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You need more mics for doing what..? Recording one's voice..? Your bass cab..? Room ambience..? Birdsong at dawn..? 'Live' singing..? Cymbals..? Budget..? I've a fair selection of mics here, for different purposes; my 'go to' source for acquisitions is Superlux, for their value for money, and innate qualities. I have others, for specific uses ('live' singing, guitar cab use, all round ambience and more...), but would be hard pushed to recommend any one over another without having some notion of the use it's to be put to. So... You need more mic for doing what..?

A splendid choice, from a pictorial point of view. At first (and second...) glance, I took this to be a painting, but a read of its 'back story' revealed its true nature as a cleverly-shot photo. What inspiration to compose does it provoke, though..? Absolutely no idea, as yet..! Each month, I use the chosen image as personalised 'wallpaper' on my PC screen, in the hope that, at some point, the daily view of it will trigger some glimmer of an idea. It's not happened yet in this case, but it's early days still. Good shot, though. Now, then, where's that banjo...

I think I'd start with using the electronic snare, at least; that'd bring down the acoustic bleed into the mic. I'd then look at the need/utility of the compressor, as, when he's not singing, it's bringing the vocal mic level up, and so increasing bleed. I'd turn it off; it's quite the opposite that's needed, more like a gate that only opens when he's singing. That mic is highly reputed, and may well have less bleed than equivalent dynamic mics, such as the Shure, but will still need very careful setting up to get perfection. Cutting out or reducing all the ambient sounds seems the logical path to tread, plus a gate. Our singer used to play drums in our band, when I played bass, with a soft-rock repertoire; we had no such problems (Shure headset mic...), but our PA was modest, too, and the venues less than stadium proportions. I can't think of much else that'll help, though, sorry.

No, but it does require some 14 seconds of one's TIM to come up with the past thread on the subject... BS Template ... Now, what are you going to do with the 14 seconds of your life I've just saved you..?

That settles it (for me...); I definitely don't want anything that makes noise of the sort..! We have this in our 'park' of gear; no good either for messing about with samples..? Roland SP-808 ... Our Eldest's previous group (Kiemsa...) used it quite extensively; it does most of the things vaunted by this box. Are you sure you just want something to improvise over..?

Here's a few to compare, maybe..? Hardware Drum Machines ... ...but if it's simply for tapping in some beats to improvise over (as opposed to composing complete drums tracks for songs, for recording...), you'd have to be darned keen to need one of these monsters. I'd say you'll be spending more time fiddling around with 'em than on the bass impros, personally, but, if that's what you like doing, go for it...

I play the pieces of kit he asks for, with a regular beat, but with a representative range of strikes and tempos. When ready, I'll probably be asked for 'all together, please..?', and I'll do a few bars of various styles, improvised, mostly, giving an idea of what I'll be doing during the set. Then I'll stop and let the bassist do his check. Once all are done, we'll do a 'general', usually a song that we've ejected from the set now, but has everyone in there somewhere. One of the band will be at the console all the time, to assist in getting the balance and sounds we use. It's very rare that we have problems (I can't remember the last time, but, then again, I'm old...).

Donald Duck is ginger..?

I must say that I'm a bit confused by the mix of 'digital' and 'analogue' in their 'blurb'. The samples are digital, that's certain; the analogue part is, I presume, the volume knob or audio filtering..? Dunno, really. I can't see what the 'hardware' aspect does, sonically, compared to a wholly software equivalent, such as a Vst drum plug-in. Am I missing something..? There must surely be something that justifies such a price for a metronome with buttons, but I can't see what.

Now that he's in his twenties, it's a slightly more rare spectacle, I trust..?

You have Audacity..? In the 'Effect' menu, choose 'Change Tempo', type in the percentage change required (-50 for half-speed, for example, or use the slider control...) and that's done. It takes a few seconds; you can save the result if required. I've just done a FLAC file this way; there's no need to look at all the 'complicated' gubbins it can do if that's all you want. No good..?

I don't think so. Do you think they should, in the interest of gender balance..?

From the same source, here's their list of top bass players ... 50. Kim Gordon 49. Leland Sklar 48. Mike Rutherford 47. Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn 46. JJ Burnel 45. Bill Wyman 44. Nathan East 43. Louis Johnson 42. Roger Glover 41. Berry Oakley 40. Ray Brown 39. Verdine White 38. Sting 37. Willie Dixon 36. Tina Weymouth 35. Carol Kaye 34. Bernard Edwards 33. John Deacon 32. Marcus Miller 31. Phil Lesh 30. Simon Gallup 29. Duff McKagan 28. Carl Radle 27. Pino Palladino 26. Larry Graham Jr 25. Mark King 24. Aston ‘Family Man’ Barrett 23. Tony Levin 22. Billy Sheehan 21. Chris Wolstenholme 20. Lemmy 19. James Jamerson 18. Bootsy Collins 17. Stanley Clarke 16. Chris Squire 15. Charles Mingus 14. Phil Lynott 13. Roger Waters 12. Jaco Pastorius 11. Geezer Butler ... and top drummers, for good measure ... 50. Jeff Porcaro 49. Gene Krupa 48. Steve Smith 47. Hal Blaine 46. Max Roach 45. Topper Headon 44. Steve Gadd 43. Art Blakey 42. Benny Banjamin 41. Travis Barker 40. Nicko McBain 39. Alan White 38. Simon Phillips 37. Billy Cobham 36. Josh Freese 35. Vinnie Paul 34. Chad Smith 33. Cozy Powell 32. Vinnie Colaiuta 31. Charlie Watts 30. ?uestlove 29. Ansley Dunbar 28. Janet Weiss 27. Carmine Appice 26. Clyde Stubblefield 25. Matt Cemeron 24. Michael Shrieve 23. Bill Ward 22. Roger Taylor 21. Sheila E 20. Lars Ulrich 19. Tommy Aldridge 18. Mike Portnoy 17. Alex Van Halen 16. Ian Paice 15. Bill Bruford 14. Carl Palmer 13. Mitch Mitchell 12. Phil Collins 11. Ringo Starr 10. Terry Bozzio One could argue the relative positions, and/or exclusions, but the ladies are present, and not simply as 'tokens'. What's the fuss..?

Joint second..? Phew, he's a tough one to please..!

And the winner is... Brook_Fan..! Here, then, is your Winner's Certificate (download and save as pdf file, then proudly print and frame...) ... BC_Chal_Cert_2018_12.pdf ... which looks like this (but bigger, of course..!)... ... and a Happy New Year to one and all..!

It does have the dubious advantage of obliging the player to learn how to tune the guitar often.

If I understood correctly what was said at the recent Polish meeting, if (when..?) the Antarctic ice has all melted away, the world's oceans will be seventy metres deeper. I've not seen a world map with that 70m coastline drawn on it, but a lot of people will need to learn to swim, and many nations will become disconnected islands. S'not electric cars we'll be needing, but electric canoes. Due for end of century or near enough, I believe. Global warming, pshaw..? Hmm... Not for some. Still, let the scoffers scoff, eh..? It's not the moral high ground that's needed, but the geographical high ground.

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

I've several drum packages (normal; I'm a drummer..! ), but hadn't come across this one before now. I've had a scout around their site, and listened to a fair bit of it, and if that style, or sound, is what's required, they seem pretty darned good. Personally I look for more variation than just playing kick and snare, so brushes, hot-rods, timpani sticks etc are important to me, as well as left hand/right hand nuances, and could see nothing of the sort. If you want to compare something, have a look at BFD3, which is slightly more costly (but not excessively so...), but has, it seems to me, far more scope for differing styles. Stuff like Superior Drummer 2 would not be a fair comparison, nor MDrummer, but there are several other drum sets out there. If you're using Kontakt, for instance, there are Shreddage drums that are wonderful for... errr... shreddage. 'Strike', from Air Music Technology are good, too, as are KVLT drums (yes, that's how they spell it...). Vast choice, really. I'll probably download the free set, just to see how they stack up; if they're really as good as they say, I'll invest, but they're up against stiff competition.

One cannot have two 'smilies' for the same post, so I'm adding the 'Like' here, instead...