Author |
Message |
elektro80
Site Admin
Joined: Mar 25, 2003 Posts: 21959 Location: Norway
Audio files: 14
|
|
Back to top
|
|
|
BobTheDog
Joined: Feb 28, 2005 Posts: 4044 Location: England
Audio files: 32
G2 patch files: 15
|
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 12:23 pm Post subject:
|
|
|
Well some may say it was a little overpriced to begin with!
In the UK a standard Studio is around £750 while the Robot is £1500.
For £750 I would rather tune it my self. |
|
Back to top
|
|
|
Oskar
Joined: Jul 29, 2004 Posts: 1751 Location: Norway
|
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 7:31 am Post subject:
|
|
|
BobTheDog wrote: | Well some may say it was a little overpriced to begin with!
In the UK a standard Studio is around £750 while the Robot is £1500.
For £750 I would rather tune it my self. |
I concur, I'm all in favour of utilising modern technology to enhance our experience, both as practitioners and listeners, but a self-tuning guitar is up there with Douglas Adams' electric monk, a contraption that will believe things for you, so that you can get on with your rampant consumerism unhampered by religion and other anti-capitalist dogma. _________________ Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice.
Lin Yutang (1895-1976) |
|
Back to top
|
|
|
Inventor
Stream Operator
Joined: Oct 13, 2007 Posts: 6221 Location: near Austin, Tx, USA
Audio files: 267
|
|
Back to top
|
|
|
BobTheDog
Joined: Feb 28, 2005 Posts: 4044 Location: England
Audio files: 32
G2 patch files: 15
|
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 9:15 am Post subject:
|
|
|
I have downloaded Chuck now and started to have a look at some examples, your tuning code I will definitely have a look at. |
|
Back to top
|
|
|
Inventor
Stream Operator
Joined: Oct 13, 2007 Posts: 6221 Location: near Austin, Tx, USA
Audio files: 267
|
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 9:50 am Post subject:
|
|
|
Coolness! Trying out the examples is the best way to get started with ChucK. I'll be happy to answer any questions about ChucK + guitar = fun, plus share lots of code as well. _________________ "Let's make noise for peace." - Kijjaz |
|
Back to top
|
|
|
DrJustice
Joined: Sep 13, 2004 Posts: 2114 Location: Morokulien
Audio files: 4
|
Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 2:53 pm Post subject:
|
|
|
I was just a click away from ordering a Robot SG Special Ltd from them. But - they will not ship Gibsons internationally
So now you know... useless...
DJ
-- |
|
Back to top
|
|
|
BobTheDog
Joined: Feb 28, 2005 Posts: 4044 Location: England
Audio files: 32
G2 patch files: 15
|
|
Back to top
|
|
|
Oskar
Joined: Jul 29, 2004 Posts: 1751 Location: Norway
|
Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 3:44 pm Post subject:
|
|
|
Stein - or electro80 if you will - got an SG at a very good price a few months back, and it's SMOKIN'! Which happens to be the title of a Boston song that features both an LP and an SG...
Seriously though, that SG is so nice, it plays really well, and it sits so comfortably in a mix, both onstage and in the studio! _________________ Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice.
Lin Yutang (1895-1976) |
|
Back to top
|
|
|
DrJustice
Joined: Sep 13, 2004 Posts: 2114 Location: Morokulien
Audio files: 4
|
Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:06 pm Post subject:
|
|
|
There are more SG fans around I see
That particular offer was just too good to miss. I don't really need it, since I've just got another SG (albeit a strange one)... Not being so hardcore, I really like the idea of a tuning robot, especially at a price where half the SG and the robot is for 'free' (thinking Norwegian prices)
Oh well, at least the opportunity to bankrupt myself conveniently evaporated... I think that is going to be my next guitar though!
DJ
-- |
|
Back to top
|
|
|
elektro80
Site Admin
Joined: Mar 25, 2003 Posts: 21959 Location: Norway
Audio files: 14
|
Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 6:50 pm Post subject:
|
|
|
SG? Oh yes.. Originally I wanted something like my long gone Guild S-60D or similar Guild electric guitars. The SG is pretty much that. I´m not at all an able guitarist, but I kinda know where everything is and I know what I want to play, so I´m not doing this completely blind. It is just a matter of rehearsing parts for hours or days and then record the part.. and then go on to the next part. And if something sounds odd later on I just rehearse more and then keep on recording until it sounds good. That being said, I think I soon should deposit the SG with Oskar again and pick up on the silicon stringed fretless bass.
My workflow might seem a bit odd. I´ve recorded a zillion of parts for a lot of old pieces ( and some reasonably new ones ). I tend to play along to very simplistic click tracks. I have no problem with ditching stuff later on and recording the parts again. _________________ A Charity Pantomime in aid of Paranoid Schizophrenics descended into chaos yesterday when someone shouted, "He's behind you!"
MySpace
SoundCloud
Flickr |
|
Back to top
|
|
|
DrJustice
Joined: Sep 13, 2004 Posts: 2114 Location: Morokulien
Audio files: 4
|
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 12:36 pm Post subject:
|
|
|
Speaking of robots, just got the news about the Dark Fire
OK, suddenly I want a Les Paul too
DJ
-- |
|
Back to top
|
|
|
BobTheDog
Joined: Feb 28, 2005 Posts: 4044 Location: England
Audio files: 32
G2 patch files: 15
|
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 12:51 pm Post subject:
|
|
|
" FireWire connector to link to your PC or laptop and a hex connector that carries the outputs of each string and a composite piezo output. An optional adaptor provides easy connection from this hex output to popular MIDI guitar interfaces such as those made by Roland and Axon, or allows you to divide out the six individual signals to their own balanced one-quarter inch connectors. "
I must admit this sounds pretty neat, and the finish is very nice, I cannot see this being cheap though.
May be the first Gibson I would want to buy though! |
|
Back to top
|
|
|
BobTheDog
Joined: Feb 28, 2005 Posts: 4044 Location: England
Audio files: 32
G2 patch files: 15
|
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 12:57 pm Post subject:
|
|
|
The teaser video is pretty shit though :
http://www.gibson.com/en%2Dus/Lifestyle/Features/the%2Dgibson%2Ddark%2Dfire/
Also this is pretty funny:
"Master Control Knob.
The key to controlling the powerful functions of the Dark Fire is the Master Control Knob (MCK), which has been completely redesigned with much improved ergonomics and a sophisticated full color matrix display featuring LEDs and high-tech light pipe technology, all to deliver a more powerful and easier to see visual display under any light condition." |
|
Back to top
|
|
|
|