Paul J. Edwards

Originally posted by turnip Can I just use a normal 12AX7? Yes you can. Don't but the snake oil that tube dealers sell to make an extra buck.

Look, If you guys think I am out of line I will not bring it up again. OK?

Originally posted by tlbonehead I'm feeling queasy suddenly. Sorry but I don't get your point. If you think I am all wet say so. I'm not easilly offended. We can agree to disagree.

Originally posted by Phil O'Keefe If we allow all of you to do spam threads, two things happen. We wind up with a board full of spam threads (and start getting complaints - most of them from respected forum regulars who I shall not name) and the REAL spammers - you kow, the nOObs who register and start spamming, corporate spammers etc. try to throw it back in our face - "well hey dood, I read the rulez, and it does say no spam, but uh, why are you letting everyone else do it?" But other than that, please just use the dedicated thread and don't give me a lot of grief over it, okay? I've been a member for a few years and I've never seen "a board full of spam threads". Where do you get this from? If a so called "well respected forum regular" is complaining why do they click on the well indicated Spam Thread. This just does not make sense. If I see a thread that has a subject matter of "OT: Spam" I just don't click on it. Corporate Spam is something else but a guy wanting to unload a piece of gear is way OK. Why such the heavy hand all of a sudden? All of the things that make this forum cool is slowly evaporating. The only things that I think should be deleted are: 1. Hate speach. Racism not "I hate Metal Music" 2. Threats of violence. 3. Porno. I'm willing to agree to the girly threads. 4. Libel. Acusing others of criminal behaviour. Mr X is a child raper. Not MR. X is an asshole. The effort to make this forum anemic is underway or..... The new owners are so afraid of a lawsuit that they need to remove anything that a puritan may be offended by. I am offended by censorship. Does that count?

One last thing.... You MUST upgrade the firmware to v2. It adds loads of amps and effects and transforms the thing into something that rocks. The original box was just OK. If you do decide to buy it when you set it up please get the upgrade. It's a world of difference. Good luck!

Originally posted by jamesp The difference is that if you want to play without a computer, you're outta luck with the Toneport. It's like a dongle with knobs. The Box, otoh, is a great effects box/pedal/drum machine all by itself. Ah... I see what you mean. You can't really plug the BB into a guitar amp. I gotta think powered speakers would work pretty good. One other thing is that the drum machine is not programmable. You can change the tempo and do some stuff with delay but that's about it. The samples that are there sound good though.

Originally posted by jamesp Nice playing Paul! Okay, now I've read up on the UX2. There's really no comparing the two. One's a software interface and the other's a killer effects processor with pedals that will also serve as a USB interface. The Black Box is better for me. If you want to record with the BB and a USB interface you will need to use some type of recording software just like the UX2. They both come with Ableton Live which can be daunting at times. Although I have not done a lot of research on the UX2 the main differerence is that the BB comes with some drum beats and it has time synched effects. That means if you use tremolo for instance. It will be synched to the tempo of the drum beat. Or it can be synched to a MIDI time source. This can give you some cool effects. It makes it easy to sync up delay repeats to the beat.

Originally posted by stevethgitarist hey, i want to buy either the Black Box or the Toneport, but i need some info first, if somebody could help me out... 1. can you record bass on the BB? i know it has the Fender Bassman amp model, but i want to be sure, cuz i know the Toneprt has 2 inputs, one for guitar and one for bass. 2. does the BB come with vocal effects? i know the Tonpeort does, not sure about the BB. how does the BB sound work? can you hook up the BB to speakers and use it as an amp? or do you have to use your computer speakers or headphones? overall, what do you guys think is better, the BB or the Toneport? I own a BB and I like it. You can easilly record a bass. It has 4 bass amp models, an SVT an Acoustic 360, a GK 800, and a SWR 500. They sound good, You can add effects to the mike preamp. You can easily hook uo the BB to your PA or use the headphone output. I love my BB! Here is a way simple recording I have done using only the BB... BB recording The other thing that is cool about the BB is that it does time sync effects. Your trem or delay is automatically sync'ed to the beat.

Thanks to all for the insight. I have to think it is user error on my part. I am just having a tough time with this stuff. Thanks again.

I have Abelton Live and I thing it sucks!! I wish I could find something as easy as my Tascam 4 track casette recorder. I can bounce tracks so easy and there is no latency. In Abelton I lat down a drum track and the try to put a rhythem track over it and it is way out of sync. I am using an M-Audio Black Box and monitor it from the BB so ther should be no latency. One day it works great and the next it sucks. I hate this {censored}!!!

Originally posted by JM350 Get Reaper it's as straight forward as anything and it's free. Don't be put off by the free part it's quite good and getting better by the moment. http://www.cockos.com/reaper/ I have been struggling with Ableton Live for over two weeks and I decided that I would give your recomendation a try. In less than two hours I was able to import an MP3 backing track and record a lead over it, convert it to an MP3, post it on the net, and report back here without reading a word of the manual!! Thanks dude this is exactly what I wanted! I may outgrow it (hopefully) but for right now to record and post simple tracks this program is just what the doctor ordered. I can't thank you enough. Here is what I did with Render... Oh the backing track I take no credit for. Bruce aka bds9487 did that fantastic backing. He does many others that are way kool. Kudos to Bruce. http://www.mp3lizard.com/download.cfm?id=20764

I have been struggling with this program. Does any one know of a simple mutitrack program I can run on my laptop. This {censored} is killing me.

Originally posted by talking_goat Just wondering what people use BFD with and how they use it?? Any tips and pointers for someone totally overwhelmed by BFD?? I am a total noob but what is BFD? I think I have it in my pants and I do know how to use it. Don't think you are talking about the same thing. Consider this a bump... OK?

Originally posted by grahawk Abelton Live is an excellant program. It's reputation is an audio manipulation tool for audio tracks and audio loops and the ability to do things on the fly. This makes it's really good for using audio tracks and loops in a live situation. It has developed a lot and while it's still fine for this it's become a true all rounder which has been widley adopted. It's one of the biggest success story in music software in recent years. Yes you should continue with it. Thanks for the feedback. I'll keep at it until I outgrow the lite version (only 4 tracks) and then decide to either upgrade and move on. I suppose a lot of the concepts and the same regardless of the program. Thanks again.

I don't think anyone is followingthis thread and I understand why. I really am such a noob at this stuff. I finally got Ableton Live to work. A lite version comes with M-Audio Black Box. I've spent some time with this program and after reading this forum I see no one mentions it at all as a good or desirable way to record on a PC. Am I wasting my time learning this program and if so what should I spend more time on? I don't have the cash to pay for Pro Tools or any of the DAW, or is it DWA, stuff mentioned here. Is Kristal, which is free, be better for me to get the hang of rather than Ableton Live? The Black Box with the v2 firmare upgrade is pretty cool. Amp sims sound good, USB interface with no sound card needed, Beat Box to get you started as well. Still I don't want to waste my time learning a program, Ableton Live, that will be of no use to me as get better at this stuff. So should I use Kristal at this point or continue on with Live? Thanks for any help you give.