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Location: Vernal, Utah | I finally got my long awaited Idea and the only thing about the pre-amp that I have been able to make work is the tuner. Is there a tutorial out there somewhere? I am sure the problem is that I am technologically challenged and I'm doing something wrong. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Be patient.
There's a learning curve.
I'm beginning to think there is a learning curve with everything now-a-days.
When the user manual to the alarm clock you just bought is 12 pages long it shows that things are getting way out of hand. |
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Location: Texas | Originally posted by Joe Hobbs:
I finally got my long awaited Idea and the only thing about the pre-amp that I have been able to make work is the tuner. Is there a tutorial out there somewhere? I am sure the problem is that I am technologically challenged and I'm doing something wrong. The fact that the tuner works indicates that you have it installed correctly and that it is getting a signal from the pickup…
It may seem obvious to some, but since you are admittedly technologically challenged, lets start with the next-most-likely scenario:
Perhaps you missed the fact that it has to be plugged into something? (either an amplifier via the standard jack on the guitar or headphones via the jack on the pre-amp.) It has a tiny built-in microphone to record vocals, but no built-in speaker for playback.
If you have that covered, we'll go to step 2…
(as soon as I figure out what step 2 is…) ;)
Let us know if that helps?
Have patience, it will be worth it. The iDea preamp adds an amazing amount of functionality into the same space as your previous preamp. In an Ovation/Adamas with an existing compatible preamp (OP/VIP), you can just remove the little springy wire that attaches the iDea preamp to the iDea can and then drop just the preamp into your existing OP/VIP can. The only thing that you lose with that method is the "line in" function. (You can still add files to the iDea from your computer, and you don't have to drill a hole for the "line-in" jack into a precious Ovation/Adamas guitar.)
Once you get it properly hooked-up and understand the menu system, it's actually very simple and straight-forward to operate.
I love my iDea, even though it wasn't my idea… :) |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Maybe Miles can add that to the LINKS page |
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Location: SoCal | It's an excellent resouce, but you have got to get a life..... |
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Location: Vernal, Utah | Thanks to all who replied. You are really very helpful. |
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Location: Texas | Originally posted by Joe Hobbs:
Thanks to all who replied. You are really very helpful. Well, did you get it to work? |
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Location: Vernal, Utah | Well, I established that it works. Now I just need to spend some time to figure out how to use it. Thanks again. |
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| Originally posted by Joe Hobbs:
Well, I established that it works. Now I just need to spend some time to figure out how to use it. Thanks again. Joe, at least you are not learning this at Guitar Center! I was at GC, trying out the iDEA guitar. The girl there had no idea on how to work the iDEA pre-amp.
Well, here I am playing around with it. Just imagine the microphone picking up everything I say (including "How do I get this thing to stop")and then looping it through the amp! :)
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Location: Phoenix AZ | An interesting way to use the iDea (for me) is the following. I tend to just 'noodle' around a lot and not really playing anything in particular. I'll turn the iDea on and just forget about it. Fill the whole damn thing up with 'whatever'. Then just run through on the computer (I use 'Fission' for this) and see what's there. Maybe take a snippit and reuse it later of just file it away. I've got a folder of 'stuff' just so I don't forget about it. |
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