Radial Engineering Headload Prodigy User Manual - page 9
Headload Prodigy™ Load Box
True to the Music
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THE JDx BALANCED OUTPUT
The Headload Prodigy’s JDX balanced output is designed to simulate the sound of a 4 x 12
half stack. This lets you capture your sound ‘direct’ without having to use a microphone. The
benefits to performing and recording this way are numerous. Moving a microphone ever so
slightly will change the sound, so getting it exactly the same every night or for every session
is practically impossible. Further, each time you change venues, resonant frequencies caused
by the stage and room acoustics vary, which means that EQ’ing the tone to get it right has
to be redone every show. Finally, noise pollution from the other instruments on stage, such
as bass or drums, entering the mic makes it difficult to solo the instrument. With the Prodigy
direct out, all of these problems simply go away. You get consistency night after night, gig
after gig, and from one recording to the next.
The JDX output is set to mic level in order to match up with other mics on stage. This makes
it possible to feed a traditional snake or mic splitter, which in turn can feed the PA, wedge
monitors and in-ear monitors.
In the studio you can record as usual with a mic and record a second channel using the JDX
output. This lets you compare or combine the two signals to create richer and more consis
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tent tones. You can take things further by introducing a Radial Phazer™ into the equation by
phase correcting the direct JDX signal so that it is time-aligned with the mic. The Prodigy is
a creative tool that should be used to experiment.
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PHAZER
DIRECT SIGNAL
DIRECT SIGNAL
TIME ALIGNED
MIC SIGNAL