cheddatom

nice bob! Do you have a clean blend on your XP-100? I find that mine tend to lose me a bit of low end on some wahs, and also on octave up harmony.

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[quote name='discreet' post='867812' date='Jun 15 2010, 10:21 AM']Eh?? Why? What for? How many?? [/quote] Are you just being discreet about your philanthropus manner?

I have a load of recording equipment and general gear to play with, along with a rehersal/recording room, and all the time in the world outside of my job. EDIT: but I did actually audition for a band who didn't want to come to my studio and didn't get it. So, maybe I am lacking in "soft skills"

[quote name='Golchen' post='865227' date='Jun 12 2010, 02:37 PM']I don't have time to check out the music right now, but I have to say that I laughed at the name dwarf ladder! Something there tickled me![/quote] Yeh, classic name, that's why i'm in the thread! I'll listen tonight

I've snapped this up. Thanks very much steve, most generous!

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='867443' date='Jun 14 2010, 09:08 PM']Ha, I got his first album and liked it, but totally didn't check up what he was up to afterward. Pretty much figured it would suck. This pretty much isn't what I expected.[/quote] It's very different. Apparently it's a concept album and he's written a screenplay to go with it. Someone's making the film but no idea when it will be out.

Sometimes my guitarist picks up a bass and will play some groovy riffs rediculously fast and it makes me very jealous. [quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='867206' date='Jun 14 2010, 05:18 PM']Basically, with all instruments, there's a correct way to play them and a myriad of totally wrong ways.[/quote] Sorry this is off topic, but isn't that a contradiction?

Apparently CHISCOCKS will appear on my bank statement.

[quote name='Starless' post='867132' date='Jun 14 2010, 03:59 PM']Sorry, I just edited in a little winking smilie to my post. Don't want to get too heavy....[/quote] hey man i'm trying to keep it light I'm not saying you aren't necessarily right It takes the bass and drums to make a band tight But I wouldn't sack the guitard just because of spite

I my band(s) we know our roles and respect each other's. None of us put in more effort than the others. Maybe it [i]is[/i] really easy for the guitarist to play that fast and sing at the same time, but the rythm section don't give a f*ck because he's doing it well.

I've always had to use the graphic on my amp. I don't have a problem with that. If I had an amp that had my EQ built in i'd be pissed off because I like to change my sound. I need those controls!

I think he might play it. Apparently he played the guitars on his first album (much more rap than singing, I like it).

Yeh there's no lag on the zoom. It does feel well built but I had to repair the footswitches (I actually put in proper ones). I've not tried the POD

I played guitar since I was 8 and only bought a bass when I was 16. I never tried to play it like a guitar, although I do play chords a lot. I'd call myself more of a bassist than a guitarist, but that's because i've never played a gig on guitar I think.

I'm rather jealous of some of these boutique boards!

Thanks for all the help. So over the weekend i'll make longer cables and re-position the monitors. I'll have a look at power amps next month

yeh I have one. Tap tempo means you set the rate or tempo of the delays by tapping. On some pedals you have a little tep tempo button to do with your finger, but the echohead has a tempo tempo input for a momentary footswitch so you can tap with your foot!

Sorry could I get an answer on this? Just to make sure... [quote name='cheddatom' post='863143' date='Jun 10 2010, 12:09 PM']And putting the two sets of speakers together would I think give me 4Ohms each side, so i'd want one that goes down to 4 Ohms..?[/quote] Because I am considering a poweramp, but I do tend to think i'll need to do something else to be able to use it to it's potential. The mics i'm using are a 58beta and a 57. I have another 57 on the way, which is good 'cos this feeds back less, but I do prefer the tone of the 58beta. I'll make some longer cables and put the cabs right infront of the singers, rather than at right angles to them. I'll also check my gain staging. I think maybe it's just too easy to overdrive the Kustom "line in", and I think i'm right in thinking that an overdriving signal path is much more likely to feed back as there's less dynamic range? Maybe there's a poweramp with decent EQ built in? I know I saw a bass amp on here not long ago with a really big graphic EQ. The line in on that sort of this might do? If you can't, tell i'm a cheap skate.

[quote name='silddx' post='863152' date='Jun 10 2010, 12:18 PM']I did a gig recently and they had huge [url="http://www.noisecontrolaudio.com/products_sw15.htm"]http://www.noisecontrolaudio.com/products_sw15.htm[/url] wedges that were stomach churningly powerful. It sounded amazing on stage.[/quote] I would absolutely LOVE that!! I used to gig with a 1 x 15" combo, 1 x 18" extension, 2 x 12" guitar combo, and still asked for DI through the wedge!

the mixer alien linked has input gain controls - it looks good for what you need!

In a live situation I don't think anything is going to substitute a big bass amp behind you rumbling your sack (unless you know for sure the venue has amazing on stage monitoring). That could be driven by a modelling pre-amp though. I think where the modelling really shows it's quality is when recorded. I'd be interested to try Kiwi's test but I don't have speakers at work.

Well, yeh, that's what I was wondering really. "Is it just that the power amp is sh*t? " well apparently yes. So cheap power amp solutions? And putting the two sets of speakers together would I think give me 4Ohms each side, so i'd want one that goes down to 4 Ohms..? Ta for all the help guys

I was considering that, but I have the parametric on the desk and it has a 7 band on the main output which i've been using. Do you think a big 31 band (thought they were 32?!) would make a big difference? I could put that on the line from the desk to the PA. Perhaps the best solution would be to buy a fairly decent powered mixer with inserts for recording the vocals, but then I might still need the EQ.

I don't have leads long enough to have the speakers facing back towards the singers at the moment, although that would help a bit I suppose. Well, level is the major issue, and the only thing in the way of that (AFAIK) is feedback. Perhaps though I have some of my gain set wrong which is creating distortion which could make the whole system more susceptable (SP?!?) to feedback. I've attached a pic to try and explain the set up.