Korgscrew
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Posted: Feb. 08 2001, 18:51 |
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It's a dialect of English known as Korgscrew-ese (yes, a very imaginitive name...). I'd be very suprised if anyone understood it totally  .
Anyway, to answer your question briefly, it's perfectly possible to buy one unit to use for lots of different applications. There's one out there called the Boss VF-1 (I think - not totally certain of that model name, but it's a little red half-rack box) that is supposed to be good for both guitars (it has a built in amplifier simulator, so you can plug it direct into a computer, multitracker or similar and it'll sound like you're plugged into a guitar amp) and other things like vocals.
Most effects units can be plugged into the effects loop of an amp. If you don't need a processor that can do overdrive sounds, there are a lot of units out there which would be suitable. Most take a line level input though - different from guitar level, so you'd either need to send the guitar signal to it via a DI (Direct Injection, a box made to allow you to plug guitars straight into a mixing desk) box, put the unit in an amp's effects loop, or plug it into another unit with a guitar input first. There are probably a few other ways I'm not thinking of right now... The same is true with microphones - not many effects units have a mic input, so you'll need something to bring the level of the microphone up to line level first. There are some dedicated mic preamps that could be used for that purpose, or you could use a mixer (as long as it has mic preamps on it). You might even be able to play around with a computer soundcard and use that to bring the mic signals up to line level.
I hope this has been helpful somehow...ask if there's something you don't understand though  .
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