neepheid

Taking a fully mixed single track and magically recreating the multitracks from that single source alone? Since when?

You need to be careful not to turn this conversation into a binary choice and an "us vs. them" type situation. I was careful to use the term "Generative AI". I'm all for AI automating humdrum tasks, or doing things which are impossible for humans (like the software which turns a full recording back into multitracks to allow remixing which I believe you are alluding to). But using it to create "art" that the user could never hope to do under their own steam, that can fork right off.

Generative AI can get in the bin as far as I'm concerned. It makes an absolute mockery of the years I've spent learning an instrument. It's a disgustingly insulting short cut. Get gud or eff off. *mic drop*

Oh, wasn't asking for devilment, just to see if I could help. I suspect not - the oldest bass I own is a 1978 Yamaha BB1200...

How old is "older"?

Still buzzing from last night's gig with Nine Lives at the Harbour Lights in Peterhead. Yay, a stage! Yay, a sound engineer and house PA! So we found ourselves in the unusual position of being ready to go about half an hour before show time. It was pretty busy, certainly the busiest I remember it being at this particular venue, there seemed to be a constant, but varying level of 30-40 folk in the bar at any one time. I worried that we'd be a bit rusty, being the first gig since the beginning of December, but we played really well, a few minor bloops here and there but nothing showstopping. And boy did I feel frisky - I went on three wireless walkarounds during the gig (or was it four?). General shape throwing/posing on stage and I'm feeling pretty creaky today. But all in all, cracking night, got some great comments and chit chat with a few of the punters. Had the obligatory drunk guy thus: Punter: "Can you play some Metallica?" Me: "Sure, in a couple of songs" ... *band plays Enter Sandman* ... Punter: "You said you'd play Metallica!" Me: "Umm, we did?" Punter: "Aww, I missed it" *I shrug* Well, we're not going to play it again, are we? FFS! Anyway, apart from that, cracking night, loads of folks up dancing, a new song in the set went without a hitch, got some great feedback, got paid (and got told that we could up our price next time), reduced load in/out due to not having to provide PA. Just all kinds of good really. Gear was the Cort Curbow then the Ibanez ATK into the usual toan cubes (which weren't doing that much, mostly just providing the feed to the desk, had a wedge in front of me)

Even with the knowledge that I will be attending?

Well, I just made myself unpopular. Got excited and pushed the wee Joyo to the max, got an angry text from Mrs. Neepheid who was upstairs having a nap. Whoops, this little amp is a bit more pokey than I first thought.

I would really like the ability to rename stored attachements on here. Because sometimes (OK, quite often) I'm a lazy bugger and just paste in something i've seen online, and have 20 pages of attachments called "Image.png", whoops!

Well, last night's gig with The Inevitable Teaspoons (we're on Spotify, by the way ) at Drummonds in Aberdeen was a lot of fun. Gigged my Cort Curbow for the first time since I replaced its guts with USA Bartolini pup and Glockenklang preamp and it is the bass it always should have been now. Sounded terrific last night - punchy and strong. To be honest, I didn't need to do any EQ on the bass, I just left the EQ flat and ran the pickup in series. The gig itself was a good laugh, maybe 50 folk there, hard to tell because some folk were at the end of the room up a level. Mrs. Neepheid came down to see us too, yay! She reported that she saw quite a few folk into it, not quite motivated enough to get up and actually dance but there was chair dancing going on in various pockets of the room. The crowd took a while to warm up, but we had a few folk up dancing by the end. I went walkies during "Shake a Tail Feather", that got a good laugh (and a dance with Mrs. Neepheid). I'm a happy boy. Gear was the Cort Curbow and my pedalboard - I love a "just turn up and play" gig with house PA and a sound engineer who knows what they're doing. Although I had some Trace gear behind me, most of my monitoring was through the house wedges in front of me.

Would totally own that mug, you goit.

Yes, you weirdo

? It went into production, you gimboids! I ain't a pox on bass production, how very dare you, sir! https://www.thomann.co.uk/harley_benton_hb_50_vintage_orange.htm

Well, if you're happy then I'm delighted.

Eh, I just fitted a Freeway 10 way switch to mine. I found this to be a very satisfactory (and very clever) way of opening up many more possiblities on the Triad.