Re: AW: Live Looping Interface

[Bill Fox <billyfox@soundscapes.us>]

>
> What i'm trying to say is, i'm deciding between an Mbox 2 and a Firewire 
>410 (and i think, i would like the mbox better, more attracting software 
>package).
I have the M-Audio Firewire 410 that I use with my Dell Inspiron laptop 
running WinXP.  Sound quality is great.  I use energyXT as a VST host 
for softsynths and effects.  I also run an acoustic guitar and my Faux 
Guitar® through it at the same time, although I can't play too many 
things all at once with only two hands!  :-)

M-Powered Pro Tools is supposed to work with the M-Audio interfaces.  My 
bandmate has the 1814 and both M-Powered Pro Tools and SONAR 6 Pro work 
great with it.

Cheers,

Bill

Faux Guitar® is my terminology for running my bass through a Digitech 
Whammy to bring the pitch up an octave.  The dry output of the Whammy 
feeds a Yamaha MagicStomp and my bass amp.  The effect (pitch shifted) 
output of the Whammy feeds a footswitch to pass or block the signal to a 
guitar effects pedal and then feeds one of the analog inputs of the 410 
which feeds the PA.   When I want a "guitar" to play the bass line with 
me, I hit the footswitch.  This frees the guitar player to do other 
things.  We're a three piece so it's important not to tie up the guitar 
player with doubling the bass.