: I should have something to at least post online to share with people in a month or so.

I just have to find a good middle ground between the Electronic stuff and the Metal side of my style.
:tup: cool man, let me know when you got some shit up. I know that stuff can be hard, when i started this certain side project i had one genre set in my mind but when we hashed out some riffs it turned into something completely different. the band we did a split with is very "the fire in our throats" era pelican, but they surprised us and the song they're going to use is some straight up crust-punk with blastbeats shit and it actually went really good with our track, so i'm down for anything.
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I have a Korg tuner in my rack and it's pretty nice, and I use it for bass and it tracks fast and accurate.
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UNGODLIKE wrote:pedal board>rack fridge
I use both!
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Pfl?yd wrote:I have a Korg tuner in my rack and it's pretty nice, and I use it for bass and it tracks fast and accurate.
The DTR1000?
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The Doctor wrote:
Pfl?yd wrote:I have a Korg tuner in my rack and it's pretty nice, and I use it for bass and it tracks fast and accurate.
The DTR1000?
I just have a plain ol' DTR1. Works great though!
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Pfl?yd wrote:
The Doctor wrote:
Pfl?yd wrote:I have a Korg tuner in my rack and it's pretty nice, and I use it for bass and it tracks fast and accurate.
The DTR1000?
I just have a plain ol' DTR1. Works great though!
Same one I have, when I'm playing live it's very easy to see from a distance and reference tune mid song.
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PABassPlayer wrote:
Pfl?yd wrote:
The Doctor wrote:
Pfl?yd wrote:I have a Korg tuner in my rack and it's pretty nice, and I use it for bass and it tracks fast and accurate.
The DTR1000?
I just have a plain ol' DTR1. Works great though!
Same one I have, when I'm playing live it's very easy to see from a distance and reference tune mid song.
Having a tuner is almost superfluous though, my basses, especially my J, never go out of tune. Even when I'm slapping the shit out of them.
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Pfl?yd wrote:
PABassPlayer wrote:
Pfl?yd wrote:
The Doctor wrote:
Pfl?yd wrote:I have a Korg tuner in my rack and it's pretty nice, and I use it for bass and it tracks fast and accurate.
The DTR1000?
I just have a plain ol' DTR1. Works great though!
Same one I have, when I'm playing live it's very easy to see from a distance and reference tune mid song.
Having a tuner is almost superfluous though, my basses, especially my J, never go out of tune. Even when I'm slapping the shit out of them.
Mine don't either, but it's nice going to drop D on a noisy stage or just a reference at a glance when your guitar player is out of tune so you can look at him and say "it's not me"!
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Korg DTR 2000- You can see it from a distance, plus it looks like fucking night rider.
Crate TDP Preamp- Screams good and has great clean.
Alesis DEQ 230- Too much shit to list for just an eq. Google the damn thing.
Sonic Maximizzzzzzeeeerrr!!!- 'nuff said
That should get you started for some ideas.
DST makes good shit too if you can find it.
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