今回のエフェクターボード The effects board for tomorrow!

朝からずいぶん時間が経ってしまったど、朝はこんな感じでまたフルーツと野菜、後はたんぱく質を取るために卵と納豆、炭水化物はパンを。バランスを考えて一所懸命に食事のバランスを考えているけど、やっぱり忙しいとバランスが崩れるね。。。

 

I was meaning to upload this in the morning but didn't have enough time to follow up on that…. This morning again I had a balance of veggies, fruits, and eggs + natto for protein, and some bread. I do my best to keep a balanced diet, but the busier I get the less I eat healthy. It's hard to eat "out" and also eat healthy too.

I've finally found the set-up I want to do the show tomorrow.

I've decided to go with a rig like this. From left to right it's a delay pedal, Robotalk 2 (filter), Multiband Distortion, Volume pedal/wah pedal, Pre-amp and EQ, vocal effector.

 明日のライブでどんなセットアップでやるかやっと落ち着いた気がする。簡単に説明すると左から、

ディレイ、ロボトーク（オートフィルター）、ディストーション、ボリューム／ワウ、プリアンプ、ヴォーカルエフェクター

The Lo-Fi - Cubic Glass (Live in Yokohama) from Inside The Plantroom on Vimeo.

 

The bass is an instrument that traditionally was just a supporting role, but in my band Lo-Fi there are many scenes where the bass takes lead too. Also, even when just laying down the groove it's important to create the atmosphere of the groove with a musical effects.

The delay pedal is actually essential in the song Cubic Glass

 

ベースは今までの主流とされているポピュラー音楽では、伴奏的な存在でメインのバッキングをしている楽器として活躍していきているが、

The Lo-Fiというバンドの中では結構積極的にリードを取る事もあって、各楽器が色々な役割を果たしながら演出しているのだ。

ビデオをポストした Cubic Glass 等ではディレイとかは必須。

 

自分が利用しているディレイペダルは２つある。I use two delay pedals in my arsenal…. (I have the Analog man dual delay too...)

・Boss DD-20 GIGADELAY （ｷﾞｶﾞディレイ、、、凄い名前だね http://www.bossus.com/gear/productdetails.php?ProductId=531）

・T.C. Electronics Vintage Delay (http://www.tcelectronic.com/vintage-delay/)

 

 Boss のｷﾞｶﾞディレイはリバース機能があるし、普通のディレイも使い易くて、外部接続のタップテンポが入力できるから便利で使っている。

正直音はあんまり好きじゃない。詳しくは説明ができないけど、音がパサパサした感じがしていまいちしっくりこないんだ。でもその点機能的には全然少ないVintage Delay (めちゃモダンなデジタルです)は音が気持ちがいい。フィルターを掛けると（フィルターボタンがついています）もっと奥に引っ込んだサウンドもディレイに掛けられる。しかし、狭いボードにVintage Delayのペダルを挟むとしょっちゅう隣のペダルを間違えて押してしまう。。。俺がドジだからです。

 

The Boss GIGA DELAY has a reverse delay function that's really useful. I love how it swells and sounds pretty spacey. But I guess sound wise I'd go withe the Vintage Delay from TC. It's not as useful considering the fact that the DD-20 has an option to use the pedal tap tempo with an outboard pedal. It makes the setup much easier for on the fly tempo changes. (Happens a lot in Lo-Fi)

With the Vintage Delay (I know this is just my fault, being a klutz) I end up stomping on the pedals next to my intended target. It's hard for me to aim while rapping and playing the bass….!

 

Another thing about the Vintage Delay that makes it hard to use is the fact that it needs 12V of power…. The DD-20 works on 9V. That's a big difference!

So just having the TC Vintage Delay in my rig makes it a pain to get power to it with just one power supply. I used to use the Voodo Labs pedal power but since The Lo-Fi played all over the world, the power has blown out for me three times and I just gave up. (Yes I was using it with the correct power setting) This was due to the outdoor venues having very unstable generators and power. Oh well if I had my own surge protector maybe I could have avoided this.

Right now my main power supply is the Guyatone http://www.effectsdatabase.com/model/guyatone/ps00x/ac102　AC-102 … almost a vintage piece of equipment, but hasn't failed me since like 12+ years ago!