SamIAm

USB class compliance seems a must! I've seen a review of the MOTU M4 (Which uses class compliant USB) and using jack/alsa/qjackctrl it supports all 4 in/outs: The MOD software is built on top of Jack so should work (Of course until I actually try it ...) it's the latency that concerns me 🧐 S'manth x

Thanks for your reply. What you describe about the latency is what concerns me . I gather that linux kernel 5.16 introduced some improvements in this space. I'm not sure many people do have a Pi5 yet, I've ordered one but unlikely to get it this side of 2024! I gather from the paper specs that it is improved over the Pi4 from both a CPU and IO perspective, but the acid test would be of course to test it out. I'd most likely be running the MOD open source s/w on it, the MOD Dwarf uses a Cortex A-35 @ 1.3GHz, the Pi5 Cortex A-76 specs are significantly better (twice the cpu closk speed/larger L1/2/3 caches/faster memory IO/etc) ... I have had the Mod s/w running on a Pi4 using a hat based audio card (HiFiBerry) and performance was OK, I'd expect the Pi5 to fly, but I had a noise issue ... paper specs says the USB is better as they have rearchitected the IO controller. And they have added support for M.2 SSD so SD failure can be avoided. MOD have released varients of their software that run on Windows/Linux/Mac but a laptop is going to be too large , whilst I will want to incorporate some knobs/switches/stomp switches and a display, it will still be wee. My aforementioned Pi4 device was tiny! You can see how it compared in size ... No damp towel , just some stuff I need to take into account, this sort of feedback is why I love BC! S'manth x

I need to have a fun electronics project on the go S'manth x

Which generation is the 2i2? S’manth x

I really quite like my MOD Dwarf multi f/x ... the one thing it does not do (And I really wish it would) is support on device configuration of presets. Connect a device (laptop/tablet/phone) via USB and fire up a web browser and OMG you can do amazing things, but once disconnected the 'tweakability' on the Dwarf itself is constrained to swapping presets (pedalboards in the MOD lingo), snapshots and using the onboard knobs/switches to tweak some things (for instance the wet/dry mix, active/bypass, rate, etc elements of the different plugins, the equivalent of pedals), these are things that you have defined using the web UI; but I don't want to have to use a laptop/tablet as part of my live rig. There are some who have used the MOD software (which is open source bless them) running on a Raspberry Pi and added in some extra capability. Before I got my Dwarf, I'd done the same ... but when using a Pi approach the way most go (as did I) is to use an add-on audio card on the Pi. This is a tidy solution, but I found that I was getting noise using this approach (The Pi radiatees digital EMI and the adjacent audio card picks it up) also, I've not been able to find one of these that is not just 2x Mono In/Out or 1xStereo In/Out. So ... what about using a USB audio interface (Such as a Focusrite Scarlett 4i4) to provide better noise isolation and get 4xMono In/Out !? My intent would be to mount the USB Audio Interface on a physical pedalboard along with a Pi based custom built, small as a small thing, cute as a button computer (With a display and knobs/switches on it) to run a DAW (Well, most likely the MOD open source software with some customisations to allow patch editing in a similar way to a HX Stomp/GT-1000 Core) so that the whole shooting match is on a single portable board, but more importantly is fully self contained. The new Pi5 is shipping soon and it is stonkingly powerful, it's just the performance (especially latency) of the USB Audio interface that is a big unknown to me. And so to my question(s) What has been your experience of using USB audio interfaces for live effects? I suspect the most common setup would be to have a PC or Laptop with a DAW running plugins and using a USB audio interface. What sort of round trip latency have you been able to get down to? (Straight in/out, without any plugins running in the DAW) Is it usable live, or is the delay too great? Which USB audio interfaces have you found to be great (or not so great)? Are there any 'real' USB 3 Audio interfaces? S'manth x

Yes ... but! The latency (delay) when sending audio over bluetooth is (in my experience) too high to do so in a satisfactory way. ymmv. Imagine you have your bass plugged directly into a cab and this is (for example) 2m from your ear. Assuming you have no digital f/x stuff in the cab, you can expect the audio to hit your ears aprox 6 milliseconds after you pluck a string. With the latest version of bluetooth (5) you can expect the delay to be around 20-40 milliseconds (as if the cab was 7 - 13m away); a google shows up that at 10-15 milliseconds, the delay can start to be noticeable/annoying. S'manth x

Sounds FAB!! S'manth x

My mics were bought. S'manth x

this may provide some options ... S'manth x

I love it! Thank you x

Nor could I … I’d been wondering if I dared to ask him if I could just touch Betsy and then he offered that! 🥳 S’manth x

What a fab bash, enjoyed myself so much, great to see faces for BC names I know and what a treat to speak with and listen to Guy Pratt! S'manth x

As if by magic the small amount of gear I'm bringing has taken on gargantuan proportions and I am about to load it into Ruby. Oh dear! 🤣 S'manth x

Sounds horrifically complex to me S'manth x

AND it matches your shirt! S'manth x

I'm bringing the following that need a new home (All images are stock photos): Zoom B1X-Four (Boxed with manuals). Zoom B3 (Boxed with manuals) with PSU. Moore Leveline volume pedal (Boxed). Strings: Ibanez IEBS5C .045, .065, .085, .105, .130 (Unused). Behringer Ultravoice XM1800S mics (3) with mic holders and carry case. Behringer Powerplay P16-M Personal Mixer. Kala Exotic Mahogany Acoustic-Electric UBASS with padded gig bag (Strung with Aquila Thunder Reds). S'manth x

Have you seen ... S'manth x

If I understand correctly, a low E is about 41Hz and a low B 30Hz. Do any bass cabs actually reproduce these frequencies? Do any smaller bass cabs (12 inch or less) succeed? Is there some magic in a cab that helps? (What does a cab being tuned to XHz mean?) Pretend I know nothing, which should be easy as I ... know nothing! S'manth x

S'manth pondering the idea of slapping a 'for sale' sticker on that bass she simply must have ... wonder if the owner would object! S'manth x

Very grateful to have been one of the lucky BCers to receive a Bayma SM212 Driver from the generous @JohnDaBass (Thank you!!) Now the housing. I'm not knowledegable enough to design one so I'm looking at the fab BC112 designs on here. With a bad back, I'm looking to create a 'light as a feather' cab (<10Kg) and am investigating what options might be viable, but again ... I don't know what qualities a bass cab should have to sound good. Are the sides suppossed to be totally rigid, with no give/ressonance at all or do they need to have some flex? Does thickness matter (apart from strength) ... if one had a paper thin material that was totally rigid, would it likely work? What are the issues (if any) of using thin (8mm or 12mm) ply? Does anyone have experience of building a cab using a sheet of foam/balsa layered wrapped in a composite such as fiberglass? Any thoughts on a 3D printed honeycomb casing (In reality this would entail a number of pieces glued together as my 3D printer bed is not big enough to do a cab side in one print) S'manth x

I do not understand their logic. Plastic does not shield against electromagnetic noise and all the onboard electronics (wires/pots/etc) will also be vulnurable unless their cavity (and inner surface of the cavity cover) is not shielded in some way (copper tape/graphite paint). Having said that, his electronics cavity is seperate. In the video he suggests that it might not bring much benefit ... he is also talking about pickups which are totally encased in a grounded metal housing ... not just a plastic one. In my experience, the extra effort of copper tape (given you are replacing the pups and having to wire them in) is incremental ... I would do it ... of course ymmv 🤷‍♀️ S'manth x

Oh my goodness! Master luthier and what fab playing. What a treat awaits the young-uns. S'manth x

Could you fill the existing hole/gap with something like this and then drill a new right sized hole? S’manth x

I name it … Cab Calloway 😜 S’manth x

I can top angling … will beg for bass cab lol S’manth x