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| Re: Eminence Reignmaker [message #63885 is a reply to message #63884] |
Fri, 20 August 2010 16:44   |
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Looks like the same thing that SRD used to make called a power soak. It essentially changes the wattage that the speakers get. The electronics in an amp have different tone depending on how much saturation occurs and this makes it possible to change those values to what you want while changing the volume to the level that is desired.
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| Re: Eminence Reignmaker [message #63889 is a reply to message #63884] |
Fri, 20 August 2010 20:12 |
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I couldn't think of a single reason not to use a power soak or a device that does the same thing. It will only give you more tonal flexibility and it can always be bypassed.
You'd be surprised but, for example, the song "layla" was recorded through one of those pocket sized amps.
Bands are learning quickly that you only need a speaker to be powerful enough to produce the lowest notes you want and after that, you are gonna ruin recording quality. Some bands need stacks because their rhythm guitars have that OOMPH that basses usually produce (and they sometimes use Bass Cabs instead of guitar cabs) but for the average album they know that small is better, both in wattage and speaker size.
The only other issue is that depending on where the mic points at on the speaker itself, it drastically changes the tone. Using smaller speakers would tend to soak up more tonal differences in the speaker.
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