Some of it was probably my own fault for throwing all my hardware in an army sack for so long vs. getting a proper case for it..

Heel up is the way.

I love my Iron Cobra, but it was definitely a bit fiddly to dial in at first. Bandmate has a DW5000, which was set up similarly to where I ended up on mine right out of the box. The Cobras come with different cams, so maybe that's a big factor. I think mine has the PowerGlide. Having said that, I got mine used and it has always had a DW beater on it...

I started playing with Slip-On Vans, so anything similar is my drum shoe of choice. These days I'm super into the ultralight weight of the Saduk Vagabond.

The Tama double braced hardware is all pretty cheap yet solid.

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penningtron wrote: Sun Jul 18, 2021 2:57 pm eep, hope you like it! I used one for years but lost some hard-to-order-or-even-describe parts during one or several moves, then just kinda moved on.

Given how similar the Iron Cobra is to the dw5000, its ker-azy how different the feel is! Very happy with the new/old dw; thanks for the recomendation!

Awesome!!

Recording tips for recording baritone acoustics. I know I need to learn to play a little differently, but I'm sounding a bit flabby on the low end, mushy and bassy. Any tips?

thelastrewind wrote: Sat Jul 24, 2021 7:09 am Recording tips for recording baritone acoustics. I know I need to learn to play a little differently, but I'm sounding a bit flabby on the low end, mushy and bassy. Any tips?

Experiment with mic placement and mic choice, a lot. One position that seems to tame boom and mush is to have the mic a little higher than the strings and then looking down at them. Somewhere around the neck joint/12th fret is usually a good starting place for the horizontal axis

tallchris wrote: Fri Jun 04, 2021 6:45 pm If I'm playing a keyboard/samples setup, would most live sound folks prefer that I incorporate a DI into it so they can just plug the XLR into mine? Or would they rather get the 1/4" jack and go into their DI? Trying to make this as little of a pain in the ass as possible.

Bringing this back up, finally got a chance to use this at practice and we had to grab a clean boost pedal to get more volume out of it and closer to line level. Can I just do that for show--add a clean boost (Micro Amp or something else) and then that goes into the DI? Or is there a better pedal solution to bring instrument level signal to line level signal?

tallchris wrote: Sun Jul 25, 2021 1:03 pm

tallchris wrote: Fri Jun 04, 2021 6:45 pm If I'm playing a keyboard/samples setup, would most live sound folks prefer that I incorporate a DI into it so they can just plug the XLR into mine? Or would they rather get the 1/4" jack and go into their DI? Trying to make this as little of a pain in the ass as possible.

Bringing this back up, finally got a chance to use this at practice and we had to grab a clean boost pedal to get more volume out of it and closer to line level. Can I just do that for show--add a clean boost (Micro Amp or something else) and then that goes into the DI? Or is there a better pedal solution to bring instrument level signal to line level signal?

In my experience a DI is a way to avoid needing a line level signal via xlr. It hits the mixer with the impedance of a microphone and the preamp gain on the mixer should be enough.

But if you're running it into a guitar amp that's a horse of a different color.

losthighway wrote: Sun Jul 25, 2021 1:25 pm

tallchris wrote: Sun Jul 25, 2021 1:03 pm

tallchris wrote: Fri Jun 04, 2021 6:45 pm If I'm playing a keyboard/samples setup, would most live sound folks prefer that I incorporate a DI into it so they can just plug the XLR into mine? Or would they rather get the 1/4" jack and go into their DI? Trying to make this as little of a pain in the ass as possible.

Bringing this back up, finally got a chance to use this at practice and we had to grab a clean boost pedal to get more volume out of it and closer to line level. Can I just do that for show--add a clean boost (Micro Amp or something else) and then that goes into the DI? Or is there a better pedal solution to bring instrument level signal to line level signal?

In my experience a DI is a way to avoid needing a line level signal via xlr. It hits the mixer with the impedance of a microphone and the preamp gain on the mixer should be enough.

But if you're running it into a guitar amp that's a horse of a different color.

Huh, we definitely weren't getting line level when running into a DI and into the PA at practice, and could barely get enough volume that it was audible over the band. We when ran the output into a clean boost and then into the DI, it was all good and didn't seem to add a bunch of extra noise.

tallchris wrote: Sun Jul 25, 2021 1:41 pm

losthighway wrote: Sun Jul 25, 2021 1:25 pm

tallchris wrote: Sun Jul 25, 2021 1:03 pm

Bringing this back up, finally got a chance to use this at practice and we had to grab a clean boost pedal to get more volume out of it and closer to line level. Can I just do that for show--add a clean boost (Micro Amp or something else) and then that goes into the DI? Or is there a better pedal solution to bring instrument level signal to line level signal?

In my experience a DI is a way to avoid needing a line level signal via xlr. It hits the mixer with the impedance of a microphone and the preamp gain on the mixer should be enough.

But if you're running it into a guitar amp that's a horse of a different color.

Huh, we definitely weren't getting line level when running into a DI and into the PA at practice, and could barely get enough volume that it was audible over the band. We when ran the output into a clean boost and then into the DI, it was all good and didn't seem to add a bunch of extra noise.

Yeah it wouldn't be line level, it'd be mic level which is definitely quieter. There's the details of keyboard model, which output, what type of cable into what jack on what kind of DI box, but then again 'if it ain't broke....' I don't see any problem with a boost before the DI box, especially if it's sounding good to you guys in the room. It's not typically necessary but every setup is different. You might find at a gig it's obsolete with a different mixer/DI but I'm sure the grumpy sounding will keep you posted.