12:07 AM
First rehearsal for Tommy went well. 2 guitars, piano, drums, me (bass), and a horn. Guitar 1 might double on harmonica, and Guitar 2 on synth. And it calls for the drummer to switch over to a hand percussion set.
I think my pedal setup is mostly good (again I forgot to take a picture). I want to move the Para Eq to go after the Octo Puss. So the other Eq needs to go after the fuzz. I think I'll be able to do a nice pseudo "synth filter sweep" with the Para Eq.
The piano player is having some technical difficulty. The keyboard has lots of banks, but only 4 program buttons. So she can only get 4 different sounds before having to menu dive.
The keyboard has a USB-B jack on it. So my first thought is a little midi controller that can send program change messages.
But, then I remembered USB needs a host at one end. So the $50 midi box becomes 2 $50 boxes.