Play backing music through amp
I just purchased a Fender SuperChamp X2 and it has one 1/4" input. I wanted to play my backing track music from my laptop through this amp as well as my harp mic. Would a little 4 channel mixer with seperate volume controls on it work?
Thank you for the reply Bod - it is helpful info I guess Skip Simmons is still on Christmas Vacation
An alternative would be to use a mini amp solid state with a line-in connector.
For example the Roland Micro Cube GX allows you to have a line-in that you can use for your playback. As I understand it, the microphone input goes into the 'tube like' distortion, then is added to the playback then (the sum of these two signals) is amplified with no added distortion.
You finally get an amplified clean playback and an amplified non clean harmo.
Good question! The cheapest way to go would be to connect your laptop to a small powered monitor (or your home stereo) so you can hear the music and play the Fender amp as normal.
You certainly could use a small mixer. Plug both the laptop and your mike in to the mixer and plug the mixer in to your Fender.
It will take some time and experimentation to get the best out of either set-up, so be patient.
Hi,
Although I have very little experience, I will try to answer.
First the amplification issue :
The use of any tube based amp will likely add "color" to the sound : meaning it will transform it a little. For example it will transform a little the sound of your harmonica. If you set up your system to add distortion to the sound of your harmonica because you like it, then if you feed another sound into it it will get distorted too. (you don't want the backing track to be changed)
Second the mixer to amp link :
Your amp is set up for high impedance microphone, whatever you plug in should be with the correct impedance. Otherwise the results will not sound nice.
I am myself looking for such a solution. This is what I came up with (not complete yet):
This way I should get the amp like effect with the pedal.
Bod