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Being a tuned port I don't think it'd work very well. For live use I'd stick with what you're doing. I guess they might have heard that some old reggae recording studios mic'd the back of cabs and might be assuming it's the same.

The FX Loop is usually post EQ and Amp colouring/distortion (as if you want to put effects pre those amp things it can go Guitar>Effects pedals>Amp). So yeah, if you want Amp distortion> modulation effects then use the FX loop.

If the chest ain't rattln' it ain't happenin'

Charlie xcx - I think about it all the time (Warning - strobing light, could cause seizures) Sort of reminds me of The Streets for the personal/confessional storytelling. Although I'm clearly not the intended audience (45 year old man with kids) it kinda hit home and made me feel a bit retrospective and sad about people I've known feeling that clock ticking angst.

This was what had caused me ramping issues: That is how the settings need to be in Reaper, 'first' and 'last' weren't correct for me. Can now simultaneously live record clean and tracks with Core FX applied, then reamp through the Core to add FX Amp/Cab sims etc and tweak settings as it plays through the recording. All seems to work well apart from last piece of the puzzle: I'm getting into a feedback loop when recording the reamp, that'll just need a bit of mucking about with the routing/muting though.

The Specials 'Nite Klub'

A Ska covers band I was in had an advert for a singer, someone applied and we'd arranged for them to come to a practise session, we sent them the set list of about 30 songs and two of them were Madness songs. Their response was 'actually, I won't come along, I don't do Madness songs'. No attempt at finding any middle ground. A few of the band aren't overly keen on those Madness songs so we could've potentially dropped them (although there is a certain expectation that a pub ska band will play some Madness - there's always at least one punter shouting for it). Seemed a bit niche to want to be a singer in a Ska covers band playing pub gigs but will not even meet up with any band that has played any of their songs!

Yes, the Core seems very low (unnoticeable) latency. But I'm also using 'ReaInsert' which I think automatically deals with latency when reamping. I'm using the Core Main/Dry/Sub outs to Reaper via USB which is working well - can record a dry signal and signals with effects/cab sims etc, and then the signal goes back out to the Core to use for its audio outputs. What I still can't figure out is though the reamping: Once recorded, I want to be looping the dry signal and running it back into the Core to muck about with Core effects, and then back into Reaper to record. It's a long shot but has anyone here done it the Core and Reaper? I'm probably missing something on the Core in/out USB settings or a Reaper settings. It's a bit of a complicated puzzle as there are 3x signals going from the Core to Reaper, then Reaper output is going back out to the Core to use for its outputs - but how do I now make that signal then get processed through the Core again (rather than monitor) and sent back to Reaper? .....I'm sure it is possible, but there is a lot of back and forth virtual wiring to understand! Watching this has helped me with ReaInsert. This video is I'm all good upto 2 minutes but then he goes through Ableton routing that don't appear the same in Reaper/ReaInsert. And this is all good up until 1 minute where he selects the reamped channel input as 'Primary', but that's not something that appears for me.

Update seems to have worked fine, I like the new 'Fat Tube' Amp. I've now got the Core working as an interface from Bass/Keyboard into my Laptop DAW (Reaper) , and back out - to use Core outputs rather than Laptop headphone out. I need to figure out reamping now so I can record clean Bass/Keys etc and then use the Core to add fx. It seems like it should work well for that as it's already sending/receiving the information, I just need to muck about with in/outs and some settings in Reaper.

Fabian, Prophecy

It'd be a stretch to call this Reggae. Dubstep - but more on the 'Dub' influence than most:

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It's about 3 and a half years since this thread started. Since then I gave up on the multi cabinet idea as got an Ashdown RM 500 with a TecAmp 212 (4ohm 600w) it has always been plenty loud and low enough. Turned up above about half way starts to drown out the band PA and un-mic'd drum kit.

There's something that makes me feel a bit sad about it. Also, vinyl records being put on walls. Has a similar vibe to stuffed animal heads on walls. Trophies no longer doing what made them good.

I'm on the side thinking pull up banners look like you're at a corporate event (possibly fine for function bands playing at corporate events, not very rock n roll though). We've got a thick vinyl 2x2m (I think 3m long x 2m high might have been better) with metal rings and use big re-usable zip ties. It means a bit of clambering about at setup/down but we're yet to play a venue where there isn't something to tie it into behind the drummer.

I'd been ready to sell the Core (again!) as have taken to just using a separate tuner and the Compressor and EQ on my Amp for live use. But another good use occurred: Re-Amping for home recording. I was finding myself looking about for an interface (like the Focusrite which costs about £100), but actually, the Core probably does that interface job just as well for for Guitar/Bass/Keys. And the added bonus being the Re-Amping in a DAW and using Core for effects/EQ/compressor/amps and cab sims etc, and the effects are just as applicable for Keyboards and Guitar as for Bass (so I guess could also be quite useable for Drums and Vocals). I've been looking around for VST effects for home recorded Bass and Keys, lots are free, but it can be also an expensive business (e.g. just one VST effect like Tape Delay can set you back £50 or £85). So, stick with the Core , or sell it and spend the £ on an interface and VST? .......I'll stick for now but workflow will be a key thing.

I love bass synth sounds, but similar to what others have said - I've had a lot more success with keyboards than the cost and effort needed to do it on a Bass Guitar. Even cheap and small keyboards just lend themselves to that particular job better. I have got a Bass Guitar to sound good live with quite synthy sounding fuzz and octavers and modulation and envelope filter combinations though. On the live vs home - I find that isn't just synth sounds, everything needs adjusting for a Amp/Cab played at volume in a venue and fitting with the rest of the band. Usually I find what can sound really harsh at home/headphones sounds good in the live setting (Rat or Tonebender type distortion being my winners live - but can sound pretty horrible at home though, whereas some muff type fuzzes can sound good at home but very un-defined/mushy live). Generally, I've found live that more mid/highs are needed to be heard, and perhaps cut some low to stop it being too boomy.

I can't find a manual for the + online. Has there been a change in the parameters that can be adjusted for the effects? I remember it being a bit frustrating with the MS 60 that things like the Compressors can potentially do everything you'd want (knee, threshold, ratio, crossover, attack, release, tone etc.) but no one compressor does more than a couple of those things. You want crossover and threshold control, or attack and knee, or tone and ratio? ...not happening! At least, not happening with one single compressor effect. Another example is the Chorus, 'Ba Chorus' is the only one with cutoff adjust, the other three chorus 'flavours' do not, what if I want stereo chorus or chorus ensemble with a low cutoff? Ideally I'd like a 'Zoom special' of effects that has all the parameters available rather them each having limited control. Perhaps that's a processing power issue, or because they stick to emulating analogue pedals, but seems to miss out on what can make digital multi-fx really good - all that extra parameter control that you can't get from analogue pedals.

'Dad' by name and nature eh?! I'm pretty sure a variation on that joke has been wheeled out by almost every conservative (small c) parent regarding dance music for the last 40 years, and for disco, punk, dub, rock n roll, jazz etc before that. 'It's just noise!'

Unexpected highlight:

Steel Pulse at Glastonbury on iPlayer https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0020srf/glastonbury-steel-pulse-and-brittany-howard

The Streets, Sleaford Mods, and Orbital (who have s song featuring Sleaford Mods) all on at the same time doesn't seem the best planning. Sleaford Mods Jason Williamson had a bit of a rant and swear about it on stage....but I imagine he has a bit of a rant and swear about his cup of tea each morning.