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We're a 3 peice and I recently took the link out of my sig... myspace.com/nologorocks

Yeh if it's a fraction out it's a chorusy effect, if it was a semi tone or a tone out it would be a bit horrible (not necessarily bad).

I rest my thumb on the end of the neck when I want a "rounder" tone.

I really like behringer stuff! It's cheap and it works IME.

To my ears, it sounds closer to what you're after than a boss chorus for example.

[quote name='vmaxblues' post='700572' date='Jan 4 2010, 03:54 PM']I use badges for bands and they are excellent and quick[/quote] Yeh badges for bands have been really good the few times i've used them.

the chorus on a digitech whammy might be appropriate.

I have a NT1A and it's not as good as the SE2200 IMO, it lacks the "air" I get with that mic.

Does your mixer have phantom power? If so, don't bother buying a decent pre-amp, spend the extra on a nice vocal condensor. I'm not sure what's the best, not sure on your budget? I have an SE2200 which I like on vocals, but it's a budget mic. You need a pop shield, but you can make one from tights and a coathanger (I have two proper ones, but my coathange is easier to use). sh*t loads of compression on the channel in SX, low pass at 50Hz or so (incase of rumbling), you might want to boost the presence around 2Khz, add distortion (I LOVE the quadrafuzz plugin you get with SX), reverb etc. EDIT: But i'm not an expert, just trying to help

If pedal number 2 in the chain is set as your main sound, and pedal number 1 is set to add more distortion, there shouldn't be much of a level change as pedal one will just overdrive pedal 2. There could be a big jump if that particular pedal's a bit weird but with all my distortion pedals it works fine. It's worth a try anyway.

Paul, I laughed out loud in my office when i'm supposed to be working, so nice one!

chaining two OD pedals together won't necessarily mean an increase in volume, as one pedal drives the next to distort more. More distorted doesn't mean more loud. It might not be the sound you're after though.

the only thing you can do without a copy of C5 is take the audio from the audio folder (which will be wavs) and import it into your chosen DAW, then mess around until it's all in time.

Normalisation can mean bringing the peak level of a wave up to a set level. It can also mean reducing the dynamic range of a wave. I'm not sure what you're on about here. Either way when sticking together performances you're better off doing it manually IMHO.

I don't know what sort of normalisation you're talking about. I do this kind of turd polishing a lot though. If I have a lot of CPU power available, I keep each take on a seperate track. Then cut out the bits from each track I don't want. Then use the mixer to level them out. If I dont have the CPU power, I will cut them all up, but then when done move them all onto one track. If the levels are out I sort that by adjusting the gain of each individual cut.

I would try to use the one VXL for both gain stages. It might be as easy as using the volume know on your bass to clean up the signal, then turning it up to the max for the heavier tone. If you loose low end when your volume knob's down you could use a compressor or limiter at the end of the chain to try and sort that out. I have an OD pedal I really the the sounds of on low and medium gain. I use an EQ pedal turned up before it to drive it into the medium gain sound.

[quote name='maxrossell' post='681417' date='Dec 11 2009, 03:17 PM']This is what I'm saying - £70 on a multieffects will be cool for a bit of practicing, but if he gets asked to play in a band next week, he'd be better off with the bigger amp. Gotta try to think ahead with buying, even when you're starting out.[/quote] No, I want the last word!

[quote name='maxrossell' post='681118' date='Dec 11 2009, 11:14 AM']Don't be so darn modest.[/quote] Is this your motto for life?

[quote name='maxrossell' post='681076' date='Dec 11 2009, 10:40 AM']Sure, but I think the point is that there's not much point in distinguishing between good and bad effects if you're going to put them through a £70 amp.[/quote] He's asking for reccomendations for distortion and wah pedals. I don't think he's talking about boutique true bypass £200 dirt boxes. Yeh, you'll never get any low end out of a crappy practice amp, and obviously you won't be able to practice with a band but if you want to play with effects while you're learning and building up a rig, then £70 on a multi-effects pedal is a good idea, as opposed to £150 on a distortion and wah, or saving up for 2 years before you can afford a decent amp. Most rehersal spaces provide a bass amp. Having said all that you can get 100W 15" combos out of the paper for £60 on a good day.

He didn't say he was in a band. All I will say is that my most productive years learning guitar and bass were spent practicing through a zoom multi-effects pedal into my headphones - could be the right choice for the OP.

[quote name='nick' post='680574' date='Dec 10 2009, 07:43 PM']No - Toasted's correct. Properties of germanium semiconductors are suceptible to change with temperatures & can therefore alter tone.[/quote] Interesting!

[quote name='Toasted' post='680389' date='Dec 10 2009, 04:14 PM']It'll also sound different depending on room temperature - FYI.[/quote] Is that a joke?

[quote name='stevebasshead' post='679952' date='Dec 10 2009, 09:46 AM']It's the new Euromonth. Did you not get the memo from Brussels?[/quote] Next they'll be telling us we're not allowed to use our home-grown crooked carrots for anal pleasure.

[quote name='bottomfeed' post='679849' date='Dec 10 2009, 04:19 AM']"You also have a month to decide whether you like it or not, If after two weeks you decide it isn't what you were looking for send it back for a full refund, no questions asked."[/quote] I swear there's 4 weeks in a month?

My girlfriend got me one for christmas. I'm not sure if it's good value for money, I didn't choose it or know how much it cost, but..... It takes around 30 seconds to boot up, which very very occasionally annoys me. This is the only downside. What's amazing is the quality of the mic. Using this mic i've recorded acoustic gigs, unplugged electric guitar/bass ideas, piano in a garage, loads of random samples for use on the new Creep Joint album. When she got it me I thought "Oh sh*t, she's spent some money and this won't be any better than my phone" but it really is, the mic's amazing and the recording is very high quality.