tooka> I'm where your at at the moment. Still looking & procrastinating. The $'s scare me. The Roland costs big here but have been sussing out a small busking amp from Ashton ie seems similar to the cube, made locally and less than half the price.
Interested to know how you go about making a mic? Cost of mics here are more than amps. Do you have plans that someone who is all thumbs, has no technical skills, but has loads of time, could follow?
Arrived today so haven't really tried it out properly yet. (Rubbing hands with excitement)
Aussiesucker. Got a deal on eBay £79 all in. The Roland is exceptionally well made and of high quality. I can recommend one if you get the chance. Let's face it, you'll get your money back after an hours busking.
Regarding mics. I got a karaoke mic from a £1.00 store that works just fine but I may not know how well the amp works till I try a more expensive one. I'm a bit of a fiddler and tweaker so I intend to buy a mic insert from Maplins (an electronics superstore) and knock something up. Isaacullah on this forum makes his own mics and makes youtube instruction videos which may be what your'e looking for. I don't think they are too technical because he's done all the thinking behind the idea for you. There's quite a lot of homemade mic tutorials on the web. If you get stuck let me know. If mine is easy enough and works well, I could knock you one up if you are in no hurry.
Hi Dutch, that reverb and delay certainly makes for some sweet sounds doesn't it.
Tooka, I'm envious. Re mics I got one of those karaoke mics from a $2 shop and was going to use it with an old sterio amp which still works good. The mic was yuk -distortion! I now have it placed in my stomp box but still dont like the sound. Tried my computer mic in the stomp box and it worked a lot better. I think I paid $20 for the computer mic and only $5 for the karaoke mic.
Will look back in the archives for details of Isaacs mic.
Re. the mic Aussiesucker. Some of the guys on here pay a small fortune for their mics then they put it through all sorts of effects and valve amps to distort it and make it sound - well, probably just like the one you got from the $2 store. ;)
I'm very impressed with the MicroCube by the way and will post a mini review once I've tried out all the features.
Tooka> the distortion was wayyyy different! I think the old adage of you pays for what you get is spot on. Hang on some of the cheap red wine I buy tastes pretty good and same effect!
I kinda have the same setup ( I don't use it too much I dont play with bands or stuff like that , I am just a living room player) : a Roland cube , left from my guitar days( not the micro though) and a cheap mic ( when I got a mic stand they gave me this mic for free) . This is how it sounds:
Nice one sorin, tell me, do you plug your Roland output directly into the line-in on your computer or are you using the standard computer mic to pick up the sound? ----------
