TheEclectic
27th January 2009, 1.24 am
As many of you know, I am into midi guitar. But midi guitar is an expensive hobby so I started looking for effects units (not all my instruments have midi mods or funny looking pickups). Good effects units, like the Boss GT series are not cheap either - even used they cost more than the used Roland VG units I use with my midi guitars.
Keep in mind that I would need two units - one for the bass side and one for the treble. Double expensive.
I looked at software as well, including Guitar Rig. But that is also expensive.
I ended up with Audiffex inTone Matrix Pro. http://www.audiffex.com/
You can download trial versions of all three.
It is basically a host for VST lugins. I comes with a bunch of effects and you can add effects that you get off the internet. I can even load Guitar Rig in as a VST.
They have three flavors for us tap players - Guitar, Bass and Matrix, but they are really all the same. The files are all compatible with each other and they have similar effects.
The Pro versions of the Bass and Guitar modules allow you to have two inputs each with their own effects. This works out well for us tap players. They come with slightly different effects, which are listed on a chart on the site.
The Guitar Pro comes with a VST plugin so you can use it in your recording software. There is no plugin for Matric Pro, so Audiffex worked with me so that I can have both the Matrix Pro and the Guitar Pro plugin.
I chose the Matrix version because I do midi and because I wanted the extra channels. I also wanted all of the effects. The Guitar and Bass modules will also let you do midi, but that uses up one of your two channels.
The editing is a little lame, but they have told me that the next release coming out in a few months will have better editing functions (copy and pasting channel/effects setups).
I have it on a Pentium 4 machine with 1 gig of memory and it runs OK as long as I keep the channels to two. On my Dual Core laptop with 4 gigs of memory the software flies and I can load up many channels with no cpu issues.
Oh, you will need a USB or firewire input device to utilize the software, but if you do any home recording you probably already have the equipment.
Keep in mind that I would need two units - one for the bass side and one for the treble. Double expensive.
I looked at software as well, including Guitar Rig. But that is also expensive.
I ended up with Audiffex inTone Matrix Pro. http://www.audiffex.com/
You can download trial versions of all three.
It is basically a host for VST lugins. I comes with a bunch of effects and you can add effects that you get off the internet. I can even load Guitar Rig in as a VST.
They have three flavors for us tap players - Guitar, Bass and Matrix, but they are really all the same. The files are all compatible with each other and they have similar effects.
The Pro versions of the Bass and Guitar modules allow you to have two inputs each with their own effects. This works out well for us tap players. They come with slightly different effects, which are listed on a chart on the site.
The Guitar Pro comes with a VST plugin so you can use it in your recording software. There is no plugin for Matric Pro, so Audiffex worked with me so that I can have both the Matrix Pro and the Guitar Pro plugin.
I chose the Matrix version because I do midi and because I wanted the extra channels. I also wanted all of the effects. The Guitar and Bass modules will also let you do midi, but that uses up one of your two channels.
The editing is a little lame, but they have told me that the next release coming out in a few months will have better editing functions (copy and pasting channel/effects setups).
I have it on a Pentium 4 machine with 1 gig of memory and it runs OK as long as I keep the channels to two. On my Dual Core laptop with 4 gigs of memory the software flies and I can load up many channels with no cpu issues.
Oh, you will need a USB or firewire input device to utilize the software, but if you do any home recording you probably already have the equipment.