This VST host has been designed to meet the requirements of musicians and sound engineers in live situations. As a serious musician, you surely need a complete DAW to record your music, but when you are in front of your audience, it may be easier to use something dedicated to live situations.
And during live situations, the access to your instruments and effects must be fast and intuitive. The adjustment of these must be done efficiently, and the necessary software sub layers running on your computer should not be your concern when it comes to play or produce music.
BloXpander has been designed with in mind, the obsession to provide an easy to use “machine” powered by advanced features. It was important that both the beginner and the professional easily find the features they need, without being visually swamped with what is unnecessary during a session.
Nowadays, the musical possibilities offered by our computers are far more than what I could have expected 15 years ago. However, some of us do not have the desire to disperse their time in a lot of “computer geeks” activities, because they are just passionate about music.
In the past, the access to audio hardware wasn’t that easy because of its price. Today, we have an easier access to an arsenal of powerful tools but we usually don’t use every available thing on a daily basis.
I consider a piece of software in the same manner as a hardware device.
I wouldn’t bring 4 full racks of hardware to a small show but even in such a situation, I would like to play my music in a version that is not too “cheap” compared to the original version.
Similarly, a sound engineer doesn’t always have the opportunity to hire the device he needs to facilitate his on-site tasks, when the wanted thing remains in the studio.
This is why I always have my laptop with me and I regard this machine as a fully-fledged musical instrument.
Still I wanted a piece of software that combines the power of a computer and the efficiency of a dedicated device.
The interface of BloXpander has been designed to match this basis specification. It is visually attractive and clear, the construction of projects and the access to prepared instruments and effects is very fast. The plugins manipulation is direct (especially when BloXpander is coupled to an external MIDI controller).
In a live situation, switching from a complete “scene” to another is done with a double-click.
Even if BloXpander has been especially thought for live situations, it can also find its place within the studio. There it can be used as an expander or a top notch multi-FX unit.
Whatever your current workstation is, it may be interesting to take advantage of the plethora of available plugins working under Windows ™, installed on a PC dedicated to BloXpander.
BloXpander also has the potential to facilitate the work of music teachers or theatre technicians, providing an immediate and easily transportable access to a remarkable amount of instruments and effects. The versatility of audio tools is not so critical when we can take a full load of them in just a bag.
However, don’t take me wrong. I don’t try to advocate the supremacy of software across hardware, but more humbly propose a supplementary tool that can certainly find a place aside your current setup.
And since computers are a tool that musicians can no longer ignore, I am pleased to share this software solution that is just an attempt to give some credibility to those who claim “a computer can be nothing else than a genuine musical instrument”.
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