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A gate will mute the whole signal when it drops below a threshold, so if your low E is ringing while you slap other notes, it won't help, as it either cuts out everything or nothing. There's no pedal which could mute a single note for you.

I find it's not so much slow songs that kill the energy, but quiet songs. I'd say one quiet one in the middle is enough, but I'm mainly playing 45 minute sets, if it's a longer set you might spread a few more throughout the set. On a recent thread it was suggested that 3 up-tempo/dance tracks together is the limit, and that you should have something a bit more chilled after each group of 3 energetic songs.

what a beastly bass sound on the start of Crackerjack! Nice

great singer!

on "let's dance" you can clearly hear the bass drum pushing ahead at the start, where as the bass is desperately trying to settle into the groove. Very obvious again after the first chorus. I don't know the song very well but it also feels like there's a bass drum beat missing. In the 2nd bar of the main beat, shouldn't there be a kick on the first off beat? (my theory is crap sorry, but that's how I'd play this beat)

ace music! I love this!! The bass is just fiendish I would have gone for a different drum sound but the bass and guitar sounds are perfect IMO

RE "Follow you down" - that's a big fat bass sound! It sounds as though you have some sort of stereo doubling going on which cuts in and out at the end. It's quite jarring on the ears, but I guess that was done for effect? Cool song anyway! If you wanted tips on the mix... the snare sound could be bigger, maybe longer reverb, maybe just some more top end. The cymbals don't sound particularly natural but I guess you're restricted to your sounds. The synths don't seem to fit that well. Some of it sounds like pretty cheap string sounds. There's a hammond type sound at the end which does fit the music pretty well, so maybe try the other parts with this sound? Also I would copy your vocal track, distort the hell out of it, and then bring this in and out with the loud and quiet sections.

very nice, great guitar sound too!

haha, this is ace! I do hate the cheesy artificial percussion sounds though. Is that done for effect?

Well, I hardly ever get chance to listen to stuff in here. The only time is during my 9-5 when I remember to bring my headphones and actually have some free time in the office! Anyway, excuses a-side... It sounds to me like the "feel" of the bass is about right, but it doesn't sound "tight" because the kick drum isn't solid enough. More often than not the only solution is for you to stare at the drummer's kick drum and fit in with their timing, even if it is "wrong" IE I prefer your timing to the drummer's but that doesn't matter, you both have to be together

I had two gigs on Saturday. The first was in the afternoon with my folk/punk band Headsticks. I play drums and it's pretty energetic. There were a good 300 people in a large room, lots dancing and singing along, so it was great! As usual I struggled to hear the guitarist and yet we had feedback from the guitar on stage. I think my monitor must have died after a couple of songs or something... The later gig was a local one in the evening on bass with a very talented songwriter. It's a small room, I think the capacity is 100 but they tried to squeeze more in. The soundman was more of an artist than an engineer. I genuinely believe the sound was perfect out front, but on stage I couldn't hear what I was doing or the lead guitarist. All I had was cajon (acoustic) and absolutely loads of vocals in the monitors. Very weird. Anyway, I think it went all right!

Oh dear, we're just treading water now, over saturated with puns, for god's sake let this thread sink to the bottom

feedback won't be anything to do with power supply, it's just what happens when you've got a load of compression AND fuzz going on at the same time, if you're stood within range. Turn down the gain on the fuzz and make the threshold higher on your compressor to give yourself more headroom. Either that or get a wireless and stand on the other side of the room

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1455549234' post='2980079'] Naturally, you should phone them up. [/quote] "hello, is that DeBees? I wanted to ask about the monitors; DB or not DB? That is the question"

we're really plumbing new depths now. Isn't it time to sling our collective hook?

I think harmless prat is pretty accurate. I can't see that he's doing anyone any harm? Although he's clearly nuts

I wonder what the monitoring is like here? [url="http://www.debees.com/"]http://www.debees.com/[/url]

I imagine the dirt pedal he's using has been modded, or there's EQ on there. You can clearly hear the dirt is through a separate rig, and again this could have a prominent mid boost, giving that sort of sound.

It's that nasal sound that implies parametric EQ (or stuck wah) to me. I don't know of any fuzz pedals with a parametric EQ but that'd certainly be cool!

There's a boss dirt pedal with parametric mids as well, I think it's the Metal Zone? That always sounds pretty meaty on bass... I should get one

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1455139007' post='2976435'] The people I jam with are I would say at a decent level and have told me I can play but I'm playing such basic stuff nearly anyone could play it. [/quote] I know I'm the 10th person to quote this but... There's a difference between playing a basic bassline properly, and basic playing. It's true that most people could hit root notes and 5ths pretty much in time, but would it "feel" right? I guess your 3 years of learning has developed your sense of how to play the bass so that while you might be playing basic lines, you're playing properly. I'm sure we've all heard a lead guitarist pick up a bass. They normally play the right notes, and pretty much at the right time, but it "feels" all wrong

well it's not necessarily good advice! It's just what I'd do. Let us know how you get on anyway

If I was going to try and emulate that sound, I'd probably start with my jackhammer in a blended loop, cut the lows and highs, and then play with the mids until it got to where I wanted. The whole lot would have to go through a decent amp or amp-sim though. The jackhammer is an ace pedal anyway, very versatile and you can get them used for under £40. It might be worth you grabbing one to experiment?

[quote name='NickD' timestamp='1455119833' post='2976138'] Hard to argue with that. His Calpol consumption was through the roof. [/quote] I thought it was their guitarist who always had calpol to hand?

If you listen on headphones you can hear his "clean" sound down the middle, which sounds like a slightly overdriven valve amp, then on one side is the dirty channel, which is what I'm saying sounds like a stuck wah. I'm at work so can't check it on speakers - it might be totally different!