willscott182
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I think Smokey summed it up best in saying that MIDI signals are pretty much commands and such.
Yeah MIDI is basically a number and has no relation to the audio as we hear it. (Think VST instruments and such)
I think Smokey summed it up best in saying that MIDI signals are pretty much commands and such.
I don't know HOW much of a noob you are, but unless you are a gigging musician who is happy with his chops as they are, I'd run like hell from this research project (beyond the concept of what it is). Reason: tone chasing can be distracting, but some is downright enslaving. It's everybody's call how much time and effort he wants to take away from practice to chase tone, but early on it's an ugly mistake.
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I don't know HOW much of a noob you are, but unless you are a gigging musician who is happy with his chops as they are, I'd run like hell from this research project (beyond the concept of what it is). Reason: tone chasing can be distracting, but some is downright enslaving. It's everybody's call how much time and effort he wants to take away from practice to chase tone, but early on it's an ugly mistake.
The beauty of midi is you can take 6 (or more) FX and set them up on these buttons for crazy tweakability, so you can set up a "killer ambient intro" patch for song 1, then patch 2 goes to a grinding rhythm setup, patch 3 is a crunch flavored chorus to switch with 2 until you get to 4, that off-mids bridge, then 5, the 300ms delay with mid hump and a swirl of chorus solo patch. Then for song 2...
See, it IS really cool, BUT the problem is all the time spent on blending FX,and levels for each patch (and later revising). It's slightly less nuts than designing the most elaborate stage setup or album cover for the band that hasn't been put together. It.s a very cool distraction, but some can afford the distraction more than others and with all the sonic toy distractions out there, embracing all the crap you can plug into too soon becomes a bad habit that takes a lot to walk away from. Food for thought if you are getting started
You sir, have an excellent point and I couldn't agree more. That being said, I don't know if the JVM is right for me...I agree, that is some good advice. I remember when I got my first modeling amp, a Line 6 Flextone II. I thought it was awesome to have so many amp sounds, effects, and cabs at my fingertips. I spent so much time setting it up and saving sounds. Then I'd get to playing with the sounds I'd saved and I'd think to myself, "I wonder how amp x would sound with cab c with this effect on it?" Next thing I knew all the time that I had put aside to practice was spent doing nothing but changing around different combinations of things. I soon figured out that the best thing for me was to get a good tube amp with a few stomp boxes and to keep things as simple as possible!
MIDI is derived from the ancient Wiccan. It is pure EVIL.
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Ah, to use or not to use, that is the question!Doesn't your favorite Marshall have MIDI?
You sir, have an excellent point and I couldn't agree more. That being said, I don't know if the JVM is right for me...
Doesn't your favorite Marshall have MIDI?
Of all equipment I've seen with midi, the JMD has the lamest implementation of any of them. It almost has no midi at all.Yep. That's why I keep it chained in the Basement...
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Of all equipment I've seen with midi, the JMD has the lamest implementation of any of them. It almost has no midi at all.
Why wouldn't it be? Just don't use the MIDI and use it as you would any other tube amp.