Dad3353

I used to play outdoor events with my Fender Bassman 50w, into a 2x15 Bassman cab (Seen on the left in this photo, outdoors...). Powerful enough for pubs..? Hell, yes..! Think of the Vox AC30 guitar amp. Loud..? Impossibly so. The difficulty is in the size you seem to want, not the rated power. Forget comparing with SS amps and try out some of the amps for yourself.

It does indeed work; thanks for that. The treatment given to vocals is pretty decent, and there's a fair selection of presets as a jumping-off point. Good Call...

If it's only the drummer with the 'click', the others won't need it at all. Whatever is producing the 'click' is probably capable of feeding in something from the PA, at a minimum. More sophisticated set-ups (and playing with a 'click' assumes some degree of sophistication...), each musician could get fed the monitor mix they require, including their own instrument and/or the 'click'. The less expensive option is having only one earpiece, for the 'click'.

I recently tried to listen to this, but couldn't finish it. 'Great fun to play' it may be, but I'll not be giving it another go. Well done on writing it out, though.

What most commercial sites have is a revenue stream that allows the expense (investment..?) of high-end UI and customised behaviour. I suspect that the BC revenue stream is somewhat more modest than that of, say, Amazon, or Thomann. I may be wrong.

So these mountains have been hollowed out, to create the massive space needed to manufacture these billions of 'bird' drones. Where did the contents of these hollowed-out mountains go..? Were other mountains created with the stuff..? That's a lot of land-fill; it would take a whole US gov't to hide it all. Oh, wait a minute...

It sounds like a bass being played, to me. Sorry, no 'rattle'.

A sound idea, but beware of voltage drop with such a length of DC. Depending on the current drawn by the equipment, and the gauge of the DC wire, it could cause issues. Not necessarilly, but needs checking.

... and any animals being transported (horses, dogs, cuttlefish etc...).

... but you're right, they're a pain in the wotsit. I think I may have kept one or two (checks... Yes, the Abbey Road bundle stuff...), but I wouldn't fight hard to keep it all for the faff it entails. Ignore Waves for now, and get the thing up and running first. Come back to it after a decade or so...

Waves back ...

If you've never needed them, and still don't, it's just an academic question, no..? They are seldom used in playing 'live', except by the drummer, if there's a need. The 'need' would be having fixed tempo stuff going on, to which the drummer has to 'lock in' to, such as sporadic samples. It would be very rare indeed to have other band members using them, unless they, too, need to synchronise with samples and the like. It doesn't have to be a metronome 'click', either. It could be a rhythm guitar, or a spoken count-down; it's whatever works in any given situation. Much more prevalent when recording, as there may not be other musicians playing at the same time. Whoever is laying down the first track (drums, often, but could well be an acoustic guitar as a reference track...), a 'click' is a tried and tested method for ensuring a regular tempo (usually...). Once the 'beat' is there, though, not many would continue having a 'click'; they are better served listening to what the preceding players have done, and lock into that. It's a wide and varied subject, and there are many other uses or needs, but that's the bare bones of it. (Disclaimer: I'm a drummer...).

Here is my contribution to the March 2022 Basschat Composition Challenge, inspired by a picture chosen by the previous winner: Skank Del Var. It was the colours that inspired, with thoughts of voices from the East; will they ever be heard again..? Where are they, right now..? To be played quite loud, to drown out the thud of cannons. A simple collage of samples gleaned from t'web; all merit goes to the people singing. Long may they be able to do so. Reaper, of course, nowt else. Thanks for listening, if you already have; if you're about to, enjoy.

No, it's not. I've yet to collect it, what with The Plague'n'all, but I'll be bringing it back to France, end of April, where Our Eldest will take the necessary steps required to rectify any and all peccadillos that age has bestored upon it, after which I'll play it. It's been a long wait. Sorry; you snooze, etc...

Not forgetting that some Windows versions cannot use more than 4Gb of memory anyway, and reserve 1Gb for themselves, leaving 3 Gb for the User. One needs a 64-bit OS to have access to more RAM. My humble HP8200, i5, bought 'refurbished' has 12Gb, and has never shown any sign of lack of memory. I use it for composition (Reaper...), 3d stuff, video editing and more, often at the same time. A PC with 8Gb is perfectly capable of running most DAW software at the level most of us need. Studios have, and need, more, but for domestic stuff it should be fine. Check, then, that the OS is indeed 64-bit.

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Consider using two different colours on each item; the chances of having someone else with the same choice of marking is much reduced. There are quite a few folks using red tape on their cables; far fewer using red and green (colours purely for example; other colour combinations are admissible ...).

... until you drop. ...

Possibly true in absolute terms, but there are scores (hundreds..? thousands..?) of musicians playing variety gigs; not all of them are immersed in all the genres in the repertoire. The case in point (the TV show...), the objective was not to become 'fabulous' (although that would have been a bonus...), but to get to the gig and make it work. Any songs could have been chosen; one or more of the musicians would not have been steeped in it, whatever the genre. 'Fake' reggae is as easy to cobble up as 'fake' disco, 'fake' flamenco', 'fake' electronica... I could go on.

Quite so, and you're right, in that the fellow wasn't 'wired' for reggae, but in swapping feet, he'd have been playing 'his' style, whilst giving off a back-beat feel. It wouldn't have brought out a rash of dreadlocks, but would have helped the song along (it need all the help it could get, as it sounded like quite a struggle shoe-horning it into such a feel, anyway. It's not as if there are no 'four on the floor' reggae songs to choose from..! 'Is This Love', 'The Tide Is High' ... )