Re: semi OT - Guitar Synths oops

[Dennis Moser <sinsofmachaut@gmail.com>]

Actually, I'm glad it wasn't...I've been wondering about hex breakout
boxes and the RCM was the only one I'd seen. Went to Bill's site, but
his "Buy" link wasn't working ... how recently have you been in
contact with him, Gareth?

Thanks!

Dennis

On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 4:06 AM, Gareth Whittock
<buddhamachine@live.co.uk> wrote:
> Sorry all, that was meant to be private
>
> peace
>
> G
>
> ________________________________
> From: buddhamachine@live.co.uk
> To: loopers-delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: RE: semi OT - Guitar Synths
> Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 06:11:01 +0000
>
> Hi Paul,
> I bought the complete thing for abut £120 or so - can't quite remember. I
> figured that soldering up the 2 13 pin sockets would be a major pain for 
>my
> limited soldering skills. The guy that makes them, (Bill Baxendale) is 
>very
> friendly and well into what he's doing. His B.O.B is much cheaper that 
>the
> rme Fan out box. Apparently my modification is part of the new versions 
>of
> his breakout box now :-)
>
> Gareth
>
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> Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:16:32 -0400
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> From: phaslem@wightman.ca
> Subject: RE: semi OT - Guitar Synths
>
> Hi Gareth,
>
> This breakout box is quite interesting, did you buy a complete box or did
> you build it from a kit? How much do they cost?
>
> thanks,
>
> Paul Haslem,
> Ontario, Canada
> www.dulcify.ca
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> At 03:32 PM 6/17/2010, you wrote:
>
> Hi Bill,
> The hexpander is the ghost system here:
> http://www.graphtech.com/products.html?SubCategoryID=15
> I'm actually splitting the signal from it using a breakout box that I
> modified http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBOQxG885vc
>       This allows me to send each string into a different input of my
> soundcard for hex processing while getting midi output. I'm getting into
> Berlin School type sequencing from the guitar with this latest piece. The
> accuracy of this particular style dictates that I use input quantisation,
> (even without allowing for midi delay, my playing is not accurate 
>enough).
>
>       Energy Xt is a bit of a strange one. Version 1 has a really nice,
> modular live mode where you can trigger sequences, audio clips, midi and
> notes envelopes either from which notes you play, (so you could do a run 
>up
> and when you hit a high G for instance an event happens), or fire events
> from your pedal controller, (or both). Curiously the developer of Energy 
>XT
> has moved on to version 2 which doesn't have this feature at all... so I
> don't use the latest version. I'm running this in Audiomulch as a 
>plugin. It
> has great potential but many many many, (I won't ever say too many)
> possibilities.
>
> On the latency side, I've been spending so much time with this system
> recently that my playing compensates for it rather like you do when using
> the volume control to swell guitar notes in, (though the time delay is a 
>lot
> less). When you think about it, your brain starts to move your hand 
>before
> you want to hear the notes on a guitar, drums etc. It's just a process 
>that
> needs to be learned - the rewards are well worth time spent on it for me.
>
> Sorry to be so long winded, must e the excitement  - whew!
>
> G
>
>
>
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