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Is it a bad difference in the sound? In what way?

I'd check that you have amp modelling and speaker modelling turned off. Or, maybe you bought it for the amp modelling, in which case it might sound better going straigh to your amp's FX return. Either way a clean blend would be nice, but I did think some PODs could do a clean blend internally.

[quote name='Truckstop' post='1190385' date='Apr 6 2011, 12:27 PM']That's nice of her to let you innit? Truckstop[/quote] she's one hell of a lady

yeh i'd guess you have the amp modelling turned on, and you're putting it through an amp, so two stages of "amp sound". Try it with no amp modelling!

When it comes to fuzz, I wouldn't want to use it without a clean blend. It's nothing to do with low end loss for me, it's loss of "punch".

How are you listening to the signal? Amp/headphones/hi-fi?

it's save so much room if you could fit a clean blend into the actual pedals. anyway, that's an amasing board, i'd love to hear it. Is it you who was playing with Rose Kemp? My girlfriend's been getting me into her recently, it's ace.

[quote name='robocorpse' post='1189018' date='Apr 5 2011, 02:05 PM']Chedda: 200 would be insulting and lowball on the above example, and you'd feel the same if it was your gear.[/quote] I really wouldn't. I'm not going to get offended by someone offerring me less than I think something's worth. I'll simply say "no thanks". I don't understand why anyone would consider a low offer offensive.

[quote name='Jakester' post='1188987' date='Apr 5 2011, 01:41 PM']...As a buyer (and someone who's bought and sold tens of thousands of poundsworth of drum gear over the years) if someone doesn't put "no offers" or "price is firm" then they're inviting offers. It's not meant to be insulting, but frankly if I can get something for less that the original price, all well and good. I always expect offers, respond positively, and hope to reach an accomodation between both parties...[/quote] I always find it odd when sellers complain about "low ball offers" and the like. Some people seem to get really pissed off with it. In business I negotiate all the time and no-one gets offended. It's actually put me off making offers when i'm buying stuff on here.

[quote name='Rick05' post='1184496' date='Apr 1 2011, 11:44 AM']Thanks guys this is great advice, With multi effects I do have a zoom (really old) but it has no true bypass, are there any cheap ones with true bypass so at loeast I can have a neutral sound if I dont like the effects?[/quote] I used to play my bass through a zoom guitar multi effects thing. It was crap, and noisey, no true bypass etc, but it taught me what each effect did and how I could control them. I slowly bought up individual pedals to create the same effects, but better sounds.

Thanks for the explaination. There's not [i]heavy[/i] processing on this particular project yet, but it's at least "medium" and plays back fine. I'll hopefully be building a new system some time this year so i'll go for something with SATA and firewire.

A quick question... Why would you not use a USB drive to record multitracks to? I recently ran out of HD space and desperately needed more for a project. I couldn't fit in any more IDE drives and I have no SATA on the board, so I bought the cheapest 1TB USB drive I could find. It seems to work fine recording 15 channels 24bit 48Khz with almost 0 latency.

I bought a bass from David, and it arrived two days after payment! That's quicker than any online store! And it was packaged well etc. Cheers!

[quote name='Albi' post='1181109' date='Mar 29 2011, 06:07 PM']A custom LPF fitted into a expression pedal enclosure is almost ready.[/quote] That sounds fiendish! Any more info?

Heh ^ a totally different opinion. Personally, I played with compressors on the computer for a long time, just messing with the controls. I had a vague idea of what each one did, and I used them to squish and maybe make things louder. None of that experience could replace actually sitting down at uni and reading good detailed descriptions of what a compressor does, and why/when you would want to use it. Obviously, everyone's different

I think in the context of compressors, just having a play with the controls will not really give you any understanding, because when set effectively they're (usually) so subtle. If you can try and get your head around Si's compression 101 it'd be very useful.

But it has real controls!!! That's ace

Whammies are cool, but it's a very "digital sound". I use mine loads, but it's not for everyone.

heh, I gig* with like 25 pedals. God knows how you value them but none cost less than £40 and there are a few worth more than £100. *hopefully i'll actually have a gig on bass soon, can't wait.

Nice one, i'll have a listen at home.

[quote name='pantherairsoft' post='1161712' date='Mar 14 2011, 01:20 PM']I've tried it absolutely everywhere but the end is 100x better. I think of it as a kind of sequencer that I 'play along to'. My effects chain generates my sound and then the slicer adds a rhythm that I join in with at the end. Putting effects after it seems to make your core signal a little muddy as all the sounds go haywire with the slicers pattern. Try it![/quote] I tried it last night and almost blew my ear drum! Having it at the start of the chain, I had to have the effect level right up, but last night as soon as I turned it on my amp was clipping. I turned the effect level down, but then it just wasn't cutting through. I tried less dry level, but that didn't work. I wonder if it [i]needs[/i] a bit of compression after it? What's your set up? Does it sound good through your bass rig?

[quote name='crez5150' post='1163238' date='Mar 15 2011, 03:53 PM']There are a lot of players who cannot do this easily..... believe me[/quote] Good players? When I started playing to a click, it was [i]weird[/i] in that the usual ebb and flow of tempo wasn't there, but it's a big loud clicking in your ear. If you're not in time, it's going to get pretty f***ing annoying!! I'm by no means even an average drummer, but I can play to a click.

I don't understand why it'd be difficult to drum to a click? Surely if you can't keep to a constant clicking, you're not much of a drummer?

I was also thinking that you could leave the front of the lower horn intact, but carve out the back of it, especially at the top. Whether that'd be enough to give you access I don't know.