[quote=“tunedLow”]Hello All,
I’ve ordered a Voyager and it should arrive next week. I’m also getting a Berhinger mixer. I currntly have a Marshall amp (1 10" speaker I believe), and a home stereo, as well as my pc’s card a and speakers. I wish to do some home recording.
I’ve read that running my Moog through stereo speakers can ruin them, so I was planning running it through the Marshall.
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Is going direcly into the marshall and then sending the marshall into the mixer a bad idea?
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If the above setup works, and the I wish to put my guitar amp through the Marshall (I want the amp through it so I can get the Marshall’s distortion as well as the Moog filters), would it be safe enough to just remember (ha) to turn my pc and stereo speakers down in the mix, running guitar → amp → moog → mix → pc ?
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I may be able to borrow an accoustic guitar amp. I would then be able to run that as a dedicated monitor for the Moog, and run the guitar amp into the Moog whenever I choose? Any problems with the Moog into an accoustic amp?
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Is it ever safe to have the Moog first into a mixer and then out through stereo speakers (I assume not)?
Any suggestions on how I can rearrange this would be most appreciated - Thanks![/quote]
Running a synth through a standard home stereo (one- or two-way speakers with 6" or smaller woofers) can absolutely ruin them. Your Moog can produce long drones with highs and lows that those speakers simply can’t handle. My home stereo has speakers with two 12" woofers, a mid and a high on each side. They could probably handle it, but my receiver might not be up to the task.
In general (and IMO), the best set up would be to run your synth into a mixer and then into a P.A. system. Even a cheap stereo P.A. (look at eBay–you can get them for under $500) will do a better job than a home stereo.
Can you run it thru your Marshall? If you were talking about a 100W head with one cab of 4 12" Celestions, I’d say, “Go for it…if you want the Marshall sound.” But I’m not so sure that one 10" speaker will be able to provide the full range of tone that a Moog can produce. It’s sort of like driving a Porche only on crowded toll roads. It may look nice but you’ll have no idea of what it can do.
So let’s say that you have a Moog>mixer>amp set-up. You will have at least three and maybe five or more amplitude (volume) controls to deal with:
Levels in the Moog itself
Master volume in the Moog
Trim on the mixer (if available)
EQ on the mixer (if available)
Individual channel volume on mixer
Master volume on mixer
Volumes on amp
If you keep all of these to 50% or less you should have no trouble whatever. As you bring them up you may find that the output of one overloads the input of another resulting in distortion that can be difficult to track down. If that happenes, just work your way backwords bringing down volume/amplitude controls until the distortion ends.
If you want a distorted tone, in all honesty I would suggest inserting an amp modeler effect box. I really like the new Linn box which includes a random filter setting for an effect similar to the beginning of Welcome Back My Friends part II.
However, you certainly can run the Moog through the Marshall. However, to just come through the out of the amp may not give you the effect you desire. What you would have to do is put a microphone on the speaker of the Marshall and run that through the mixer to the P.A.
No problem with the Moog into an “acoustic guitar amp” as long as you watch your levels. However, such an amp is not designed to reproduce the highs and lows of a synth. If you’re looking for a small amp, get a keyboard amp.
As long as you watch your levels, going Moog>mixer>amp>stereo speakers will be safe for a time. The wide range of the Moog may eventually lower the quality of the sound reproduction.
Unless the mixer has an amp built in, you probably won’t be able to drive the speakers directly from it.
Good luck!