RE: Guitar Rig 2 as looper or looper feed?

[mark sottilaro <zerocrossing2001@yahoo.com>]

--- Jeff Larson <jeff.larson@sailpoint.com> wrote:

> One thing you have to be careful of with these
> integrated hardware/software combos is that the
hardware often
> serves as the audio interface as well as a control
surface for the
> software.

It does.  USB2 I believe.

>For guitar modeling you always want to use an ASIO
> driver with the audio interface to get the lowest
latency.  But an
> application can only open one ASIO device at a time.

Ah, good to know.

> This means that if you already have a
> multi-channel audio interface you can't use it and
> the Rig Control at the same time.  

I do. (actually a couple.  A MOTU 828 hooked to my G5
Mac, and a M-Audio Firewire Solo for the Toshiba
Laptop running XP)  I kind of thought I'd just get
more inputs, but I guess not.

> The Rig Control is only a 2 in 2 out interface, so
if
> you want to record more than one source
independently,
> or want to have
> more than one stereo out (for outboard processing,
> surround, etc) it won't cut it.  If you're not using
it for the audio
> interface, it is a relatively pricey MIDI controller
though it
> is cute and small.

I think the reason I'm considering it at all is
because it's not an MIDI controller at all.  It uses
an audio track to transmit control data to Guitar Rig
to get over limitation in MIDI CC.  I guess I was
wondering how much I'd miss that extra resolution if I
didn't have it.  I'm on an expression pedel of some
sort about 80% of the time...

In the end, it's probably not such a bad thing as the
way I'd use it woudl be in a rig where the only audio
external to the laptop was the guitar anyway.  I
wonder though, if I used it on my Mac if the Core
Audio drivers had the same issue.

Mark


 
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