Dad3353

Good evening, Cos, and ... [sharedmedia=core:attachments:167528] Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

[quote name='edstraker123' timestamp='1506263360' post='3377404'] All worked out really well - both couriers delivered in a timely fashion with no damage (The dutch courier was a third of the cost ). Both of us really pleased with our new basses. [/quote]

Good afternoon, Amy, and ... [sharedmedia=core:attachments:167528] Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share. I can't help with the bass questions (I'm a drummer... ), but someone will doubtless be along to guide you.

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Beware of what you wish for..!

With great pleasure... [color=#800080][b]The Return Of The Return Of The Return Of... well, you get the idea...[/b][/color] [color=#800080][b]'One From The Cage', from Bleat ...[/b][/color] A daring work from the start. We are taken to a world of mystery and anticipation. The introductory stillness is vaguely reminiscent of a well-known piano work (although it has been interpreted in many forms...), and blends in perfectly with the following movement, equally muted. One could almost imagine a soothing crescendo as the piece progresses from chaste quiet to deafening silence, unbearably holding our avid attention right up to the final uproarious quelling of all sound... Four minutes, thirty-three seconds of pure bliss. Thank you, Bleat, for the rich experience of listening to the sounds in my own head, and no more.

[url="https://soundcloud.com/dad3353/the-one"]The One ...[/url]

[quote name='fingers211' timestamp='1506163500' post='3376790'] Thanks for the 'kind' review Dad......the [b]cheque's[/b] in the post ...[/quote] Fixed. ...

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1506101217' post='3376522'] A wise man once said "aimless noodling" [/quote] Yeah, but he was a Mark King fan, so what would [i]he [/i]know..?

Any more late-comers..? [color=#800080][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][b]The Return Of [/b][/font][/color][color=#800080][b]The Return Of [/b][b]The Return Of The Return Of 'Play Of The Day'..![/b][/color] [color=#800080][b]'Way Of Life ', from Rikki1984 ...[/b][/color] A solid, funky bass beat, with an equally solid, hefty beat from the drums. The rhythmic starts up a chordal riff, joined by a buried vocal, treated to such an extreme extent as to be totally inaudible (Yes, I know; I'm deaf... ). The lyrics are... There are lyrics..? Never mind, the relentless grind of the poppy bass, metronomic drums and half-wah guitar do their job well enough. Ah, it would seem that the lyrics have ended. This is the signal for the bass player to lose all sense of decorum and indulge in a wild flurry of thrashing. Luckily the rest of the band stay on track and, now exhausted, the bass recovers its principal role, right up to the surprising 'outro', switching to three-four time. Odd, but it works quite well. Inspired by the picture..? The link is tenuous, at best, but the piece is worth listening to, if only as a warning to others to not let a bassist off the leash too readily.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1506097096' post='3376486'] Has anyone had much experience of syncing audio files from different devices... [/quote] The answer's a lemon, of course; suck it and see, but it'll probable work fine enough. It'll help if, at the beginning, there's a 'clap', and another at the end, that all the devices pick up. When each track is imported into the DAW, the Start-End can be aligned, by 'time-stretching' if necessary. It won't be perfect (phase issues, for instance...), but it would probably be good enough as a record of the rehearsal. I do this kind of thing all the time, when composing my stuff for the Composition Challenge, for instance, when working with samples or snippets from several sessions, lining up differing tempos and such; it seems to work well enough for me. It shouldn't be all that difficult to just try it and see, though. Just my tuppence-worth.

Get an 'old school' old bloke in, someone who was 'there' at the time. It's a dying art form, is that. I hope your keys are up to scratch, too..!

I tried a G[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]rolsch bottle washer once, with no success ...[/font][/color] ... I have used Dunlops on all my guitars and basses since, with no problems at all.