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Yes, if it is EQ and tonal shaping you are after, you can do it in software. But if you are taking a raw acoustic pickup signal and conditioning it to go into the laptop, a software program will not be able to do this for you. It's like plugging a nice mic into a 1/8 inch laptop input. No software program is going to fix that problem/nightmare. You need to deliver a high quality raw acoustic signal into the laptop (not EQ, but level), and then once you have it in the computer you can mangle it to your heart's desire. Kris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Sewell" <lunamusic@mac.com> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 5:25 PM Subject: Re: Looking for Plug-In > Yeah, thats what I thought. The marketing on these pedals claims that > they wrap the audio with an image to make them sound like you are using >a > good microphone. I suspect its really just glorified eq. Thats >certainly > what it is in the less expensive stuff like the zoom. It seems logical > however whatever these pedals do could be replicated via software. I'll > keep hoping. > Thanks > On Jun 23, 2008, at 6:29 PM, Krispen Hartung wrote: > >> Hmmm...are you sure software will resolve your problem? I grappled >with >> this a while back. I was using a 6 string mandolin (just one of those >> feather pickips) and the LR Baggs Para Acoustic DI, which sounds >> excellent, as the interface into my laptop. I have found that you >really >> need to do this sort of acoustic conditioning and re-leveling before >you >> go to the laptop. If you plug directly into the laptop via your audio >> interface, you are going to bring in all the audio problems that an >> external acoustic pre-amp/conditioner is designed to remove (like the >> hum, EQ issues, impedence issues, etc), and then you are faced withi >> fixing them in your computer before you even get a chance to improve >> your sound. I have max/ msp, and I have created all sorts of patches >to >> try to "doctor up" the tone of a pure acoustic instrument plugged into >> my Fireface 400 audio interface, and nothing is satisfactory. Nothing! >> It is crap in, crap out. You need to give your audio interface the >best >> possible signal, not a load of shit, and try to repair it. You are >> better off using what you have now or installing a pre-amp in your >> acoustic instrument. I have spent hours on this problem, btw, because >I >> am all about simplication and letting the computer do as much as >> possible. This is not a problem that I have solve with the computer >> only. To this day, any acoustic instrument I plug into my laptop audio >> interface, either has its own preamp, or I plug into my LR Baggs. >> >> Kris >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Sewell" <lunamusic@mac.com> >> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> >> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 3:19 PM >> Subject: Looking for Plug-In >> >> >>> Anyone know of a plug-in that works like the Fishman Aura or the D >Tar >>> Mama Bear? I have a RMC equipped Godin Spectrum that I would like to >>> improve its acoustic tone. But I don't want a pedal. Any thoughts or >>> advice would be appreciated. >>> Regards, >>> Chris >> >