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Solo guitarist playing in a pub the other night, what was the laptop controlling?
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26-11-2012 11:59pm#1
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No problem
Over the years I've used various notation software like Powertab and Guitar Pro, but in the last while I've been using Tuxguitar, great for just loading up songs and playing along, I'd definitely recommend it for anyone learning as you can adjust the tempo of the song and slow it down a bit if you need to.
As for performance software, I wouldn't know too much about that. I once saw a guitarist playing through a netbook and it sounded terrible, I could see from the screen that he was using some software effects or something.
If you wanted to replicate what the guy in the bar was doing, you could get away with an MP3 player with backing music on it plugged into a small PA. Most pubs with regular live music will have a PA system of some kind. Aside from that it really depends on your own guitar, if it's electric you will need an amplifier, an electro-acoustic guitar could be plugged straight into a PA I think, hopefully someone else can answer that, I've never actually played an acoustic live.0 -
No problem
Over the years I've used various notation software like Powertab and Guitar Pro, but in the last while I've been using Tuxguitar, great for just loading up songs and playing along, I'd definitely recommend it for anyone learning as you can adjust the tempo of the song and slow it down a bit if you need to.
As for performance software, I wouldn't know too much about that. I once saw a guitarist playing through a netbook and it sounded terrible, I could see from the screen that he was using some software effects or something.
If you wanted to replicate what the guy in the bar was doing, you could get away with an MP3 player with backing music on it plugged into a small PA. Most pubs with regular live music will have a PA system of some kind. Aside from that it really depends on your own guitar, if it's electric you will need an amplifier, an electro-acoustic guitar could be plugged straight into a PA I think, hopefully someone else can answer that, I've never actually played an acoustic live.
I never realised how complex it is to do gigs in pubs and places. I play an electro-acoustic guitar as in an acoustic with a pick up built into it! I have never connected it to an amp as I don't know the difference yet between electric amps and acoustic amps!0 -
I never realised how complex it is to do gigs in pubs and places. I play an electro-acoustic guitar as in an acoustic with a pick up built into it! I have never connected it to an amp as I don't know the difference yet between electric amps and acoustic amps!
An acoustic amp can be thought of as a PA in a combo box. The idea here is that it should sound just like your acoustic, only louder.
An electric guitar amp is designed to amplify frequencies in a narrower range than an acoustic amp. Unlike an acoustic amp which tries to add as little coloring to the sound as possible, an electric guitar amp is part of the sound of an electric guitar.My question is what was the laptop used for?
There are a lot of possibilities of what you can do as a solo artist with a laptop or computer.
As your most basic level you can use it to play mp3 backing tracks. You can take this a level further if you have a multiple output sound-card which would allow you to hear the backing track and a click track through some kind of in ear monitor while the crowd only hears the backing track.
Moving beyond backing tracks you can setup a computer/laptop as a looper so you can accompany yourself live. Like this:
or this:
You can also use your laptop/computer/tablet as a virtual guitar amp:
There's loads more you can do but hopefully that gives you an idea of the potential.0 -
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An acoustic amp can be thought of as a PA in a combo box. The idea here is that it should sound just like your acoustic, only louder.
An electric guitar amp is designed to amplify frequencies in a narrower range than an acoustic amp. Unlike an acoustic amp which tries to add as little coloring to the sound as possible, an electric guitar amp is part of the sound of an electric guitar.
There are a lot of possibilities of what you can do as a solo artist with a laptop or computer.
As your most basic level you can use it to play mp3 backing tracks. You can take this a level further if you have a multiple output sound-card which would allow you to hear the backing track and a click track through some kind of in ear monitor while the crowd only hears the backing track.
Moving beyond backing tracks you can setup a computer/laptop as a looper so you can accompany yourself live. Like this:
or this:
You can also use your laptop/computer/tablet as a virtual guitar amp:
There's loads more you can do but hopefully that gives you an idea of the potential.
Whoa, that's an awful lot of information. Thanks for taking the time to compose such a reply! Very interesting.
When you say "multiple output sound-card" is this something that can be retrofitted to a laptop? I know laptops are different, but to a newish laptop would it be more likely to be able to fit this?
This is the guitar I am playing at the moment!
http://www.waltons.ie/Product/View.aspx?id=13030 -
An acoustic amp can be thought of as a PA in a combo box. The idea here is that it should sound just like your acoustic, only louder.
An electric guitar amp is designed to amplify frequencies in a narrower range than an acoustic amp. Unlike an acoustic amp which tries to add as little coloring to the sound as possible, an electric guitar amp is part of the sound of an electric guitar.
There are a lot of possibilities of what you can do as a solo artist with a laptop or computer.
As your most basic level you can use it to play mp3 backing tracks. You can take this a level further if you have a multiple output sound-card which would allow you to hear the backing track and a click track through some kind of in ear monitor while the crowd only hears the backing track.
Moving beyond backing tracks you can setup a computer/laptop as a looper so you can accompany yourself live. Like this:
or this:
You can also use your laptop/computer/tablet as a virtual guitar amp:
There's loads more you can do but hopefully that gives you an idea of the potential.
Whoa, that's an awful lot of information. Thanks for taking the time to compose such a reply! Very interesting.
When you say "multiple output sound-card" is this something that can be retrofitted to a laptop? I know laptops are different, but to a newish laptop would it be more likely to be able to fit this?
This is the guitar I am playing at the moment!
http://www.waltons.ie/Product/View.aspx?id=1303
Would anyone be familiar with this model? Personally I like it, nice to play and that but I suppose eventually I would like to upgrade to another electo-acoustic guitar!0 -
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