errrrrl
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Or you could try Reaper... not sure how it works on a mac but works great in Windows
http://www.reaper.fm/download.php
http://www.reaper.fm/download.php
keennay
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errrrrl":34s7lvou said:
Works fantabulously on my 2012 MacBook Pro.
stratjacket
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Econ":3r7rg45o said:
This will work. I have this exact setup. Just make SURE the Apogee duet input is set to "Instrument". It will not work (or if it does work, it'll sound like shit) if you select Line or Mic as the input source in the Apogee Maestro config tool.
But I did not want to have to load up Protools every time I wanted to play, so I had this chain:
Guitar - Amp - Suhr RL - Apogee Duet 2 - Mac Pro - "Cab Lab" - Studio Monitors (2)
In Cab Lab, just choose the Duet as the input and output source and you're done.
Cab Lab is Fractal Audio's version of a software program for loading up and managing/mixing IR's. They have 2 versions, a stand-alone that you can just launch and play out to your monitors and then a DAW version for loading in your DAW. You do not need an Axe-Fx to make it work, but it will interact with and load IR's into your AxeFx if you have one. It is pretty cool so far. You can load up to 10 IR's and then mix/blend levels to create/save a single custom IR from the ones you load in.
Since I already had an Axe-Fx2 that I've had for years, actually now just go:
Guitar - Amp - Suhr RL - Axe-Fx - FRFR speakers
So I don't need the computer at all. Just load up a preset with only a single Cab block on the Axe and I'm set. So I'm essentially using the AxeFx2 as a hardware IR box. I would not recommend buying an Axe just for this feature since it does so much more and is expensive, but it came in handy already owning one.
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nigelpkay
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I'm experimenting around with things, right now I have a Mesa Cab Clone I picked up on sale and a Torpedo C.A.B.
The Mesa Cab Clone is great for what it is, a simple resistive load with an analog speaker sim, and also an unfiltered line out that you can run to better cab IRs.
I did an experiment because the Cab Clone has a Thru jack to go to your cab to defeat the internal load and use the real speaker load while using the line out. I can definitely say I now want a reactive load rather than a resistive one. The resistive load is 2D, compressed, boxed in, etc.. while the real speaker load really opened things up. It's not night and day difference, and I could get by with the Cab Clone, but its enough that when I get into some serious recording that the reactive load is the way to go for sure, so I will either at some point get the Suhr or the Torpedo Captor when it's available in April.
I find the Torpedo C.A.B. is handy because I can offload the IR processing out of my DAW, but if you don't notice any performance issues, going straight into an IR loader in the DAW works just as fine, I like NadIR because it has a low resource footprint and I find it easy to switch between IRs.
The Mesa Cab Clone is great for what it is, a simple resistive load with an analog speaker sim, and also an unfiltered line out that you can run to better cab IRs.
I did an experiment because the Cab Clone has a Thru jack to go to your cab to defeat the internal load and use the real speaker load while using the line out. I can definitely say I now want a reactive load rather than a resistive one. The resistive load is 2D, compressed, boxed in, etc.. while the real speaker load really opened things up. It's not night and day difference, and I could get by with the Cab Clone, but its enough that when I get into some serious recording that the reactive load is the way to go for sure, so I will either at some point get the Suhr or the Torpedo Captor when it's available in April.
I find the Torpedo C.A.B. is handy because I can offload the IR processing out of my DAW, but if you don't notice any performance issues, going straight into an IR loader in the DAW works just as fine, I like NadIR because it has a low resource footprint and I find it easy to switch between IRs.
Kapo_Polenton
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Just to add to the info here.. I find Two Notes can be a bit heavy on CPU at times especially if you are using a hog of a DAW. I have been using Mixbus and while I like the sound, it is finiscky and stuff crashes a lot on it. Some of the other loaders don't cause this problem.
As for impulses, I would actually recommend people create their own. It is super easy with the BlendIR two notes app and the only downside is that you can only use it with twonotes because it spits out a .tur file. That said, I have done my 57, a 58, and two IR's of my cascade fathead and I really like the sound. It sounds like "me" maybe because it is not processed in the slightest and because that is what I was used to hearing from my cab recordings. I plan to do an IR of my old beat up G1265, my Eminence Super V and my greenbacks next. I am also thinking of renting a few mics for a weekend just to be able to do IR's and play with some room IR's as well for atmosphere. It does give more options later on..
As for impulses, I would actually recommend people create their own. It is super easy with the BlendIR two notes app and the only downside is that you can only use it with twonotes because it spits out a .tur file. That said, I have done my 57, a 58, and two IR's of my cascade fathead and I really like the sound. It sounds like "me" maybe because it is not processed in the slightest and because that is what I was used to hearing from my cab recordings. I plan to do an IR of my old beat up G1265, my Eminence Super V and my greenbacks next. I am also thinking of renting a few mics for a weekend just to be able to do IR's and play with some room IR's as well for atmosphere. It does give more options later on..
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