Thank you, I'm so glad it was helpful!

Hey thanks, I appreciate that!

Thanks! Usually it isn't a problem generating a long video. I get so carried away 😊

So you post pitch corrected material on youtube? Do you clearly state on each video they are not your true performances?

hahaha I actually cut out a couple of other verses that I had written 😊 Thanks man, I hope you're staying safe and healthy!

Thanks so much! Ooh, 500 series is a frontier that I haven't been brave enough to forge yet. Honestly, it'd make a lot of sense in this room. But I've been hesitant to buy into the ecosystem so far. How do you like it so far? I'd also love to replace my patchbay with a TT one, just because I could squeeze more inputs/outputs into a single space. But yeah, the availability of the cables kinda scares me.

​@@YHRS Hello! Thanks for the reply. I _think_ I like what 500 series gear I have so far, but I haven't been able to put it to any real productive use just yet, and my budget has kept me from grabbing any units north of the $250 range. One positive shout-out: I purchased a wacky thing by Kludge Audio called the "Transwarmer." It's a passive unit with nothing but a teeny toggle switch on the front which subtly alters its character. The imparts a warm gooeyness to anything routed through it without a lot of fuss. I'm looking forward to trying more cheap synth or old Casio sounds through it. I'm about to sit and troubleshoot a rogue unit that unexpectedly cuts ALL sound. (It's probably my fault, as the unit required some assembly.) Not a headache I wanted to face so soon! And there are so many chassises (is that the correct plural? how many syllables is that?) to choose from, and few if any of the budget ones are said to be worth the trouble. I settled on an expensive treat which I got open-box: a Black Lion Audio PBR-8 chassis-and I _think_ I'm happy with the purchase so far. Its front-panel patchbay is TT-which is neat, because I don't have to move the 500 modules around to change the flow (which I presume to be an issue with other units?). That said, it's my only gear that uses TT, and I wasn't prepared for needing to stock another kind of cable. Eh. Growing pains, huh? In fact, it's the idea of "growing pains" I'd love to hear more about on your channel. What annoyances and challenges did you face when your home studio began to grow? And how did you manage to surmount them?

I'm not sure that I follow...although sometimes I have trouble visualizing the polar patterns in 3 dimensions. If you rotate the mic along one axis (twist it like a screw) then the entire pattern would rotate along with it. Or if you rotate it along its other axis (like it's doing cartwheels), I believe that the pattern's direction would look identical relative to the guitar. But hey, experimentation is the key so it'd be worth playing around with all of this if you get your hands on a figure-8 mic.

Thanks so much! I actually haven't done any official teaching, although I've been in somewhat of a mentor role at work for the last few years. I do enjoy it, though! I'm so glad that you're finding the videos helpful!

Thanks Vatche! I tried an SM57 last week and it did a very good job of rejecting the guitar since I could get right up on it. It did have quite a bit of proximity effect, but a little bit of EQ in post helped. Thanks man, and I hope that you and your family are safe and sound at home!

@@YHRS thanks man. We are all good here too.