Dad3353

A Good Professional has a back-up plan (Drummer down with appendicitis, keys stranded in Kuala Lumpur due to unforseen civil unrest, trumpetist has a broken jaw...), and can cope with an absence. The railways don't stop because Charlie The Driver overslept.

OK, no problem with that. It's what I call 'harsh'.

The Original Rules (followed on year after year since...)... Off the back of this becoming more popular than I had anticipated....here are the RULES: Tier 1 Challenge During the calendar year of 2019 (01/01/19 - 31/12/19): - No bass gear purchases/trades whatsoever, be that amps, pedals, basses, accessories. Tier 2 challenge (should you play other instruments, engage in music production etc) - As above, but extended to your other musical gear Allowances in both tiers: - Strings (sticks, skins, reeds etc) - Maintenance/setups that only involve work on existing aspects of your bass (ie no purchasing a preamp to add to it) - If something breaks through no unusual intervention of your own, and is unable to be repaired, you may replace it. - Educational purchases, ie tutorial books, lessons, anything that furthers your playing is permitted. - If you have purchased something in 2018, you are able to take delivery of it within 2019. - If you have put down a deposit on something before committing to this, which then requires a final payment within 2019, that single payment permitted. However you may wish to explore whether you can pay the balance early (if you're a little OCD like me). Soooooo... Guilty, or Not Guilty..?

This explains much of our musical relationship. ... ... ... Twerp.

I think we'll have to agree that there are 'bands' and 'bands'. Many of the bands I've played in have been almost 'scratch' bands, often enough with folk I've never met before. The variety repertoire had, at that time a certain number of 'standards', but many would be 'winged', without rehearsal, as everyone knew them from having heard 'em at least once. (Not always, though; with the 'Tropicana' band, playing Creole stuff, I just followed the Caribbean percussionists with a samba or beguine, and everyone danced just the same...).

Not every rehearsal or gig, and may be replaced by deps if it occurs. It seems a bit harsh to have a blanket 'Shifts..? No thank you.' policy.

Why..?

A distant echo...

Mmm... Tea..!

And the joint winners are... @Doctor J and @upside downer..! Here, then, are your Winner's Certificates (download and save as pdf file, then proudly print and frame...) ... BC_Chal_Cert_2022_07.pdf ... which look like this (but bigger, of course..!)...

Hmm... A contradiction here, it seems. However... Have you registered your SE49 with Nektar..? They should be able to help; see here ... Nektar ... Are you using the Usb cable that came with the keyboard..? Is the laptop Usb port able to correctly power the keyboard..? Have you tried a reset of the keyboard..? For GX series, GXP series and SE series: Turn the Impact off. Hold both Octave buttons while turning the Impact back on. The LEDs will flash. Release the Octave buttons. Have you turned the laptop off, then on again (not 'sleep' or 'hibernation'; really 'off'...?

I've told my PC (Windows 10 Pro, 64-bit...) that the 2016 version running on it is not to be updated, save for the anti-virus definitions. I had to roll it back a couple of times before 'freezing' it in time, as the updates were walking all over my Reaper stuff. The 'freezing' itself was not a simple job, involving numerous edits of the registers and services, but it's been stable now for several years.

'Expert'..? Perhaps not, but we'll see what we can suggest... A new laptop..? Therefore new installation of Reaper..? Maybe the default settings need tweaking..? Latency usually comes from the set-up between the PC and the interface. What interface are you using..? What Audio Device is Reaper configured for..? Here's a screenshot of mine (old Tascam US144, but many will have similar settings, so it might be close...)... How does yours compare..? (Right-click and open in New Tab to see this image more clearly...). Over to you... Douglas

Check the bridge intonation adjusters for sharp spots that might be provoking these broken strings..?

See above 👆 : '...All I'd need is a PM with your home address and I'll post a Tx...'. What's the issue..?

The musical genre has an influence, but each medium has its own constraints (bandwidth, dynamic range, linearity, and more...); vinyl has maybe more technical issues than CD's, I would think. A Mastering engineer would probably be more experienced in some combinations of genre/medium/target audience than others, and thus more equipped to deal with these constraints. It's pretty much a 'dark art', though, and musical taste can play a part; a 'successful' mastering for one might be quite different to that of another. Choosing the person (or studio...) can be important, to get the final sound that's wanted.

Generally, yes.

I concur with my learned friend. ...