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Alright, this may not be in the right place, but I figured it had to do with guitar effects.
Is there a program that, once installed on your computer, you send your guitar to your computer, and you can use your computer to create the effects desired as you play, then you can send it out to your amp or whatever?
Am I asking for something that doesn't exist? If it does, that'll be cool, cause I'll be able to use my laptop as an effects board. Thanks for any help.
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The Line 6 Guitarport can do what you describe.
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But would I be able to press a button on my keyboard to turn on an effect?
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No. Like every multi-effect processor I know of, the Guitarport software is primarily patch-based.
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Amplitube has the function and then theres this one desigend for it it and im pretty sure they name of it is guitarrig.
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In theory, yes it's possible. I don't know why you would ever want to though unless you have some really sweet plug-in you couldnt duplicate with some pedal. It just seems like it would be a ton more work then would be necessary. Plus you have to worry about how fast you're computer is and if it can handle playing real time and not lagging at all.
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The sound quality would be very sub-par as well, unless you have an uber-awesome sound card.
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Originally Posted by Building429_Boy The sound quality would be very sub-par as well, unless you have an uber-awesome sound card.
Not true.
There have been software-only modelers for years used in ProTools and other high-end DAW's and they've more recently become available for cheap or even for free.
Amplitube is one example and it works rather well. It sounds much better than a lot of recordings I've heard of people mic'ing their amp.
Apple's GarageBand software has a built-in amp simulator and effects 'bank' and, while it's a bit noisy (c'mon, it's cheap), it's better than some of the low-cost multi-fx units I've heard.
But understand that these devices are meant for software use and not meant to be sent out of the computer real-time.
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from what i understand, it's expected for VST effects, using computers and such, will begin to emerge in live band situations as a common practice as soon as the output quality becomes consistent. it's probably not that far away
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Originally Posted by thesteve from what i understand, it's expected for VST effects, using computers and such, will begin to emerge in live band situations as a common practice as soon as the output quality becomes consistent. it's probably not that far away
There are bands that do it already. Most of them use top of the line Macs though. I would only want computer effects for things that are impossible with analog processing though. Real time undersampling with intentional aliasing and such could be cool.
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Originally Posted by jbm222 There are bands that do it already. Most of them use top of the line Macs though. I would only want computer effects for things that are impossible with analog processing though. Real time undersampling with intentional aliasing and such could be cool. I know I've seen bands use Macs for things like looping, adding crazy effects and such, but I've never heard of it in the context the original poster is talking about. Not saying it doesn't happen, I just have never heard of it personally. Keyboardists definitly, samplers definitly, maybe even some guitarists running it post amp, but I don't see why you'd do it pre amp.
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Guitarrig seems to have a pretty active following. Maybe you should chek that out?
As for using a computer for your effects....I would think the best reason would be for using VST's of old effects you can't get your hands on, or ones that are very tempermental (Roland Space Echo for instance).
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http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/avcards/7d86/
I have read nothing at all on that program, so it could be terrible. But it is cheap, so look up some reviews or something if you are interested.