Home practice setup looks different to last century

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Home practice setup looks different to last century

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So I was practising and a thought occurred to me.

I started learning to play in the late 80s. Practice setup consisted of somewhere to sit, a tape deck (and later on, some CDs) within reach, an amp that was far too loud for home use. And if you were lazy/lucky maybe you'd managed to find a book with the chords or even tab for the song you wanted to learn. Oh, and a (Boss) tuner at hand plus a mechanical metronome.

Practising today (still trying to learn Technical Difficulties.... grrr). And I realise just how much things have changed. See this photo:

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By way of explanation:
- iPad on the side running DuetDisplay - has the Kemper Rig Manager loaded so I can choose my rig on the fly and/or try out new ones;
- old iPad on the desk running Mackie Master Fader 5 (because it controls my new mixer the DL16S that I'm using in place of my unreliable Line6 M20D);
- iMac running HX Editor (for my recently acquired HX Stomp, which I'm using for a grab'n'go and headphone travel kit);
- ToastME, which is the unofficial but most excellent Kemper editor (and can also operate Kemper's tuner);
- Metronome app; and
- iTunes to play backing tracks.

Who knows what things will look like for the kids in 20+ years!

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OMG don't show slowly, his head would burst!
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.

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I'm not quite as fully hi-tek for everyday stuff...
win10 running HX Edit, and itunes/youtube/mp3s to scarlett to PA system.
guitar to helix LT and headrush

I can go way more techy but this suits me for home practice.
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.

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what's this "practice" you speak of :?:

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willow13 wrote:what's this "practice" you speak of :?:

:rofl:
The time that you spend NOT looking at guitar forums and YouTube gear reviews

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Kiwiaxe wrote:
willow13 wrote:what's this "practice" you speak of :?:

:rofl:
The time that you spend NOT looking at guitar forums and YouTube gear reviews
well i'm half way there :rofl:
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you forget to mention the cam for those buddy sessions with JB ;)
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oh and, yes thats a great setup :) Still keen on kemper then?
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.

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Kemper remains the best music purchase I’ve ever made. And I’ve owned it now for over 5 years.

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doesn't get a better recommendation than that :)
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.

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My practice rig is a lot less tech than this, I must be behind the times. Guitar into the pedalboard (use my timeline as looper if I need to jam over chords) plug pedalboard into Vox Amplug AC30 then into headphones.
Optional extra:plug iPhone in with Aux cable to jam along to YouTube or Spotify.

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The white, relic Suhr spoils the photo. ;-)

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Sorry about that. Must remember to put it out next inorganic collection

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Kiwiaxe wrote:Sorry about that. Must remember to put it out next for sale thread
Fixed. ;-)

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Growing up: modeller + windows media player

Now: modeller + windows media player.

There have been a fair few changes over the years though... Hehe.

I really should use a better program than windows media player though. Need to get transcribe again.

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