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There are many types of condenser mic, but having looked at what is supplied with the Focusrite package, I'm assuming that it's a large-diaphragm mic. Ideally, a shock mount would be better; its purpose is to reduce ground vibration through the mic stand from being picked up. If you're not recording over a tube station, and don't jump up and down whilst singing, it shouldn't make too much difference. A pop shield has two main uses: firstly, to prevent the singer from approaching too close to the mic (some singers 'eat' the mic; not good..!), and also to reduce spray from landing on the mic; the capsule inside won't like that, and is not so easy to replace as a dynamic mic. Without such a device, it can be made fairly easily by bending a wire coat-hanger into a circle, and covering this with a ladies stocking or similar. As long as air can pass through, but not spray, it's good enough until a better-quality filter can be acquired. Be aware, of course, that the condenser mic will require the phantom '48v' to be turned on, as they need power to work. Turn this off again when reverting to the dynamic mic. Hope this helps; good luck with the project.

Good afternoon, Bram, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

Good evening, PB, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

Are you sure that's not the KKK.? ...

So, no Patience, eh..? Oh well, can't say I'm surprised..!

S'your Lucky Day, old chum.

Ooo, that's a bit harsh, don't you think..? Just because he's a keyboard player..? ...

@Silvia Bluejay : I don't know quite how 'automatic' you're wanting things to be, but I've done editing multi-cam synced to audio with VideoPad with no issues nor problems. I've not done the same with Resolve nor the latest I've installed (Shotcut...), but they work in exactly the same manner, and it's easy enough to drop 'snippets' in. Here's a concert from end of last year, which took just minutes to put together... ... and another of one of my 'planes ... ... and the 'plane's First (brief...) Flight...) ... again, simple enough to edit. No great expertise needed; just a bit of Patience. Not professional quality, I'll freely admit, but certainly no need for aspirins, either, and better can be done by those taking more time (and playing better, maybe..!). Here's a screenshot of the VideoPad project for that last video... Any help..?

I agree. If I can see a drum hit, and the waveform, it takes seconds. Often enough, a Youtube upload will turn out to be out of sync, but that's them, not us. It's not for nothing, though, that films are always shot with a clapboard, precisely for syncing the audio 'clap' with the visual. Not always possible for 'live', certainly, but, for me, a snare hit serves for that, if needs be. It really isn't an issue in the softs that I use; can't speak for any others.

It's the physical presence of the barrel of the jack plug that acts as 'on/off' switch for active basses. As long as there's a jack in the socket, the pre-amp is switched on. An 'on/off' in the lead will not affect this, so the battery would still go flat over time.

I've just done a quick'n'dirty download and micro-test of this, and it's darned good. A couple of magnitudes faster than Resolve, and very much more lightweight in its approach. I managed to import, line up, chop around and overlay a few clips, with fades, in a few minutes whilst eating dinner. Thanks for the tip; it may well replace my other softs.

Didn't Boris send you a letter lately..? Use that; it's quite absorbant.

It's very true that it doesn't come with a big bucket of Patience, which, for my part, I'm already a little short on. Some Patience is essential with most programmes of any sort. It took me about half a day to get up and running with the Resolve concepts, and I'm still faster with VideoPad for basic cross-fading. It's like bathing in the sea, though: it's fine once you're in, but a bit of a shock until one takes the plunge. No, I can't send you any spare Patience, most of mine is needed on a daily basis for monitoring Interweb Forums.

I've been using VideoPad for several years now, with modest success (loading my multi-camera 'plane videos to YouTube, with my own soundtrack etc...). Of late I've been dabbling with Da Vinci Resolve, which does a very similar job in a very similar fashion. I'm not as familiar with it as yet, but it compares favourably for my usage, and the free version does far more than I'll ever need. Cut'n'shut, fade in/out/crossfade, adding audio tracks, and syncing them to video... Both the packages I use do this with ease on my modest PC (HP 8200 desktop, i5 proc, 12 Gb memory, Windows 10 Pro...). Hope this helps.

Well, as long as folks refrain from swearing, in the knowledge that these terms will be replaced with others, we'll consider that the cuss filter is doing its job. I'll leave the philosophy to others; we're just trying to keep the Forum as decent as we can. Not using these words is the solution, on this Forum at least.

The idea behind the cuss filter is to incite folks to not use offensive, non-family-friendly language. There are many terms in the vocabulary that convey most sentiments without resorting to open vulgarity. For quoting, when it really does make a point (maybe...), there are ways, such as using 'special non-English characters' (in this case, 'shït, for example...), or, even better, asterisks are your friend (and so: sh*t...). Hope this helps; in general, it's best to avoid rude words, of course.

Good afternoon, Upa, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

Good afternoon, Euan, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

Give it a rest..! ...

Harrived today (Hoorah..!). I'll get started this evening, in parallel with my 'Complete Fiction By H.P. Lovecraft' tome. I'll try not to confuse the two.

The chemistry of batteries can be quite complex. One of the 'features' often designed in is the ability to stay at nominal voltage as long as possible, then drop off suddenly (a 'cliff edge'...). Others will gradually decline (a 'slope'...). The pre-amp, too, will have its own design parameters, so may continue to work normally with a lowering voltage until it can no longer do so, when it suddenly becomes mute. Our Cort will start to distort heavily if the battery is low (but has a 'pull for passive' volume pot...). Each combination of bass/battery is potentially different. There are also those basses that need tools to change the battery, often with tiny screws that fall between the stage boards, and are always black so that they become invisible in dim light, anyway. I'm glad that I'm a drummer.

S'my 'top tip', too; a Christmas present for your bass (and any other stuff that has batteries of the same sort, such as the reserve power for the alarm clock, or the TV remote control...). It's a simple way of reminding oneself, for those thinking of Christmas presents. For any Grinches out there... Serves you right for being such a curmudgeon when the bass fails..! ...

So, no spare, new, battery in the pocket of the gig-bag, eh..? There's the £30 lesson to be learned..! ...

Reaper is not very hard on PC's, even a modest one will be OK When composing with more and more virtual instruments, extra memory is your friend. I used, for several years, a Pentium PC; I now use a desktop HP 8200, with i5 processor and 12Gb memory. No issues whatever, with some fairly hefty instruments such as Superior Drums 3 and a Pearl piano, full orchestra and Spectrasonics Trillian bass. An internal soundcard will work fine, but usually one has to add an audio interface, for recording one's own instruments, or vocals (or both..!). This interface usually serves, then, for audio output. Not indispensable, but very useful. Hope this helps.