I've been itching to try one for a while, so it was kind've inevitable, and my band just had a nice run of particularly well paying gigs (at least by our standards), so I had gig money to blow on gear
Mmmmmmmm...new gear...
I play a Brentrup M23 with a K&K Twin. I've been running through a Red Eye for years. I had a ToneDexter for about six months back in 2022, but despite dozens of maps through about a half dozen mics, I never loved the sound. In particular it often sounded brittle and harsh. The Red Eye just always had more warmth and a fuller sound. Obvious caveat...every instrument responds differently to different DIs. I know guys who swear by ToneDexters and get great sound from them, but I never could. We've been lucky enough to open for some really good touring bluegrass bands over the last couple of years and the number of them that are playing Grace Design DIs is pretty high.
We run our own sound and once a set is started you're kind've stuck with the sound we landed at during our very, very short sound checks. (We're basically a bar band...long sound checks are NOT a luxury we usually have) If the board is on my side of wherever we're playing, I might be able to tweak it during the set, but otherwise, I'm stuck. I REALLY like the idea of having an EQ at my feet. I also just want something with more power and a stronger boost. I don't know if that's going to come with the Alix, but it seems like it might?
At any rate, any advice on using this thing? Any lessons learned from folks who play through these things? Worst case scenario, I relist it for what I paid for it. It's not like these things lose their value.
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