In a properly designed room they just kind of disappeared. It really was as if you closed your eyes and were listening to the performance, not a recording of the performance. Good description. They do 'disappear' leaving just the sounds across a tangible soundstage. I've often felt I could reach ou...

Cubase has 'VST Connect' built in to supposedly handle all the complications of tying a couple of studios (plus cameras) together. You could take a look at it - no doubt there are plenty of YouTube examples. It uses a combination of compressed audio for real-time (as close as it gets) interaction an...

We're pretty much the same, although I'm running Cantabile. The laptop handles playback of the backing (which we've created ourselves) as well as running the digital mixer, the lighting rig and switching my effects. It also records the show. I have the laptop on a stand, stage right so that I can r...

There's absolutely nothing wrong with using a laptop on stage. What *can* be wrong is tying yourself to it during performance - and there's no need to do that. I use a laptop every time I play live. It just gets on with it job and it lets me get on with mine. On the other hand I've seen plenty of ac...

As above. Why would anyone want to lose TotalMix?!

I have a couple of these as stage backups. I've never used them in anger, but they've worked fine when tested.

The worst thing is that Win11 now hides all your useful stuff behind a right-click 'show more options' entry. Someone at Microsoft should be ashamed of themselves for this one. There are a few ways to go back to a Win10-style right-click menu, but I decided to just get used to it. If your opinion di...

I'm amused by this persistent idea that the previous version of Windows is always good and the current one is always bad!

For many years I've worked on emulating the GR-500 (e.g. the 'one synth challenge' from a few years ago - which did seem to convince a few people!), but I've never managed to get my emulations side by side with the real thing. The GR-500 is capable of delivering a gorgeous sound IMHO: https://www.yo...

There's a lot of silliness around about such subjects. Win 11 has been around a long time now, and didn't present me with any 'teething problems' that stopped me making music.

Relax, breath deeply and install Win 11.

podshopstudios wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2024 4:51 pm Zoom and Behringer are too budget, I'm after something with more function.

What functions do you need?

Thank you! Fascinating.

Depends on how you proceed. The 'Backup Project' option before you start work is a good one to keep beginners out of trouble, and is easy to grasp. There are other ways, if you have the knowledge, but that's the option I recommend and it works for most. When you know what you're doing it all seems s...

The crime you committed is in not undertaking the 'Backup Project...' BEFORE enbarking on anything else. This is weak spot of Cubase and is a nightmare I have to untangle for others time and time again. There's one guy I have worked with who had years of work all entangled in one Project folder, and...

Sam Spoons wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2024 11:25 am FWIW the X32/X-Live rig does likewise.

(Really wish the XR18 did...)

What I really like about the Zoom LiveTraks is their ability to record to local SD card *and* provide USB output to a DAW simultaneously.

Can I add the Focusrite Liquid Channel for consideration? Mine have been a great investment - a lovely clean pre, with character pre's on tap when required. Ridiculously cheap secondhand if you can find one.

There's no reason why either of your shortlist shouldn't work with *any* DAW, Studio One included - it's just standard MIDI data. Are we talking about the same thing here though? I get that when it comes to getting sounds out of a virtual instrument or whatever, that's all MIDI, but when it comes t...

There's no reason why either of your shortlist shouldn't work with *any* DAW, Studio One included - it's just standard MIDI data. I own a Launchkeys 88. It lacks aftertouch, which is annoying for me, but unlikely to bother you. And it has only one pedal input - silly on a device of this size and pri...

Yep, I'm getting this error a lot right now. In fact I got it twice just trying to reply in this thread.

Though my power amp will accept balanced signals, the speakers are the old Tannoy Reveal - unbalanced. New or old, this is not relevant. Only powered speakers are likely to have a balanced input, since they are expecting a line feed. Passive speakers are expecting a +/- pair of wires from an amp - ...

You say you've already decided to buy the SplitMix anyway, but yes... it should work.

Do you have anything at all running successfully yet? Rather than keep on adding gear to this theoretical system you would be wise to test each part of it as you go.

You seem determined to make life as difficult as possible for yourself...

Rats! For many years I've been trying to find someone with a GR-500!

GitHub. That's another WTF?!?!?

I just don't understand all those options. I've no idea what I'd be ordering.

Try clicking on the link to order the case... WTF?!?!?

The drum panning* is a separate thing. :) It's the 100% left or right that I'm not such a fan of. Fair enough - your memory is better than mine! I used to feel exactly the same about hard panning - really. But I was kind of pushed into it, and eventually I saw the light - especially when I abandone...

Thanks Elf. What about the free plugin (wider), which claims ‘unique stereo “mono-compatible” plugin. Any signal that has been extended will always remain in phase, even if summed to mono.’ No matter what they say I wouldn't touch it with a bargepole. I don't have a problem with lack of width. As l...

t-sun wrote: ↑Sun Jun 30, 2024 1:19 am Have you seen the MicroDexed-Touch project? It's a fairly easy build.

Saw this last week and was going to give it a bash...

I couldn't even figure out how to order the parts! I gave up after 5 attempts.