cheddatom

Musician! I played guitar for years, then I started on bass. After a few years playing bass in bands I became a musician.

[quote name='mrtcat' timestamp='1455795753' post='2982467'] Blue you really do make me laugh... [/quote] I don't see any need to take Blue's comment so seriously. I don't think he meant that if you don't want to gig in pubs then you should give up bass. I think he meant that if you don't want to gig in pubs, you should give up gigging in pubs

I think if we were all trying to scrape a living from gigging, then we'd put up with an awful lot of crap for a paying gig.

I always use IEMs but I still won't play the gig with DB monitors - I need them to hear the match over my IEMs

I use a whammy, but I think the EHX POG pedals have better tracking

I've played some rowdy gigs but never seen a fight while I'm playing. In fact the only time I've seen fights is with young kids watching "hardcore" or whatever the genre of metal is. They swing their arms around and then act all surprised when they "accidentally" hit a lady in the face, and then obviously every loses it and people get chucked out.

Playing the same covers every week in pubs would definitely get me down. I like to play originals in "venues". If I was the OP I'd quit the bands and start writing my solo album

I use a lot of digital effects. I have 3 PSUs adding up to about 5A and sometimes I need them all! I can't imagine being able to cope with 500mA

is that the end? Fin?

great sounds! Please feel free to ignore me, but... When it builds up to the point of distortion, the distortion isn't very nice. It might be worth putting a nicer dirt pedal or amp sim at the end of the chain, or if you wanted it clean then a limiter. I would love to have a go on your pedal board inside a feedback loop!

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?