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Looping guitar parts on stage?

I love my flextone amp - it's really versatile, and you get a decent sound out of it. Admittedly, I find myself using the marshall emulation the most, with the mesa-boogie occasionally making an appearance. The effects and PC connection/fbv floorboard on it are awesome.
 
I'm ampless too at the moment having been using VSTs for the last few years. It does hamper getting in a band somewhat!
 
the law of rock states that you should use only a guitar, an amplifier and a lead to produce your rock.

Exactly. Even if you just plug in a chorus you instantly sound like a great big fanny.
On stage, a real guitarist would have a mental breakdown if they had to tinker with any more than turning all the knobs on the amp up full.
 
I need to get round to learning Ableton. I'm alright with Sonar, but I want to be able to produce sounds in a live environment, and Ableton seems like exactly the tool for the job.
 
Does anyone have any recommendations on things to read on how to work your way around Ableton? I'm guessing the built-in tutorials are the best starting point - anything else?
 
The built in tutorials are particularly good, well worth working through them to begin.

After that, I'd suggest browsing http://www.ableton.com/forum/ for general info and to ask any questions about using it in a production or live environment.

http://abletonlivedj.com/forum/index.php is also a good resource if you're interested in using it for djing purposes

And feel free to ask me too - I've been using it for a while so know my way round it pretty well :)
 
Wouldn't class it as DJing - just going to be recording guitar parts, triggering them by a pedalboard, possibly triggering some midi clips too. Will probably need to output a metronome on another output to play to some headphones for our drummer and myself.
 
Wouldn't class it as DJing - just going to be recording guitar parts, triggering them by a pedalboard, possibly triggering some midi clips too. Will probably need to output a metronome on another output to play to some headphones for our drummer and myself.

Ableton is your go

You can send a click trak to the headphones while not sending it out of the mains out.

Seriously Ableton is so easy to use. And you'll find your own way of working with it. The resampling function on it will be especially good for what you are doing.
I would invest in a small(ish) midi controller to so after you have looped you guitar you can mess about with FX with out having to use a mouse (I find a mouse is the most uninspiring piece of equipment when making music)

Also Ableton will loop your files exactly and trims them and everything so you dont get any clicking.
 
I've got a small midi keyboard - a oxygen8. Will buy one of those behringer floor things if I like the effect.
 
i'm probably from further north than you ;)

i have everything he's realised and a t shirt. i am a geek.
 
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