RE: Delurk, intro and a couple of questions.

["Hartung, Kris" <kris.hartung@hp.com>]

What Pod Pro are you using, Risto? I used a Pod XT Pro rackmount for a 
while, and I loved the tone...and I used to play for years using real amps 
like Fender 1X12s, Mesa Boogie Mark I, etc.  You can hear what I eaked out 
of it with the solo on this MP3.
http://box.net/public/khartung/files/301860.html

Anyway, it was my impression that the  the XT Pro might have some better 
quality sounds than the lower models.

How about Amplitude?  I tried out the trial version for a while, and it 
seemed decent:
http://www.soundslive.co.uk/product~name~IK-Amplitude-Live~ID~3923.asp

Kris


-----Original Message-----
From: Risto Paalanen [mailto:rtp@iki.fi] 
Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 7:51 AM
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject: Delurk, intro and a couple of questions.

Hi, loopheads.

I suppose it's finally time for me to come out of the closet. My name is 
Risto Paalanen, and I'm a looper. I've been lurking on LD for years now, 
and I'd like to thank everyone on the list for their ideas; this is 
(occasional warts and all) probably the best web-community I've had the 
pleasure of running into.

I'm currently playing (guitar and doodads) in a noise/industrial/ambient 
band called Älymystö (whose sound is currently under renovation and 
apparently turning into something a bit like this for our upcoming CD: 
http://www.taphead.net/kolminaisuus.mp3), and doing occasional solo 
performances in a more free-improv vein.


Anyway, on to the dilemma! My current gig setup is Guitar -> Pod Pro -> 
Mixer -> Loopers (DL-4 and Repeater) -> Mixer -> PA. My problems with this 
are twofold:

1) Pod Pro is a versatile box, but unfortunately a bit too sterile for my 
taste. I'd like to use something that responds more to the changes in 
style of play, preferably without lugging my trusty Rivera around.

2) I'd like to minimise the amount of equipment I have to haul. A rack is 
an easy solution, but lately I've been trying out Ableton Live and have 
pretty much been floored by it. (At this point, special kudos to Per 
Boysen, whose work with the software has been absolutely stunning.)

So. I've been thinking about switching to an all-laptop setup. I'll 
probably get a Powerbook, since the hefty pricetag does reflect on 
stability and performance. Them's the breaks.

I would prefer not having an amp at all and just settle for running the 
guitar signal through a DI into a laptop running a modelling amplifier / 
Ableton Live, controlled with the FCB1010 and possibly a BCR2000 as MIDI 
controllers. Would any of you folks have experiences with software-amps? 
A second solution would be a Vox Tonelab SE, which seems to me to be more 
responsive than the Pod. The downside would be the real estate it takes up 
on stage as well as the need for extra tapdancing.


Oh, if any there are any loopers in Finland looking for collaborators or 
such, feel free to give me a holler.


Pax,
R.