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i still find big rack dudes with flashing lights and analog pedals sexier than compact VST lappy geeks;-)and yes i do miss vinyl! Luis > >1. Nice Rack: > >These are the people with a big 19'' equipment > rack, which is usually > >complemented by a choice of foot controllers. Lots > of carrying, relatively > >long setup time, great fun! > >This may be combined with one or several instrument > (guitar) amplifiers > >(combos or really big ones), and even with some > foot pedals. > >Great examples include Ted Killian, Bill Walker and > Mir-O. > > > >2. Pedal Board Rider: > >Lots of pedals (and sometimes not-pedal stuff, like > handheld devices) are > >mounted on a big board. One cable goes from the > guitar, bass or similar > >instrument into this board, another one (or a pair) > goes out to FOH or to an > >instrument amp. > >These are usually slightly lighter than the big > racks and much quicker to > >setup, simply because there are so few connections > to make. > >Great examples: Ryussei Hattori, Mando-Man (seems > to be a Japanese > >phenomenon). > > > >3. Laptop Nerd: > >A laptop, and some other stuff. It makes sense to > sub-divide that group into > >two different sub-groups: > >For one, there are the pure setups. There is the > laptop, there are some MMI > >elements (foot controller, faderbox), and there is > an audio/MIDI interface. > >But there are no external effect boxes and no > external electronic > >instruments. > >More often however you'll find group two: hybrid > setup where the laptop+MMI > >is complemented with one or several "outlaptop" > devices. A guitar > >floorboard, an effects processor or something > similar. > >The nerd crew had shown some tremendous growth in > the last year. While in > >the past only dedicated laptopitians would use a > laptop-based setup, > >nowadays more and more former users of other setups > (mostly rack-users > >indeed) have switched to laptops. The range of > laptops in use ranges from an > >old 500MHz G3 up to a maxxed out DuoCore. > >Great examples: Warren Sirrota, Per Boysen.and, > well, myself. > > > >4. Distributed Stuff: > >Lots of (mostly small) electronic components (like > stompboxes, table-top > >devices and perhaps a compact mixer) are brought > along in a bag and then set > >up on top of a table. This kind of a setup suffers > mostly from the rather > >big amount of cabling necessary when setting up in > relation to the number of > >devices used. > >Great examples: Matt Davignon > > > >5. Small Stuff: > >Most of the time one or two integrated stompboxes, > sometimes enhanced by an > >additional expression pedal etc. Small geometrical > size and minimum weight > >count here and thus great portability rating. Often > it is possible to > >entirely battery-power those setups (a property > which they share with most > >pedal boards). > >Great examples: Genie (a distortion stompbox and a > DL4), Pushing Air (a > >beauty case (?) in mint green). > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > >No virus found in this incoming message. > >Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.8.13/844 - > Release Date: 6/11/2007 > >5:10 PM > > --- > View my on-line portfolio at: > > http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn > > "The only things I really think are important, > are love, and each > other. -Then, anything is possible..." > > http://home.earthlink.net/~cara-quinn > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.8.13/844 - > Release Date: 6/11/2007 5:10 PM > > > www.myspace.com/luisangulocom ____________________________________________________________________________________ Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_tools.html