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[quote name='EBS_freak' post='493958' date='May 21 2009, 09:21 AM']There's nothing wrong with being a Stokie. I just wouldn't want to be one.[/quote] For fear of being looked down upon by people who judge you from where you're from? Or just because you don't want to be an unemployed alchoholic thug like the rest of us?

[quote name='Rayman' post='493579' date='May 20 2009, 06:42 PM']Did someone mention Tony Pulis' barmy army?? The [i]MIGHTY[/i] potters.[/quote] I'm not a football fan. Is this an insult? What's so wrong with being a stokie ebs_freak?

People have been "hanging out" with each other for years now. Is the only new thing about it in this context that it applies to the ammount of intoxicants consumed? Or is there nothing new about it? Ta for the explaination!

[quote name='dannybuoy' post='493230' date='May 20 2009, 01:18 PM']There's a difference between how the power plug is wired, i.e. centre positive or centre negative and whether or not the circuit has a positive or negatvie ground. If it's just the way the power socket is wired, you can reverse the polarity on one of the pedaks on a shared power supply no problem, but you can't mix +ve and -ve ground pedals on a shared power supply.[/quote] Thanks for explaining that

It sounds like you do need a serious solution like the tube of meths. Do none of you sweat-o-philes have problems with fungus? I hate lending my bass to a sweaty player. It comes back feeling horrible.

but really, what's shedding and hanging?

We did once make shirts with writing all over them with marker pen, and we were too scared to wash them, so I wore mine for around 6 gigs with no washes, but only for the 40 minutes we were on stage at each gig, and I still thought it was rank.

That sounds pretty rank AM!

riiiiiight. I don't understand why that is, I thought it was shorting when he plugged it in without an adaptor, and so to use one may fix the problem.

When you say you need to reverse the polarity, do you just mean flip the connections on the power socket? You can get adaptors for that.

It looks like you have only the essentials. I'd sell the ibanez but would ask my family if they minded, and sell the yamaha to the person borrowing it!

[quote name='alexclaber' post='489006' date='May 15 2009, 03:54 PM']it's a shame their songwriting isn't strong enough for me to have listened to the three albums I have all that often. Alex[/quote] Yeh, a massive shame! Such a great sound and loads of energy. Perhaps the reformation will bring some great new songs!

Aren't they back together now? I think it's recent news.

[quote name='51m0n' post='488760' date='May 15 2009, 12:19 PM']I have A/B'ed his Compact with a Mesa full stack (410 and 115!) and it really easily held its own IMO. Using the Mesa head for both. I preferred the tone of the Compact over the Mesa gear, volume wise there was nothing in it really.[/quote] That's quite astounding!

Cool, thanks for that, i'll give it a go and report back.

[quote name='Stag' post='488724' date='May 15 2009, 11:57 AM']True sir, but surely these shops would be aware that getting some money in the till than not (when currently advertising at a cheaper price) is paramount in the current economic climate?[/quote] Not if it's at a loss.

Ahhhh, I see, the hats are moving around! I hadn't noticed, maybe my speaker set-up is wrong. The L&R mics together sound great with loads of compression, that's the main sound. Then the rear overhead is used for high frequency transients to try and give some presence, and the close mics on the snare and kick just help them cut through when the rest of the mix is brought in...... Just trying to explain the logic behind my method, although obviously it's not working! As every channel on the drums is central, that would mean the only stereo imaging is coming from the room mics, so I don't understand how the hats would move, unless I was moving a mic or my hats. Is it to do with phasing? Could be that when the snare is hit as the same time as the hat, the close mic on the snare picks up less hat and so they move more towards the right hand room mic?

Ta for the tips, I'll try and get some of the nastiness out of the cymbals. I've never tried reverb on guitars, i'll give it a go. I don't understand this bit: "if you got the images of the drums better matched - at the moment you can hear the cymbals moving around the mix - you need to pan the various drum channels so the hihats and snare are in the same place from channel to channel." Sorry if i'm being thick, could you explain in detail or link me to a decent site about this? On the drums there are 2 room mics panned L and R, one rear overhead panned centre, 2 snare and a kick in the centre, and then the toms are extremely gated so they wont make much difference.

Cheers! "guitar is small sounding" - can you think of anything I could do to make it "bigger" ? The cymbals sound exactly as they do at practice IE they are badly broken

Isn't there an identical thread in Amps and Cabs?

I've no idea if i'd be dedicated as I have no idea what the music's like!! However, I played bass in myspace.com/nologorock - check it out.

I'm in the middle of making an album for the band I play drums and write some of the music for. It's going quite well. I've done a rough mix after drastically changing the guitar sound last night. It' just one track and the vocal sound sucks at the moment, but all comments and opinions are welcome. Bare in mind it's un-mastereed so turn it up! I've tried to use the attachment thingy, hopefully it'll work!

[quote name='dood' post='486823' date='May 13 2009, 12:25 PM']....if I ever pull my finger out...[/quote] But pulling it OUT is the best bit!!