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[quote name='fumps' post='1340574' date='Aug 15 2011, 12:32 PM']cheers dude thats kind of what i was thinking, my mate used to have an old CReative front pannel on his PC i used to used the old Fostex 4-track as a mini sound desk & input through there.......was'nt bad for low-cost DIY demo's . As i say i'm not trying to do high end stuff just a way so i can import/ record via my laptop & keep it otherwise i just forget what i've done lol[/quote] If you're not after decent quality just plug a pedal (or your amp's DI or pre-amp out or FX send) into the line-in on your PC/laptop.

yeh 3 musicians, and either one of them sings or a 4th member on vocals.

I think behringerdo a cheap one... Check out this [url="http://www.studiospares.com/browse/comsoundcards?ex=co_wizr-locayta&collate=pdxtleadtype&collate=pdxtplug1&collate=pdxtplug2&collate=pdxtlength&collate=pdxtcolour&collate=ivtype&collate=price&collate=cat&collate=brand&collate=pdxtpowerrating&collate=pdxtimpedance&collate=pdxtbacktype&collate=pdxtheight&collate=pdxtinputs&collate=pdxtoutputs&collate=pdxtinternalmic&collate=pdxtrecordingmedium&collate=pdxtscardtype&collate=pdxtscardmidiio&collate=pdxtscardinputs&collate=pdxtscardoutputs&sortstock=descending&sortorder=stock&fieldcatrestrict=xancestorid&termtextcatrestrict=comsoundcards&typecatrestrict=exact&fieldinvt=type&termtextinvt=invt&typeinvt=exact&fieldpcatid=pcatid&typepcatid=exact&fieldpdxtscardtype=pdxtscardtype&termtextpdxtscardtype=USB&typepdxtscardtype=exact&termorder=catrestrict%3Ainvt%3Apcatid%3Apdxtscardtype&template=wz_locayta&pagenum=1&perpage=10&threshold=0&spellcorrect=1&datasource=studiosparesen&setsortorder=price,name&setsortprice=ascending&setpagenum=1"]page[/url] which has a good few interfaces. If you have a pedal or something you can use as a pre-amp then the very cheapest stuff which just accepts line inputs will work for you.

to be fair, i've never tried to make a bi-amp rig from two bass amps. Maybe the mids from a bass amp would be just as good if you hi-passed it?

[quote name='gapiro' post='1340445' date='Aug 15 2011, 11:07 AM']easier to learn, harder to master![/quote] hmmm, guitar is pretty hard to master?!? I think in general, in terms of traditional music, bass lines are more simple to play than guitar parts - which is quite different to saying "guitar is harder than bass" because clearly it depends on what you're trying to do with it. I've been doing a lot of finger picking type stuff on my basses recently, which I find much harder to do than on guitar because the neck and strings are so fat!

I use a guitar amp with my peavey combo. Not for amp distortion, just to give me loads more mids and high end. I tried it once with my pedal board going straight to the guitar amp, and a clean signal going to the bass amp. It just wasn't as punchy. So, I use my pedal board straight into the bass amp, and the take the guitar amp input from that.

yeh very very nice!

I'm very interested to know how much noise reduction you get from just rockwool... hopefully loads, then I can copy you!

[quote name='ROConnell' post='1337365' date='Aug 12 2011, 10:49 AM']You could try velcro pads on the board and on the bottom of the pedals?[/quote] I used to do that. The velcro was stronger than the adhesive sticking down the velcro pads so if you wanted to move a pedal, you just ripped the velcro off the board.

What about digital pedals with memory chips. Are they cool with magnets?

Some people just don't like it, and you may be one of them. All i'm saying is that if you're losing the "punch" of your clean signal, turn up the clean blend, and if you're losing low end, turn up the low EQ. There's so much low end available from this pedal... I use mine just as a boost for low end really, I have other dirt pedals I blend with my ODB-3 (IE parallel not series) for the high end dirt. Having said that, i've found that I can get a nice low gain sound (for me) out of it. If I were to use it on it's own, I guess I would have... low EQ set to 3, high EQ set to 10 or 11, Gain set to 9 or lower, blend set between 10 and 12 - these are hours on the clock face.

[quote name='Pollinator95' post='1333419' date='Aug 9 2011, 11:42 AM']You could try blending the dirt with the clean signal, with the Boss LS-2, for example. [url="http://www.bosscorp.co.jp/products/en/LS-2/"]http://www.bosscorp.co.jp/products/en/LS-2/[/url] You could also make your own blender, or get a dirt pedal with a blend control.[/quote] But his dirt pedal already has a blend control

Are you going for a high gain sound? If not you should play with your ODB-3 more. It has a blend control to add back in your clean bass. It also has a low end EQ control which can boost the low end of the whole sound to rediculous levels. The high end EQ control can be used to get rid of any fizz on high gain settings.

All compression will raise the noise floor, unless you're not using any make-up gain. On the boss LMB-3 the enhance circuit is awful and I think this puts people off.

I think it's a stereo volume pedal and an LS-2 really.

[quote name='AttitudeCastle' post='1328923' date='Aug 5 2011, 04:28 PM']Yep thats what i mean, like the opening bassline, is 2 Deep Impacts run one after the other I know faaar too much about Muse gear as my brother is a [i]huge[/i] muse fan boy and a contributer to the muse wiki haha, There is no keyboard on Time is running out, i'm almost certain[/quote] Honestly dude, it's a keyboard. If you'd spent any time on the Muse messageboard you'd have heard this a million times.

Actualy Ernie Ball do a stereo volume pedal which has a pan mode - this might work? You'd need a blender on top of this though.

heh, the amount of times i've got a great sound on a solo'd track only to have to re-do all the EQ when it's in the mix...

It's weird, i've heard of a few people happily using Fuzz to replicate that sound. To me it's very "buzzy" - synth like in a way almost no fuzz pedals are.

yeh. I don't know if the deep impact would come close? I've never tried one

[quote name='AttitudeCastle' post='1326335' date='Aug 4 2011, 12:15 AM']The pedal board on uprising was prettu simple, pretty much replicateable with a muff and Deep Impact (which you do have!) Thats as far as i know as it was a similar set up to Time is running out which was two deep impacts[/quote] The bass sound for the verse of Time is running out by Muse (is that what you mean?) is just a keyboard with some clean bass.

A lot of the advice seems to relate to headroom, peaks, getting more out of your gear etc. If that's all you want i'd highly recommend the BOSS Limiter. (just don't use the enhance circuit)

Heh, when I was gigging a few people actually offered to do it for me. I thought i'd better decline as then i'd have no excuse not to run around and jump up and down etc.

But then i'd have to touch my actual pedals with my feet, like some sort of rotten plebeian