as a fellow Vancouverite out of curiousity are you ordering from the manufacturer or am i missing out on us finally having a (in todays online market-savy society) store with competitive canadian pricing ...comparatively speaking ...that is somewhere between N.Van & the border communities (WhiteRock, Haney, Tsawwassen etc.)?
The guitar and pickups I bought from Long & McQuade - I got lucky with them having a set of Black Winter 7s in stock that they were able to ship to my local store. The machine heads I ordered direct from Graph Tech's website.
@@theevanwilliamsproject This is what i figured...but with Bonerattle (a little too much with that snob-bery pretension, & unrealistic pricing+ the wholelook down their noses mentality for me personally) i lived on the drive for over 20yrs-Ive not had the chance to check out Rufus Guitar Shop due to moving dwntwn by St.Pauls & laid-up in a wheelchair for 3yrs...thankfully i was able to resume walking against my spinal doctors wishes but i'll walk until i cant anymore although i'm nearly 52 i look 29/30ish i even get I.D.'d at the Cambie Liquor store & for smokes quite frequently-appreciate the quick reply bro L8rsk8r🛹🎸✌
I was pulling my hair out trying to get this to work. One small detail that I either overlooked or you left out was you need to make sure you have the axe-fx unit selected as the midi Hardware output in the routing section in the track. perhaps you don't have to worry about it if you don't have any other midi devices connected.
To be totally fair to you though, that is a really easy detail to miss - I often forget to do that, myself, and have a grand old time trying to figure out why the automation's not working. It's a lot to remember and that's why it helps to make a blank "show file" template with all the proper routing already done.
@@theevanwilliamsproject"for those of you that have set ups that only support program changes, Congrats, you're done." 12:04. Otherwise great video. Thank you, it did help out a lot.
Great vid, the follow-up is too.. Quick question: Are you able to route, for example, the bass separately to an individual output from the backing tracks so the FOH can mix it independently (using the Behringer via laptop)? Cheers!
You definitely can if you stem it out on its own from the tracks - just put it on its own track in sync with the rest of it and make another hardware send out. If you don't have the raw bass stems to work with I recommend iZotope RX to separate it from the rest of the instrumentation. We don't bother because the tracks are only bass and some backing vocals - and we're already running a lot direct. We're almost out of hardware outputs 💀
I recently bought this same Jackson and had to do A LOT of work on it just to make it playable. With that said, I also decided to upgrade hardware, as well. The same Graph Tech tuners. They went on extremely easy. I went and EMG 81-7.... Word of caution, EMG's WILL NOIT fit, and wood will have to be removed. Since this has become a project guitar for me, that's not an issue. Overall, the guitar has a good foundation and if you're willing to work on it and do it right, it will be a really cool guitar. Stock, it pretty much sucks. If you're not willing to upgrade it including removing wood, just opt for a better guitar.
This is pretty much my opinion, as well. Doing the math, assuming I were to buy all these pieces new today it would run me about $850 CAD without tax - Long & McQuade in Canada, just on a cursory search, has one guitar close to that price range with locking tuners and half decent pickups, being the Sterling JP70 at $1050. I'm sure someone could find something else for around the same price if they looked hard enough or bought second hand. The main benefit for me with this guitar is that it allowed me to get familiar with playing a 7 string guitar without too heavy of a financial commitment, and being able to make changes to it in piecemeal to bring it up to a higher standard of playability over time rather than a large investment up front was perfect for where I was financially. I could have also, maybe, rented one; I did that with an 8 string before figuring out I didn't like the size of the neck. I also genuinely love the look and feel of the guitar! I've played a number of shows with it and it's a great weight, good size for my hands, and I'm not terribly worried about something happening to it since if the worst happens and, say, the neck gets snapped -- I can just take the tuners and pups out and put them in another body. Having put a bit of my own elbow grease into it also gives me an extra little personal connection to it as an instrument. But no, I don't think I'd recommend this to someone who has more money to spare, is familiar with playing a 7 string, and is looking for a good instrument right out of the box. Personally I'll be using this one until it either dies horribly or I save up enough to get a Solar with an Evertune.
Okay, so Neural plugs in Reaper are super annoying, as it turns out. First off, you can't use the VST3 version of the plugin, you HAVE to use the VST version. I have no idea why this is the case. It might be Reaper-specific, as I've had issues with other VST3/VST plugs (like Analog Lab V) where the VST3 version doesn't respond properly to MIDI value changes but the VST version works perfectly. You'll need to have a sub-track for your automation - either as a child track to the track with your Neural plug on it or by sending MIDI via the routing menu. Then, in the plugin, you have to click the little MIDI button next to the tuner on the bottom left. Here you'll have to set the parameters that you want to trigger with MIDI messages by clicking on the + symbol and choosing a message type, parameter to modulate, channel and MIDI value, and then there are two other spots that are dependent on the message type. Personally, for my own ease of use, I'd only use Program Change types, and I'd use either Program Change Toggle, Program Change Preset, and Program Change Value. Toggle will let you choose any parameter in your current preset and toggle it on and off - good for turning your drive pedal on for a little boost, or turning on the pitch pedal on the Gojira Archetype to play Stranded. Preset lets you load any preset you have saved (after a delay which is unreasonably long to do in the middle of a song). Value will let you set the value of a parameter to a number that you enter in the "Value" tab. So it's a bit more work on your part, because you have to determine what parameters you want to modulate and then map them to a PC value. But you only really need to do it once - in the MIDI mappings window in your plugin there's a little three bars on the top left that will let you save and load your mapping decisions. And then it's as simple as creating your MIDI item, going into the Events tab, adding a new event, choosing "Program Change" from the dropdown, and choosing the value that you've set in the MIDI Mapping on your plugin. You can also set multiple parameters to one PC message - for instance, I could map PC 0 to toggle my drive pedal, delay pedal, and reverb pedal for an easy switch to a lead sound - then it's just one PC 0 message to go to lead and another to go back to rhythm. You can get pretty creative with it, which is nice, but you're gonna find that switching amps and presets is going to give you a large gap in your signal - so I'd recommend sticking to only automating the settings of the preset you've got loaded.
@@theevanwilliamsproject thanks for the in depth reply and great video man! This was by far the most helpful video on this topic. Late last night I got it to work in reaper with Plini X as a VST3 receiving midi commands through a child track. In the events list I just clicked add, CC, and looked for "blank" controllers, which for me where 3, 9, 14, 15, and a bunch after 20. So i made one CC preset command to #20 and the next to #21. I did notice the gap when changing entire presets so I'll have to try the multiple parameters to one PC message. Still pretty new to automating midi, but our other guitarist is using a helix that's fully automated through reaper and thats being sent from our interface. Would we have to worry about any weirdness if we have both our midi in one session? Hoping to have this be our live rig soon. thanks again!
Glad I could help! I wonder if they've fixed the VST/VST3 communication in Reaper with the advent of the Plini X - I was using Rabea and Gojira for my tests. You shouldn't have any issues - the MIDI being sent to your Neural track is only being sent to that track, and it won't go anywhere near the Helix unless you specify a MIDI Hardware Send out to it in the routing menu.
Hi what did you have to do to get you line outputs to work? I'm having issues with them. I say issues I mean all I've done is plug into them expecting them to work and they're not 🤷🏼♂️?? Do I have to set them up through my PC? Any advice on this please would be very appreciated 🙏🏻 thanks.
Hey there! Yes, you have to route tracks to the line outs in your DAW. It's different depending on which program you're using, but in REAPER it's a matter of clicking the "Route" button on a track, which brings up the routing menu; then select from the dropdown menu under "Audio Hardware Outputs" and select the outputs you want to send the audio to. It might be called a Hardware Send or something along those lines, but you can usually do it on a track-by-track basis. Do a bit of digging and you'll find it.
@@theevanwilliamsproject oh ok this is what I didn't quite understand when I read it in the manual. Will I have to always have it set up to my DAW in order for them to work ,or once I've set them they'll just work) as I like to keep my pc off as much as possible, it just saves on headaches. 🤷🏼♂️ Thanks for replying btw
@@FfanitTech Hardware outputs are generally saved with your project - if you can configure a project template with all the tracks routed the way you want, that'll make it a little easier. I generally just redo all the routing every time I make a new show file. It doesn't take that long to configure once you know how to do it 🤷♂
What I don’t understand about backing track rigs on DAWs with no live compatibility is the lack of improvisation on stage. By improvisation, I don’t mean improvs on a song but improvs on the setlist? You have to either open new projects on each song or follow the set list no matter what. There’s a DAW designed only to fix this issue, but no one but the electronic music artists seems to use it.
Flexibility in a set is nice, but if I'm given a 45 minute set time I want to make sure I'm using my allotted time efficiently. Pre-planning the set, including when to take breaks, switch guitars, talk to the audience, means I know for certain that our time will be well spent and we won't go over. This also means that as we rehearse the set, we'll practice all those things during the rehearsal and it'll be a tighter show as a result.
Guitars are done through the DAW, and I'll generally just run my vocals straight into FOH and get them to send it to the stage monitors. It's usually loud enough to be audible even with IEMs in. We've done shows where we've routed the vocals through the DAW and sent that to FOH, and shows where we've routed them through FOH and got a send from the board to route back into the DAW, but at the moment they're more trouble than it's worth - the former usually ends up getting us feedback because I can't anticipate where to set the vocal gate and comp for the venue, and the latter means we've gotta throw cables around and there's usually a bit of latency. These could of course just be our bad experiences, but it's happened enough that we just don't bother.
Can I use this to run multitracks via an iPhone? Connecting a usb cable from my Iphone ( With an adapter) into the usb Port B of the UMC1820; and get the multiple outputs ready to connect it into sound board?
That I'm not sure of, to be honest. I'm not savvy on iPhone software and you would need to have an app that can playback and route audio to the individual line outs, nor do I know if the Behringer hardware will work with iOS. I've read some people having some success with the Focusrite Scarletts but they've had to do some workarounds and none of them were using it to do multiple outputs. Sorry I couldn't be much help with this one!
According to YT, this vid has 5 views and 7 likes. I clicked like, but the view counter hadn't added my view yet... so, when I hang up, it should say 6 views and 7 likes... still... 🤣. Someone must've clicked like but not watched enough to count as a view?🤣 RU-vid math is so weird.
It's kind of telling that when I'm told I have to write a track in a half hour, I default to making this kind of music. What's "Newvember", you might ask? Every single day for the month of November, I'll be writing a brand new song from scratch. It's like Inktober, except for musicians, and also I made all the prompts and I'm the only one doing it. This is the fifth year in a row I've done this challenge. See you tomorrow with a new song!
Bonus points to you if you can name the band I'm ripping off here. What's "Newvember", you might ask? Every single day for the month of November, I'll be writing a brand new song from scratch. It's like Inktober, except for musicians, and also I made all the prompts and I'm the only one doing it. This is the fifth year in a row I've done this challenge. See you tomorrow with a new song!
What's "Newvember", you might ask? Every single day for the month of November, I'll be writing a brand new song from scratch. It's like Inktober, except for musicians, and also I made all the prompts and I'm the only one doing it. This is the fifth year in a row I've done this challenge. See you tomorrow with a new song!
I had NO idea what I was going to do for this one going into it, so I'm pretty happy with what came out of it! What's "Newvember", you might ask? Every single day for the month of November, I'll be writing a brand new song from scratch. It's like Inktober, except for musicians, and also I made all the prompts and I'm the only one doing it. This is the fifth year in a row I've done this challenge. See you tomorrow with a new song!
This one's my favourite so far, mostly because of my degenerate love of glitchy breakbeats. What's "Newvember", you might ask? Every single day for the month of November, I'll be writing a brand new song from scratch. It's like Inktober, except for musicians, and also I made all the prompts and I'm the only one doing it. This is the fifth year in a row I've done this challenge. See you tomorrow with a new song!
Aaand that's stuck in my head forever, now. What's "Newvember", you might ask? Every single day for the month of November, I'll be writing a brand new song from scratch. It's like Inktober, except for musicians, and also I made all the prompts and I'm the only one doing it. This is the fifth year in a row I've done this challenge. See you tomorrow with a new song!
What's "Newvember", you might ask? Every single day for the month of November, I'll be writing a brand new song from scratch. It's like Inktober, except for musicians, and also I made all the prompts and I'm the only one doing it. This is the fifth year in a row I've done this challenge. See you tomorrow with a new song!
What's "Newvember", you might ask? Every single day for the month of November, I'll be writing a brand new song from scratch. It's like Inktober, except for musicians, and also I made all the prompts and I'm the only one doing it. This is the fifth year in a row I've done this challenge. See you tomorrow with a new song!
