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We played the Sugarmill again on Saturday. On drums again. Oh well. I broke all my sticks and had to use some fat bastards I only normally practise with. My arms are still aching!! It went down very well, people cheered etc even though most of them were there to see other bands. Still, we didn't sell any CDs. Do I assume the cheering is sychophantic or are they just not music fans?

[quote name='JTUK' post='1152474' date='Mar 7 2011, 01:45 PM']Do they pay them..?[/quote] It depends. Some places it's just a flat fee. I think the most we ever got was £100 in a flat fee to be fair. If it's based on tickets...

pubs around Stoke put originals bands on all the time!

I hadn't replied to this thread because I felt so bad about the last thread! I never bothered to do sound clips. Naughty me If you listen to the first track "legion of one" here [url="http://www.myspace.com/nologorock"]myspace.com/nologorock[/url] that's the sound i'm on about. I think I might have played it with a pick in the studio tbf, but the sound with my fingers is exactly the same. I reckon any sort of mild overdrive, blended, and EQ'd right to bring out the click clack click clack will do it.

compressors don't automatically make every note the same level. It's easy to set up a compressor infront of an envelope follower, and still have it follow your (altered) dynamics. Whether or not it gives the compression you're after...

[quote name='cd_david' post='1146401' date='Mar 1 2011, 08:48 PM']Tru Bypass TC Nova Delay in bypass loop[/quote] How come you have the delay in a TB loop? Is the buffer no good?

what I was saying about the ODB-3 is that it [i]does[/i] have a fizzy top end, but you have to EQ that out. Really, anyone who doesn't like the bass sound of the guy from Karnivool needs help!!

I used to use the ring mod on my zoom with the exp pedal assigned - pretty cool!

that looks like fun. What sort of music are you playing? Do you take a seperate mic/trigger to gigs with you for the kick drum?

well, I feel silly now. I suppose if the bypass switch cut the power, you might get pops when turning the pedal on and off?

[quote name='TomTFS' post='1144358' date='Feb 28 2011, 12:17 PM']Plugging a cable into the input generally turns a pedal on, pressing the switch merely routes the audio signal through it.[/quote] so True Bypass makes no difference? I assumed that when it bypassed the pedal it'd cut the power. It's a good job I gig with PSUs then! I think it's the current draw that will determine how fast the battery drains. A 20Ma fuzz pedal would last loads longer than a 250Ma digital delay!

it might be possible to have the octabass modded for true bypass. I doubt it'd run out quicker than 3 hours on just a battery though, it's just personally I would feel insecure about it.

it depends. If the pedal is true bypass, then it should really turn off and stop draining power when it's off. If the pedal isn't true bypass, this means it has a buffer running all the time, which I assume would drain some power. I would never dare gig with just batteries anyway. I put batteries in my pedals, just in case, but I power them from a PSU.

If you prefer the sound of no-pedals, i'm struggling to imagine why you'd need a compressor for a specific point in a song. What are you using the compressor for? Is it no good at the very end of the chain?

ahhh, OK, I misunderstood!

[quote name='Beedster' post='1139825' date='Feb 24 2011, 12:17 PM']Turning down is never really a solution Tom! I'm not talking expensive trust me, just lower gain.[/quote] OK, expense a-side, why is turning down not a valid way of reducing the distortion you get?

could you not just turn the volume down on your bass, rather than swapping expensive tubes to find the right gain?

[quote name='mcnach' post='1139413' date='Feb 23 2011, 11:38 PM']The Boss bass overdrive is... horrible. Unless you want always tons of ultra fuzzy distortion, this is not a good one.[/quote] Total balls. Have you heard the bass tone of the guy from Karnivool? He uses one. Quite often people bring this pedal up and say it's only capable of weak fizzy distortion. It has a clean blend, and EQ to boost the low, and cut the highs, and it has a gain control, which is useless past 10 o'clock. It's perfect for a big bottomed growly boost! It's not good at fuzz, but it's great at OD.

is it that you're getting loads of reflections? I guess there's no room for bookshelves etc but you could buy some proper diffusers.

Sorry, I thought it was just an online thing. I hope it goes well anyway!

that zombie pedal is ace!!

Well, she sounds perfect to me. Even if it does take a year to [s]groom[/s] get her up to speed.

It happens all the time, check out the threads on couriers!

In site news there is a post explaining that they're in the process of changing the board software quite drastically, so I doubt they're going to tweak the existing software at the moment.

Yes!