Anyone playing amp sims live?
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DanLights
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No worries dude, just after posts #32 & #33 I was like, "What the fuck is going on that no one can understand me tonight?!" Lol!
I;ve used my line6 toneport and computer through the PA during practice.
sucks dick vs. a real amp
sucks dick vs. a real amp
DanLights
Santa Hat Forever
well, maybe using a "good" interface would be a nice start. plus, it depends on what plugins you use, I'm pretty sure some sweet almost like the real thing sounds can be made this way. And if you're at a show with a shit amp and shit accoustics and miked with a shit mic, maybe you're better off with an amp sim simulating everything cleanly (impulses, all that crap)
And the XT my other guitarists plays isn't much better.
Real amp > sim
I only play a whole step down (d stand) and rely on the feel alot of the amp and hardly play rhythm cause of all the leads.
Harry Hughes
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Sure, I've practiced with software amp sims before.
I'm always open to trying new stuff and I myself have been thinking about trying amp sims while rehearsing one day too.
I'm always open to trying new stuff and I myself have been thinking about trying amp sims while rehearsing one day too.
Yeah thats me,
I run an A/b box splitting my guitar into the first 2 Di inputs on my firepod.
Getting a 2nd one to use with my di box to expand it to 3 sounds,
Clean, Rhythm and Solo, currently I use all three but can only use 2 per song.
It's class- you can have total control over your tone, I run Reaper and use the the Nick crow pre's. No cab sims- just straight out via a line out into a power amp and cab. All the plug ins I use are Freeware
It really shines for solo tone and clean stuff- I run a tempo delay that I can set to always be so many beats or fractions of a beat behind no matter what tempo I'm playing in- no tap tempo or anything. You can tailor everything as much as you can when mxing- I eq my delays to leave room for my main guitar to cut through without getting too clogged.
Also it's worth putting a little compression or a limiter on before the di hits your pre amp- if you're levels are low it'll keep em hitting the preamp at normal guitar levels. Setting relative levels between patchs is a breeze- you just move the fader!
Also I run Reatune on my screen during the gig so I can have a giant accurate tuner behind me- kicks ass!
I don't have a laptop though so I carry my desktop around with me- solid as a rock but I'm always worried its gonna get thrashed!
I love using my gear for slightly outside applications, I've started running completely FOH through my firepods via REAPER. It's class- you can go to town on everything- compress the vocals and then use an EQ to get right in there and bring down problem feedback frequencies- going in and doing each monitor and the main speakers separately. I've mixed a couple of gigs like this now and they've all turned out savage. I find it pretty fast too- didn't take me any longer than when I just use a regular mxing desk and its sooo much more flexible. I run the main mix through the control room monitors and run the monitors through line outs. I generall stick a limiter on the main out aswell set to about a Db shy of clipping so no matter how hard I hit my master bus it's not gonna clip and damage any speakers.
Biggest help is the stock Reaper EQ- as many bands as you want doing whatever you want instead of the clumsy wide Q and high low shelfs of most mid sized venue's desks. Once you get fancy with the routing the number of applications besides recording you can use your DAW set up for is crazy!!
ze kink
THE BLACK WIZARDS
Pretty weird, I actually saw a dream last night, in which I played a gig with my MBP & Profire running Revalver. I don't even have Revalver. I remember being afraid that I'd accidentally pull the cable while running around the stage with my guitar, so I could accidentally yank the rack down from a table I was keeping it on. Then the cable in my guitar magically turned into a wireless.
I had a good tone in that dream too
fucking weird though...
I had a good tone in that dream too
fucking weird though...
Mutant
I hate that supercow !
Been thinking about this more lately. And how GREAT of a fucking idea it is.
Playing live with the laptop and a click track means I'll be able to AUTOMATE my guitar tone. No more pedal stepping, ever, and all my effects and "channel switching" will be done instantaneously by Reaper's automation.
I can't WAIT to gig like this. What have I been missing?!
Playing live with the laptop and a click track means I'll be able to AUTOMATE my guitar tone. No more pedal stepping, ever, and all my effects and "channel switching" will be done instantaneously by Reaper's automation.
I can't WAIT to gig like this. What have I been missing?!
LeSedna
Mat or Mateo
ParsonsMatt it's exactly what I was thinking some months ago. If you always put your effects at the same point in a song, automating it is not even killing creativity. Creativity is in your hands, not in the FX, so for me it seems a good idea, not worst than asking a guitartech to do it himself if your forget to do it (as does arch enemy (amott said it once) and I'm sure most bands)
Just got back from band practice.
Chain was Guitar > Fireface 400 > Laptop > TSS, 8505, Voxengo > cheap PA. Sounded good! I'll need to dial it in a bit more ( and a better PA would be REALLY nice... ) but so far I am very happy with it.
Practiced with full backing tracks and click too... Talk about making a huge difference! We're so much tighter now with the click.
Chain was Guitar > Fireface 400 > Laptop > TSS, 8505, Voxengo > cheap PA. Sounded good! I'll need to dial it in a bit more ( and a better PA would be REALLY nice... ) but so far I am very happy with it.
Practiced with full backing tracks and click too... Talk about making a huge difference! We're so much tighter now with the click.
