Apogee Duet 2 Announced
For those of you familiar with my series of posts on using a laptop as a guitar preamp, a key component of this rig is the Apogee duet. Apogee just announced a new version of the Duet that has some really interesting features and may be worth exploring. The superficial: Well the new unit looks … Read more
Hardware vs. Software – Or Praises And Perils In Live Laptop Use
Before I drag this article kicking and screaming down the bloody cobblestones of memory lane, I’ll mention that the kick off for this post was a recent effort to stabilize my laptop rig. A couple of months ago I found out that the 4 gig chip that my laptop would support had come down in … Read more
New SooperLooper Update 1.6.16
For those of you who use SooperLooper – it looks like Jesse snuck a new release under the radar back in January that I’m just catching now. The only release note is that the AU unit is now more stable under various hosts, for those of you with AU validation issues – this might help … Read more
Recabinet 3 Announced – New IRs And A New AU/RTAS/VST Shell
For those of you who have been exploring the laptop/tech aspects of the site – Recabinet announced yesterday that the new 3.0 update will be sold on the http://recabinet.com site on January 18th, 2011. In addition to a number of 20 cabinets and 8 mics, you also get a new VST/AU RTAS Shell for hosting IRs in … Read more
Laptop Guitar Must Buy – Gator Viper Electric Gigbag w. Laptop Compartment Review
I know that I promised to scale back on the gear reviews – but because it’s the holidays, and because some people will procrastinate on shopping – I’ll try to get a few more of these out before Christmas. This will be a very short review – because the majority of features on this gig … Read more
X Code 3.2.5 / AU Lab 2.2 Now Available – Caveat Emptor
Here’s a pretty tech oriented post for those of you who have been using AU LAB for an audio unit host. For those of you using AU Lab – the new X code 3.2.5 update is now available – which includes an update in AU Lab to version 2.2. I did the update this weekend … Read more
Rough Hewn Trio – Some Live Excerpts
The Rough Hewn Trio – an instrumental trio consisting of Chris Lavender on Warr guitar, Craig Bunch on drums and myself on guitar are getting back into the rehearsal cycle and gearing up for some shows this spring. To get a feel for what the shows will be like here are some live excerpts from some … Read more
POD HD vs Pod Farm: A Cost Comparison
One thing that occasionally drives me crazy is trying to find out about a piece of gear – finding a googled link – reading through a multi page posting involving specific gear only to get to a final point of, “Oh I don’t have the unit and I’ve never tried it – but I’ve read the … Read more
Apogee Duet Break Out Box Overview
The Apogee Duet is a pretty remarkable piece of gear – and it terms of A/D/A conversion – it does a great job at it’s price point. The Duet 1/4″/XLR cables, however, are a little hit and miss: You’ll notice that the connecting wires are thin and a little fragile looking. Also – because of … Read more
