The "Solo" Live Performance Environment: Addendum by Dell Krauchi

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References

1GAS – or Gear Acquisition Syndrome
Defined as "the all-consuming desire to expand your collection of music-related gear and other accouterments. Bank balances have been battered and marriages destroyed, but my-oh-my – there has been some lovely gear bought."

2Roadie
"laborer employed by pop groups while on tour," by 1969, from road (n.) + -ie
• Source: https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=Roadie

This term was employed a great deal during my time performing in bands.

3Hardware Listing
For those that might be interested, here is a current listing of the equipment that I am currently employing:

AThe 4U custom-build chassis was designed entirely by myself – being then built by Caster-Case Solutions here in Burnaby, BC, Canada.

 

BThe four items listed above namely, 1) the custom 1U Panel, 2) the Behringer ADA8200 Audio interface, 3) The ART power distribution system, and 4) the 1U rack-mount computer – are all mounted within the custom-built 4U chassis and therefore, such equipment will be considered as a single, combined unit.

4Software
Following is a listing of the software that is employed in my "Live Performance Rig":

AThe operating system has undergone a number of tweaks using suggestions offered by myself, Bob and Martin.
• Martin provides some rather excellent videos on SAC entitled, "Make Your Own Sound", and which can be viewed here:
• URL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRlbLpiw2rhbkgWbDDip5WA
• Windows 10 LTSC is a "stripped down" version of Windows 10 Enterprise – and which is particularly suited for digital audio deployment.
BAny live performance rig for employment by guitarists would simply be incomplete without the installation and the employment of Mike Scuffham's S-Gear 3!
• I have yet to discover another product that equals the sonic quality and overall usability, versatility and simplicity of this remarkable piece of software.
• URL: https://www.scuffhamamps.com/
CFabFilter Pro-Q 3: Considered as one of the "best" EQ plug-ins available today.
• URL: https://www.fabfilter.com/products/pro-q-3-equalizer-plug-in
DIf you have never tried the FabFilter's reverb, I do heartily recommend that you check out this reverb for yourself.
• URL: https://www.fabfilter.com/products/pro-r-2-reverb-plug-in

5About "Offline" Employment
1.   For SAWStudio: Using TCP/IP Master/Slave/Remote Mode, page 209
2. For SAC:  Using TCP/IP Master/Slave/Remote Mode, page 110
• Also, for information on a dedicated software application called "SAC Remote", see: [Link]

6The Offerings
 Abelton Live: [Link]
Camelot Pro: [Link]
Cantabile Performer: [Link]
Cubase: [Link]
Gig Performer: [Link]
Harrison Mixbus: [Link]
LiveProfessor: [Link]
PG Music Power Tracks Pro: [Link]
Plogue Bidule: [Link]
Rack Performer: [Link]
Reaper: [Link]
Steinberg VST Live: [Link]
7RML Studios Software Applications
1.      Software Audio Workshop: http://www.rmllabs.com/MainSite/sac.html
2.      Software Audio Console: http://www.rmllabs.com/MainSite/sawstudio.html
3.      About Bob Lentini: http://www.rmllabs.com/MainSite/the-early-years.html
• There are two links provided about Bob and his work and both videos are well worth your perusal!
4.      SAWStudio/SAC Forum: http://www.sawstudiouser.com/forums/forum.php?

8SAW/SAC Links
1.      For SAWStudio, User Manual: Using the SAC Links, page 237
2.      For SAC, User Manual: Using the SAC Links, page 135

9Scenes
SAC user Manual, 4.11 Scenes View Window, Page 76

10Control Track Commands
Following is an itemized list of the various Control Track commands – some twenty-two in total:

• Note: For our purposes here for employment in this text, is the last command, namely the "SACLink Recall Scene By Name" command.

11Show Control
SAWStudio, User Manual, p152, 14.1.1 Show Control View Overview

You can use Show Control playback in combination with Control Track options inside each session to setup some very powerful playback options for theater and production show automation.

12Scores
A written composition, that is, a score, generally has two elements, that may be employed in determining the overall duration of a score, 1) the tempo, and 3) the time signature. However, and this an important however, some scores are meant, as noted, "...to be performed in a rather free-form and improvisational manner – thus allowing for not only for variations in the actual composition, but also variations with regards to the actual durations of these compositions as well!" Following is an excerpt from the score, "To Be in Love"...

Observations
Though no tempo designations are provided in the above score, the above score is meant to be played slowly – for example, MM=54-60BPM.

If this score were performed at say, sixty beats per minutes, with a total of eighty-four measures, that is a total of three hundred and twenty-four seconds – or five-and-one-half minutes! However, in an improvisational context, this score may be performed for a total duration of over seven minutes!

13Control Track: Built-In Cmds Button
SAWStudio, 13.2.1 Control Track Top-Client Area, page 147

14Options Icon
SAWStudio, Show Control Top-Client Area, page 152

15Shades
Preferences File, Shades, page 246

16Learning Curve
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_curve#cite_note-businessdictionary._com-1

Date: March 3, 2019
Updated: March 4, 2024

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