![]() ![]() Yesterday I installed a demo version of FabFilter Pro-R. It would be interesting to hear opinions from others on all of this, including reliable interfaces for performance use and what software reverbs work well for you when you have very little attention to spare on them. That would keep me at 3u of total rack space I could perhaps get down to 2u if I were willing to do some of my pickup processing ITB instead of in hardware. I noticed that some of the MOTU interfaces offer a low-latency internal mixer with multiple busses, so I'm debating whether that could replace the 1u hardware one I'm currently using to create my FOH send and in-ear mixes. If I'm forced to go with a full-width 1u interface, it bumps me up to a four-space rack, which is a big hassle when already wrangling a cello, stand, and folding chair. If I could find this in half-rack size, I could simply swap it in for the LXP-1 shown in the following picture. Now about rig integration: I'll need a very low-latency interface with bombproof drivers, four balanced line ins, four out, and (possibly) MIDI. What do experienced users think of it sonically? After watching the demo video, the operational simplicity of FabFilter Pro-R really appealed to me. I've already got Seventh Heaven Pro (purchased before committing to actual hardware) and the Lexicon PCM bundle, both of which seem too fiddley to use on stage. There are several that seem worth a try and others that clearly won't work for me due to either operational complexity or underwhealming sonics. To understand what my other VST options were, I read this thread in its entirety to see what's current in VST plug ins. They don't match what I can do in Flux IRCAM SPAT, but I can't possibly use something so complex as that on stage. Room's reverb algorithms are not terrible. It's not as tactile as having real knobs, but I could probably get used to working on a touch screen, or perhaps I could use a small MIDI knob controller. I was able to abstract the most important ones onto dedicated "knobs" in GigPerformer. I found Valhalla Room reasonally simple to use, since it avoids menus and its controls resemble those of classic hardware reverbs. I downloaded demo versions of GigPerformer and Valhalla Room and verified that they run just fine on my Surface Go tablet PC. It's very important that I be able to change hall type, RT, predelay, and wet/dry mix nearly instantaneously.Ĭurious what other people think.Since writing that, I've done a bit of experimentation. concern I have is the ease of changing and tweeking presets onstage. Lately, I've been thinking that my only way out is to replace it with an audio interface and a tablet PC capable enough to run under a VST host like GigPerformer. Still, it's a dinosaur that belongs in a museum of obsolete audio technology. I can dial up the settings I need with barely a glance at it. ![]() Yes, it has limited bandwidth and criminally poor headroom, but it has the kind of reverbs I need at quick access with no menus. ![]() So, thirty years after I bought it, I still go onstage with a Lexicon LXP-1. What I want as a string player is very different. All the other hardware reverbs released in recent years are stompboxes with algorithms intended for guitarists. As a string player who sometimes works with a stage rig, I've long lamented the lack of a suitable modern hardware reverb to integrate into my rack. ![]()
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