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This... is not the solution.

Wheels of Confusion, The Thrill of It All

I followed a girl on Twitter whom I found attractive, physically and otherwise. The overt sexuality of her OF- which included intercourse- was a gross out.

The OP could still plan a list; it would just be done randomly, with no preference in sequence. And he could therefore bang still out several songs without pause.

You appear to subscribe to a false construct between gratitude and geography. In other words, we "insist" on thanking our veterans for their act of service, not for when, where or how that service occurs.

I use the RC5 to play backing tracks with my band live. The tracks are panned hard L and R, and sent from RC5 to FOH and the drummer respectively. The drummer's channel contains click and spoken cues.

With the selection of an ES8 song patch, the corresponding RC5 preset is recalled via midi.

I don't do any actual looping, and sure as hell don't need the RC5 for drums. But those 32-bit files sound great in FOH recall and playback.

You may want to include midi as an "only other difference" with the RC5

Jetpack

But what it can't do is smart channel selection, like how a switcher such as the ES8 controls amp channel selection.

The channel switching doesn't behave like that on an amp, unfortunately.

The channel switching lacks functionality; the IR2 could have done without the jack for that.

It pretends to do channel switching, there's a jack for it, but it doesn't work like channel select on an amplifier, and that's a deal breaker.

I have the same situation.

My current rig is an ES8 switcher controlling a 2-channel amp. I hoped that, in the event of amp failure, the IR2 could be swapped as a backup in live situations.

It seemed to make sense: The IR2's output would go to FOH; but everything else (fx loop, amp channel select) would have the same cabling hookups as when using the amp, and you could get through the gig this way.

But after asking around a couple of forums, I was told the IR2 only does back-and-forth channel switching, not channel select.

Suppose you're on an ES8 preset using your amp's clean channel. Then the song ends and you step on the ES8 to recall a different preset for the next song, which also happens to be programmed for clean.

When your amp receives this command, it will recognize which channel is being selected, and stay on clean for the second song in a row (correctly).

But when the IR2 receives this command, it sees the ES8's (re)selection of clean as an AB change, and will switch over to dirty (incorrectly).

I have not found an amp/cab emulator pedal with capable switching. This IR2 limitation to only "switch" and not "select" is pretty ironic, considering the jack on this pedal is clearly labeled "Channel Select."

This lacking functionality has led me to look at small/cheap amps as a live backup instead of an emulator pedal.

Ugly Betty

IMO, backing tracks do need to be used minimally/tastefly. But some perspective is helpful:

A drummer can do his job organically and acoustically. Usually, he's on a simple kit, covering a song recorded similarly.

Now try being the only guitar and only harmony vocalist in a 4-piece cover band. (That means no keys, either)

Those covers can contain a massive amount of midrange sounds, all for one person to recreate onstage. So, you doing your part with IEMs and click can be of great assistance to that guitar player and the band's overall sound.

You're not getting it. This is a widespread occurrence with this product. It's an accepted design flaw. In such a situation, you don't look at one user and try to pinpoint what they're "doing wrong." Jfc.

Are you crazy? My band bought these 4 months ago and they shut down multiple times per gig. Yes, any prospective customer should be "too concerned."

This is a tough one, let me think about that

That thing looks like a 1-hr. set with 2 other bands, requiring quick setup and teardown ... might be a problem

Lol, you are awesomely hilarious

Yeah, in n' out fries go straight to shit in about 4 minutes.

Someone here mentioned that they (themselves) aren't a people pleaser, like that could be the OP's problem.

I agree that being a people pleaser is problematic, but mainly because it puts a burden on yourself. It inherently takes on the social pressure, putting the other person at ease.

Ignoring for a moment that people pleasing is neither healthy nor sustainable, the OP's problem is likely that he's too stern, off putting and could use MORE people pleasing charm in social interactions.

With initials abbreviations, search queries can return several results- problem still not solved.

Plus, why would anyone use an obscure, initialed reference in their post, sending hundreds of readers to "Google it?"

Lazy, stupid.