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[quote name='Sarah5string' post='241584' date='Jul 17 2008, 10:57 AM']Hmph.... fine.. *skulks off and swears never to post full length photos anywhere ever again...*[/quote] I haven't actually seen any full length pictures of you. I was refferring to my general taste in women.

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='241562' date='Jul 17 2008, 10:35 AM']I'm not really a boob man. Don't get me wrong, they have their place (hopefully closer to the chin than the knees), but I've never used big boobs as an excuse to shag a fat bird. More of a bum man personally. And a nice pair of pins.[/quote] Yeh, I love it when you get a really long, elegant, graceful pair of legs that look like they're constantly struggling to hold up a big flabby ass.

I think cubase is easy enough to learn if you are patient. I'm not sure about the hardware you've chosen. What are you going to be recording?

Charic - I totally agree. If you want to upload, press the browse button next to "attachment" when you are writing a reply to the thread.

You could tell her that you've sold the 6er, when i'm actually just keeping it safe for you

I want a picture of tBBC wearing nothing but the foot spa.

I find it funnier out of context.

Ahhhh, sorry. It's an interesting idea. Are you going to read sheet music and then use a tuner to make sure you're hitting the right notes? I'm no singer, but I would have thought it better to learn to do it by ear. Do singing tutors have tuners? As an experiment i'd be very interested in the results!

Yeh, both, your amp is for you, the PA is for the public!

How peculiar! Maybe he got knocked down by a bus or something similar.

Do you have any proof like a signed receipt or a picture? My feet are big fans of phil!

there are loads on that site. I don't mean to be a tw*t but I got it from searching "chromatic tuner" and got a few million results. - just saying 'cos there's probably something better/better value out there

What about [url="http://www.chamberlainmusic.com/ProductDetail.asp?ProductID=CA%2D30"]this[/url]?

Can you just use your PC? Or a pedal tuner with an xlr-jack lead?

[quote name='alexclaber' post='240239' date='Jul 15 2008, 05:40 PM']Regarding Option 1, if they're that hard to hear you're not listening hard enough. Regarding Option 2, I bet you end up with the amp gain louder than necessary and thus fail to practice using your full dynamic range. Very few guitar shops are quiet enough to test basses acoustically, though I would insist on it, it's the only true way of knowing how good a bass is (electronics can always be replaced). I have played very few low B strings that measure up acoustically, which is why I play a 36" scale. If I can sound like a bad mother****** acoustically then I know I'll be even badder once I'm plugged in. Likewise if a song sounds great on classical guitar or unplugged bass plus vocals then I know once it has the full power of a band behind it it will be even better. Music first, arrangement second, sound third. Alex[/quote] You're right, I take it all back! I was playing last night, and actually listening instead of watching TV and I could hear everything, even my tasty low B.

[quote name='Rimskidog' post='240453' date='Jul 15 2008, 10:56 PM'][rant over - and chedda please don't take this as a slight at you as I can see you are offering your service for free which is laudable and IMO the right way forward until you've honed the art - it's more a railing against the idea that anyone can do this without knowing a damn thing about it which appears to be rampant nowadays and which invariably leaves young bands being disappointed at the product they are presented with in exchange for their hard earned!][/quote] Yeh, fair enough, but I think if you actually listen to my stuff you'll realise that I actually do know a damn thing about recording, mixing and mastering. Just because my gear's cheap sh*t doesn't mean I get a cheap sh*t sound. It's not just young guys. There are people running studios all over the country that have been going for years (making money) producing the same sh*t sound, which winds me up more than young guys who are having a bash. What about The Strokes for one example? They recorded both their first two albums on f*ck all cash, even though for the second one they had it. You don't need Great gear to get a Great sound, you don't need £300K or an experienced producer, but obviously it makes it a lot simpler if you have that kind of cash etc. This is beside the point because I did recommend that he go to a pro studio. Sorry if that seemed defensive, I don't know why, I realise you were "slighting" me!

[quote name='alexclaber' post='240221' date='Jul 15 2008, 05:20 PM']But if you play with a relatively normal range of force and have an instrument that speaks well then practicing unplugged can be very beneficial in terms of your tone and understanding of the instrument. Alex[/quote] I accept all your points but I still haven't seen justification for the above. If we're talking about home practice only, say i've got a sound proof booth at home, and a pretty loud bass when played acoustic. In my sound proof booth is a sweet amp and cab. Option 1: I play unplugged. I can hear everything clearly, although the nuances of the sounds such as fret buzz, pick attack, note sustain or propegation (correct word?) or low notes will be quite hard to hear. You could argue with that I suppose, but i've never gone into a guitar shop, picked up a 5 or 6er, played the low B and then thought "Cor, I don't even need to plug it in to hear it!" Option 2: I plug in, turn up as loud, or as quiet as I like, I can hear the acoustic tone of my bass if I keep the amp quiet, with the amp up I can hear everything that the audience will hear such as fret buzz.........low notes, at a realistic performance volume if I wish. I know i'd go for option 2.

[quote name='alexclaber' post='240160' date='Jul 15 2008, 04:07 PM']It's an acoustic instrument until the pickups get involved. Get the tone you want from it unplugged, then use the electronics to give you the best interpretation of that once plugged in. Alex[/quote] I think you are far more likely to hear what your fingers are doing to the tone when you actually amplify it. Also, for working on technique, it's much harder to hear mistakes etc when you're not plugged in. On top of that, what is the point? You're never going to perform with an electric bass unplugged. What if you only ever practiced unplugged, and then got to play a gig with a rig, and realised you were crap? That'd be a nerve-racking gig!

I have a big warehouse thing that's got no soundproofing so I can't record during working hours else you get lorries all over your tracks. I have cheap-sh*t mics and pre-amps, and a computer - that's it! I've done a full album for the premature ejaculators, but that wasn't necessarily a serious attempt to produce a high quality recording, it was fun to do, and something i've always wanted to do. It sounds pretty good though, you can hear some stuff on the link in my sig. Since doing that i've aquired some condensors which sound pretty decent, so the vocals will sound a hell of a lot better than the PEs. I want to start officially next spring, but I need to have some examples ready for then, so i'm trying to get bands in of all types to do a track or two. Like I say, I really wouldn't have the time to do a full album at the moment, and certainly not before the end of september! But if you want to do one or two tracks, or if you record somewhere but want someone else to change the mixes or whatever, that would be cool.

Well, i'll have a listen and see. I would love to do a track over a weekend, but I don't think i'm set up well enough to do a full album for release, and I certainly don't have the time at the minute! I also don't think your label would like the inexperienced producer! I like this "We dont need / want to much 'over-production' we are after the live / raw feel of our music." I wish more metal bands sounded live and raw, it gives rock bands' CDs so much more energy.

apparently "drumkit from hell" is where it's at. I've downloaded it (for trial purposes only) but I haven't tried it yet. Apparently the drummer from meshugga (sp?) uses it instead of recording live drums, and the samples are from his actual kit.