Chapter XII: close to 2025
It’s been a while since I made a log entry so it was long overdue 
Meanwhile, I’ve created a nice stack of High gain amp models for the AIDA-X.
Combined with some free Cab IR’s I found on the web, I crafted my own tones for my band.
I’m not even dragging my cabinet or PA speaker to the rehearsal room anymore, the Dwarf goed into the mixer, both vocal and guitar. super light loadout. Love it!
I’ve been busy, reorganizing, focussing some musical efforts on JustinGuitar and my coaching/teaching/streaming efforts there. My “studio” needed some work and today it is finally back and better than ever so I had some time to jam as well
Next up, I’ll be experimenting with “slight break-up” and clean tones but also a nice board to vocals+acoustic guitar. My acoustic has a very good built in pre-amp (Maton Messiah with combined internal mic+piezo pickup system) so I expect it won’t be anything too complex. Btw, don’t forget, if you don’t like the piezo soudn of your acousti,c you can counter it with the trick I applied in this thread, applying an specific IR to a guitar signal. A ton of those IR’s are to be found here
Introducing on vocals, the Shure A85F
No, it’s no mic, it’s an impedance converter to converter my mic XLR to MOD Dwarf jack.
> link to Thomann
This was a valuable tip given by a member of the community here. I noticed that, with regular converter plugs, I needed to amplify the level quite heavily. This amplified the noise/hiss as well, which started to sound fuzzy in some plugins. Using this impedance converter though, I needed NO AMPLIFICATION AT ALL on my vocal! Marvellous!
We’re going into 2025 and the Dwarf has replaced a lot of my gear over the last years.
It’s still the center of my setup and I hope I can keep it that way a long time while it’s eco-system keeps living/evolving?