Jakester
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At the risk of being "that guy", isn't the general tone that this thread is descending into a bit, well, misogynist? I've certainly seen similar threads closed on other forums (female cyclists, female athletes etc etc) for similar reasons. I'm sure as a community we'd want BC to be welcoming to everyone. I should say I'm not looking to start a debate or criticise any other posters - obviously people's tastes are different, just thought I'd raise it.
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Thought I might stick this here to see if there's any interest. Premier Artist 6-piece shell pack for sale. Comprises 10"x8", 12"x9", 14"x14", 16"x16", 20"x18" (I think) Premier Percussion Artist Birch shells in Solid White Lacquer, and an 8"x7" Artist Maple tom in Rosewood Lacquer which has been wrapped in white to match the rest of the kit. It's a lovely sounding kit and it's only being moved on because there's something else coming in its place. The wide range of sizes mean you can cover off all types of music. The good: 100% premium birch 6-ply shells (apart from the 8", which is maple) Isolation mounts on the rack toms Lacquer finish (wrap on the 8") FAST tom sizes - between traditional and power toms Birch shells cut through the mix The bad: It's a circa 2003 kit so as you'd expect, there are dings and marks on the shells which I've tried to illustrate in the photos, but they don't detract from the sound. They're not really visible other than close up. It was stored for a few years in what I thought was a dry space, but turned out not to be, so there's some surface corrosion on the brightwork, and the lug screws inside the shells have corroded in some places. The 8" was wrapped inexpertly by me. I recall I didn't do a great job of removing the badge grommet, so the shell around the airhole is chewed up - however, I can include a couple of replacement grommets if you want to re-do it. The badge has lifted - I didn't want to permanently glue it down in case I wanted to take the wrap off (it's not glued down so can be easily removed and the original finish restored. One or two of the memrilocks are missing. The rest: The 8", 10", 12" and 16" currently have Aquarian coated single-ply heads on but I'll fit Evans G-Plus heads to match the 14". I'll remove the blanket from the bass drum before sale. It comes with the six floor tom legs, the Roklok tom holder, and the tom holder for the 8". Cymbal stand and rug not included. More pics available if wanted. Not desperate for trades but would consider a nice P or P/J bass. £450 for quick sale? -
This was my little 'mini' kit - a lovely little Beverley with an 18" bass drum. It was great, you could pack it up and leave in the boot of a hatchback for a gig that evening and no-one would be the wiser! Sounded great too. I'd love to get another mini kit but don't really have the space, or, sadly, the need for one.
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Love the Jungle kits! Nice setup @ordep
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In fairness, I don't use Facebook - initially didn't want to, then had a job where it was discouraged, and now - no thanks. However, I have seen some stuff on FB marketplace which I haven't seen elsewhere, so (had it not gone) I would have joined just for that reason. Not everyone late to it is a scammer!
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Mesa Boogie sold, Ashdown, Trace Elliott rumours?
Jakester replied to Chienmortbb's topic in Amps and Cabs
I went to see Doug and Will Calhoun at a Bass Direct clinic in 2009 - he had a mahoozive stack of Trace Gear and it was, by far and away, the loudest thing I've ever been to! -
It’s supposed to be, but it ain’t- that’s the problem. I suspect you are correct though in that it’s part of a cheapy set.
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Good to hear. I’d have thought if you were going to use it with the BB2 it’d be up to the job! Let us know how you get on.
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I did think of that, but it’s an SSD so no moving parts! It’s not happened since, but after going though and checking everything I did find a dodgy cable, which I’ve replaced. Hopefully that was the cause!
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Dywayne turns up thinking his look is the most 'out there', but Flea's like "you ain't see nothing yet!" 😂
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Yep, I just used an old one I had lying around and it's permanently installed in the rack case, so it comes on when the power is switched on, and is plugged into the mixer all the time. If your ISP has given you a new router, you could possibly use the old one - just change the SSID and password (I have it stuck on a label underneath the router in the rack just in case I forget it!) and consider not broadcasting the SSID. TBF, I didn't have any problems with the onboard WiFi at home, but given the well documented problems elsewhere I thought I'd prefer not to risk it.
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I got a set of older Tannoy 402s recently for less than £100 s/h, but there are some deals around new which put them at about £80ea, so may be worth a look. I'm pleased with them so far, albeit there is a hum when they're on (not noticeable when you're listening to music, but annoying enough that I turn them off when they're not being used).
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I have the XR18, and got a lot of good setup advice off here. As you say, it was a jolly steep learning curve but once you get to know your way around it, it's been good. There are aftermarket apps for the Behringer which go some way to dealing with the issues of the manufacturer one. I've been using it recently as an audio interface at home for drum recording and it's been great. The multitrack recording (plus the great price I got it for) was the persuader for me.
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There are some good ones here:
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They popularised the modern interpretation with their Jungle Kit, but compact kits have been around for years - the driving force behind smaller bass drums was the New York jazz scene so they could be carted from venue to venue in a cab - impractical with the 26”+ bass drums from the swing era!
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I was going to see him in Bristol and I was feeling too tired due to work. Gutted! My resolution (new year's, post covid, whatever) is that when I feel like that in future, to pull my finger out and go!
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I think the main word to be used in relation to the band is "toight"!
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Has anyone else seen this? I saw the trailer yesterday, and my old man has just sent me a link to the first episode raving about it: Sonny T in the house band!
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Hypercardiod, and I've already reduced the gain to below unity (so cutting) - hence my reference to 'padding' it.
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I've been tinkering with a little recording recently on the drums, using a basic set of kit mics augmented here and there with a couple of add-ons. I've noticed that despite positioning and judicial use of gating etc, there's a load of bleed through, and I've narrowed it down to one particular microphone, which seems hyper sensitive compared to the rest. It's a dynamic mic - the 'snare' one of the drum set, so in theory it should be fine with all the others. I've tried padding it and using a really aggressive gate on it, but it still seems to pick everything around it up. It's not actually essential as I have a different mic on the actual snare, but it would be good to use as an extra mic or on an auxiliary snare, so I wondered if anyone had any advice on taming the beast?
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Will this work as a headphone amp??
Jakester replied to ThirteenDevils's topic in Accessories and Misc
Yep, I have one and it's useful for all sorts of things, including as a headphone amp and also wired IEMs. It also has a hard limiter to protect hearing, which is a plus in my book! -
Just bought a Nano Big Muff (stop sniggering at the back) off Lee - a pleasure to deal with, fast postage - recommended!
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No-go, i'm afraid, though not so much down to limitations with the software as with the user! I was hoping that I could use powerline adapters to connect to the router out in my mancave/studio, but I couldn't get any connection - I think because a new distribution board was put into the mancave when it was rewired, it's preventing the powerline jobbies from working - so no network out there (which is a real pain). Since I was playing drums rather than bass, it was a problem as I can't have the kit in the house! Managed to connect in the house but only through WiFi, which as they suggest, was useless. Ah well.
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So, my odd travails with Reaper continue. I have just been doing some recording of drum tracks, using mics into my XR18 into Reaper. As I was playing and listening to the recording, there's this weird pulse noise. None of the faders 'jump' in Reaper and it doesn't seem to have recorded (I junked the tracks anyway but forgot to check whether it was actually recorded) but in the XR18 mix app it's clearly showing as coming in from the USB audio return - see video (there is audio but it was a phone mic into headphones so very faint!). IMG_0035.mov I checked all the mic connections at both ends, turned off any appliances etc but it was still happening. Never happened before - does anyone have any ideas what it could be (and therefore how to get rid of it!)
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I'm going to have a crack at using it tomorrow night as a drummer. I have an XR18 but from what I've been seeing online about using that, I'm considering just using that to mix and using my mono interface using the headphone out from the mixer. Will report back to see how it goes!
