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Day Seventy Two (Year Three)

So, I took my Strat down to the church this afternoon to test out the amp.  All went well on that front.  Plugging straight in works without a hitch.  Trying to connect the effects pedal that someone left there going on six years ago?  Not nearly as easy a task for some reason.  It's a DigiTech RP100 pedal, and while I've never owned one before, I swear that somewhere in my musical life, I've used one.  And from what I remember, it was a pretty cool pedal.  I got everything hooked up correctly (or so I thought).  I could even hear a very faint sound coming out of the amp for the built in rhythm section that's included in the pedal's effects, but I couldn't for the life of me get the effect to come out through the amp, and I've got no clue as to why.

The plus side of all this is that I got to bring the pedal home with me to play around with for a bit.  "Consider it your gift from the church," he said, and I stopped and thought to myself how funny it was that my gift from the church may not function the way it was designed to... but that's neither here nor there and is, if anything, a rant for another place. 

So anyway, I'm now the proud borrower of this pedal, and I'm hopeful I can figure out what the story is with it tomorrow sometime.  I Skyped with my brother this afternoon, who confirmed my thought that I had used one at one point, and then I googled the instruction manual for the pedal.  Downloaded that in a flash, and will print it off and go through it tomorrow sometime.

I also snagged a pile of CDs with copies of the songs (I think) that they are wanting to use, so that will make for some fun listening.  Oh, and I got a peek at the sound equipment they use.  Not the biggest board I've seen, but considering the size of the church, they've definitely got a decent setup.

They're also running Audacity in conjunction with their sound equipment, strictly (at this point) for the taping of services.  In the back of my mind, though, I was already thinking of the possible recording options (both church-related and personal) that might be available in a room with such great acoustics.

All told, it was a pretty great day!

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