It was at this moment I realized...

I just find option paralysis is creative kryptonite. I'd rather be playing and recording on the fly instead of finding a sound or flipping through sims. Thankfully I've been using the same gear and software for years now, so I don't waste time. I've got my studio setup now within the flip of three switches, I'm ready to record. Anything to help defeat laziness and procrastinating.
 
gonzo said:
I just find option paralysis is creative kryptonite. I'd rather be playing and recording on the fly instead of finding a sound or flipping through sims. Thankfully I've been using the same gear and software for years now, so I don't waste time. I've got my studio setup now within the flip of three switches, I'm ready to record. Anything to help defeat laziness and procrastinating.
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+1. Creativity thrives with limitations.
 
Say I want the air around me to compress and rarefact.

With digital, first I go into the software and fiddle with all the emulation parameters. Then I plug into to hardware doing AD/DA conversion and DSP. From there, I go into a FRFR cab.

With analog, I use a 1/4” TS cable connected to an amp.

The amp will need servicing at some point. But it doesn’t crash, it doesn’t get its file system corrupted, it doesn’t get slow as shit after several years, it doesn’t require a license to operate.

It doesn’t have a web browser, it doesn’t receive notifications, it doesn’t spy on me. It doesn’t want me to update java, it doesn’t need to be backed up.

It doesn’t cause option paralysis, it doesn’t respond slower than the speed of electricity. It doesn’t lose compatibility with its operating system.
 
FWIW, standalone VST loader devices have been done. Muse Research. The work they did making Windows audio work on linux is preserved as part of WINE.
 
Really it's all just different ways to make a sound we like. There is the extremely clever, complex and often eye-wateringly expensive way of unlimited possibilities of software or the bone-headed simple way of home-made stompboxes through home-made amps. Nobody listening to a product is going to care how you got there. But for me, the noise maker, I'll choose the simplest way every time. Until it doesn't suit me.

The time I spend is mine, and I like to spend it making things I can touch, solder, bend, shape. I'd rather spend my time doing that than scrolling through menus on a computer. When I turn everything off I have something concrete I can touch, and I feel I have achieved something.

It doesn't make me right or wrong. It just makes me happy.
 
jcpst said:
Say I want the air around me to compress and rarefact.

With digital, first I go into the software and fiddle with all the emulation parameters. Then I plug into to hardware doing AD/DA conversion and DSP. From there, I go into a FRFR cab.

With analog, I use a 1/4” TS cable connected to an amp.

The amp will need servicing at some point. But it doesn’t crash, it doesn’t get its file system corrupted, it doesn’t get slow as shit after several years, it doesn’t require a license to operate.

It doesn’t have a web browser, it doesn’t receive notifications, it doesn’t spy on me. It doesn’t want me to update java, it doesn’t need to be backed up.

It doesn’t cause option paralysis, it doesn’t respond slower than the speed of electricity. It doesn’t lose compatibility with its operating system.
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I can fix the amp/pedal
 
This is my weekend to unleash the Helix I bought from Stick. It sounds great at home so we'll see how it pans out in a live situation. I have high hopes on a lovely sounding Hiwatt100 on the edge of breakup with a few simple effects to get me started. Once I get past not having my usual pedals that I've been using for years I suspect I'll be fine.

We play with no stage amps and in-ears anyway so I drank the "no moving air" koolaid long ago.
 
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