I thought I would offer some thoughts regarding trumpetdon's original posting. I've been a windcontroller performer now for over 20 years, and cut my teeth using lot's of different sound gear combinations (synth and amp/speaker combinations). One thing that caused me great notice years ago when I initially experiemented with Bose as my sound reinforcement gear was how different all of my patches were sounding.My ear had become accustomed to something quite different in tone, tenor and general 'feel' of most every patch I played regularly - both self-tweaked and Patchman sound banks. What I first thought might have been some deficiency in the new sound I was hearing, became a realization that I had become unused to clarity in a big way. The muddiness I would experience through standard gear, especially in group playing, was perceived always as a need for increased volume as gigs wore on - and we've all experienced the ear fatigue that drives bands to turn up louder and louder throughout an evening. Almost every band, on almost every gig, was like that. I was becoming fatigued with even the thought of playing live, due to the challenges of sound reproduction.

But I digress.....

-- jazzhorn1; August 15, 1:40pm --
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