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I might get the oppertunity to play live, but i need some new gear, so i can make it possible. I don't have much money, so i'm considering this setup: *Cheapish laptop *Mbox 2 mini *Good mic *Some kind of distortion effect for my voice (i sing over my stuff) I don't want a big ass laptop, as my cpu usage is insaly low already. I don't use much power when i creaty my music, and it's sort of Lo-fi. The good thing about the Mbox is that it's USB driven, but i also think i remember someone here slagging it off. I'd like to hear about the pro's and con's about this setup. Help would be very much appreciated. |
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Also, what i have in mind is basically energetic kareoke. If anyone has a suggestion for some mixing software that could make the playing of the backing tracks more interesting, i'm all ears. |
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I don't know. I would suggest a sampler/sequencer like an sp404 or MPC before a laptop for live music. There will be practically no chance of it failing on you, and it only takes seconds to boot up if it does end up getting shut off accidentally. MBox = Bad For distortion you could probably just get one of those cheap behringer distortion boxes. As a matter of fact, I have two of them myself. They aren't great, and will break if you step on them too hard, but they do the job they need to. I just bought a Line 6 Uber Metal distortion pedal, and it sounds pretty awesome. Its digital and you can tell, but it can destroy everything you run through it perfectly. |
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I never even considered that. Pretty brilliant actually. Would i have the possibility to like, divide my tracks into say, 4 different bits that play at the same time, and then mess with them? What's bad about Mbox? (i've heard others say it, so i'm wondering) Would a sampler/sequencer be cheaper than this setup? I'm full of questions today. (BTW, i was hoping that you in particular would answer to this thread... you are a guru!) |
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I like the Boss Metal Zone distortion.. just because it has sweepable mids. :) |
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Mbox 2 = good Mbox 2 mini doesn't have midi ports, I'd save that little extra so to avoid the mini. -- Nord Micromodular is great for live work. |
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One says it's good, one says it's bad. Argh! |
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I've used protool for 10 years. Never had an Mbox but can swear by it's software. |
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So what kind of sampler/sequencer, could do that? Basically play some different files that i import from my computer simultaniously, and let me mess with them? |
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you should just get a boss sp404 and a microphone and some boss effects pedals for your microphone... then run all of that to a mixer.... that's what i would do if vocal fuckery is in the mind. |
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So help my noobishness here, a sp404 would be able to do what i descbribe? Does it have enough memory? |
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it has a slot for up to 1 gig of Compact Flash.... |
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hope the link helps... you can sample something into it... and then resample and resample and resample.... you need this |
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It seems really small! |
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But it's pretty cheap. I just think ill look like an ass playing with a calculator with that thing! |
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well music isn't about looks it's about sound... unless your listening to what you see. go buy a powerbook and get it on with your tunages then. i don't know what to say in response when you say that playin on it would look like you're playing with a calculator.... aren't computers big fucking calculators? |
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Haha, it was only a joke. I would like to put the focus on the singing. Basically, i could just sing over the tracks from a discman. I just want something different, so i can be a little creative if i do some instrumental tracks for example. So, basically (i seem thick, but i really need to be sure about this before i buy) a Roland sp404 could do the trick. I can import my tracks from my computer, and play like i describe with nothing else than the Sp404, effects for the voice, and a mixer? |
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you can't import the .wavs, but if you get a compact flash card reader, then you can import the .wav files on to the cf card. from there the sampler assigns each .wav file to a pad on the sampler. you can then resample and do what you need to do with each one. |
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Ah ok. But those aren't expensive at all, are they? This might work actually... I'm seriously considering it. |
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