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FS why did you have to go and lump Radiohead in with this bunch of TALENTLESS SCUM!!ARRRRRRRHHHH!!!

I'm going to give Vstack a go and see. I will report back after the weekend. Ta!

Lowdown has a VST system link system running with two delta cards. Mine are the LT versions, but I don't think they have an optical connection for lightpipe? Is it the case that I could use VStack or something to synchronise the two cards without using vst system link? This would be good, but i'd still like the transport (i.e stop and start) of both computers to be linked because then I can use automation on my FX PC. EDIT: Ta for the link though, I just don't think it's true seeing as Lowdown has his sytem working. Perhaps I should have done more research before buying my 2nd Delta card.

[quote name='Kev' post='423326' date='Mar 2 2009, 03:42 PM']using a comp for that is cheating, its all in the fingers using it to squash out unwanted peaks after the filter would be more sensible[/quote] Maybe you're right, but I much prefer my bass balls after some compression, otherwise the envelope seems to vary too much. It's not peaks I have a problem with, it's the actual envelope that it's following.

It depends KEv, you might want a "wild" envelope follower to be a bit more "tame".

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' post='423271' date='Mar 2 2009, 02:43 PM']Vd[/quote] lol

Cheeky bump due to lack of progress and a whole recording computer sitting around spare!!

If it's working for one file but not for an other, then it's how you're setting up your new file. You have to select the right device, then set up the inputs and outputs, and then set your audio channels to the right input and outputs.

So do the same experiment with a the 15" on top and report back.

I see what you mean, it would be pointless if you used the passive link. Let us know how you get on. Another thought - surely one of your plethora of pedals has a DI output on a jack socket? I know a lot of Digitech pedals do.

Some DI boxes have a jack output. A DI doesn't just convert a jack plug to an XLR, it's to raise your instrument level signal to a line level signal, so it won't be pointless at all.

[quote name='wombatboter' post='419984' date='Feb 26 2009, 11:47 AM']I need every note to be be heard and I don't like it when people feel the bass but can't hear the notes.[/quote] It's an interesting distinction. I think both are equally important. Some of us seem to want to be heard as an individual, where as some of us want to contribute to the sound of the band as a whole. I think the latter is more important, but it's very hard to be so selfless, and i've never really acheived that.

I have a very high output from my board, but I prefer the sound of going into the passive input on my peavey. Leave it up to your ears!

I think noise can be subjective. Also, if you're running fairly heavy compression after any slightly noisy effect, the noise will be worse, and worse still if you have a dirt box after it. The ZNR is quite good, but I also used a NS2 as I used so many other pedals with my old zoom the noise was horrendous. The B2.1U is nowhere near as bad.

The zoom is noisy. I would set the ZNR (zoom noise reduction) to max on every patch, and put it in a true bypass loop for when you're not using it.

My comments on wah vs dirt were probably a little stupid. I used to gig with 3 wahs, plus some wahs on my B2.1U, and 4 or 5 distortions, plus some on my B2.1U. It sounds like total overkill but at the time seemed perfectly logical.

Too much wah, not enough dirt!!! I don't really know what the blowtorch is like else i'd recommend a complimentary OD. I love the momentaty loop idea, i've thought of doing this before but never got round to it.

Rich, have you heard Anti-Pop? I think it's generally more commercial/easy to listen to. I love my Primus live DVD, I wish I had seen them live.

If you have everything going through the desk, you can just record the line-out. If not, you'd have to use a stereo pair of mics, which will not necessarily give a great result, but may be good enough for what you're looking for. Which method will you go for? And what do you want to do with it after? IE just a bit of comp and EQ, or a full edit and mix? Then we'd have a better idea of what to recommend. Also, I think you're looking for a quick, easy, effective, cheap recording solution, rather than an "epic" one, which would probably prove rather inconvinient.

yeh just get something amusing that lights up and looks cool. When you've got all your gear plugged in we'll need a night shot.

[quote name='funnyfreddie' post='417687' date='Feb 23 2009, 06:49 PM']We have had to do this 5 times to non payers and have never lost a case.........message gets out not to f*** you about and people do pay.[/quote] If the message got out, would you have had to do it 5 times?

I would stick a couple of monitors and your keyboard and mouse on that desk to the left.

I've bought my other cable now. I've tried eveyr way of connecting the SPDIF ports on both PCs and I still can't get the VST Link page to recognise anything. I tried the Self Test, by plugging SPDIF 0 into SPDIF 1 on one PC. I set the ports to SPDIF out L and SPDIF in L. Arrrrgh!!?!? What am I doing wrong!? Vstack looks interesting, but looks like it's for MIDI/VSTis rather than the audio processing I want to acheive.

I play fairly heavy alternative rock music. I would die if I could only gig with 4 pedals!!! Having said that.... Barge Concepts blender/feedback loop thingy Zvex Wah Probe (or one of my other wahs, but this is my favorite) EQ Pedal Ibanez SS10 or whatever my weird distortion/chorus box is called. I need to be able to have two different levels of overdrive, so the EQ would give me that. A gig without digital delay would be frustrating though.

Voxengo do some good free ones too.