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[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1462911279' post='3046949'] For a short time, Chroma RMX library free - four gigs. Just a case of giving them your email before checkout. [url="https://insessionaudio.com/products/chroma/"]https://insessionaud...roducts/chroma/[/url] [/quote] S'gonna take a while to download; hope it's good stuff. I like Stylus; most that I have is drums, however. It'll be good to have a bit more to play about with. Thanks for the tip-off.

It depends, perhaps, on what you want your teacher to teach you..? If it's [i]his [/i]goal to have you 'dig in' more, then discuss it with him, and maybe change teacher. If you've asked him how to play like [[i]Insert appropriate bass god here...[/i]], then maybe try it out and see if it gets you where [i]you [/i]want to go..? In general, it's recommended practise to turn the amp up and use a lighter touch, letting the amp do the work, but that doesn't suite all styles.

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1462884395' post='3046601'] I just bought a few sets of these off amazon.... [/quote] Yes, I had those, too; they work fine enough if you don't use the guitar much, but are flimsy. I'm not sure that I've a complete set [i]anywhere [/i]now (and I don't play [i]that [/i]much, either...). Not recommended, despite the principle being pretty sound. They're just not tough enough; sorry.

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1462891723' post='3046707'] By "o/p" do you mean output? [/quote] Yes, sorry. o/p : output i/p : input p/u : pick-up One gets lazy very quickly; my apologies.

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1462886389' post='3046628'] Ah, but as well as A/B comparison, this one can also do X/Y: you feed it your two sources, then it asks you to choose your preference [i]without you knowing which one is which... [/i]clever stuff! [/quote] Clever stuff indeed..! I shut my eyes, but whatever..! ...

[sharedmedia=core:attachments:167485] Still looking for a solution, then..!

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1462883726' post='3046585']...But then every silver lining has its cloud, right? [/quote] Hi, ho..!

[quote name='McBass' timestamp='1462882582' post='3046562'] It's the store that i bought it from, they are going to as sonuus if they'll de register it. [/quote] Ah. I ordered directly from Sonuus. It'll get sorted by the store, I reckon; just a pain in the wotsit in the meantime. I hope I can get a decent oboe solo out of mine, when it arrives...

[quote name='McBass' timestamp='1462881740' post='3046541'] So did i, unfortunately the store's T&Cs mention registering products. Damned if a did and damned if i didn't as i wanted to make sure the software was up to date. [/quote] One has a statutory 'fit for purpose' guarantee, I believe,which should cover this, if you weren't able to get it to perform as described in the sales pitch..? Have you been able to speak to a human over this, or just robot mails or such..? It doesn't inspire confidence in the promotion of their products to be treated in such a fashion.

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1462881086' post='3046530']... No other magic or mojo involved [/quote] OK, thanks for the confirmation. Now try taking the 'summed' stereo out to a reel-to-reel deck, and see if the famous 'tape compression' does its magic..? Having listened 'blind' (should that be 'deaf'..?) to the original tracks, is the slight difference worth the fuss and bother..? Any tiny difference in the 0 db of the console settings could account for the result. Do the same test, but swap around the console i/ps, without touching anything else, and listen for a difference between console 1 and console 2..? One could go mad going through all the potential permutations..! The result would have to be pretty proven before I'd consider investing. An interesting project, of course. Keep us posted on progress (and tell us if your Challenge tracks are treated of the sort..?).

[quote name='McBass' timestamp='1462880244' post='3046510'] I registered mine to update to the latest firmware...now i'm told i may not get a refund because it's registered. [/quote] Tell 'em to 'un-register' it, then; politely, at first, but in stronger terms if necessary. You could also add that their reactions are being posted on a forum, where sales are being won or lost, depending on their replies. Yes, you may quote me; I am quite capable of sending one back, unopened, if they're going to play 'silly beggars' (a technical term...). I paid with Paypal; I'm sure I'd be able to get a refund if I did that.

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1462879215' post='3046490']... [i]*For anyone coming to this fresh: ‘summing’ is when the individual tracks of a mix are added together (‘summed’) to create a single track.[/i] [/quote] So, let's see if I understand this properly... All of the separate tracks have their respective levels set (presumably in the DAW...). These are then fed out as separate tracks to the i/p's of a console, with all the gains and faders set to 0db or such, and the o/p from the console is taken back into the DAW for transformation (rendering...) into a file. Is that something like right, or have I missed something important..?

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1462879838' post='3046502'] Nugen A|B Assist lets you do a blind comparison: [url="http://www.nugenaudio.com/newsitem.php?id=1f63331b-d55b-11e5-be2c-001999c29f76"]http://www.nugenaudi...2c-001999c29f76[/url], and it's free! (Although it might only be available for Pro Tools...) [/quote] Melda Production have [url="https://www.kvraudio.com/product/mcompare-by-meldaproduction"]MCompare[/url], which does much the same, for various OS and DAW's; there is also [url="https://www.samplemagic.com/details/184/magic-ab"]Magic AB[/url], too

So... Is one a WAV file and the other an MP3 or such..? 16-bit v 24-bit (or higher...)..? One went through analogue tape, the other; digital..? Come on, lad, spit it out..! Some of us have lives to live..! ([i]Sounds of fingers feverishly drumming a groove in the wooden desktop[/i]...)

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1462866079' post='3046290']... I still think a small prize [s]would of[/s] would've been a good idea. [/quote] Fixed. ...

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1462838974' post='3046211'] Willing to put a friendly wager on that? [/quote] [sharedmedia=core:attachments:171989]

Ah, goodie..! An opportunity for an anecdote..! Here we go... I was drummer in a French variety orchestra, back in the mid '70s. 21h00-02h00, most week-ends, sometimes matinées, and week-day gigs in the summer, often enough. We had a very short break, mid-February, and I decided to pop back to Old Blighty for a quick visit. Two of my band mates, the bass player (Gegène...) and the flute/saxo (Joël...) came, too. We caught the ferry back, the Friday afternoon, from Portsmouth to St. Malo, as we had a gig to play the Saturday evening. That was the plan, but the weather thought otherwise. A storm, the likes of which I'd never have thought imaginable kept the ferry from even approaching land; we had to spend 36 hours circling the isle of Jersey, tossed around like a cork, more often at 45° than level. The cabins were opened up to all, as was the catering (although there were very few wanting to eat..!). I can honestly say that the poor Joël is the first person I've ever seen to be actually, literally, green. He suffered agony; Gegène and I seemed to manage a bit better. Not a chance of making the gig, of course. I managed to get a 'phone call through (we're well before mobile 'cell' phones became popular, of course...) so as to alert the band leader in time to get a dep or two in. It didn't help, as the three of us were fired, for not having turned up. No excuses, no thanks for having fore-warned, that was that. I went on to dep for a few years after that, with only rare excursions into 'fixed' band positions, excepting a function duo with an accordion/keyboard player for weddings and such, so wasn't too unhappy, but that's the only time I've ever been fired from a band. Things were different, back then.

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1462832130' post='3046186']...I think I might of let him. [/quote]

All is not spectral analysis, though, as illustrated by a Youtube (I can't find it right now...) which showed, for the same sample heard, two faces mouthing a different syllable. Depending on which face one watched, the interpretation of the brain changed to reflect that seen. Hearing is a very psychological experience. Not saying, of course, that the maths don't matter, just that there's more still when we listen to stuff. Edit: Found it ..! http://youtu.be/G-lN8vWm3m0

Our youngest started off with a Cort fiver, fretted, but when I got my fretless sixer a few months later (a surprise birthday gift from our eldest...) he 'snaffled' it (a technical term...), and has been playing it exclusively since. He's the official bassist for our band, playing rock/pop covers (RATM, SOAD, Chris Cornell, REM, Muse etc...), and no-one notices that it's fretless. No, it's not [i]that [/i]hard; it helps if one has a patient disposition, though, as it's a bit less of an immediate 'Oh, this is easy' buzz like a fretted bass.

The 9k one will have a slightly higher o/p, precisely trying to compensate for the weaker bridge position, so I'd say 9k. It's only a fair balance compared to its partner p/u, though, so there's no guarantee of its o/p compared to your current neck p/u. A resistance (or impedance') measure is not an exact way of establishing o/p, just a rough-and-ready guide.

An anecdote..? Yes..? Oh, good; sit yourselves down comfortably, but this won't take [i]that [/i]long. I was apprenticed to BEA (British Airways, now...); we shared training with BOAC bods. One of these (John Butler...) was the punching ball for all of the cruel japes that our fellow apprentices thought up, and a bit of an dummy, if truth were told. One day, he came in with an old, very old, portable radio. No, not a transistor, this one was a valve radio. Inside was the blue Ever Ready battery, with a four-pin socket. These batteries have two parts: a 1.5 volt part for the heater required for valves, and a 90 volt part for the HT. Now, then; how do we check trannie batteries to see if they're OK..? Yes, that's right; we touch the terminals to our tongue. A tingle, and it's OK. So, how does Butler propose to check the 90 volts..? Right again, he's about to put his tongue to it. All our colleagues are watching, egging him on, indeed. I was able to stop him, just in time. A quick explanation as to why it was probably not a Good Idea, he laughs sheepishly and desists. His eyes light up, though, after a second or two's reflection. "But I can check the other part, can't I..? It's only 1.5 volts..! That can't hurt, surely..?" Another explanation was necessary, using the analogy of a 6 volt motorbike battery. Would one like to apply [i]that [/i]to one's tongue..? Not a Good Idea either, as the potential current flow, despite the low voltage, would probably burn the tongue away. The others were disappointed, though, as they wanted to see just how far the darned fool would go. In the end, we tested with an Avometer; he would have been seriously hurt. It's not just the tension, [i]per se[/i], it's how much energy could be released at once that can be dangerous. OK, break-time over. As you were, folks; thanks for your patience...

Done. Disclaimer: I'm old and more than half deaf, so... I listened carefully to the two, alternating, synchronising, playing 'ping-pong' with 'em, right through. Altogether a pretty good balance; I'd have maybe brought up the voice a bit more except when she comes forward herself. I liked the percu, especially. The brass has moments of being a bit 'brassy', but that's their role, I suppose. Good stuff.