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Is the LR Baggs VoicePrint DI good for banjo?

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** I'm still learning this pedal, but the basic voiceprint sounds awesome. I did see the clipping notification but that bit of video work nicely, so I decided to let it happen. Turned out that it sounded pretty good! My recording setup also isn't ideal, but hopefully it gave you a good idea of the power of this pedal. **
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@kylenobes1 Год назад

Wow that really helps with the problem of many pickups taking away the "banjo" sound. Thanks for sharing.

@JimPankey Год назад

You're right! Choose a pickup, let the VoicePrint handle the rest!

@OwainKorp Год назад

i love how its asking for simple instructions and you just full on shred on the banjo, never change brother.

@JimPankey Год назад

😆

@frankdittmer8540 Год назад

Oh yeah! Awesome! Full sound up close and live in person. What a great way to project the pure banjo sound. 😮😮😮❤

@JimPankey Год назад

Glad you like it!

@leftycut1 Год назад

Jim, I am just an old beginner and will probably never need effects or such things but I can really appreciate your dedication to your craft. I like that you have fun with it whether your playing out or just hanging out. By the way I just received my certificate of excellence. my friend is going to print for me and it will be on my wall by the end of the week. I love that kind of stuff. You make it fun !!! Many thanks, George

@JimPankey Год назад

Thanks for letting me be a part of your banjo journey! Congrats on finishing the 10 lesson series. :)

@dvstrom Год назад

Thank you for the great demonstration of the LR baggs. I use the LR baggs. With my Martin guitar and it sounds great but not as good as that new equipment that sounds great.

@JimPankey Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@ryantrahan4942 Год назад

Sounds pretty dang good Jim!

@JimPankey Год назад

Thanks! Yeah, I think so too.

@moebloggs7219 Год назад

I bought this pedal after watching this video (see prior comment below).... it works amazing!! Plug-in VoicePrint tone is WAY better with than without it. I am using an EMG ACB-5 pickup. One thing I noticed is during your video your pickup showed no signal in the app - were you plugged in while creating your VP? If so, maybe not enough signal to process a good VP? Also, I took my phone cover off to help the phone mic as much as possible. Thanks for the demo - I am sold!!

@JimPankey Год назад

Glad you like it!!! Was plugged in, but the LR Baggs pickup has a pretty low output, so it doesn’t show unless I really get on it hard. I did that when I went thru the advanced VoicePrint creation.

@donaldfair4259 Год назад

Wow I feel it sounds good and may help !

@JimPankey Год назад

It's a game changer for me.

@tylerchatham6442 Год назад

I think with a bit of tweaking and experimenting with placement could dial it in even more

@JimPankey Год назад

Absolutely; it has a mode for that, and that's what I did for my purposes. However, for the video I thought it was pretty cool to show just how easy it is to get going with it.

@JimPankey Год назад

It's also got a great graphical eq allowing you even more control over it.

@mrsockmonkey1969 Год назад

@@JimPankey some eq fine tuning on the high end freq would get it very close to where it needs to be

@teekaymn9270 6 месяцев назад

Hey Jim -- thanks for doing this product review! A friend had heard good things about the Bartlett Banjo Mic, so I bought one of those directly from Bartlett and bought a Voiceprint from another source. My guitar-playing bandmate (who is more tech-savvy) and I can't get output from the VP to a speaker when I'm hooked up to the Bartlett. We've cross-tested all the parts and everything is functional -- just can't get the VP to talk to the speaker when using the Bartlett. Have you heard of anyone else having these issues? I may have to ditch the Bartett and get a Baggs pickup. The issue is also apparent with another pickup mic (sorry I don't have name or specs on it) that our mando player uses. Works fine with vocal and guitar pickup though. Mysterious......

@JimPankey 6 месяцев назад

That’s beyond me. Hit up tech support at LR Baggs. They’re super helpful.

@teekaymn9270 6 месяцев назад

Thanks, Jim! I sent inquiries off to both Bartlett and LR Baggs. Bruce Bartlett replied and said that we need to provide a phantom power supply is needed for the mic and the LR Baggs does not supply that. So, we need to just get a little inexpensive phantom power box in there and we should be good to go. @@JimPankey

@andyLeer 6 месяцев назад

This is great! I've been trying to figure out whats best for this type of playing, can you tell me what pickup you're using?

@JimPankey 6 месяцев назад

It's the LR Baggs pickup, but I'm convinced the VoicePrint won't care what pickup you use.

@andyLeer 6 месяцев назад

thanks, and makes sense....i'd prefer to have something that i can remove easily to take the banjo back to it's "natural" state....was looking at the KNA BP-1 + the Voice Print DI as a potential solution. As always thanks for your videos and thanks for the response!@@JimPankey

@JimPankey 6 месяцев назад

@@andyLeer Yup! That would be a good match!

@bonyragman Год назад

Sounds great, i use the tonedexter which is very simular

@JimPankey Год назад

Yup. Similar idea, kinda different results.

@bonyragman Год назад

@@JimPankey have you tried the tonedexter? Just wondered how it compares to the voice print if you have

@JimPankey Год назад

@@bonyragmanI’ve not used it, but around folks that do. The VoicePrint is much easier to set up, but you’ve got a tuner and a boost button built in.

@somerandomnification Год назад

That's cool - What were you comparing it against?I see in the comments that you re using an LR Baggs pickup, but were you also using a pre-amp or anything? Hang on - The LR Baggs pickup is active, so it doesn't need a pre-amp, does it? Was that straight our of the pickup?

@JimPankey Год назад

For the last several years I’ve been using the LR Baggs Venue, and before that their Para DI. Both were fine and allowed me a good bit of control over the sound, but the results are nothing like I get here. So , the pickup only was just straight, the clip with the Voiceprint is just the pickup and the Voiceprint.

@somerandomnification Год назад

@@JimPankey Between my two (different sounding) banjos and my dobro, I'd love to trade up from my LR Baggs Para to this one because of the ability to map out different instruments, but I'm trying to keep to as few wires as possible so the power cord is a deal breaker for now. Then again, i just started palying in some small, noisy places, so if feedback becomes too difficult that'll swing me to the VoicePrint.

@michaelhudson1524 Месяц назад

Cool! Thanks! What amp are you using? That would be really helpful.

@JimPankey Месяц назад

At home I’m running the VHT Acoustic. On gigs I run direct to the board.

@neplatnyudaj110 Год назад

Wow, that's way better than I've expected. Do you think it will work with fishman banjo pickup?

@JimPankey Год назад

I’m convinced it’ll work with ANY pickup

@gp-banjo Год назад

Awesome! I like the shirt 😂

@JimPankey Год назад

Me too! 😀

@Mando287Banjo Год назад

thats something i ran into with my pickup is it always sounded dry. i ended up getting a pickup with three piazos that could go on different parts of the banjo and that worked fairly well

@JimPankey Год назад

And this would make it sound even more like your banjo :)

@kpnorkin Год назад

Honest opinion: I think the VoicePrint down the neck sounded too much like the pickup. Lots of artifacts. Nowhere near as natural as the mic sound. But when you started the Bela-style descending melodic run up the neck, those notes sounded great. Really clear. No artifacts, break-up, or pickup sound. Not the same as mic sound but way better than pickup sound. So I imagine with some more time and adjustment, the down-the-neck sound can be improved. I don't gig live in loud environments any more. When I did, I used a Pickup the World film transducer under the bridge through an LR Baggs Para Acoustic. The system was so hot, I had to dial everything on the DI all the way down and adjust the sound at the mixer. My biggest issue with pickups has always been how they magnify the percussiveness. Your demo showsthe Voiceprint eliminating that. This is cheaper than ToneDexter so maybe a good option if I play live again.

@JimPankey Год назад

I’ve spent a good bit of time with it since this video and went thru the advanced voiceprint creation. Whiles it’s still not acoustic, it’s a noticeable improvement over the one time run through I did here. In a more controlled environment I was able to tweak my sounds. This banjo is a little “stuffy” up the neck acoustically, so thinning it out when creating that first voice print was a surprise. However, turns out that works pretty good with the gigs I’m having to plug in. I’ve a lot to learn about the VoicePrint, but so far it’s impressed the folks I play with.

@kennorkin79 Год назад

@@JimPankey I wrote my comment before I noticed you had mentioned the clipping in the description. So probably the sound I was commenting on was simply the result of too much gain or level or whatever the correct term is for too much volume or signal. What I really like is that even with the clipping, the percussive pick/bridge I get and hear in conventional pickups is gone.

@mooseroberts4963 4 месяца назад

What would this do for us clip-on mic folks?

@JimPankey 4 месяца назад

Not something you would need if you’re only using a mic.

@moebloggs7219 Год назад

Maybe I missed it.... what banjo pickup are you using with this VoicePrint DI?

@JimPankey Год назад

I'm using the LR Baggs pickup

@steve773625 9 месяцев назад

I doubted the baggs pickup mounted in the Grover bridge and went with the fishman instead . That will still give me the options of a Snuffy Smith , Sullivan Roasted Maple ,Huber or Dotson Bridge . You know how purist banjo pickers are ..lol But I absolutely love what you are doing !!

@officialWWM 3 месяца назад

Sounds good but it’s ridiculously expensive!

@JimPankey 3 месяца назад

As with most nice gear, it’s not cheap, but it’s something I can justify for the tone and versatility. Since getting this one, I’ve added another for my guitar rig.

@bonyragman Месяц назад

How u getting on with it in live situations?

@JimPankey Месяц назад

Loving it. I’ve got this one for the banjo, and a separate rig using one for the guitars. For me, it’s a game changer.

@bonyragman Месяц назад

@@JimPankeythanks for reply jim, im gonna order one and sell my tonedexter, i like the fact its smaller and battery powered plus i wanna try it with a magnetic pickup because im playing in a band with a drummer and im always close to feedback with my baggs peizo and ive heard mag pickups are more resistant to feed back, we'll see

@bonyragman Месяц назад

Well i tried it on the gold tone smp pickup and it didnt make any difference so maybe it only really works on peizos, the tonedexter did make a big difference with the mag pickup but at real high volumes it started sounding weird when capoed and feedbacky

@JimPankey Месяц назад

@@bonyragman I use it on the LR Baggs M1 for guitar - it's a magnetic pickup. Works great.

@bonyragman Месяц назад

@@JimPankey i will have to experiment a bit more