is it good for overlaying harmonies and piano???
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The mic is very "near field" and while very clean might not be best for singing. For simple "good enough" music for your own usage, it would be okay for the voice, but probably wouldn't do for the piano being that the sound level would be too variable based on the distance. That is, the strings far away from the mic would not be heard, while those close up would be too loud. It wouldn't be my first choice for musical applications, though I may try it for singing. I'll update and let you know.
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I don't know. I used for recording Webinars and when a friend of mine heard the clarity, he ordered one for himself. I would think it would depend on the software you are using and how you are using it. It may pick up the music you are playing if you are adding a vocal.
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I don't know -- I have used it exclusively for webinar recordings, which it is spectacular at and sounds better than mics that are 3-6 times the cost.
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This Nady (SP-1) is a pretty decent mic. For the price, its hard to beat. Keep in mind, this is not going to perform like a Shure SM-58. It is, however, a good solid mic that will give you a clean sound with nice highs and a surprisingly good midrange. You should have no problem with harmonies because it does have a pretty nice range and the vocal quality is there. I also think this would work well with a piano, for the same reasons.
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Believe it or not, we don't use this for music but rather lights. We use a great Mac app called Chameleon. Using the Behringer with that program, yes, we can page over for other settings. Not much help, but there you go. Have you checked YouTube for someone showing theirs off?
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I play guitar and piano. Considering that violin is similar in some aspects. This would probably be just as useful as it is for guitar. It is great for strengthening and staying in practice and pattern excercises. I think it would be perfectly fine for violin :)
613856
Not at all. My daughters use it. One plays piano, the other guitar. It also syncs to the drumbeats that it "hears". Awesome device. Buy it from Amazon or guitar center so that you have 30 days if you change your mind. A few tips. They have videos on how to use this. Make sure you watch them all. It does a lot so the videos really help.
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Yes...you could do that. I would run the piano into Line 1 in with either a XLR or 1/4" plug (assuming you want a mono signal in) depending on what the output of your piano is. If your piano supports stereo out; then you use either Line 2/3 or Line 4/5 for your inputs. If you're using a laptop or ipod (Laptop would probably be better because you can use the USB bus as an input) because the whole point of using the Q502USB is being able to get a stereo signal out of a laptop (I use a stereo output from my MacBook Pro) and it sounds great. Each channel has a "Balance" or "Pan" that allows you place your signal where you want it in the mix. For example, if you have backing tracks playing, they are likely already correctly balanced in the mix, so you'd probably only play with the balance of your piano. Maybe you'd prefer them toward the "right' in the stereo mix, or perhaps you'd rather hear it toward the "left" or directly in the middle. The Xenyx Q502USB allows you to put it where ever you want. I'm using it in exactly the same manner that you're looking for, it sounds like to me. I use the 1/4" Line 1 In - plugging my guitar into it and then have Blues tracks playing in iTunes on the MacBook (via the USB port) and plug headphones into the line out to listen. In your case, there are stereo RCA plugs for the output to your "sound system". Although, you would also have the 1/4" (headphone jack) stereo out, if you'd prefer. It's a solid piece of audio equipment and for less than $100, I think you'll be very pleased. Give me a consultants credit on your first album, if you don't mind (and 1% of the gross would be great as well!).
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I'd say yes, unless your band is very loud, which they shouldn't be. It's pretty amazing how large a space you can cover with this little thing. I've used it with a quartet, and it's been fine... You can also hook up a powered sub-woofer, if you really wanted extra oomph, but for Jazz, I've never had to do that yet.
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I'm not saying it won't work for chords but I don't think it does it very well, I think it's main priority is to create the illusion of a second guitarist for dual octave lead play. For about $50 more you can get a lexicon MX 200 that in my opinion does everything way better and it's not just a harmony pedal,it's a multi FX rackmount unit but it's lightweight and very simple to use. The harmony FX on it to me are much easier to use and sound a lot more correctly blended than the Boss Harmonist. You definitely get way way more for the money with the lexicon versus the boss,that is a promise.
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Chris - I think my last response got lost or cut short(my mistake). I'll try again. The short answer to this is no. I ran through all the presets and even some tweaks I use and cannot find any standard piano sounds. There are a couple/few organ sounds you can work with. If you want standard piano sounds, you can buy a MUCH cheaper keyboard/MIDI controller for that purpose. All that being said, this is probably the best musical instrument purchase I've ever made. I'm not really a trained musician, but the sounds I can create with this micorKorg are amazing. I hope some of this helps. MK_from_PA
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It's made for both You can compose an entire symphony or add vocals and beats also guitars pianos synths It can do it all and the only limitation is your own abilities I hope this helped you can also go to there web site to get help also other instrument still have to know how to play them. but you can get add on stuff that will play in with out you playing the instrument you just have to arrange were you want to put them in. It is definitely a great program with lot's of option's to create your musical dreams .
1994708
Absolutely! I really love this piano, and the headphones really let you listen to yourself without anyone hearing you. Hope you enjoy it!
646395
I use this entirely for instrumental (guitar) amplification, but with two channels, it allows vocals along with the instrument. It's certainly powerful enough to blend with an instrumental quartet, but whether you like the quality of output without further pre-amp manipulation is another matter. Your satisfaction would likely depend on choice of mic and pre-amp. I bought it for acoustic guitar and am very pleased.
105111
Absolutely not! It couldn't even handle a single piano keyboard. It's alright for mids but terrible for lows and distorted for highs.
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Yes. The music rack does a good job. Yesterday I went to my local music store and compared other digital pianos to my DGX-640C with the three pedal unit, and decided I could find no better instrument for my needs. To me it offers me the ideal home instrument from which to play other digital or acoustic pianos wherever I go.
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I use it with my guitar and can hear it over the strings. I then turn it down a little so if I hear the beat then my timng is off. Then sound of my stirngs block to click out. So it is quite ajustable. I suggest you go to a music store and try it out..
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I have four ts outputs from two keyboard (ts) outputs going into my mixer (and an XLR mike), so I think it should work for you. You might not be able to balance the three instruments as independently as you may want, possibly, since the mixer inputs are paired (1 with 2 and 3 with 4), but you can use the pan knob to tweak the balance that way. I've got stereo pairs going in so it works well for what I do. And the sound quality is very very good for the price.
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I think so. A plus of this digital piano is that as you play you see the notes apear on the LCD window and you can buy teaching software to teach yourself. Changing the piano sound to other instruments is fun. This piano won't have the exact feel (in pressing the keys) that pianos costing several thousand dollars have, but I think that is unimportant.