Sibob Posted Sunday at 22:47 Share Posted Sunday at 22:47 8 hours ago, obbm said: Si, this is probably a dumb question but why don't you take your D.I. straight out of the Stomp? It’s a fair question, it’s purely because I want the option to send Mic level, which the Stomp can’t do natively. Si 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SumOne Posted Monday at 13:37 Share Posted Monday at 13:37 (edited) Future, or Folly?! Remains to be seen if this will ever become my gigging setup, works well at home though. The main issue with this sort of thing has always been latency and reliability, but this seems very reliable at about 6ms latency (which is better than most wireless systems). My shopping list is: Paint Audio midi footswitches to go with the tuner that'll go on the floor at gigs, and perhaps I'll get 'Gig Performer 5' to help with switching between presets if I can't figure a seamless way of doing that in Reaper. At a gig, the Laptop (setup for it to run with its lid closed) and interface would be put out of harms way on the Cab or on the table where we keep the mixer. If you don't count the cost of the Laptop and Interface and flight case (I already had them for other stuff so I'm not - so haven't spent anything using that maths!) then it'll be about £300 for footswitches and software including a few paid for Plugins...similar to the amount I'll get for selling a couple of analogue pedals. I guess the obvious thing is even with that mental gymnastics is that £300 could buy a decent multi-fx that is more convenient and reliable. But the Laptop setup adds almost unlimited options - often with free Plugins, and means that the sounds I work on for home/recording can be used live, one setup to rule them all! And Laptops/software are only getting more powerful and reliable, I think this might be the future - or at least something you see a lot more of in future. Edit: A re-shuffle to see how it'd work live. Seems to fit and work well and all the power adaptors are in a space below - just one power cable out. A quick move around and the flight case lid goes on. Sounding good just using the Laptop for 'always on' things, next step will be MIDI footswitches to join the tuner on the floor. Edited yesterday at 13:44 by SumOne 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obra Posted Monday at 18:47 Share Posted Monday at 18:47 (edited) 5 hours ago, SumOne said: Future,or Folly?! Remains to be seen if this will ever become my gigging setup, works well at home though. It needs midi footswitches to go with the tuner that'll go on the floor at gigs, and perhaps 'Gig Performer 5' software to help with seamless switching/trails between presets etc. Laptop and interface would probably be on the Amp or on the table where we keep the mixer. You have to be very careful with latency! Especially since I see that you also use wireless. Edited Monday at 18:48 by Obra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SumOne Posted Monday at 19:38 Share Posted Monday at 19:38 (edited) 1 hour ago, Obra said: You have to be very careful with latency! Especially since I see that you also use wireless. Yes, pushing my luck using that! I'd tried laptop with midi keyboard not long ago and gave up due to latency and glitches. With this current setup and even with the additional analogue to audio conversion it seems stable with about 5ms latency, so seems to not be an issue. (Although I would use a cable live to not add more latency). I'm not sure if it's down to having a better Laptop or the Volt interface or the DAW and Plugins I'm using (probably a combination of all), but it is working well with no noticeable latency or glitches. Edited Monday at 20:39 by SumOne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibob Posted Monday at 23:14 Share Posted Monday at 23:14 I sometimes play with a guitarist who heavily relies on sounds from a laptop in a similar setup. Largely fine, but there has been a couple of instances where the laptop has crashed and he’s had to restart it…..which is 3-5mins of particularly awkward space to fill, especially when it’s a private function. It’s not for me lol. Si 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SumOne Posted yesterday at 09:22 Share Posted yesterday at 09:22 9 hours ago, Sibob said: I sometimes play with a guitarist who heavily relies on sounds from a laptop in a similar setup. Largely fine, but there has been a couple of instances where the laptop has crashed and he’s had to restart it…..which is 3-5mins of particularly awkward space to fill, especially when it’s a private function. It’s not for me lol. Si I figure if that happens then it'd only take me a second to press a button on the interface to bypass the Laptop. Or if it's a problem with the interface, about 5 seconds to unplug from that and plug direct into the Amp (I still plan on using a physical Amp/Cab, the PA is too weedy)......it would mean ditching the effects for a while - which would probably please bandmates and punters! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Bottom End Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago My economy pedalboard painted in Trace Elliot colours (nearly) to match my rig. After lots of shopping around it's probably cost me around £250-£275 all in. Best pedal of the lot? Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor. Cures all ills. Close second comes the Sonicake Levitate Reverb/Delay. Magic for about £20. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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