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Maybe a campaign for 'tagless' posts, then..? (Chants...) "No more tags..! No more tags..! Down with tags..! Burn all tags..! Please refrain from adding tags to your posts which will only provoke empty space on the right of the screen..! No more tags..! Down with tags..! Please refrain from... (Marches off into the sunset, waving a scruffy banner and dodging nimbly the pelted eggs and rotten sprouts being hurled by pro-tag bystanders...)

Good call; cheers. It begs the question as to why the installer doesn't ask for a path, but, whatever... I'll install again once I've upgraded to an SSD 'C' drive, assuming my PC works at all after that..!

Those amps are open-backed; almost (but not quite...) as loud from behind as in front, so the player would clearly hear what was going on. Built-in foldback, in a way.

Done that, thanks. I managed to trick Cakewalk into finishing (I created the folders it couldn't do myself, and selected 'Retry'...). I got it to install, and even to run, but why does it install n the 'C' drive, without asking me..? I install nothing on that drive except System stuff; I've several teradisks hooked up for applications, data, archives etc. 'C' is for System only, and I want any installation to ask where to go, and go there. As a result, it's been uninstalled again. I did create an audio track, and imported audio to it, plus a MIDI track, with a MIDI file, but couldn't see how to affect an instrument to that MIDI track. I'm much more familiar with Reaper, where tracks is tracks, and has no need for specific affectation. I'll try again, and read up a bit on how it's supposed to work. For the moment, I'm rather sceptic, but it hasn't cost me much, either, so I'll keep an open mind. Meanwhile I've still a compo to do for this months Challenge; I suspect that Reaper will again be solicited..!

Downloading (again..!) to try that. The launcher dumbly downloads into the User/Download folder, instead of the browser Download folder like everyone else. Daft, as it's taking up space on the drive with the least free space on it, and may have trouble due to that. I'll see have it develops...

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

I tried that, but it doesn't allow the setting of directories for Vst's etc in that case (greyed out...) so I aborted.

I suppose both have their merits, but I'm not sure I approve of either. ...

@solo4652: Show your BL the photo ^^; ask if he's prepared to go to those lengths to make it work..? (Be prepared for him to say 'Yes', of course..! )

I agree with the above. It would be fine if there was a way of closing the 'Similar Content' column. Possible..? No..? Shirley..! In these days when men have walked on the moon... Please..?

[Pedantry] Not strictly true, of course ... (Grateful Dead's 'Wall Of Sound', 1973...) Abandoned quite rapidly, not for acoustic reasons, but the logical complexity of setting up/tearing down was too much for touring. [/Pedantry]

Downloaded it, but couldn't get the install procedure to run to completion (PC, Win10 64-bit, 12 Gb, 5Gb free disk...). Just an error screen and the stuff 'hangs', with a laconic 'Installing' still displayed. I'll (be trying to...) install an SSD soon, so will try again after that. Curious, really, just to see what it's like.

We'd better not discuss the Fender neck and headstock then, eh..?

You've not stated yet what interface you're using, nor on what platform (PC..? Mac..? Linux..? Other..?). With most interfaces, one does exactly as you've mentioned above: plug instrument into pedal, plug pedal into interface, and set the DAW to take input from the interface. I'd be surprised if that didn't work for you, but it depends a bit on knowing exactly what you're using. Hope this helps.

Senior moment..? No..? Oh well...

After a couple more you'll be past caring.

Too much..?

Re: D'Addario draw... Huh, only good for US or UK residents, apparently.

I'll mostly record the bass 'dry', and add any fx afterwards, mostly as Vst software, but occasionally 're-amping' through hardware. As a minimalist, though, I use little in the way of fx anyway. I have no latency issues, as what I'm hearing is the end result, not the 'real time' whilst playing. The 'right' way..? There are as many 'right' ways as bassists and songs to record, so, yes, you do have to try things out for yourself, make some mistakes and decide what, for the track you're doing, is the result you want. There is no 'magic bullet', no miracle. Try any and all methods and see which please you the most, is my advice.

You don't play many wedding receptions, do you..? ...

But what did I have for breakfast yesterday..? Gone, all gone. I played weddings and the like for many years with a splendid accordionist, as a duo. On the other hand, the ill-fated 'Catherine et son Ensemble' is one dep gig I'd prefer to forget..!

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

Time for an anecdote, I fear... Dany had been 'on the circuit' for many years, doing variety, dance-hall gigs, with his accordion repertoire, but had ambitions to modernise his band. When was this..? Well 'Message In A Bottle' was at the fore at the time, so late '79..? He'd taken on Rivière, just about the top local bassist at the time, and felt (rightly...) that he needed to 'up' his game from the Montarbo 'suitcase' PA box he'd been using all these years for something a bit... well, 'better'. He ordered from the shop I worked in a complete PA rig, about the best we'd sold up till then, consisting of a pair of Cerwin Vega 'fridge' cabs, an Altec power amp and a fully-spec'd HH console, plus a whole raft of mics, stands et al. All well and good; he took delivery and went off to play their week-end gigs with the new stuff. Come the Tuesday (weekly closure was Mondays...), there he was on the doorstep at the dot of opening, furious. 'I'm somewhat disappointed with the PA, which doesn't work ...' (Please note: this is translated and cleaned up from the original French in order to pass the profanity filters. Only the merest hint of the bile expressed remains, but the tirade was long and virulent..!). He insisted we unload the rig, set it up in our large piano workshop and check it out for functionality, as he'd had to rely on his old Montarbo, such was the poor performance of the new ensemble..!. This took all morning (the console has a lot of buttons..!), but worked flawlessly. Disgruntled, he packed it all back into his tour bus and went away. The very next week he was back, insisting that we check again, as it patently was faulty. Upon inspection, no anomaly (of course...): I suggested that, the next outing, I come along to their venue to see the rig in action, in a 'real-life' situation. Agreed, so the following week-end I turned up at their gig, ready to see what was what. I stood back and observed as they set it all up and did their sound check. It then became obvious to me what the problem was; Dany was doing to this new rig what he had always done with his Montarbo: turning every button and knob up to max. Yes, i/p gain, EQ, monitoring, fx... Even the O/P faders were maxed. Cacophony, howling, mush... Indescribable..! It took a fair bit of diplomacy to get the bandleader, certain, now, of the pitiful quality of his investment, to listen to me, then, after calming down slightly, to allow me to take over the console, set everything to its nominal mid position and start from there. In minutes, the hall was transformed, and they were able to enjoy, (for the first time ever..!) a good, solid sound system, and fill the venue with their otherwise excellent rendition of the latest hits (OK, with occasional spats of accordion for the older revellers...). The moral of the tale..? Having had his ears filled for decades with the 'Italian sound' of the over-reverbed Montarbo, his ears had taken that to be the 'reference', and any deviation meant there was something amiss. It took a while for them all to become re-adapted to a clean-sounding system. One's ears can, and do, often play tricks on us. 'Listening' is not as simple as one might believe at first.

I concur.