Acoustic or electric?

[Stevie]

Sounds good then. I wonder whether you are restricted to editing within the limitations imposed by the intended model application? Otherwise Yamaha would just market a single model.
I sure am tempted though!

e&oe...

[tigercubt20]

Apr 7, 2018 16:44:07 GMT Stevie said:

Sounds good then. I wonder whether you are restricted to editing within the limitations imposed by the intended model application? Otherwise Yamaha would just market a single model.
I sure am tempted though!

e&oe...

there are a number of things you can do with the tr5a. with battery power, and a small mp3 player, you can use it as a powered speaker system. i dont need to use it to play back audio on my pc, i have a powered highe quality speaker system plugged into my pc already.

maybe my pc setup is a bit unusual, i dont use laptops, i use two self build very large desktops, in a lan network.

the tr5a requires sony propriety software. the driver, and a version of sonys cubase software. this is not so much a recording studio, as more an music authering software. for a pc based recording studio i would suggest something like Audacity, which is open source, or something similar. also transcribe is quite usefull, but not open source.

there are many very simple ways to record and save a pc file, your own music, cd, vinyle, utube, etc.

i have not investigated whether the tr5a can be used as a simple recording tool, in different formats, without using sony software, you would still need the driver of course. it would require some reverse engineering..prohibited of course.
 
i would be interested in anyones experiance of using this device for recording purposes. ALL opinions are my own including the one about dinosaurs, and should not be taken to represent any known reality.

[slide496]

Apr 8, 2018 13:14:51 GMT tigercubt20 said:

there are a number of things you can do with the tr5a. with battery power, and a small mp3 player, you can use it as a powered speaker system. i dont need to use it to play back audio on my pc, i have a powered highe quality speaker system plugged into my pc already.

maybe my pc setup is a bit unusual, i dont use laptops, i use two self build very large desktops, in a lan network.

the tr5a requires sony propriety software. the driver, and a version of sonys cubase software. this is not so much a recording studio, as more an music authering software. for a pc based recording studio i would suggest something like Audacity, which is open source, or something similar. also transcribe is quite usefull, but not open source.

there are many very simple ways to record and save a pc file, your own music, cd, vinyle, utube, etc.

i have not investigated whether the tr5a can be used as a simple recording tool, in different formats, without using sony software, you would still need the driver of course. it would require some reverse engineering..prohibited of course.
 
i would be interested in anyones experiance of using this device for recording purposes. ALL opinions are my own including the one about dinosaurs, and should not be taken to represent any known reality.

It's not clear to me, can you tell me if you use the pc editor do you hear the sound through the amp itself or through the computer speaker and if you make a setting do you have to connect to the computer to use the settings?

Thanks

[tigercubt20]

not sure what you mean by pc editor. maybe adjusting the tr5a limited range of internal settings. the electrick version has more options. but as i havent bothered to do this, it would be perverse if it didnt do what most acoustic effects units do, and save it in the unit, for later use. you would hear it through the unit whilst plugged in, or you would not be able to understand the changes. but to hear it without the unit plugged in, as a playback file, from the pc, you would have to record it into cubase.

most desktop recording studio software offers a vast range of effects and modelling tools, using the tr5a as a recording device isnt something i would use. to be honest its main use for me is as a portable mp3 player.

what works for me is not what works for anybody else. but if you cant adjust the settings, and save them for later use not plugged into a pc, that would be most annoying. some people swear by cubase i would be inclined to swear at it.

i am an acoustic player, i have a zoom a3 programable pedal, its got way too many options, its in a cupboard gathering dust. the only effects i want on my resos is a little bit of spacial depth, for dead rooms, and a range of frequency adjustments to modulate some harsh frequencys. but we are all differrent, in strange and confusing ways. I MEAN she who must be obeyed, informs me that i am strange and confusing, and not any other sentient life form in this particular universe.

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Hi tigercubt20 - I looked again on youtube, I don't know why this didn't come up before !!! Sorry if my question wasn't clear.

I might as well post what I found, in case its of general interest. In this demo it looks like the guitarist is connected to the computer, creating settings through the THR5A editor and the amp has 2 mics picking up the sound. I think that's how it works.



I have a pc and mac side by side so, if I wanted to, I could set up the amp on my pc, adjust the settings, and record through my mac as I normally do.

Lawd lawdy,
Harriet