Dad3353

... but be warned: I'm a drummer, so what would I know..?

No, that's 4/4...

Have you anything to say..?

Don't show her this one, then; she may decide it's the one for you..!

Your device has six channels, but only four tracks, going each to a separate physical track on the cassette tape. These tracks can be connected, one at a time, to your interface, with a jack from each Tape Out, into the Line (or Guitar...) input of the interface, and transferred to your DAW. Once synchronised, the four tracks can be remixed, or used as a basis for adding additional tracks in the DAW. That's quite sophisticated for the age of the machine; hope you have fun with it.

Something like this ..? MIDI Merge, 4 in, 2 out... There are many variants, from many suppliers, at various price points, with more, or less, inputs, throughs and outputs. Hope this helps.

Voted. I may as well produce certificates for everyone, right..? (... although, to be fair, they'd be merited...)

Indeed; we have a 'profanity filter' for cleaning posts.

Sure, that's oak, hey.

Just to be clear... The legal threats only concerned fake Rics, new or second-hand, but it was made clear that pursuit would follow even if the posted ad was of a supposedly genuine Ric that turned out to be bogus, a fake Ric that we (the site...) wouldn't be able to distinguish. 'Good faith' was not, apparently, a protection, so the decision was taken to not take the risk, and forbid any and all Rics. That way, there's no question of its authenticity being questioned, and zero risk of breaking the law. New or second-hand made no difference; any ad for a fake Ric would lead to a legal action.

To be fair, there is a nut.

Post 'Ric for sale' ads on Gumtree, then.

I thought the password was 'Valid'. Is that not so..?

Not this one, by any chance..?

Shirley you have double-bass case..? It's empty, naturally. Isn't it..! Empty. No 'second bass' in there, is there..? Naturally. ...

Evolution, innit..!

It's not entirely necessary to 'lock in' to the drums at all; the interplay is what counts, however it's achieved. An example from Zappa... The bassist and drummer never met, and were recorded at entirely different venues.

It may help to listen to what's going on, not in classical 'solfège' terms, but more akin to a verbal conversation, maybe in a language you're unfamiliar with. Listen to the 'chatter', rather than the 'beat', and try to 'speak' the same language. An example..? I'll try, but ... Imagine a conversation such as "I'm going to the wedding tomorrow, but don't have any idea is to what I should be wearing. Any idea..? It may be too late to get a peremptory fitting at the local tailors, so I'm in a bit of a quandary..." There's no set pattern to the above, and only an inkling of tempo, so to play along, one would just have to try to use a similar 'flow', and when it matches, all will be well. It's not necessary to be the same, or even similar 'patter'; in a conversation, some folks will be using simply interjections such as 'Oh yeah..?' or 'You don't say..!', and they'd be fitted in depending on the pauses or intonations of the others. Just a thought; that's how I do 'odd' stuff, and learn complex patterns. I equate them to phrases, or complete sentences of my own choosing, which becoming mnemonic. Hope this helps; good luck with it all, and 'Well done..!' on getting the chance to play such stuff. My thumb is up.

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

Ah, I see, and I think we all agree. Things are what they are, though, and get dealt with as best we can. It's a shame, certainly, but the threats were quite real enough to require this action. Never mind; there's plenty of other basses to be drooled over in the marketplace.

Good evening, Wegga66, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

I don't suppose you'd care to expand on that at all..?

There's no problem with discussion about Rickies, but they are not permitted to be offered for sale in the Marketplace, as this site has been threatened with potentially damaging legal action if any ads are of fakes. As it's impossible to know if any bass offered is pukka or not, no Rickies at all are allowed. The owners of the make are to be thanked for that. That said, discussion, photos, praise or criticism; all that is fine, but no commerce of 'em (nor their copies, naturally...).