This is the wait time for the Galaxy Guitar to come back from the Guitar Doctor but there is plenty to do in getting the equipment connected. As the really-expensive guys who work on big computers will tell you, "You've got to get yer guzzintahs and yer guzzouttas matched up."
I don't know about guzzintahs and guzzouttas. I do software.
(Actually in systems even the software guys need to know guzzintahs and guzzoutahs. Sad but true.)
Best Real Life line from a hardware guy, said as he rose from behind a cabinet with his screwdriver still smoking, "Are you down?"
So ...
There's a Boss RC-50 looper that is now connected via MIDI to a Boss DR-880 drum machine. The connection is good as starting / stopping a loop on the RC-50 will start / stop a drum loop on the DR-880. It's more complicated than that as each loop has to start the correct drum loop so more testing needed but the general setup is working now.
The other side of it is feeding the RC-50 correctly. If there are multiple instruments plugged into the various inputs then each of them is attenuated even though, usually, only one is active at a time. The solution is to run all instruments into a mixer and then run the output from that to the main input on the RC-50. This gives much finer adjustment for levels and prevents overdriving the looper mixer as you can easily turn a loop to mud if you're not careful.
So the status report is that a synth and a bass are currently connected to the looper and this goes quite well. The drum patch does not change when I switch loops on the RC-50 so this is a problem but it's just some annoying switch somewhere that will correct that. So far there is no mike connected but that's a simple thing as it will plug directly to the mixer because I don't have anything for vocal effects. That will make it kind of dry but so it goes.
Update: The MIDI sync option on the Boss DR-880 must be set to MIDI if Tempo and Program Change, etc are to be received. If it is set to REMOTE then only stop/start messages will cause the DR-880 to do anything and it won't act on Program Change.
The only cabling hassle after that is connecting a computer interface between the primary mixer and the computer. That may yet be a problem requiring hardware to be moved as the cables are too short. I'll know how that goes before the week-end is out. I won't try an online test unless Cat can be there as I know she would get a kick out of that so likely that will happen early in the week.
I don't know about guzzintahs and guzzouttas. I do software.
(Actually in systems even the software guys need to know guzzintahs and guzzoutahs. Sad but true.)
Best Real Life line from a hardware guy, said as he rose from behind a cabinet with his screwdriver still smoking, "Are you down?"
So ...
There's a Boss RC-50 looper that is now connected via MIDI to a Boss DR-880 drum machine. The connection is good as starting / stopping a loop on the RC-50 will start / stop a drum loop on the DR-880. It's more complicated than that as each loop has to start the correct drum loop so more testing needed but the general setup is working now.
The other side of it is feeding the RC-50 correctly. If there are multiple instruments plugged into the various inputs then each of them is attenuated even though, usually, only one is active at a time. The solution is to run all instruments into a mixer and then run the output from that to the main input on the RC-50. This gives much finer adjustment for levels and prevents overdriving the looper mixer as you can easily turn a loop to mud if you're not careful.
So the status report is that a synth and a bass are currently connected to the looper and this goes quite well. The drum patch does not change when I switch loops on the RC-50 so this is a problem but it's just some annoying switch somewhere that will correct that. So far there is no mike connected but that's a simple thing as it will plug directly to the mixer because I don't have anything for vocal effects. That will make it kind of dry but so it goes.
Update: The MIDI sync option on the Boss DR-880 must be set to MIDI if Tempo and Program Change, etc are to be received. If it is set to REMOTE then only stop/start messages will cause the DR-880 to do anything and it won't act on Program Change.
The only cabling hassle after that is connecting a computer interface between the primary mixer and the computer. That may yet be a problem requiring hardware to be moved as the cables are too short. I'll know how that goes before the week-end is out. I won't try an online test unless Cat can be there as I know she would get a kick out of that so likely that will happen early in the week.
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