I want to be able to reroute my mic through my iPad for a cheeky vocoder effect on one number and I don't want to faff about with a second mic. I don't trust the iPad to have my vocal through it constantly and just switch off the effect for 99% of the set, plus I'd have to take my hand off the guitar to switch the effect in and out.
What's the best design for the switching - and would it be silent with just a regular DPDT footswitch and nothing else ?
I was thinking that the vocoded output from the iPad will be at line level, so I can't really use the same channel on the mixer without blasting the input when the iPad is in the loop. Pain in the arse to have to run another cable and use a whole channel for one bit of one song.
Maybe it would be better to route it all through the iPad after all and keep it all at line-level on the one mixer channel ? I'm a bit wary of letting a computer sit between my mic and the PA.... You never know what the bloody things are going to do half the time - email notification halfway through a song etc... !
I suppose I could build a footp.... no, that wouldn't work... .. yes it would... but I'd have to attenuate the line-level output of the iPad down to mic-level so I could use the same channel on the desk.... but then the run from the footswitch to the mixer would become unbalanced - and mic-level. Shit.
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The standard box mutes the 'AMP' output along with the main XLR mic out (the 'TUNER' always remains active) - but Orchid do custom builds and may be able to configure this so that the 'AMP' mutes when the XLR is active (and vice versa).
Orchid balanced mic mute pedal
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All is calm, All is bright.
Round yon monitor, Emp Fab and axe,
Vocal effects so crazy and wild,
Sing in vocoder noises,
Sing in vocoder noise.
Just out of curiousity, and because I've never done it myself, would you trust an iPad to reliably pass your mic signal through it without fail, gig after gig ? I've only had the iPads a short while, relatively speaking, and they do seem to be very dependable. I certainly would never consider routing my vocals through a Windows box for live use - but the simplest option of all would be to have the iPad permanently in the loop and just switch the effects in or out from the screen. Would you trust it not to go mental and start announcing a reminder for your appointment with the GUM clinic, mid-song ?
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I work with people who use iPads for all kinds of stuff and they are reliable as long as you are careful with the sockets .... having said that I wouldn't pass my mic signal permanently through one, I would buy a £10 splitter
However - will the audience care if the robotic voice is 'live' or a sample ?
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Also chips are "Plant-based" no matter how you cook them.
Also chips are "Plant-based" no matter how you cook them.
Also chips are "Plant-based" no matter how you cook them.
You will have to mime with a little toy keyboard though .
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