Rockman XL100

[Harley Hexxe]

Yeah Richard,

    That was another thing I noticed about those Rockman Walkmans as I used to call them. They were cool to listen to yourself with, but I had a hum issue happening when I tried to go direct into a recording desk with one of those. And they did eat AA batteries like candy.

[rnolan]

Ahh yes the hum, pain in the proverbial, thank god for the MP-1  Changed my world  :thumb-up: .

[Harley Hexxe]

Ahh, okay. I thought maybe I bought a bum unit back in the day.

[rnolan]

No they all seemed to suffer LoL

[MarshallJMP]

Hey R, really liked the babylon 48k sound, it has that typical boston sound to it.

[rabidgerry]

hum issue?

hahahaha

this is why for the pro they invented the rock modules  :thumb-up:

My sustainor aint got no hum.  Heard a few people stuck an x100 in front of a jcm800, like George Lynch for example.  Love to know how he got that to work.

As for my Sustainor, I might be sending that to MJMP for some pen heart surgery very soon  ;) just for a little examination and refurb

I want to use the Sustainor, I don't want it as an ornament.  I also have the amazing Stereo Chorus and the best EQ ever rockman instrument EQ.

[rnolan]

Thanks MJMP, amazing what you can do with a Tascam 688, Korg M1, Alesis drum machine and a X100. Oh and an Atari running Creator or Notator for sequencing.  My how the world has changed since then LoL.

Hey RG, there are kind of 2 choices for X100 up front of a guitar amp(s).  Use the headphone 3.5mm jack into 2 1/4" jacks and use a couple of resistors in each tail to bring it from line level to inst level, which is how I used mine prior to MP-1.  Or you can use the 1/4" TRS aux input as a low level out.  But the switches on the X100 are not stage friendly for changing sounds.  A mate of mine modified his X100 and made a foot switch for it (from an elevator control panel, nice big buttons LoL).  He ran it into a mosfet power amp and used an old fridge for a cab. He mounted 6 x 12" speakers in the door.  Sounded great but was a serious pain to lug.  Though I think they only ever did one gig (supporting my band and it was up 2 flights of stairs  :facepalm: ).

[Harley Hexxe]

So he really did bring a refridgerator to the gig, now that's desperation!  :lol:

[rnolan]

Unfortunately it wasn't loaded with beer  :facepalm: LoL. Took 4 of us to hump it up the stairs, it was an old school fridge, very solid, not like the modern (much lighter) ones. He did remove the motor/compressor though.

[Harley Hexxe]

Good thing it wasn't loaded with beer, your notes would have been slurred :beer:

[rnolan]

Yes there is that LoL.  I find a couple of double tequila shots gets me going  :thumb-up: