Anyone using IK's Amplitube in CEP?

[Bag]

How? I haven't quite worked out a way to play Amplitube live in CEP- since I love recording in CEP more than any other application. If anyone is doing this, I'd like a tip on how bst to do it.

Cheers, Bag.

[vseus]

CEP only runs directx plugs. Amplitube is a vst plug. You can buy a vst to dx adapter which would theoretically allow for you to use amplitube in cep, but as a side note, I used to use cep and I could never get my version of amplitube to work in it it even with the adapter. This is one of the reasons I upgraded to Cubase SX (which, by the way if you haven't used yet for recording, quite possibly could change your mind about cep-it did me!) Anyway, give it a try.

[130dB]

Just wanted to 2nd that note. I was a loyal CEP user for several years.... That is until I tried Nuendo. There was no going back. I only use CEP for wav editing now. I still prefer CEP's wav editor.

[Bag]

Yes, I'm a big SX fan myself, but I still find recording in CEP better. Punch-ins can be more accurate, and as someone who usually needs a lot of "fixes" the merge/join function in CEP is better than having to do an Audio Export to combine all my takes. But hey! Great programmes and good fun. This is just nit-picking. Thanks guys.
PS I solved the problem by having a multiple-input card, looping in and outs and using RT Player lite. Awkward, but it works...

[wockachucka]

Almost all the guitar tones from my album were done in CEP2 with Amplitube using Spin Audio's DX-VST wrapper lite (it's free!!!). The interface is a little "ghetto," but it does exactly what it's supposed to do, and actually works a lot better that DirectIXer, which costs $20-$30 USD.

[Bag]

Thanks Wockachuka, yeah that Spin Audio wrapper is tempting. Must give it a try... but you still don't get real-time monitoring, right?
How do you play, record and hear the Amplitube results at the same time?

Cheers, Bag.

[wockachucka]

Originally posted by Bag:
...How do you play, record and hear the Amplitube results at the same time?

You can't. For that matter, I still haven't figured out how to live-monitor DX or native CEP effects, either. I though you had to record the signal, then apply the effect to the signal afterward.

I don't think what you're asking can be done in CEP. Can it be done in other multitrackers?

[This message has been edited by wockachucka (edited 02-01-2004).]

[130dB]

Originally posted by wockachucka:
I don't think what you're asking can be done in CEP. Can it be done in other multitrackers?


You should be able to do this in Nuendo/CubaseSX. There was a thread about it a while ago: http://www.audioforums.com/forums/Forum10/HTML/001220.html
I haven't needed to do this in my Nuendo sessions yet, but I'll have to give it a try now.

[Strryder]

Originally posted by wockachucka:
I don't think what you're asking can be done in CEP. Can it be done in other multitrackers?


You're right, CEP/AA doesn't support any kind of "live" input monitoring through the software with effects.

If you have a soundcard with either low latency WDM or ASIO drivers, and have a computer that can be run at less than about 5 ms of latency, many programs will allow "live" monitoring with plugin effects.

I used to use Sonar 2.2 XL, and it was called "input monitoring" in that version of Sonar, I think that even cakewalk's HomeStudio 2004 (89 bucks) can do it, both of these programs need a VST wrapper to use VST effects though.