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It reminds me of the debate over milk prices. People say they care about farmers etc. but they still buy the cheapest pint, and the retailers keep offering it cheaper and cheaper. Who is really setting the price? And why? I can't see any real change happening without some form of price regulation, which isn't going to happen in my life time

When we release a CD, it's put up for sale on itunes, amazon etc. but it's also added to these streaming services at the same time. I'm pretty sure we've made more off streaming than we have off downloads ...but we make more money flogging physical products at gigs, which I guess is the same for most smaller bands without financial backing. I don't see a big problem

[quote name='bonzodog' timestamp='1436359678' post='2817460'] The one that always confuses me is what lead to use between a jack monitor output on a mixer to a powered monitor jack input? I assume its a signal/instrument cable as you are only carrying a signal not power. But then why out of the same mixer you use speaker cables to go into active speakers when its the same principal??? Very confusing [/quote] no need to use speaker cables into active speakers, surely?

No such thing! What's the little behringer box for?

I've run my old peavey combo at 2 ohms with extension cabs, no problem

What DC Brick did you try? I know the standard boss PSU is a bit under powered. It looks like the M5 draws 500Ma which is probably more than either of your supplies can muster?

Ace! I'd not heard of her, so thanks

Yeh I've tried it with a feedback loop and with a bunch of my pedals (I must have 30 dirt pedals) but it's not doing the same thing. I guess you'd need an amp sim in a feedback loop to get closer, but is it really as simple as that? I'll try my BDI21 in a feedback loop when I get chance anyway, I've not done that before

Maybe it's simpler than I thought, but I would imagine that the feedback loop of standing next to your amp while it's turned up loud is doing more than any overdrive pedal could accomplish. This needs a scientific study

[quote name='elephantgrey' timestamp='1436186520' post='2815681'] You can add sustain with the release control on your compressor, or with some drive pedals (drive pedals having an innate compression to them anyway).... [/quote] It's more than just sustain though isn't it? Some harmonic overtones maybe?

[quote name='landwomble' timestamp='1436132623' post='2815303'] ...All I want is something akin to the effect I get when I play onstage at gig level with my bass facing my amp - natural sustain through volume/acoustic feedback... [/quote] This is something I've been thinking a lot about lately. How could you possibly reproduce that effect? Would you need some sort of sustainer (like fernandes) built into the bass?

I have a dead simple website for one band and we shift a fair bit of merch on it. I just use paypal and their buttons. If you're just selling music then you could link to your stuff on itunes or set up a bandcamp www.headsticks.co.uk

yes, agreed, it's all about being sensitive to the sound of the song as a whole

well if you're closer to the bass amp, the bass will be louder, so it's distorting your perception of the mix overall Reading through this debate a lot of the advice seems to be about EQ and the "space" in the frequency spectrum which each instrument should sit in. That's important, but in my opinion most of the "space" in a mix is created by dynamics, reverb, and good levelling. Several people have talked about keeping the guitars and bass separate in terms of EQ, which is fine, but what if you've got two guitarists and a keyboard? There's a lot of overlap there. There's nothing wrong with two instruments producing the same frequencies, as long as it doesn't get mushy

Supporting D.O.A in manchester. It was a sweaty one, and not as packed as I'd been expecting, but still good fun

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1435614322' post='2810751'] I think most of the items on here have passed through Clarkys hands at some point. [/quote] Does it add to the tone? Maybe I should send him my basses to handle?

I've had the same problem, just made the change, but it's still underlining my british spellings in red. Nevermind

I just drink as much as possible

about his singing - Isn't it a pretty regular feature in hip-hop to have rappers who clearly can't sing, singing on their own tracks? I always thought it was a sort of tradition and never had a problem with it I'll not have time to check out kanye's performance so won't comment on that

At least you're bothered about your sound! A lot of bassists just don't care The best experience is gigs though, the more you do, the more you'll learn how to shape your sound