Re: Re: [Doggiebox] Playing along with DoggieBox.
Ben; Ah, ok. I think I know what you are thinking of, and it makes sense. I come from a Linux background, so things are different, for sure. For input, I have this new Griffin Power-something-or-other that I am still learning how to use. It has a "line/mic" switch on it that increases gain. I have used it only to record from a tape deck; even in Line setting, the tape deck signal was *way* too strong; I had to reduce it drastically to not get this box to clip. I have 4 basses kicking around the house; 1 is a Fender active bass, and another Fender might get a pre-amp put in. But, from my little experiment above, I don't think that signal strength from passive instruments will be a problem. (4 bases? Two daughters play a bit, too) GarageBand looks interesting; anyone tried it yet? Thanks; John Stewart Ottawa, Canada.
I am very curious about this too. I've ben using Deck LE, and GarageBand looks similar, with a bunch extra built in goodies like loops and pre-amps. Anybody tried it?
I got to fiddle with it and its bigger brother Soundtrack at the Expo this week. Of course its not the same as having it at home with my setup but here is my initial take: 1) Excellent for people that are hobbyists and/or single instrument musicians. 2) Soundtrack has built in features for working with video, GarageBand is really music only (and at that more focused at guitarists). 3) The included sound libraries are pretty complete with lots of combinations of sounds. The search facility is REALLY nice. 4) The speed/slow features of samples have limited use since we all know you can only slow a sample so much before it doesn't sound right. 5) Soundtrack comes with a sample recorder/editor which you can use to build your own samples and loops. 6) From what I saw samples and loops were AIFF files but MIDI can be used (didn't get a chance to see it in action). 7) From what I saw, both are limited to producing stereo only recordings, no 5.1 or higher support. Which is not a big deal for most recording, but for video soundtracking it might be an issue. I think in the long run this will not be replacing my Edirol UA5/Deck LE/D-box/ZOOM pedal setup, it does a lot that I would never really use. I'd be more apt to upgrading to a full ProTools setup. Apologies if anything I am relaying is incorrect, sometimes hearing can be difficult on the show floor :) Cheers, Christoph PS. And on a completely unrelated note, the miniPods are cool but at the wrong price point...
On 09 1 2004 at 5:54 pm -0500, Christoph wrote:
I got to fiddle with it and its bigger brother Soundtrack at the Expo this week. Of course its not the same as having it at home with my setup but here is my initial take:
The main reason I might be interested is the realtime guitar effects. Any idea if these work as well as they appeared to in the keynote, and what kind of juice they require? I wish somebody would develop a lil piece of standalone software that would take plugins and sit there just processing realtime guitar. Hmm, maybe my next project... :) -b -- Ben Kennedy, chief magician zygoat creative technical services 613-228-3392 | 1-866-466-4628 http://www.zygoat.ca
Ben Kennedy wrote:
I wish somebody would develop a lil piece of standalone software that would take plugins and sit there just processing realtime guitar. Hmm, maybe my next project... :)
-b
I'm pretty sure I'd propose marriage to you if you could produce something like that with good sound/sample quality for the same price point as doggiebox. My wife probably wouldn't be too happy about such a proposal, but I have to do what I have to do in the name of rock! My V-Amp has so much noise to it and the amp emulation isn't all that great. A Mac-based replacement would be a complete godsend. -Bret
Like Amplitube Live? http://www.amplitube.com/prod_ATLive.html Eric On Jan 9, 2004, at 2:57 PM, Ben Kennedy wrote:
I wish somebody would develop a lil piece of standalone software that would take plugins and sit there just processing realtime guitar. Hmm, maybe my next project... :)
-b
-- Ben Kennedy, chief magician zygoat creative technical services 613-228-3392 | 1-866-466-4628 http://www.zygoat.ca
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On 09 1 2004 at 6:49 pm -0500, Eric Bailey wrote:
Like Amplitube Live? http://www.amplitube.com/prod_ATLive.html
Hmm... cool. I may have to check that out. Too bad it costs a bunch. :) -b -- Ben Kennedy, chief magician zygoat creative technical services 613-228-3392 | 1-866-466-4628 http://www.zygoat.ca
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