Darol Anger tests the ToneDexter

[@robtsologtr]

I’ve been using the Tonedexter for about a year on classical guitar, and am very pleased. I took the next step and had James May (inventer of the Tonedexter) instal his “ultra tonic” pickup to my Kenny Hill classical guitar with great results. I’ve ended up recording a few different wave maps with different characteristics to fit with different amps and systems I use. Still need to program wave maps for steel string guitar, mando, and fiddle but with 24 slots available there will be plenty of room to do the same sort of catering to various amplification systems. James is a great guy to work with 👍🏼

[@calebbhawkins]

I did roughly the same thing with a cheap $60 pedal off Amazon and a $40 plug-in from Melda using my recording software. Of course my budget pedal can only hold 11 presets and doesn’t have a tuner… But there’s a lot that can be done these days with IR files. The Tonedexter does seem to be a solid tool for the pro user, very nice to see. What I find interesting is the idea that you could sample a nice violin and then in a pinch run something like a carbon fiber Glasser through images of a much finer fiddle

[@chrisdaniels6947]

From 9:49 on, the sound of the podcast is so bad that it’s hard to tell what the fiddle sounds like. I’ll take your word for it. As a sound man for a few festivals I heartily agree about the lack of time between acts. Love your playing. We met a few times at Henryfest.

[@tommeyer1996]

I agree with you, it is really hard to tell how the result sounds. And in additon there seems to be a room mic always on (for spoken comment) , which of course influences the sound as well, as of course it makes the sound more natural. But still thanks to Darol for taking his time to produce and load up this video! I use the ToneDexter for Classical Guitar and Steel String, with great results, but i do blend in some of the Piezo Sound. If i don't do so, the sound does not cut through in a Band context (Folk Pop). But of course it is a matter of the toneprints one is recording. What Mic, what distance etc. I do prefer dynamic Mic's but for Violin i guess a condenser Mic will work better. I prefer small diaphram capsules, but it is a matter of taste and placement as well.

[@JustFiddler]

matur suksma😊

[@jimbuchanan5550]

What re those papers you have over the f holes?