Hi Daniel > > I am thinking of going with the Audiophile 2496. Can anyone confirm > > it will do duplex operation? And MIDI? > > Yes, but it doesn't have a 1/4" input. I expect you'll need a simple > pre-amp or mixer circuit to balance impedances. Is your bass active > or passive? My basses are passive but I use a wireless link. The receiver output is low impeadance, balanced and unbalanced are available. > In a way, using a Linux box just for bass effects is overkill. You > might want to consider including recording capabilities into your > design. I am thinking of doubling it up as a polysynth - I do the keyboad thing as well. I did have some recording use in mind. If that becomes important, I might change the soundcard for more channels. > > I have seen the plugins available and will write some of my own. > > Sounds good - speaking as one bass player to another, would you > consider releasing your plugins? Yes. One of the big things for me is to have a rich or thick chorus but without the depth or speed. This can only be accomplished by using a number of delay paths in parallel all running at slightly different rates. Years ago I made my own box with 5 bucket brigades and it was sooo lush - fantastic for my fretless. It died and nothing else matches it. I also want to play with various longer delay effects and phrase recording. One of the other things I would like to do is have pitch following synths, either by doing the work in code, which is not likely to yeild good results, or by using a pickup and convertor box - giving one of the requirements for MIDI, the other being the pedal board. > > I plan on putting a system in a rack, not necesarily 1U. I can get > > rack enclosures, all steel. The lower plate has a matrix of holes > > for mounting board standoffs. This way I can have a pedal board > > with a rack above > > There was some discussion on this list recently about using MIDI foot > controllers, I believe. Thanks - I'll go look.
