HYBRID RIGBOOK
[ WORSHIP GUITAR HYBRID RIGBOOK | Doug Doppler ]
“So what is a RigBook?” you might be asking board into our favorite DAW or modeling yourself. A RigBook is a collection of gear software and in turn beam that back out to our where each component serves a specific role live rig. At every step of Danny’s NAMM demo I So, as you might have guessed in looking at the
while also complementing the nuances of the became further convinced that I’d experienced photos, the Fender guitar effects are the hybrid
other elements in the rig. As I’ve said before, the greatest technology breakthrough for part of the equation. If you haven’t already, I
Craigslist is a junkyard of bad gear choices that worship I’ve seen since modeling itself. Then, strongly encourage you to read the review on
frequently reflect poor judgement in terms of when Danny busted out the MIDI Guitar 2 app, these pedals, because they are every bit as
how an individual piece of gear is going to work I was immediately reminded how my Roland cool as the Teleport. Stan Cotey and his team
within the context of a rig. GR-20 enabled me to blend lush strings on at Fender really went to town! And thanks to
laptop which is incredibly exciting.
top of delay laden guitar, much the same way that crafty little Teleport I can process these
Noting that our context is worship guitar, I keyboardists layer strings on top of piano. pedals using the amp modeling software on my
immediately start thinking of chimey, delay- While I’m sure others have done this before, laptop. Seriously folks, this is seriously cool!
laden, stereo guitar sounds. From Helix to I’ve never heard anybody do this during a Axe-Fx, worship and secular players have worship service. The concept of being able to Last, but in no way least, we get to the Line 6
come to tolerate, like, or love the myriad of layer string sounds on top of my favorite plug- Powercabs… which were pretty much built for
conveniences that modeling devices and ins about put me over the moon. this kind of rig. In “Flat” mode they are perfect
software offer. Where these devices are
for amplifying the cabinets that come bundled
traditionally the gateway to modeling, this But wait… there’s more. The Teleport comes in Amplitube CS Orange Edition. That said, I
RigBook takes a different approach thanks bundled with IK Multimedia’s Amplitube CS preferred turning off the cab models and using
to the OMEC Teleport, courtesy of the good Orange Edition which includes the model of one Celestion Greenback speaker models that
people at Orange Amps (you can read the full of the coolest worship amps ever - the Orange come stock in both the Powercab 112 and
review elsewhere in this issue). AD30. Yeah, it’s kind of like an Orange-flavored 112 Plus. Thanks for the handy XLR outs, I’m
AC30, but with twin channels that are perfect able to send that signal out to my iMac where
While any people will logically think of the for blending with other amps, which gets us I’m running another instance of Pro Tools to
Teleport as a USB audio interface, the moment back to the whole stereo convo. Once you’ve capture all that audio goodness.
I saw it demonstrated by its inventor Danny played in stereo, it’s really hard to go back. Be Gomez at NAMM, I recognized it is a gateway to it dual amps (or models thereof) stereo effects All in all, this is one of the coolest rigs I’ve ever
a myriad of great worship tones, many of which like beat-synched dual delays, or dual cabinets, used, so please take a moment to watch the
have never been utilized on the platform. While stereo rocks… especially for worship. video if you haven’t already!
that’s a pretty bold claim, those of us who’ve
spent countless hours, days, and weeks in the When I set up a new track in Pro Tools, I look
depths of DAWs (digital audio workstation) like at the channel strip in the mix view and start
Pro Tools have probably never used our favorite to imagine which plug-ins I’ll use for that track.
studio plug-ins on the platform for one simple The Teleport allows me to apply this strategy for
reason - we lacked a convenient vehicle from incorporating my favorite studio effect into my
which to do so. live rig. The ability to separate effects onto their
own tracks via an Aux Bus in turn leverages the
The Teleport enables us to beam our pedal
processing power of both Pro Tools and my
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