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Re: thinking about moving from rack to laptop...advice please!



If you decide about keeping the rack or choose a laptop for
looping , you should know if you like computers or not.
I personally have to handle my laptop at work all day, using it for
writing e-mails, contracts, most communication etc.
I am always happy to turn off the PC after work and
when playing guitar , keeping it in a kind of ANALOG way (although
the devices are digital , but you know what I mean). Turning knobs,
plug in cables, I like that stuff, you know.
I am using the following gear, also for live-gigs - if I have some:
- Fender Telecaster; Micro Korg synthesizer
- 2 small guitar amps (Laney / Roland) for playing stereo
- Boss GT 8 guitar processor
- For looping: Boss RC 50 ; sometimes just the smaller Boss DD 20
- and a mixer
Thatīs it. Not so much equipement, which makes me quite flexible.
No heavy stuff. So even if you play live very often, it is doable.
Christo
 
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 2:50 PM
Subject: thinking about moving from rack to laptop...advice please!

ok, so my current setup is this...

triaxis preamp
tc g-force
eventide eclipse

split into
tc d2 delay
looperlative (with kaoss pad and lexicon mpx-1 in aux sends)

all running into a rack mixer and into a mesa 20/20 poweramp and marshall cabs

i've been contemplating ditching all the rack fx and replacing them with a mac laptop (keeping the triaxis and 20/20)

my system at the moment is preset based - i have about 60 sounds available with cc pedals for variation, with the g-force and eclipse working in tandem
the lp-1 is controlled by a separate midi controller and i have a control surface as well (which also controls the d2 and lexicon)

i'd like ot be able to kinda recreate this lot in a laptop

so i'm thinking about which plugin host will work best, bearing in mind that i don't really want to have to launch loads of separate programs on startup and i need everything to be synced to midi clock and i also need to be able to control it all via midi

i'm thinking of using guitar rig for the basic fx, with extra plugins (including reaktor) for more sonic manipulation....with sooperlooper and augustus loop running in parallel and feeding more plugins

ableton live looks like a good bet, but i'd really just be using the mixer...but it's nice and stable.

so my questions are - will i be able to set up a bunch of plugins on one midi channel and put the loopers on other channels, so i can control everything the way i am now

any other plugin hosts (for audiounits) that might be worth looking at? is mainstage worth considering?

any help would be greatly appreciated!

sim