Dad3353

For the anecdote... Several years ago now we played a gig for a friend's village fête, in their modern village hall. Our sound man had set up recording from the console to a stereo disk; we were very pleased. The gig went off very well; we played our usual pretty good standard, so we were more than keen to listen back to the disk. Horror..! A mistake in the setting up had produced a very mushy (a technical term...), buried rendering; difficult for us to even recognise what song was what..! Darn it, a good opportunity wasted, or so we thought. Back home, our thinking was along the lines of 'we've nothing to lose'; we transferred to our DAW and gave the whole sorry track a dose of Ozone. Goodness knows how that stuff works, but the result was as good a take as we could have hoped for initially; we could even hear (all too clearly..!) the flubs (another technical term...) made on the bass intro to Karma Police. Nothing else needed much at all, just cutting up into bite-sized separate songs for commodity. It's now our pride and joy, being our first 'live' recording. I suspect that it's linked to witchcraft, or at the very least voodoo, to get such a result from the murky original we fed into it. It was worth the night spent on a dark hilltop beheading chickens. I'll see if I can dig up the tracks for comparison, all these years later... Now then, where did I put those shellac disks..? Hmm...

[quote name='T-Bay' timestamp='1502726550' post='3353142'] Great book but always a lot cheaper on eBay (I think I paid £11 last year) ... [/quote] ... but just make sure it's the spiral-bound version, for ease of use.

[quote name='louisthebass' timestamp='1502651579' post='3352725'] Get this: [url="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hal-Leonard-Bass-Method-Complete/dp/0793563836"]https://www.amazon.c...e/dp/0793563836[/url] Best beginner bass method book ever - takes you from beginner through to intermediate standard. Vast majority of the book is notation & tab, but it also does get you started on the reading thing (if you want to go down that route) as well. [/quote] +1 for this bass method ^^. Maybe the best £20 you'll spend (get the spiral-back edition, which will lie flat on a table, or even (gasp..!) on a music stand..!). It's very progressive, has interesting enough pieces to play and goes through just about everything you're likely to ask, at your own pace. Recommended, even whilst going over Youtube videos and all. This method has the keys to bass playing that you're looking for.

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1502713578' post='3353017']... Could I get any sound back out? Turns out that the little volume control that sets the click level in stand alone mode acts as a volume for the DAW when used as an audio interface. .. [/quote] Not strictly true; it's a 'Balance' control between listening to the interface direct input and listening to the DAW. When playing an instrument, you may want to not listen to the DAW (there could be a delay due to latency, for instance...), in which case you'd dial anti-clockwise to 'Direct'. To hear the result of your input [i]including [/i]any DAW treatment or tracks playing, you'd dial to 'DAW'. Anywhere in between is admissible, of course. Just sayin'; hope this helps.

A buddy of ours, running an events business, is from the '80s 'disco' era; his 'default' sound is based on the subs being audible for literally miles around. When he's doing the PA for our gigs, there's quite a lot of 'education' involved (difficult, and sometimes painful, as he's a very big chap..!). The ears of this generation of sound guys are not tuned to 'hifi' systems, but to festivals ending with a dub session, with hour after hour of DJ, or reggae. Typically, our fellow will arrive with three times too many subs for the occasion; that's just his way of thinking that the event will go down well. It usually does, too, but there's a fair bit of re-adjustment for our sets. It's an inheritance from the dark days of disco, I think, which has skewed their hearing and expectations of what constitutes 'good sound'.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1502697171' post='3352858'] Amplify does mean make louder or bigger. The A in PA stands for Address. Public Address. [/quote] Indeed, but micing up does not [i]automatically [/i]mean amplifying. It's also about diffusion.

Here it is, anyway... http://youtu.be/i2rByT541zk

[quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1502573184' post='3352299']...even I think the lyrics are a bit cheesy on this one [/quote] [quote name='Mornats' timestamp='1502576349' post='3352324'] Wanna borrow my Doom array? [/quote] ...

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1502563139' post='3352242']... Thanks for your thoughts. [/quote] Not a lot in it, so either install 'default' (simplest...) or leave 'C' for System only, and put all your stuff on the 'D'. I don't think a graphics card is worth the bother of installing; it won't help (or hinder...). Sooner or later (Six months..? A year..? More..? ) you'll be looking to upgrade; till then, just get on with recording, mixing, creating... You'll know when it's time.

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1502559425' post='3352218'] [b] Hi from Victoria, Australia[/b] Hello Victoria.... [/quote] What, everybody..?

Rien à dire; sheer class. My thumb is up. One day, when I'm old, I'd love to have one zillionth of that bloke's talent.

I've posted this before: 'Fat Angel'. The very great Jack Casady doing what's needed with two notes. Beautiful time shifts, and delicious pacing from the expert touch of Spencer Dryden on drums. Beautiful, 'live' playing... http://youtu.be/O8M1oNgWhtk

[quote name='ivansc' timestamp='1502555954' post='3352195']... *sigh* Then we will have arguments over whether blackthorn is better than chrome plated steel for needles. [/quote] There's no argument to be had, there. Spines from Pacific sea urchins or nothing, obviously.

[quote name='Graham' timestamp='1502546134' post='3352118']... I'm currently listening to Autonet insurance's hold music...... [/quote] I know I shouldn't laugh, but ...

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1502533251' post='3352039'] Are you all watching on PCs or something?... [/quote] What else is there..? ([i]Shows himself up as being an old git, falling asleep on the bus and missing his stop, again[/i] ...)

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1502530085' post='3352011']...but you [b]can't[/b] beat a good studio with a great engineer when it comes to making a great recording. [/quote] Typo fixed.

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

[quote name='Bolo' timestamp='1502490997' post='3351880'] That's why you moved to france then? No need to understand anyone anyway? Rocking circumaural acoustic enhancement devices? [/quote] [size=5]Yes, it's turned out nice again.[/size]

[quote name='Thunderpaws' timestamp='1502487397' post='3351866'] Updated first post with a photo now....thanks Dad... [/quote] ... and a nice wide-angle view it is too; well done.

[quote name='Avi14' timestamp='1502480557' post='3351813']... is the bass sounding better now?... [/quote] Indeed it is; well done on that score. Still timing issues that need working on (that hammer-on, for instance, is far too fast for you right now...). You're playing above your weight. Not in itself a bad thing, necessarily, as long as you're also spending time on just playing correctly, using exercises or much less demanding 'play-along' tracks. Still, I don't want to discourage you; you're doing fine, really, but could be doing so much better if those fundamentals were better in place. Keep it up, of course; thanks and 'Bravo' for sharing.

(Just to say 'Thanks' for the Mickey Baker stuff...)

[quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1502461070' post='3351653'] I still don't think they're going to make any appreciable impact. There aren't nearly as many LEDs in the bulb in your OP as there are in the American DJ lamps for a start. You will notice them if there aren't any other lights on with them okay but not much more than that. Another thing about the lamp in question - you may well lose some of the LEDs. They're not the most long lived of LED products available. [/quote] On the other hand, they're not very expensive to try out. I had similar qualms when I acquired my first cheap leds, but, so far, I've not been disappointed with any of 'em, including workshop floods, main tube (ex-neon...) lights, outdoors auto-lights and several other types. They might go duff in two days, but I doubt it; if they did, their cost would be reimbursed. I've worked with pro lights (I was lighter for a band for several years, and assistant to a buddy with an events company, so I've seen a few...). No, they won't rival with Martin lights, but [i]will [/i]provide a backstage wash in a pub or small theatre. Just my tuppence-worth, though.