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If I just wanted to record or amplify certain strings, like sending bass strings on guitar into a Pog or other octaver for bass sounds, do these pickups work that way or just for guitar synth? Andy Owens 1-800-AndyOwens Sent from my iPhone So the typing might not be my best! On Jan 26, 2011, at 9:54 AM, "Dean, Hal" <HDean@wcupa.edu> wrote: > Kevin, > > I've been dreaming of the separate strings thing for years and have been >in regular contact with Richard McLish about his fanout. Last promise was >a new batch in October 2010 - didn't happen, and I don't think it ever >will. Meanwhile, I've been following Bill Baxendale's work and, although >his web site is awful, his posts on guitar forums made it clear he really >knows what he is doing and that people who had his stuff liked it. So, I >took the plunge and bought his breakout box. > > I have other projects from which I can't divert too much attention to >this right now, but I've started to fool with it for an hour at a time a >few nights. It is really well made and works perfectly right out of the >box. I have a by now antique setup using a GI-10 and a variety of >MIDI-equipped guitars; so far all I've tried with this is the PRS I >bought from Kris H. and had Graphtech hex pickups installed on. > > Not wanting to dedicate my RME 800 to this, I routed 4 strings into >open inputs on it and sent the other two into a Boss VF-1. From there >I've been experimenting in a most unscientific manner, just setting up >templates in Cubase and Reaper and adding effects to each input. Given >that the signal is weak I've put Voxengo Boogex on each channel. The >recordings have low signal level for each individual string but when you >listen to them together it is robust. I also did a bit of mangling each >track independently, normalizing, reversing, chopping and the like. The >sound quality remained excellent. > > I'm sure there is a more sophisticated way to boost the signals, but I'm >just learning Reaper and hadn't gotten there yet. I suspect Ableton Live >will eventually prove the best program for use with this setup. > > Then there is looping. I have a laptop dedicated to that (Mobius in >Bidule), with a soundcard that does not have 6 inputs. I haven't gotten >into Mobius 1.43. Sometime this spring I imagine I will devote some time >to learning 1.43, taking advantage of some of the amazing script >development that is happening, and do all that on the desktop that I have >the RME 800 on.... at which point the 6 strings into Mobius would be a >truly sick puppy. I'll report on all this from time to time. > > Bill Baxendale is a real craftsman and great engineer and provided >fabulous service. No, it is not cheap, but the breakout box is VERY cool. > > As for the Unfretted project, I too was intimidated by the skill level >required to make it. I joined mfg.com with an eye towards "managing" >production, perhaps soliciting interest from others on this list and >elsewhere, but I never pursued it. You could consider taking that on. > > Hal > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Cheli-Colando [mailto:billowhead@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 4:49 PM > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > Subject: Re: OT: Building a Midi Breakout Box > > Yeah I've been in contact with him but he's quoting something like 60 >pounds in freight (almost $100 in shipping) so it winds up just a little >bit under the price of the RMC Fanout box. > > I'm thinking I'll be shelving this thought for a while. > > Kevin > > On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Gareth Whittock ><buddhamachine@live.co.uk> wrote: >> Have a look at this Kevin: >> >> http://billbax.110mb.com/ >> >> G >> >>> Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:21:51 -0800 >>> Subject: OT: Building a Midi Breakout Box >>> From: billowhead@gmail.com >>> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com >>> >>> Hello soldier fiends, >>> >>> Having looked into the basic Midi breakout boxes available for the VG >>> 8, etc, I realized, I don't have $400 to buy one of these. So looking >>> around I found this >>> http://www.unfretted.com/loader.php?LINK=/profs/breakout >>> >>> Any of you technically inclined people have any advice on how to do >>> this (for a basic novice who has soldered a thing or two but never >>> built a functioning device)? I'm wondering a couple of things a), how >>> feasible is this b) about how much a home brew would cost c) anyone >>> with the skills willing to build one (for a fee of course). >>> >>> I'm at the level where I'm not sure I could actually do anything with >>> these plans but I could probably put it together if I had the parts. >>> >>> Feel free to tell me I'm better off without the dream of processing >>> six strings separately. I think I might be better off that way. >>> Unless one of you out there...... >>> >>> Kevin >>> >>> -- >>> Till now you seriously considered yourself to be the body and to have >>> a form. That is the primal ignorance which is the root cause of all >trouble. >>> >>> - Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950) >>> >>> Sound and Vision: http://www.minds-eye.org Video >>> http://www.vimeo.com/user877640/videos >>> >> > > > > -- > Till now you seriously considered yourself to be the body and to have a >form. That is the primal ignorance which is the root cause of all trouble. > > - Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950) > > Sound and Vision: http://www.minds-eye.org Video >http://www.vimeo.com/user877640/videos >