- #PLOGUE BIDULE INSTRUMENTS COMPUTER SOUNDS SOFTWARE#
- #PLOGUE BIDULE INSTRUMENTS COMPUTER SOUNDS PC#
- #PLOGUE BIDULE INSTRUMENTS COMPUTER SOUNDS PLUS#
- #PLOGUE BIDULE INSTRUMENTS COMPUTER SOUNDS SERIES#
- #PLOGUE BIDULE INSTRUMENTS COMPUTER SOUNDS FREE#
I've also gone into Bidule for effects, out to my amp which was mic'ed, and then sent the microphone signal back into Bidule to record the mic'ed cabinet.
#PLOGUE BIDULE INSTRUMENTS COMPUTER SOUNDS SOFTWARE#
I don't), so I've used that to send out from a VST effects path, into some hardware effects, and back into Bidule for more software effects. The Firebox has 4 ins and six outs (plus SPDIF i/o if you have a use for that. Speak_onion, I've done just what you're talking about.
#PLOGUE BIDULE INSTRUMENTS COMPUTER SOUNDS SERIES#
Some effects, like pitch shifting, are processor heavy, so if that were something I used a lot of, maybe it would be a problem (although I've used 2 Whammies in series in Guitar Rig, then out to a ring modulator and a long delay without any trouble, so maybe not). Some people's plugins are better designed than others in terms of CPU usage, so that's also a factor.
Since the ADA conversion is happening in the Firebox, the computer is just processing effects. Definitely not a high end machine by today's standards. This may surprise you, but I'm using a G4 iBook. So, anybody heading in this direction? Anybody using a combination of hardware and software (which I tried for a while)? Anybody thinking about trying it? But if you play civilized joints, I think this is less of a problem than people think it would be. Secondly, if you play rowdy bars, you probably don't want a laptop on stage.
#PLOGUE BIDULE INSTRUMENTS COMPUTER SOUNDS PC#
Although PCs have supposedly come a long way recently, my Mac has frozen only once in the year I've had it, as compared to every PC I ever had crashing all the time. I know a main concern of people is having to depend on a laptop in a performance situation, and this is probably valid. yeah, Behringer sucks, whatever, but this thing is built like a tank and has 2 expression pedals), it can be a very seamless affair. Getting all set up can be difficult, but if you get a good audio interface (I settled on a Presonus Firebox after trying a couple others) and a good controller (I use the Behringer.
#PLOGUE BIDULE INSTRUMENTS COMPUTER SOUNDS FREE#
I also haven't come across a good pitch shifter, except the Whammy in NI Guitar Rig, which is spendy (but the free demo is very usable.) Likewise, I haven't ever found a software emulation of spring reverb that sounds as good as my Premier or Tube Works units, which is why I've kept both (I guess this is the effect I fetishize most over). Although software offers you far more capability to alter effects to suit your taste, those of you who play fuzz after fuzz after fuzz until you find the one for you probably won't find the VST gain effects varied or mojo-y enough. There is an assortment of od/distortion/fuzz effects available in software form, but nowhere near the orgasmic smattering that exists in the stompbox world. For instance, I'm not a big gain pedal fetishist. I think for some people, hardware effects, specifically a big ol' pedalboard, will never be replacable. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to convert anybody. Admittedly, some folks come up with pretty elegant solutions for this problem, but I never could. It became such a chore to hook everything up and to carry so much stuff to a gig (not that I play out very often, but still). I saw myself with a stereo effects path, through many effects, some designed for line levels and some for instrument levels, and things became so complex, with so many cables, running back and forth from the pedalboard to the amps, out the effects sends, back to the pedalboard, back to the amps. Several delays in series, or if you're crazy and you want 6 ring modulators at the same time or whatever). For nearly any effect you can think of, there's a software equivalent that sounds as good, can do more, and you can have 10 of them for the price of one (for those of you who use
#PLOGUE BIDULE INSTRUMENTS COMPUTER SOUNDS PLUS#
The second reason is price: many amazing and innovative effects are free, and those that aren't are usually pretty cheap - I replaced my EHX 2880 looper with Augustus Loop, which costs $39 as compared to the 2880 which cost hundreds plus another hundred for the controller. I also use Bidule for sound design and keyboard stuff, which has greatly simplified my life, but doesn't matter to you bass guys, I'm sure. Using Plogue Bidule as my host, I can route audio and control signals in any way imaginable, splitting my signal into 2 (or 10) parallel effects paths, feed one back to the beginning of the other and control the amount of feedback with the dynamics of my playing (or whatever). The first reason is that I can do so much more with software than I ever could with hardware. So lately, for a few reasons, I've been getting rid of all my hardware in favor of software.
0 kommentar(er)
