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Effect Units Setup for Live Performances?

jamietopoljamietopol
in General App Discussion

I am interested in learning what effect units people like to integrate into their live performances and how they are setup/integrated for use while playing.
For example, someone might like a specific equalizer, reverb, delay, compressor, and rotary / Leslie. They might control the equalizer via 5 faders on their MIDI keyboard, reverb and delay assigned to 2 knobs, and the Leslie by 2 buttons (for on/off and fast/slow). Etc. Someone else might use the on-screen iPad interface for their effect units or perhaps setup a Korg NanoKontrol for this purpose.
What Effect Units / Setup works for you?

Comments

  • catherdercatherder

    What type of effects and the configuration you want depends on the type of music you play.
    Apart from a good sound, usability and user interface do matter for me a lot in a live setup. Specially when you are not using a hardware controller, but the touch screen:

    • Not too many controls (I do not want to use a magnifying glass to operate my setup).
    • Good contrast and visibility in the studio / on stage.
    • Easy to operate (no menu diving, one finger operation possible).

    Mainly for these reasons I do prefer AudioBus over AUM as plug in host in live settings. I use AUM a lot when trying things out and it's great. But in my experience AB makes better use of screen estate than AUM. Specially when switching plug ins.
    When it comes to plug ins, I love to use the Bleass plug ins. The colourful UI might not be everyones taste, but I like it because it ticks all boxes in the contrast, visibility and easy to use categories. One of my favourites is the Bleass Shimmer. It is not just a great shimmer reverb, but can work as an "ordinary" reverb as well.

  • jamietopoljamietopol

    @catherder said:
    What type of effects and the configuration you want depends on the type of music you play.
    Apart from a good sound, usability and user interface do matter for me a lot in a live setup. Specially when you are not using a hardware controller, but the touch screen:

    • Not too many controls (I do not want to use a magnifying glass to operate my setup).
    • Good contrast and visibility in the studio / on stage.
    • Easy to operate (no menu diving, one finger operation possible).

    Mainly for these reasons I do prefer AudioBus over AUM as plug in host in live settings. I use AUM a lot when trying things out and it's great. But in my experience AB makes better use of screen estate than AUM. Specially when switching plug ins.
    When it comes to plug ins, I love to use the Bleass plug ins. The colourful UI might not be everyones taste, but I like it because it ticks all boxes in the contrast, visibility and easy to use categories. One of my favourites is the Bleass Shimmer. It is not just a great shimmer reverb, but can work as an "ordinary" reverb as well.

    Thanks for sharing some good tips. I'll have to try Bleass Shimmer.
    I find that I can't depend on the iPad touch screen for any type of real-time changes when playing live other than scrolling up sheet music or tapping a big button to get to the next patch / song. I am thinking about getting a dedicated controller for this. Perhaps the Korg NanoKontrol Studio which uses Bluetooth and batteries (no cables - a big plus for quick setup) and has 8 faders, 8 knobs and 32 buttons which should be sufficient for what I need.

  • catherdercatherder

    @jamietopol said:

    @catherder said:
    What type of effects and the configuration you want depends on the type of music you play.
    Apart from a good sound, usability and user interface do matter for me a lot in a live setup. Specially when you are not using a hardware controller, but the touch screen:

    • Not too many controls (I do not want to use a magnifying glass to operate my setup).
    • Good contrast and visibility in the studio / on stage.
    • Easy to operate (no menu diving, one finger operation possible).

    Mainly for these reasons I do prefer AudioBus over AUM as plug in host in live settings. I use AUM a lot when trying things out and it's great. But in my experience AB makes better use of screen estate than AUM. Specially when switching plug ins.
    When it comes to plug ins, I love to use the Bleass plug ins. The colourful UI might not be everyones taste, but I like it because it ticks all boxes in the contrast, visibility and easy to use categories. One of my favourites is the Bleass Shimmer. It is not just a great shimmer reverb, but can work as an "ordinary" reverb as well.

    Thanks for sharing some good tips. I'll have to try Bleass Shimmer.
    I find that I can't depend on the iPad touch screen for any type of real-time changes when playing live other than scrolling up sheet music or tapping a big button to get to the next patch / song. I am thinking about getting a dedicated controller for this. Perhaps the Korg NanoKontrol Studio which uses Bluetooth and batteries (no cables - a big plus for quick setup) and has 8 faders, 8 knobs and 32 buttons which should be sufficient for what I need.

    I have not checked for the NanoKontrol Studio, but the NanoKey Studio has the problem that the knobs only do 64 MIDI steps instead of the full range of 128. I would check if the NanoKontrol has the same limitation before buying.

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