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January 29, 2025 67 mins

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Today we have a follow-up episode to #152, which featured the engineers behind the innovative ToneDexter product, by Audio Sprockets. In this one, host Keith Billik demonstrates what ToneDexter can do, by programming wavemaps using every combination of 3 different banjo pickups (by K&K, Schatten, and EMG) and 5 different microphones (by Rode, Behringer, Shure, Audio Technica, and Mesanovic).

Sponsored by Elderly Instruments, Peghead Nation, Sullivan Banjos, and Bluegrass Country Radio

Episode Time Codes:

Intro & explanation of WaveMap Shootout - 03:40

 

Microphone Base Samples (Not using ToneDexter):

Rode NT5 (Small diaphragm condenser) - 12:27

Behringer ECM8000 (Omnidirectional measurement microphone) - 17:27

Shure SM57 (Dynamic cardioid) - 22:29

Audio Technica AT4047(Large diaphragm Condenser) - 27:05

Mesanovic Model 2 (Figure 8 ribbon) - 31:46

 

Pickup Base Samples (Not using ToneDexter):

K&K Banjo Twin - 40:38

Schatten BJ-02 - 47:13

EMG ACB Barrel - 53:47

 

Wavemap Samples

 

K&K Pickup wavemaps:

  • Rode NT5 - 42:18

  • Behringer ECM8000 - 43:18

  • Shure SM57 - 44:16

  • Audio Technica AT4047 - 45:14

  • Mesanovic Model 2 - 46:14

 

Schatten Pickup WaveMaps:

  • Rode NT5 - 48:26

  • Behringer ECM8000 - 49:29

  • Shure SM57 - 50:32

  • Audio Technica AT4047 - 51:38

  • Mesanovic Model 2 - 52:42

 

EMG ACB Barrel Pickup WaveMaps:

  • Rode NT5 - 55:02

  • Behringer ECM8000 - 56:08

  • Shure SM57 - 57:16

  • Audio Technica AT4047 - 58:22

  • Mesanovic Model 2 - 59:30

 

Conclusion + Keith’s Reaction - 1:00:36

 

Contact the show: pickyfingersbanjopodcast@gmail.com

 

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