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great mail Ty! this is the type of posts that i want ot see more of,since i have also switched the EDP for the Mobius software,right now i only use it as a stand alone and still rather use my pedalboard for EFX,i havent tried bidule yet because i am a mac user and havent installed bootcamp yet but i will give it a shot soon, i wish though somebody would make a brief youtube explanation video of all of this for those who are using hardware and want to do the transition! thanx and keep us posted Luis www.myspace.com/luisangulocom --- Ty Gott <tygerman_gb@hotmail.com> schrieb am Mo, 6.7.2009: > Von: Ty Gott <tygerman_gb@hotmail.com> > Betreff: Hardware Looper goes Loopy for Software > An: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > Datum: Montag, 6. Juli 2009, 22:13 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I’ve just put together a new > software based live > looping rig and thought telling the story here might help > some and start an > engaging discussion with others. > > I held back on the software side for a > couple of reasons. > One is the mental image of say the Kiss guy, Gene Simons, > performing except > it’s a notebook instead of a guitar, doesn't seem > like Rock and Roll. > Folks that was Eric Clapton on guitar and on PC its > ... Second I have > done lots of software recording and I end up sitting in > front of the PC the > whole time and not playing guitar. I needed a new notebook > for travel and > figured it could host a looping rig as well. I really need > a netbook for travel > and I figured I could squeeze a setup onto a new 10” > notebook and if not > I still had all my gear. > > I’m a long time hardware looper > been at it for over a > decade. I only play guitar and have 4 of Roland’s GK > boxes but my sound > is now focused on the 2 VG units I’ve got a vg8 and a > vg99. I was using > guitar to MIDI for everything but now I only use it to play > the drums. To loop > I use one guitar to control one or more of the units at a > time. I play in a > bass lines, drums, and rhythms by switching on and off my > units and then > overdubbing loops. I was using a Boomerang, > an Echoplex and > A/B switches for this. > > Hardware: > > I got a real deal on a Toshiba nb205 > 1.66ghz 1gb RAM and a > 150gb HD and 3 USB2 ports. > > mAudio Fast Track Ultra USB with 6 ins > and 8 outs. > > Behringer FCB1010 to control the > software from a stomp > box hands free (must have the free software editor) > > Software: > > Mobius – My new looper > it’s a simulation of 8 > stereo Echoplex units which all can be in sync. The > interface was very familiar > to me as I have an Echoplex and now I have eight on a free > download. > > Bidule- A virtual wiring rack under > MIDI control from the fcb1010 > stomp box. I have to be able to route my instruments to the > right tracks, > record to the right tracks and mute the boxes I’m not > using. Moduis is > hosted and wired into Bidule. > > Jamstix - A virtual drummer and > virtual sound source from my > drums. Also wired into BIdule. > > My whole rig: VG99, VG8, FCB1010, > FV500L, US-20 and the > netbook with mAudio USB > > Old Rig: VG99, VG8, SR16, FC300, > US-20, DD6, 2 double 1 > single 1 triple AB switches, 4 channel mixer Boomerang, and > the Echoplex > > I'm floored by what I've built > so far. I added 6 tracks of > looping and stereo for everything. I should have done this > a long time ago. I > can now not only layer my sounds and loop them up but go > back and rework or > replace them by track or just adjust the volume. I can > sound parts that > aren’t looped. I can rewire my rig on the fly and > return to old wirings > saved to disk with Bidule. > > The netbook is a tight squeeze > everything has to be turned > off on it except the sound stuff. I’m running into > the high 60 dsp in > Bidule and about 50% on the CPU when drumming and looping. > The available screen > is tight as well. Not much room for all the indicators I > need to see to operate > it all. I do need to see it but not touch it during a > song. > > I was/am very disappointed in the > Roland fc300. I’ve > been using it for the vg99. For that it’s just OK but > you gotta have a > foot controller for a unit like the 99. It just > wasn’t setup to offer > enough buttons to do the looping right and its dual switch > buttons are a pain > if the lights don’t match up. I hooked up a single > expression pedal and > now use the fcb1010 banks for looping and switching, and > others for selecting > patches on the two VGs. > > I’m still working on getting > everything setup right > but I’ve got it all working and am looking forward to > playing … now > > Cheers, > > -Ty > > www.soundclick.com\TygermanGrooveBand > > > > > > > > > >