[Frenchy99]

I just meet some young players (early 20`s) and we were taking about music , instruments and gear. These guy`s actually told me they play together but use a laptop connected to powered speaker!!!

No amps for them !

They told me they have all the pedals downloaded, nothing to buy, can just download new stuff as they need !!!

Is this the end of amps and pedals !?!?

Am I just an old B#(*since I don't get this !?!?MJF$#

Are you guys playing on a laptop ?

 

[amagras]

Not me, I'm on a Desktop.

Seriously, after I discovered TH3 and AmpliTube I haven't placed a microphone in front of an amp anymore. My second album is 100% in the box. I can record at 3am and get better tones without effort. I only connect a mic now to record acoustics.

 

[RBlakeney]

Computers will never replace amps because ... skynet.

 

[Frenchy99]

Will the Terminator take over Heavy Metal ???

HNG^%$

 

[Wardo]

Amps are like furniture in my place. Same with guitar cases.

 

[cboutilier]

I just meet some young players (early 20`s) and we were taking about music , instruments and gear. These guy`s actually told me they play together but use a laptop connected to powered speaker!!!

No amps for them !

They told me they have all the pedals downloaded, nothing to buy, can just download new stuff as they need !!!

Is this the end of amps and pedals !?!?

Am I just an old B#(*since I don't get this !?!?MJF$#

Are you guys playing on a laptop ?

Not me, and I'm in my 20s. I'll be playing big, heavy tube amps till the world runs out of tubes.

 

[Budda]

Do they actually gig...?

 

[Frenchy99]

Amps are like furniture in my place. Same with guitar cases.

Got amps in almost every room...

I don't recommend one in the shower !

 

[Frenchy99]

I'll be playing big, heavy tube amps till the world runs out of tubes.

The only way to go !!!

 

[Frenchy99]

Do they actually gig...?

They told me they did !?!
Even with headphones !!!

 

[laristotle]

Will the Terminator take over Heavy Metal ?

 

[Mooh]

Never gigged with a computer and don't plan to.

Besides several other concerns, computer connections suck. Cords, jacks, inputs and outputs aren't roadworthy.

 

[marcos]

Hell no, not me. But i did see a guy play with one. I was wondering how he was nailing all the guitar solos and sounded just like the record.

 

[ronmac]

Laptops are old school.

Tell them the cool kids are using tablets and phones.

 

[hammerstein]

I don't think it's "replacing" amps.. But it definitely serves a purpose.. I don't have several thousand dollars I can spend on fancy pants amps and cabs, and if I did, I live in an apartment and couldn't use them anyway. A couple hundred bucks for an audio interface and some monitors, and a bunch of free amp sims and I have access to virtually any tone I could ever want.

 

[amagras]

Never gigged with a computer and don't plan to.

Besides several other concerns, computer connections suck. Cords, jacks, inputs and outputs aren't roadworthy.

I did a few times, don't recommend it for what you say about the connectors and because in the stage I need the volume, that's why I hated playing with the Line6 Pod.

 

[1SweetRide]

Never gigged with a computer and don't plan to.

Besides several other concerns, computer connections suck. Cords, jacks, inputs and outputs aren't roadworthy.

Yes and no. I like the convenience, portability and even the sounds from the software on the iPad. But to your point, when I was travelling, the lightning connector from the interface to the iPad bent when I put a bit of pressure on it accidentally. It was useless after that.

 

[Tone Chaser]

I have seen solo acts that had a keyboard and a guitar. There also was a computer. They had accompaniment and backup programmed into a pretty impressive act. Talent and tech knowledge can deliver.

Also I have seen it used on cruise ships, where 4 musicians sound like an orchestra, a duo sound like a larger group, etc.

 

[Frenchy99]

where 4 musicians sound like an orchestra, a duo sound like a larger group, etc.

Imagine... My wife could sound like an army of wives just with her Ipad !!! MJF$#

 

[laristotle]

Imagine... My wife could sound like an army of wives just with her Ipad !!! MJF$#