Band Instrument Repair Degree Program

My first experience with Tascam was a small portable recorder/player. It was very simple to operate and very durable. It was about the size of a portable radio. It endured several years of use for recording our Sabbath worship services and my weekly radio program. When that unit finally gave up the ghost, I chose to go to a more sophisticated model: Tascam CD-RW900SX Professional. With this unit, I am able to record a studio quality message for both my Sabbath studies and my radio program. Although I do not necessarily need all of the bells and whistles this unit provides, they are there if and when I need them. B&H has been very helpful and responsive in assisting me to solve any problems that have arisen (very few). My first RW900 unit had a problem that I submitted to a Tascam authorized repair shop in my home state of Georgia. They declared it to have been irreparable. B&H had provided an insurance policy of which I took advantage. After I bought a replacement, the insurance company told me to send the first one to them so they could try to repair it. They did. Now I have two units that give me the same professional quality production. Because of the quality of this unit, I decided to keep both of them. Why not?

An all inclusive care program. White glove service in home repair. Real impressive list of services included.

We have bought cheapo's before, and one of them came separated (The band came out of the clip). I was able to make a permanent repair so it's still useful. The Impact brand has much better quality materials (reflectors anyway, not sure if the band joint will separate with use). The white is not as translucent as the cheap one, so will give better results.

This program was a long time coming. I had been an owner of one of the original mid 1960s Compact Combos for many years, until things started to break down. And of course, next to impossible to find parts. Or people that are able and willing to repair them. Some of the modern keyboards do have some of the Farfisa sounds, but in reality, only a small amount of them(like maybe 2 or 3 of them). In reality, there is more of a diverse amount of tones that the Farfisa produced. Even resorted to buying one of the Electro-Harmonix C9 organ emulator pedals, but that still wasn't enough of these particular kinds of tone for me. Then Arturia started coming out with these new virtual instrument programs. The dealers that I normally buy from carried the similar type of Vox Continental program(which would have probably worked fine, and would have settled for it) but knowing that the Farfisa program was also being made, I had to search to see who carried it. No regrets here. All the sounds that I was familiar with, and where they were situated on the virtual keyboard screen. What was interesting that they had the option of effects pedals in this program......and I would always run my Farfisa through a Phase Shifter and/or a Flanger when I had it. Also learned a few things that I did not know about my original instrument. There used to be this one controller that stuck out of the bottom, that you controlled with your knee. When I bought my original Farfisa(used, back in the mid-70s), that knee controller was missing, and it was something I never noticed. So, a bit more historical and technical information on the instrument you played regularly---but didn't know about. It's easy to get a keyboard that has the piano, Rhodes, and Hammond sounds, to name a few......but nobody seemed to get the Farfisa sounds right. Until now. Great timing, on the part of Arturia!

Wow, this works really well. I bought it for the band at our church. Makes it very easy for someone who plays an instrument and sings to have a decent in-ear monitor without spending a fortune. Very solid all-metal construction. Setup and use are very simple; the diagrams & labels silk-screened onto the top make it easy to see what should plug in where. As a nice additional touch, it doubles as a direct box for the instrument input. I highly recommend the optional MSC106 mic stand adapter if you're using this on stage. Only drawback is that you need a long cable or an extension for your ear monitor / headphones. If you mount this on a mic or music stand, you don't have a lot of room to move. We'll be buying a mix of these and the 1-channel PM50s to move our whole band to in-ear monitors.

We use a snake combining vocal mic, instrument mics, D.I.s, and monitor cables for each band member, running to their area of the stage from the stage digital mixer, and this product makes it easy to customize those changes and change out cables when necessary.

If anyone in your band wants more me control of their in-ear foldback for both their vocals and an instrument (or two instruments), then this is THE box for them! Ok so it costs more than the 2 channel competition, but this has the essential 3rd channel the others lack, plus an integral stereo DI box, so the total cost is much the same. What is really nice is the way it can be set for mono or stereo inputs on both the instrument channel and the main foldback. The cct diagram even contains instructions to convert the mic channel for line level inputs. A really useful box, and a much better buy in real terms than the competing products, for use by real musicians!

I was struggling with trying to keep my strap out of the way while shooting 360 degree panoramas. I would use a rubber-band to ball up the strap. Now with these anchor links, it's just a quick unsnap the camera from the strap after it's mounted on the tripod and my strap is out of the way. This has made my workflow easier. Thanks Peak Design.

Better than my 6mm 66 degree Gold Band eyepieces. On par with Pentax, Televue, and Orion LHDs. Eye relief is superb and no blackouts (provided you set them up for your preference, I add the included M43 ring underneath the eye cup to raise it which allows me to rest my eye on the eye cup for a perfect, no blackout, full 76 degree AFOV view. Nice to have built in dual capability, but be warned this is NOT a small eyepiece. They are hefty.

For a USB Mic at that price it works beautifully with Garage Band. Just plug it in, the program recognizes it & you're ready to rock!