Steve Vai and Derek Trucks’ secret weapon? Speaker isolators
IsoAcoustics’ newly released Stage One system used by legendary tone gurus
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eclecticsynergy
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In the old days I always found my Marshall 4x12 sounded better up on its roadcase - or sitting in the tray with casters - than it did on the floor. A lot of guys who use combo amps put them up off the floor to record. I think the tiltback legs on my Bassman cabinet decouple it from the floor enough to have a similar effect.
The IsoAcoustics platform seems like a good product, though kinda pricey at $170 with the isolator feet.
I might consider a plywood panel with hockey pucks as feet for the 2x12 I'm using now. I've worked in a studio where they built a room-within-a-room soundspace with its floor supported by dozens of hockey pucks.
The IsoAcoustics platform seems like a good product, though kinda pricey at $170 with the isolator feet.
I might consider a plywood panel with hockey pucks as feet for the 2x12 I'm using now. I've worked in a studio where they built a room-within-a-room soundspace with its floor supported by dozens of hockey pucks.
BFT Gibson
Ambassador of Originality
This maybe changed my sound more than anything.now i tilt everything,,,,even setting up 2x12, & 4)1x12's Marshall cabs for the tilt..recorded last 7 songs tilt
Volume is way down in work area & band room..sound is where i can hear the best...fills the practice area real nice..records very good..no boomy coupling..
Volume is way down in work area & band room..sound is where i can hear the best...fills the practice area real nice..records very good..no boomy coupling..
Auralex has been selling amp isolators for decades now.
www.auralex.com
I considered them for my PA towers way back in the day.
GRAMMA™ | Auralex Acoustics
The GRAMMA™ yields nearly total acoustic isolation and purity of tone by floating your amp or loudspeaker from it’s resting surface.
www.auralex.com
I considered them for my PA towers way back in the day.
syscokid
Ambassador of War & Peace
Are you personally going to give these a try, Robert?Steve Vai and Derek Trucks’ secret weapon? Speaker isolators
IsoAcoustics’ newly released Stage One system used by legendary tone guruswww.guitarworld.com
Since I'm not someone who has been graced with enough talent to perform with a band that is also talented enough to perform at various live stages, from local clubs to outdoor arenas, I would not have any need for a "gadget" like the IsoAcoustics' system. IsoAcoustics advertises that this product promotes performance consistency of your amp's speakers from one stage venue to another due to the variance of different stage construction - I bet some of these stages feel like your walking or standing on a spring board! I definitely believe that the foundation underneath a speaker cab or combo is going to affect what is being heard from the speakers. It should affect the miking of the speakers, too.
Personally, I like all my speaker cabs or combo amps on the ground. I do not like any of them on a shelf or stacked on top of another amp. As the speaker source gets closer to the level of your ears and hearing, the beamier that speaker(s) is going to sound. A combo stacked on an extension cab is cool as long as you have the extension cab on the ground.
Tilting back a cab or combo is very useful when playing in tight quarters with a band... as long as the speaker cab is still on the ground much like in the pics that @BFT Gibson posted.
A great method to reduce the beaminess of certain speakers is to physically block the area of the dust cap at the baffle with a gadget like the Weber Speakers Beam Blockers, or even at the grill cloth, redneck-style with duct tape.
Beam Blockers – Weber Speakers
www.tedweber.com
Ala SRV:
OP
Are you personally going to give these a try, Robert?
Since I'm not someone who has been graced with enough talent to perform with a band that is also talented enough to perform at various live stages, from local clubs to outdoor arenas, I would not have any need for a "gadget" like the IsoAcoustics' system. IsoAcoustics advertises that this product promotes performance consistency of your amp's speakers from one stage venue to another due to the variance of different stage construction - I bet some of these stages feel like your walking or standing on a spring board! I definitely believe that the foundation underneath a speaker cab or combo is going to affect what is being heard from the speakers. It should affect the miking of the speakers, too.
Personally, I like all my speaker cabs or combo amps on the ground. I do not like any of them on a shelf or stacked on top of another amp. As the speaker source gets closer to the level of your ears and hearing, the beamier that speaker(s) is going to sound. A combo stacked on an extension cab is cool as long as you have the extension cab on the ground.
Tilting back a cab or combo is very useful when playing in tight quarters with a band... as long as the speaker cab is still on the ground much like in the pics that @BFT Gibson posted.
A great method to reduce the beaminess of certain speakers is to physically block the area of the dust cap at the baffle with a gadget like the Weber Speakers Beam Blockers, or even at the grill cloth, redneck-style with duct tape.
Beam Blockers – Weber Speakers
Ala SRV:
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Yes, I am considering them for the cabinet, but I use an angled stand for my combos...
syscokid
Ambassador of War & Peace
I remember seeing a pic of yours with the angled amp stand. How do you like that one?
OP
It works great, but it's strange how you can walk around on the stage and find places where you cant hear it!!!!
Sounds great out in front though!!!!
eSGEe
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ChasFred
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Are you personally going to give these a try, Robert?
Since I'm not someone who has been graced with enough talent to perform with a band that is also talented enough to perform at various live stages, from local clubs to outdoor arenas, I would not have any need for a "gadget" like the IsoAcoustics' system. IsoAcoustics advertises that this product promotes performance consistency of your amp's speakers from one stage venue to another due to the variance of different stage construction - I bet some of these stages feel like your walking or standing on a spring board! I definitely believe that the foundation underneath a speaker cab or combo is going to affect what is being heard from the speakers. It should affect the miking of the speakers, too.
Personally, I like all my speaker cabs or combo amps on the ground. I do not like any of them on a shelf or stacked on top of another amp. As the speaker source gets closer to the level of your ears and hearing, the beamier that speaker(s) is going to sound. A combo stacked on an extension cab is cool as long as you have the extension cab on the ground.
Tilting back a cab or combo is very useful when playing in tight quarters with a band... as long as the speaker cab is still on the ground much like in the pics that @BFT Gibson posted.
A great method to reduce the beaminess of certain speakers is to physically block the area of the dust cap at the baffle with a gadget like the Weber Speakers Beam Blockers, or even at the grill cloth, redneck-style with duct tape.
Beam Blockers – Weber Speakers
Ala SRV:
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I have used the Weber Beam Blocker and it works, in fact it is part of my amp build. The JBL speakers were known for their sharp highs.
the Beam Blocker was just a more attractive alternative to the tape on the grill cloth.
Close enough....
OP
The beam blocker really interested me!!!!