DIARY of a MG3MAN - MG3b almost to powerful

FIRST TEST OBSERVATIONS
win10x64 32GBR + GTX1070 +
this is just to document the RAW journey of not reading the instructions and getting right to it.

MG3 - OVERVIEW

TEST 1 - Line in Ibanez RG 170 6 string Drop D

  1. *running the MG3b for the first time, need to wait until the VST scan options are ready because of the crash.
    **Default settings - on launch, it immediately starts making sounds…from the basic computer line level spike frequencies. Gate: 56 does the trick.

  2. Not detecting drop D (6 string Low E does works but is not METAL enough)

  3. Bends work. wow, waited years to play a David Gilmore riff. with all the bluesy bensy stuff without stuck notes

  4. FIRST EFFECT (LIVE setup with Mic + Classical guitar)
    click up/down arrow buttons is loading some ‘Deep Effect’ Presets. very cool.

  5. Note played on higher frets are increasingly LOUDER.

    • MDA Piano - low strings play louder than high strings (difficult to get even volume between pitch)
  6. Godin Line in - Piano actually works without all the glitches
    Miracles do happen.

-BRAKE-
had to stop practice because of the crying i was so happy
(wife was very surprised because she’s wanted me to do that for 25 years MG3 is now my new therapist)

  1. unfortunately had to sleep for a few hours awake again and will continue testing…

*(SOLVED) just keep running the VST scan (10+ x) eventually it worked!
**(SOLVED the issue was MOTU Input 2 MIC)
Input 1 Line | Input 2 MIC


QUESTIONS

  1. Signal Path - Why is the default mixer, 2?

REQUEST

  1. User Option: Mixer OFF Dim Color Range
  2. Legato Mode - 1ms increment option
  3. User Option: Mixer Color Choice
  1. ON/OFF for MASTER Delay / Reverb
  2. ON/OFF for any Mixer Effect
  3. Double Click Knobs to reset to Center
  4. Nested CHAINS - to clean up the UI (collapse the modules)
  5. “0” center PAN knobs (L -100, 0, R+100) + #6

PRO
…so far everything accessible is better than MG2

CON
JamO UNDER REVIEW:
Currently, Instrument Sounds are not saved with the MG3 Patch.
When saving MG3 patch, Guitar Rig6 does not remember the patch inside it and has to be re-loaded. click “NO SOUND” Opens GR6


EXPERIMENTS
Guitar: Godin drop D
Even though E is the lowest trigger
…THIS setting triggers the open D string.(F*k yeah!)

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we need a new diary entry. hopefully the tears (of joy) have continued to flow.

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