Refreshing! Tons of VALUABLE knowledge based on experience and dedicated effort to bringing your best performance. But first.... soft spoken humility and a genuine attitude of caring. None of the hype or ego so prevalent in the business. GREAT JOB young man! I'm not a true professional performer like yourself but my country rock band beat the road for 26 years playing 1 to 3 night weekend gigs in 3 states while I raised a family and worked as a telephone lineman. Then I spent 10 years in a bluegrass gospel group doing some recording as well. I learned so much in this band. I put together a sound system where we all, except bass, played acoustically and sang through three Audio Technica (AT4033) large diaphragm condenser mics. The experience was phenominal. Every nuance controlled simply by mic proximity and how you held your instrument in relation to the mic. Its an experience I hope you get to enjoy if you havn't already. True freedom! The tonewood and strings get to sing! I now perform mostly solo or in a duet in church and some secular gigs in a duet with my brother. I retired back in September and I'm excitedly gearing up and preparing to perform in a solo acoustic setting this year. While learning from others on youtube, your video popped up. So much of what you conveyed rang true with my own years of experience. In your short presentation you answered questions regarding problems I'd never found solutions to. THANK YOU SINCERELY! The old man has rambled enough. I wish you a very contented and joyous life and I truely hope that you achieve whatever your own definition of success in the music business is now and whatever it evolves to be as time goes on. BTW, your live streamed videos sound incredible and like I'm in the same room when I play them through my recently acquired Fishman Loudbox Performer! Keep up the great work! BRAVO!

Hey man, great sounds! im falling in love with those Australian guitars! i just had to say ive been working on my own busking/live show pedal setup and this video was a huge help! love the music your putting out and all the mashups, keep on what your doing!!! cant wait to hear more!

FANTASTIC SET UP

Love this video and I even as I’m commenting 6 years after this was posted, there’s still a lot of useful common sense insight here for a live performer. Thanks Mr W for your thoughts.

I've never heard a small guitar Sound so big & full. It sounded Mic'd-up. Love that small Maton Acoustic. Nice playing & tones. oNe LoVe from NYC

@carlwockner

3 жыл бұрын

Thankyou mate:)

Thank you Carl for your accoustic setups.Very knowledgeable indeed...❤❤❤😊

That little guitar sounds Great. Thanks for the video, a big help.

That is one sweet sounding mini. I come looking for pedal references, which you delivered, but also found a great guitarist. Going to sound good with my Fishman.

Nice pedalboard setup. Love the guitar

really heplfull video, thanks so much for uploading it

Nice tone and nice playing!

You are awesome!! thanks for sharing!

Heya Carl!... inspired by all that you're doing. Been watching for a few months as I build and work on my live looping rig. Hope to share wit ya soon 🙌🏽

Hi From the UK Carl! Firstly, thank you for sharing all of you content, it is great to watch you performing and for someone new to looping like myself, it is really useful to watch someone who knows what they are doing, passing on information - thank you. On that note, may I ask about your routing on your stagebugs please? I notice you have two cables going into each one. Is that a stereo output from your loop station going into one stagebug and two mic cables on the other? Do they then go into separate channels on a mixer? Would love to know how you configure them if that’s ok. Thanks again from the UK and keep up the great work.

Nice setup mate. Keep up the great work

super helpful--thank you

nice guitar, pedals and boots

Amigo Carl deberías traducir tus videos al Español para toda la comunidad latina. Eres el mejor

Like a boss! COOL VIDEO MAN! Hype!!

Man... this is so useful. Thanks a lot

Esta muy bueno lo q haces!!!!felicidades!!

Damn! that tasty licks! you are one talented musician! Respect! #indocountry #countrynation

Great stuff Carl! Your explanation of the distortion problem was right on. I'm always trying to find a boost for busting out a solo and "hairy" is what I end up with (Martin GPCPA4 with Fishman). I'll probably be picking up the Xotic. Also dig the Matin mini. Sounds perfect, looks cool.

Carl, don't know if you'll see this my man but this was SUPER helpful. Thank you! I'm looking to start gigging and needed some equipment advice. This and the RC 300 video you did was great. And your "All Time Low" cover inspired my ass to get at it. Keep killin' it!

@runningcoyote9972

5 жыл бұрын

anybody know how to create John McCrea accoustic guitar effects sounds ? he Cake lead singer

Hi Carl! Thanks for the video, it's amazing! I've been into live looping for a long time and I just upgraded from my JamMan solo XT to Boss RC 50 which is basically older brother of RC 300. But there's one thing I can't figure out. When I was using the JamMan I could plug guitar into input A and mic into input B (with a special adaptor) and the output A would be guitar plus looped guitar and output B would be mic plus looped mic. That way I could eq the channels separately in the mix that I have in the chain after the looper. But using the RC 50 I couldn't figure out how to make let's say: main output L looped guitar, main output R looped mic (that I have connected to the dedicated mic XLR input), sub output L guitar thru, sub output R mic thru. Do you think there is a way to accomplish that? Or would you describe briefly your input and output settings? That would be really helpful to me! Thank you so much! Keep up such amazing work! Greetings from Czech republic! Honza.

Great video. Thanx for this share

Thanks for this info. I'm going to check and see if I can get one of those guitars in a lefty model. The smaller guitar would be great for taking to open mics across my state of Maine. Just missed a chance to see you in Bar Harbor.

..I don't comment often ...but dude ur great to listen to... explaining things very meat n potatoes if u will ......as I'm attempting to add a pedalboard to my live shows ...thx a ton friend 👍

What a generous and talented artist you are. Thank you.

Cool man. I'm not an acoustic guitar player comparing to an electric guitar player myself. But I do have an acoustic guitar. I was planning to start play it more often and maybe start doing some covers. Good video. Tnkx for sharing. Blessings

Cool dude

so, I go in-ear, and CONSTANTLY hate not having the crowd in my ears in between songs, and this gives me that chance to turn audience noise off and on on a separate floor mic. thanks!!

I was a fan of the Mayer riff you threw in there when noodling with the OD pedal lol

Great information video. Are you running your In-Ears wirelessly? where are you taking the signal from? Also, what makes the Xotic booster suit the acoustic guitar? Can you adjust the low and high pass filters or how does it work so well?

Hey Carl saw you at NAMM last year. Great video!

Hey really good advice that you gave us there. I love your vids. But how much would it be together? Because I'm going to buy them.

Excellent Carl ! Thanks. I know this video goes back some time. Have you considered the Loopy Pro software? I am a newbie to looping and trying to figure out things by w2atching experienced guys like you. How would you compare the looping process on stage. It almost feels like you need to be a Rocket Scientist to work Loopy Pro but the capability to create and record is better. Will sub and watch your other videos. Thanks again.

Dear Carl, I hope you're happy. I just bought a Maton Mini. :) It's amazing!

@carlwockner

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks awesome! Glad your on the tone train! you'll love it mate! try to keep 13-56 gauge strings on it - I prefer Elixirs but thats just me. the heavy strings work better with the smaller scale and intonation. not to mention it sounds better!

thank you brother for your explain🙏

Thanks for this video. .How do you control guitar volume?

Thank you so much! This really helps me with my new setup. I don't understand, you should have a million subs on your channel dude. Anyways, I just sub and support you. \m/

Hey Carl, I’m loving your tutorial videos! I’ve been playing gigs with the RC300 for a while and am trying to learn more advanced ways to use it. I do have a question for you: where are you running your in-ears out of? For the past few years, I’ve literally just crossed my two big speakers so that I could hear myself playing and still have them pointed at the crowd. But I want to invest in in-ears cuz I know they are definitely better than what I’ve been doing😂 Thanks and keep up the good work!

@carlwockner

6 жыл бұрын

Jaxson Deno thanks for the comment, just run them out of the headphone out or an Aux send with a headphone preamp. Hope that helps

Hi Carl awesome vid again, I comment a lot on pt 1 of this series of 2. Minor note, Love the Tortex picks on acoustic hey? What a difference from plastic hey?

@carlwockner

5 жыл бұрын

Hey mate, yeah I love the Tortex picks - mostly cus I can hold onto them better and they dont slip out as easy as others:)

Thank you, Carl, for all the precious tips, I'm learning from you a lot while building my own pedalboard. One question though: I have a big problem using IE monitors and singing, there's just too much of resonance. Maybe I should have purchased less bassy headphones (I've got CCA CA16 and no mix so far to EQ the monitoring output from my Play Acoustic). Any advice to that? Thank you so much once again!

@carlwockner

2 жыл бұрын

It all depends on the mix and what you’re IEMs are designed for. The cca’s are a cheap IEM (doesn’t always mean bad tho) but I would certainly look at a couple other options or borrow some diffeeent ones to try

Cool

Hey Carl, your videos are great, thank you! I'm a live acoustic guitarist and I've recently started building my board, looper included! There's really not a lot of info on acoustic guitarists using overdrive pedals so thank you for including this in this video! Have you had any success with other overdrive pedals? Particularly anything cheaper than the Xotic? Cheers!

@carlwockner

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate - honestly the overdrive is a constant change for desired tone. Right now Im using a Wampler Tumnus with a parametric EQ patched in prior to it. and the EQ is only engaged specifically when I turn on the overdrive. The key to the best overdrive has equal parts to do with the guitar pickup and also the overdrive pedal.

Nice Video Carl How have u been ? Habent been gigging in australia since 2019.

Love your sound, what amp do you use at home?

very helpful mate :) thank you

THX CARL .....great explanations - good taste..........Did you also try other Compressors you liked ?

@carlwockner

Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate! This is a video of an older setup of mine. I don’t use any compressors on my board but a volume boost is a nice addition

Hello Carl, how do you think about stereosounds? Could it be boring after a while, when a ping pong signal is crossing from left to right the whole show, or is playing guitar in stereo a good idea? Very cool what you can do only by yourself.

Damn bro you should do a video of things and tricks and theory to learn in order to be a Guitarist like you bro Your awesome 👌😎😘❤️

@carlwockner

4 жыл бұрын

Jayden Deen Thankyou mate

Hey Carl! I have a question. And I badly need your response. I bought an M5 Line 6 inspired from this video. But I've experiencing tone suck adding the m5 to my rig. What did you do to eliminate the tone suck?

@carlwockner

5 жыл бұрын

JM De Ramos hey mate, might be an issue with the M5, if it’s audible? Do you have any effects engaged that alters the tone or you just talking about when in “bypass”? I’ve never had any real audio notice of tone suck though my rig, it may be a combination of getting the right gain structure for yours? Or checking out another m5. I prefer the jhv3 mods on all the m series stuff for line 6

Much love brother. I’ve been looking for a good overdrive for my acoustic set up. Looking into the RC now. Definitely got a new fan 💯🎸💪🏾

@marksc1929

4 жыл бұрын

..Fender makes an OD pedal also that's geared towards acoustic only ...check it out 👍

@musicmisfitshow6139

Жыл бұрын

Does it work into PA via DI? Does it have to be a soundhole pickup? It put me off cause I have piazo pickup. Let me know please

Thanks for the helpful videos Carl. You introduced me to Maton, I thought yours here was cool, so my EMD-6 just arrived and I agree, super great little guitar and sounds awesome plugged in. Can you tell me why you have the sound hole plug in? Should I source one to have with me for loud live stages? Or, perhaps the guitar pickup, while not being played, is picking up ambient sound and throwing it on top of whatever else you're looping at the time. What gauge strings do you prefer? Thanks again!

@carlwockner

6 жыл бұрын

Stewart's 58 Drive-In hey mate, yeah I use the feedback buster to reduce what the guitar picks up from the stage noise, also it’s handy when using overdrive:) definitely use 13-56 strings on it. I prefer elixir. With the smaller scale you need the heavier gauge strings for tone! All the best mate! You’ll love that guitar:)

@stewarts58drive-in41

6 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, I experienced my monitor wedge making a contribution to my vocal loop though my guitar. The feedback buster makes perfect sense now. I bought the Elixir 12 and the 13 Phosphor Bronze sets and put on the 12s. I'll try the 13s next. I also ended up shaving 1mm off the bottom of the bridge saddle. The truss rod was completely loose when I got it so I ended up giving it over 1 full turn. It plays amazing now with no fret buzz. Does your Diesel have the AP5-Pro preamp, or the Original? Mine is the original and I have added a tc electronic BodyRez pedal and it sounds like I added a microphone to my sound. Pretty cool.

Hi Carl, Thank you the video, Just want to ask how the touch on it. I prefer low touch specially on upper frets. Max I go is D chord 4th position. Please help. I mainly play fingure style jazz, bossa and blues. Currently own crafter nylon string and Want to move to steel strings.

@carlwockner

2 жыл бұрын

Hey mate, it all depends on how you get your guitar set up. Same deal with any guitar you’d play. If you prefer a low action then set the guitar up with a low action:) good luck!

Excellent. Thank you for the inspiration. Keep on being awesome.

Did you check fender smolder acoustic drive pedal.. if didnt please do .. i m looking to buy it

Hey Carl! I've been following you for awhile and love your stuff. Perhaps a silly question, but why two mics for live looping? Cheers!

@carlwockner

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks - its only 1 mic for the live looping, the other mic (the main centre one) is for when I sing. Seperate volumes, seperate channels for much better control

Hi carl where is your power bank/tank for your other pedals?

Thank you for the sharing. I dream of a kind of ¨telecaster sound¨ on my mini Diesel... I have the Fender Smolder which is good but not having that ¨country vibe¨ . I think your blue pedal is better...

Thank u for all the details this was extremely helpful. My one question so far is why did u chose those specific microphones as ur main and ur looper mic? And does ur main have a switch too? And is ur main mic going directly to ur soundboard? Do u recommend having a PA and mixer board at home to practice all this? And are ur in ears usually connected straight to ur pedal board or to the mixer? So yea that’s my one single question for u (oops). Thanks fo this video again u rock :)

@carlwockner

5 жыл бұрын

haha - heres my single answer:) I chose those microphones from personal preference of tone and functionality. The switch on the looper mic helps me to toggle it on and off so there is no extra noise being looped and my main mic doesn't have a switch (it doesn't need one). the Main mic is running totally separate to my guitar and looper yes. my IEM's (ears) are connected to my studio rig - but for the purpose of live performance - yes ONLY recommend using a Mixer and PA system, connecting the guitar and main microphone channel/s separately into the mixer, and running your wedge/monitor/In ear Monitors from your mixer (not the guitar pedals as it doesn't show an accurate representation of what people hear, and there is no control). Definitely use a Mixer and PA to practice at home.

@LaurierLachance

5 жыл бұрын

Carl Wockner thanks for taking the time bud! Subbed 🤙

@zoedorey8

4 жыл бұрын

@@carlwockner hi Carl! great ideia! how is thhe switch on the looper mic?

@carlwockner

4 жыл бұрын

@@zoedorey8 Fantastic! no pops and it doesn't wear out my switch on the mic:)

I love your tone and what you’re doing. I keep coming back to your video. Just curious if you’ve tried the Xotic RC Booster 2?

@carlwockner

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks James, I have tried the RC B 2 (my friend has one) and it sounds great, I just didn't like how close the switches were, though it could be handy for some - didn't work for what I need. And Now actually I prefer the Wampler Tumnus as my overdrive.

@propittman

5 жыл бұрын

Glad I read this lol! After researching (all i could find was the 2) that I didnt think I’d like how close the pedals were to each other. Thanks for the new pedal suggestion Carl!

Thx

Nice sound! Are you direct to pa?

Hey Carl, I really love your sound and your performances. I'd like to build a similar pedal board for practising at home and wanna know how the whole routing of your gear works? Especially the routing of the two microphones... Do you use an external mixer where you plug in the Main Vocal Mic and the Output of the Boss RC 300? Greetings from Germany

@carlwockner

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate:) yes I plug it all into a mixer and into the PA system:) As mentioned in the video, my main vocal mix goes to the mixer and my 2nd (looping mic) goes into my Looper which then gets plugged into the Mixer

@christophzimmer4809

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your answer, today I got my Boss RC 300 and I gotta practice the next months whenever I can. :)

hi! thanks for thhe video - one doubt - you said your DI's - 2 for acoustic guitar and 2 for looper, but isnt the guitar going to thhe looper?

@carlwockner

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, going to the looper and the signal is coming right back out separate to the loop tracks

awesome artist you are! I have a question, in which part of the chain is the reverb? after or before the looper pedal? thanks!

@carlwockner

6 жыл бұрын

I usually put the reverb on at the mixer / studio. but If you had a reverb pedal I would have it before the looper.

@neri24

6 жыл бұрын

Carl Wockner thanks man!!!

Probably a bit late but the Boss Blues Driver 1 (BD-1) works quite well if memory serves me.

Hey Carl! Awesome video! I have a quick question. how do you route your backing vocals? are you using any effects on them?

@carlwockner

6 жыл бұрын

Hey mate, Thanks! my 2nd mic just runs directly into my RC300 thats where I loop all my harmonies. No effects on them just dry signal. There is however a little reverb on the overall guitar and loop signals at the mixer. Hope that helps:)

@vincentnussbaumer3749

6 жыл бұрын

@@carlwockner that does help! Thanks! Great stuff! And awesome that you respond so quickly! Great help!

Hi Carl! Thanks for your video!! I love the sound of your guitar. Can you please tell me the name of the pikup system. I think maton has many pickup systems... Greetings from germany Peter

@carlwockner

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, its a Maton EMD6. Maton only have 2 pickup systems the AP5 Pro and the AP5 Classic. Only difference is the AP5 classic has no additional microphone, Thats the model I have since I done use the mic. Hope that helps!

@peterjanotta6766

Жыл бұрын

@@carlwockner Thanks a lot!!! I have now bought the Maton EMD 6. Super cool guitar. Can you please tell me which overdrive pedal you use? I didn't get it right in the video. Nice greetings from Germany! Peter

@carlwockner

Жыл бұрын

@@peterjanotta6766 congrats on the new guitar:) for my overdrive I use a couple of parametric EQ’s and a sampler tumnus. But In this video I’m just using an Xotic RC booster

Hi, thank you for sharing this, helps me a lot on choosing pedals and improve looping. But could you please explain the setup of the 2 mics? Were do they go in? And why two? :) thnx a lot!!

@carlwockner

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate, I speak about this in the first video - but essentially, the 1st mic is for standard vocals, directly into mixer / interface. And the 2nd mic is specifically for looping. it gets plugged into my looper in the mic input. They get mixed separately that is the reason for 2.

@Broodkasters

5 жыл бұрын

@@carlwockner Thank you!!

Hey Carl...thanks for the info in the video. Can you interchange guitars (between acoustic and electric) on this pedal board set up?

@carlwockner

2 жыл бұрын

Thank, this is an old pedal board for me now, I’d love you to check out my up to date one. But yes you could use electric or acoustic with it. I would advise some kind of Electric guitar preamp / amp sim. Especially if you’re running the same output tho.

Hey Carl! Thanks for your advices. I have a problem with the Boss RC300. My microphone and guitar levels are too loud, and it "crashes" even if the level of my guitar (magnetic microphone) or the level of the input of the track is quite low (never more than 9 o clock). I don't use any pedal, maybe a I should? Did you have the same problem when beginning with this looper? Keep music, yours is really good to hear! :)

@carlwockner

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Alexis, Thanks for the comment. The preamps in the RC300 are very hot, for my microphone I usually have it around 8 o'clock, and my guitar is around 10 o'clock. This however should not crash your RC300, it would just sound really bad if its too loud. Are you using the Boss Power Supply?

@alexisrosseels63

6 жыл бұрын

Indeed it doesn't sound good when I have to many overdubs. Yes I think (the cable that brings the energy to the pedal? If not, sorry, I come from Belgium so my English is not so good haha). According to you, using an acoustic preamp for my guitar and my microphone (such like the TC helicon voicelive3,..) would make the signal that comes into the looper better? Thanks a lot!! :)

@carlwockner

6 жыл бұрын

Alexis Rosseels yes that’s correct the power energy cable. And no you don’t need a preamp for the guitar but if you do use one make sure the volume is not loud

The most awesome part of this video is I see you are in Nashville now. I am a solo looping artist, and my wife and I have become big fans of your music. (She says your voice soothes her spirit..... :) Makes me nervous Carl....LOL. We live in Atlanta and are coming to Nashville soon to see you play. I use pretty much a similar rig except I just added a small board for some TC Helicon vocal effects. Also I added foot pedal assigned to the all stop because I miss that little bastard sometimes when I need it in a tight spot. Hope to see you soon Carl! And would love to see you in ATL sometime!

@carlwockner

6 жыл бұрын

Hey Mate, looking forward to seeing you guys in Nash soon:) Im JUUUUST about to totally renovate my board, adding a few - taking a few... and Im gonna update the youtube channel with the new rig asap:)

@gregpsalmwriter

6 жыл бұрын

Carl Wockner Excited to see it Carl! It is funny how a looping rig is an evolving process. I truly believe simpler is better, but you’d never know it when I set up my solo rig. See you soon in Nashvegas! Ps.... lived in Sydney for 2 years. Listening to your accent brings back some really good memories! Ta

@rustedwishes

6 жыл бұрын

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@jaredandhannahmusic2311

5 жыл бұрын

Carl Wockner still waiting on this updated video man!

Hello Carl Great Sound ! You play With dElixir strings. ´

Love the video, sound, and gear! I just bought the Maton Mini AP5 Pro. Question? What are your EQ settings for your guitar, it sounds so nice! And thank you!

@carlwockner

5 жыл бұрын

Roberto Armonio thanks mate! Every guitar will behave a little different electronically but I personally have the volume at full, bass flat, treble on 30% and mid range boosted slightly at around 1k.

@robertoarmoni4777

5 жыл бұрын

@@carlwockner - Thank you very much for your quick reply and sharing your expertise! Much appreciated. Let me know if you're ever coming to Vegas and I will definitely watch your show. Cheers, mate!

@carlwockner

5 жыл бұрын

@@robertoarmoni4777 Thanks mate:) Actually Im in Vegas every couple months but always for corporate or private events! If im ever there for a public show ill have it plastered on my website:)

@robertoarmoni4777

5 жыл бұрын

@@carlwockner Carl, I got my Mini Maton with a AP5 Pro and been geeking out and tone chasing (forever on acoustic pretty much). It has got the mid-range freq. control and level knobs. I have it plugged in to my AER Domino 2A (Eq flat) + also trying all kinds of pedals that I have accumulated (AER Colourizer 2, Digitech Polara, EHM Mel9, Keeley 30ms double tracker, TC Mimiq, etc.) as well as what I picked up from your board. I have been trying to look for a good sound engineer locally that actually knows acoustic tone (and won't waste my time or worse yet, scam me). I will spend more time with the guitar as you suggested (before it reaches the board - Tascam Model 24). It has taken me literally the last 5 years now tone chasing the acoustic sound (w/o micing it live). I am an (older) lead vocalist (have a little river band song on KZread on vocal tracks years ago) I play a bit of acoustic and keys, but tasked as the 'sound guy' for my trio. LOL, I can't even get past this acoustic tone. I have 2 other (Breedloves) with AnthemSLs. So, Carl if you're back in Vegas in the future and can spare a couple hours of your time to help me co-engineer this rig, I would forever be grateful if I could hire you for your expertise. (I looked at your website and I see that you are booked solid in Nashville for May!) Thanks -Roberto

Hey Carl I have definitely enjoyed your sound and how helpful your videos have been. Now I am curious on your di set up. I have jumped back into looping and I am finding with the direction I am wanting to go I keep running into impedance mixmatching problems and would love any suggestions with how to set it up correctly. Thank you bud and keep being awesome.

@carlwockner

6 жыл бұрын

Josh Robson thanks Josh. What problems are you running into? I suggest always to DI every guitar send you have before it gets to the mixer/recording interface. My rig has 2x stereo outs from my looper so I I run 4x di’s or 2 stereo DI’s. For the purpose of this video I just ran them mono so I only needed 2 DI’s.

@joshrobson8724

6 жыл бұрын

Well I have a few different problems I run into and a lot of times whenever I ask anyone at a shop or anyting they don't fully know what I'm talkin about or really how to fix it and kind of look at me like im crazy. So the first problem I really started to have was with my K&K pickups and running it through in LR Baggs di because apparently K&K pickups do not mesh well with LR Baggs at all and if you want them too you have to solder on a ohm resistor to the end pin and I think I may have that fixed but I'm finding that It still has almost like cut in/out signal from my strumming and I do a lot of 16th type of rhythm strumming and a lot of it doesn't pick up at times. Now this is one I had without the Looper but my setup right now is guitar-pedals-mix 8 mixer-Rc 300-pa system and I run my mic, synthesizer and banjo through the mixer. Now what I find is that while I play any of those instruments without looping it all sounds clean but as soon is i try to Loop that's when I run into problems my guitar or banjo sound muddy or really soft and just quite off. Amy help would be much appreciated.

@carlwockner

6 жыл бұрын

Hey mate, so the issue is mostly the fact that you have a mixer BEFORE the looper. Meaning you are taking a line level signal (of your guitar) and converting to a mix level signal (from the output of your mixer) and plugging it into he RC-300 which is designed to have a line level input not a mix level input. Do you loop the synth and banjo? my advise would be to use the 3 inputs of your RC-300 for the instruments, and if you dont use a looper mic, then its perfect - guitar will be in instrument, synth would be in the AUX input, and the banjo can go through your DI and into the Mic input of your looper. THEN after your looper plug into the Mixer and then finally into the PA system as its designed to run. Alternatively you could use just get a foot switch (A/B Footswitch) and flick between your guitar and banjo so the RC-300 will share the instrument input with both of them. Currently the issue is the the signal you have after your mixer and into the RC300 is SOOO loud that it is being heavily compressed to then come out of the RC300 with the loop, and is why it sounds horrible.

@joshrobson8724

6 жыл бұрын

Hmm I will look into it but im still a wee bit confused because I use the mixer to control all the eq on the each in instrument and mic. So if i run everything into the looper and then into the mixer, I wouldn't have any control of that in fact not really sure why i would need the mixer then.

@surftiki

6 жыл бұрын

Hey Carl. Thanks for the technical insight into the depths of the RC300 :-) really helpful! I'm curious: are you running the 2 Stereo Outs for specific parts of your songs? Like for example: percussion and bass one stereo out and melodies and chords on the other? What is your approach?

You are my hero man! THankyou!

For the od/dist + bandwidth problem: Use buffered bypass and pick you pedal based on the buffer.

@carlwockner

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate - Ive changed my rig alot since this video, running some buffer and para eq prior to the OD pedal and it sounds incredible!

Hey mate, cheers for the video. Question: apart from the souundhole blocker how do you stop the rc pedal from having feedback? Such narrowing the frequencies on the top end and bottom end?

@carlwockner

6 жыл бұрын

Hey mate, its equal parts of the Pedal settings, Input signal volume to the pedal, The guitar pickup, and the EQ settings in the PA system. Ideally there should be only 1 frequency that you need to reduce in the PA. Check the settings on the guitar and make sure the volume isn't too loud going into the pedal first. What guitar do you have?

@mikepeytonmusic

6 жыл бұрын

I have a pretty cheap, but surprising nice sounding Squier acoustic, I've just started to experiment with pedals in my setup, it's only when I use this one pedal for distortion that seems to cause problems even with relatively low volumes from a portable pa speaker so I can imagine things going tits up in a gig! I'll just experiment with trial n error I guess. Thanks for the reply, keep up the good work!

@carlwockner

6 жыл бұрын

No problems, the tricky thing with acoustics is that you can have a really nice acoustic - but the electronics are horrible. that might be most of your problem. unfortunately acoustic guitars aren't designed to be used with any overdrive or distortion, so its a constant battle to get the tone you want without feedback. keep messing with things - Id suggest finding someone with a decent PA to experiment through, so you're not wasting your trial and error on a system that could also be counter-intuitive.

What is covering your sound hole and why?

Hello. Is the guitar pickup the original pickup, or have you made a modification to achieve this superb sound quality? thank you.

@carlwockner

3 жыл бұрын

Standard AP5 Maton Pickup mate. only available in Maton guitars:)

@mbeyat9528

3 жыл бұрын

@@carlwockner thank's. 👍

Hi Carl, great account! I love how you get that little bit of overdrive on your acoustic guitar thru the Xotic RC booster. Just what I am looking for also. A very cool transparant sound! The thing is, what kind of speakers/moitors are you using, I mean, this also has to do with the achieved sound being nice, transparant and not too much right? I guess not all monitors/speakers will get the same results when you turn on the RC booster. Hope to hear from you! Regards, Michael van den Bosch

@carlwockner

5 жыл бұрын

thanks mate, I now use a different setup which even sounds better - its a constant battle to get the best tone haha! the speakers / monitors shouldn't effect how you dial your tone. Just how you fine tune it that "day". A PA system will sound different to studio monitors and even again with headphones, let alone different brands etc... my advise, use the best quality system you can find that is tuned as good as you can - THEN plug your guitar / pedals into it and make the adjustments:)

Oh and one other thing, I am using a Fender Smolder acoustic drive pedal and it sounds awesome! They are designed to work with acoustic pickups and have no feedback or weirdness - great pedal.

@stephenlennartz3466

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Boosh. I've been thinking about the Smolder pedal for some time now. Haven't tried one out but very intrigued. How are you using the Smolder pedal? Leads only or rhythm too? Kindly advise and thanks so much.

@booshfitz6809

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Stephen. I use the Smokder pedal for rhythm and lead. Don’t get me wrong, it is not as heavy as an distortion pedal for an electric guitar but it sounds amazing on the acoustic. There is ZERO feedback because of the ‘pickup comp’ feature. The blend knob is a great addition too. I perform a wide variety of covers and this is working for all styles from rock to blues and even just to give some ‘guts’ to to some songs where I wouldn’t have used overdrive before. I definitely recommend trying one out. This pedal will never leave my acoustic pedalboard!! Happy playing....

@booshfitz6809

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry for the typo. Smolder not smokder

@musicmisfitshow6139

Жыл бұрын

Do they work piezo pickup into Di PA for live settings l. I was thinking about getting them but read they work better through amps and soundhole pickups. It put me off to be honest

@booshfitz6809

Жыл бұрын

Hi MusicMisfitShow. I use an Epiphone ej200 (the newer model that only has an under saddle pickup) and it works just fine. I go into an LR Baggs Para Acoustic DI pedal, into the Smolder and then into the front of my Marshall AS50 amp. I have not tried it into a PA system but it sounds great through the amp.

what strings are you using on the Maton? Thanks

re the DI. You send out different parts to different outputs? acoustic guitar send and loop send? Id like to understand better what you are doing there.

@carlwockner

5 жыл бұрын

Hey Mate, yes I send my acoustic guitar "Instrument input" out the Main LR, and I assign each track (1, 2, 3) output to go out the Sub LR. That way I have 2 x Stereo signals. and I just plug them into the DI's. if its a small setup I can just run them in mono instead of stereo. :)

Your percussive guitar sounds great. Is it mainly the pickup in the guitar to get that sound or do you do some tweaking? My taylor cant get that nice snare pop you got with your guitar.

@carlwockner

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! its 90% my guitar and 10% getting the right mix and EQ. And sorry to say - while I LOVE Taylor guitars, I believe they have the worst pickup sound of most good brands - especially in the low end, and unfortunately really doesnt support live looping.

@Kdawg189

5 жыл бұрын

@@carlwockner I was thinking about swapping out the current pickup with something that picks up more of the body sound.

@carlwockner

5 жыл бұрын

@@Kdawg189 Yeh that would work for sure - just be careful it doesn't have a mic pickup. Otherwise you'll have a real tough time with stage noise bleed and it will make your loop sound really muddy and gross.

@Kdawg189

5 жыл бұрын

@@carlwockner Yes was thinking something among the lines of a transducer pickup. Thanks for the quick responses!

Hi, is your reverbs on this vid from a DAW you are recording into? I notice your guitar and vox beats have the reverb.

@carlwockner

5 жыл бұрын

Hey Ryan, Im using reverb on my pedalboard - but either that or in the DAW is fine. It depends if you want it on a specific channel or on the overall mix.

@ryancorbett

5 жыл бұрын

Appreciate the reply, thanks. Your videos are really great btw. You have a fan here.

I gotta say I have always been a L.R. Baggs fan to the point to where I don't like any other pickups but that pickup sounds really great!!!

@carlwockner

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, yes the LR Anthem pickups are great, and a fine choice, but when you hear a maton pickup side by side, you wont go back to LR baggs:) haha. At least I didn't!

@0713mas

5 жыл бұрын

I can't believe how microphone like it sounds, even with the body percussion! Typically with a UST Ive played you cant hear the body, except maybe on a nanoflex pickup. I have an old Takamine with a great sounding UST but for looping I have to boost it for body percussion, even my Baggs needs a bit of a boost. Ty

@carlwockner

5 жыл бұрын

0713mas what can I say, I’ve tried Em all and these are hands down the best guitars for live tone! Just as affordable as the other main brands too like Gibson, Martin, Taylor, takamine etc..

I found that Bone pins sound better for me and my ears

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Hey mate do you think the ibanez ts9dx is a good distortion pedal fit for acoustic guitar?

@carlwockner

3 жыл бұрын

Hey mate😎 sorry for the vagueness here but it all depends on the sound you’re chasing. Distortion isn’t usually a good option for acoustic. Overdrive is really the only option if you want a crunch lead tone, and that’s not even designed for acoustic, so you need to find some work arounds. My advise, try it:)

@vanomadics5538

3 жыл бұрын

@@carlwockner thanks mate, your right, just try it out, bought it today, second hand pedal market is really nothing to lose, buy and sell the same price most of the time.

Great tutorial Carl! Does anyone know how to send 2 different signals to the PA? I mean, send the loops to one DI and only the guitar to another DI?

@carlwockner

6 жыл бұрын

yes just go into the settings in each track (1, 2, 3) and select the output as "Sub" then go into the input signal to go to the output "main" Then your loops will all go out the Sub output and your instruments will go out your main output.

@ouze1

5 жыл бұрын

What is the main idea and purpose for using both Sub and Main outputs in your setup? Great video by the way!

@carlwockner

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mika O. its so you have more bandwidth to play with on the mixing console, you don't hit the built in limiter of the RC300 as hard, and you have more control over the mix.

@patricioray

5 жыл бұрын

Hey Carl, great videos and awesome talent! Can you share a “tutorial” type video on the DIs and how the makes a greater sound. I am building a similar setup and and am not clear on the order of how the DIs work! Thank you!

Hi Carl, I just wondered if you like the effects on the rc300 or is there a reason why you've chosen different stomps? Love the Mini by the way, I have one too. The best gigging acoustic i've ever owed. Cheers, Phil.

@carlwockner

5 жыл бұрын

Phil Smyth hey mate, thanks for the comment. I occasionally use the delay in the unit as it syncs with the loop tempo and can be handy. But I specifically chose these separate stomps as the tones in a separate unit are much better and can be adjusted quick on the fly:)

@PhilSmythMusic

5 жыл бұрын

@@carlwockner Ahh thanks mate, that explains it very well. Been using the Voicelive 3 for a while now and thinking about swapping so I can make use of the extra track the rc300 offers. All the best, NAMM looked an amazing experience.

Hi Carl, thanks for the videos, can you tell me the dimensions of your pedal board / flight case please?

@carlwockner

4 жыл бұрын

Hey mate, board is 16x24, and case is 18 x 32

@AdamCornfordMusic

4 жыл бұрын

Carl Wockner - Thanks man!

Hi, can I ask? I have the smaller boss looper with 2 pedals, but the sound from it when it comes to live performances is not good. Shoud I buy some dibox or something to make it better? And also is it possible to put it together with an electric guitar? Because I've tried it and it is also not sounding good. Thanks for help

@carlwockner

4 жыл бұрын

Claire hi, the sound won’t change from using the boss pedals. It either means your guitar doesn’t sound good or the speaker. The key is making sure the volume is set correctly. Plug your guitar directly into the mixer/speaker and note the volume. Then plug it though the looper and set the volume to sound the same as if the looper wasn’t there. A DI box will just balance the signal it won’t make it sound noticeably better

@KLAARAmusic

4 жыл бұрын

@@carlwockner Thank you. And do you think it's the same with your pedal that I have just one signal (one jack out) coming out to the desk or speakers. So sound engineers hates it that they can't do nothing about the sound then :D But it should normally work also with electric guitar am I right? Because I see more people using it with acoustic

@carlwockner

4 жыл бұрын

Yes it can me mono or stereo it won’t change the tone. Loop pedals can only ‘loop’ whatever sound they get so it sound like the guitar might be your issue. Electric or acoustic is fine

@KLAARAmusic

4 жыл бұрын

Great, thank you. It's working. You're videos are great, I really like it and your looping is different from others. Nice job. I'm your fan now. :)

What pick ups did he said he uses? I didn't catch it

@carlwockner

6 жыл бұрын

They are Maton Pickups, only in maton guitars. the BEST!

Hey man, have you checked out the EHXBass9 to get that bass sound?

@carlwockner

2 жыл бұрын

I haven't but on first glance it doesn't have a threshold dial to adjust the Low Pass filter for the octave, which I use a lot on the OC3. Im sure other than that its a great pedal tho!

@nomandad2000

2 жыл бұрын

@@carlwockner yea, it doesn’t actually use the “octave pedal” concept. It turns your 5-6 E and A string into legit bass strings. Has a wet signal output that you can plug into either a separate channel in your mixer, or you can do as I do and put it through an actual bass amp, meanwhile the dry signal with no effect goes through your pedal chain, so you have a legit split/separate guitar and bass channel! It’s a total game changer! You’ll never look back. Has other features too...

@carlwockner

2 жыл бұрын

@@nomandad2000 But it only works on the E and A strings? what If I want it on all strings?

Excuse me friend, what amplifier are you using? I´m searching for one and your sound is wonderful

@carlwockner

3 жыл бұрын

Carlos Escalante Pliego not using an amplifier. Just Direct input:)

@stephenlennartz3466

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Carlos. I highly recommend any of the Fishman amps. I've used them for about 5 years and they sound phenomenal. They are made specifically for acoustic guitars. I have the Loudbox 'Performer' and Loudbox 'Artist' models. Good luck to you!

@carlosescalantepliego310

3 жыл бұрын

@@stephenlennartz3466 Stephen you are very kind for your comment, i have a Fender pro 200 that sounds good but my concern was that I like to use different pedals only to give some variety in my practice and don´t know what to use for that intention. Recently I get an oldie Peavey KB/A 60, sounds clear and very potent, I heard many Fishman on youtube and I like them too. Tank you very much again.

@stephenlennartz3466

3 жыл бұрын

@@carlosescalantepliego310 All good, Carlos. Btw ... I see that you like using pedals with your acoustic guitar? One pedal I started using recently with my acoustic guitar is the DigiTech Mosaic. This pedal can make your acoustic or electric guitar sound like a 12 string. It is amazing! I use it on 'Hotel California' by the Eagles, 'Maryjanes Last Dance' by Tom Petty, and 'Stairway to Heaven' by Zeppelin-- all with excellent results. Like most effects pedals, the trick is to not overuse the pedal. I used the Mosaic with my band yesterday when we played at a winery! Check it out and best to you.

@carlwockner

3 жыл бұрын

@@stephenlennartz3466 Thanks mate! I like the Fishman Amps - but I much prefer the sound of a good pickup into a DI and direct.