cheddatom

"clank" is generally high or high-mid frequencies. The attack portion of your note will generally have more high end, especially if you play hard and so that the strings hit the frets. If you want to get rid of this "clank" you'd use EQ A limiter would stop any transient peaks, the very first few milliseconds of your note. It may "smooth" out your sound somewhat. It may get you more headroom out of your amp. I reckon you might be playing so hard that the strings are hitting the actual pickup poles, which creates a horrible pop?

[quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1402999281' post='2478624'] I have once again edited myself but I've already been quoted a few times. Whoops. This might be my last post here so I should add that I love you all like my own children, although I don't have any children, and I will miss every one of you, or at least some. [/quote] If you're going can I have your username?

not in my experience, no, but I'm always using some dirt which would compress it. It's worth a try anyway, I suppose you never really know what it'll do with any given pedal chain until you try

Agree with Bruce Also as I was saying in another thread, a feedback loop can turn your whole pedalboard in to a new instrument

[quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1402925346' post='2477914'] Feedback loop is perhaps worth considering but I guess I'd need a limiter too and I don't have room for two things. :-\ [/quote] Why would you need a limiter? There's a barge concepts loop pedal in the for sale section at the moment, great pedal and the price is good Honestly my feedback loop has given me hours of fun. It means I can "play" the pedalboard without any instrument

cool! Any effects built in?

I would have thought the pre-amp would go best at the end of the chain, try it!

[quote name='jonnythenotes' timestamp='1402909497' post='2477671'] Hi number 6 and Cheddatom. Going thru the Pa would be ideal, but unfortunately the pa the band owns is a bit of a cheapo, and we have not got a dedicated sound man... The guitar player sets it up, and has to tweek it as the set progresses. Its the same old story.. A good pa would solve all the problems, but the one we have is pretty poor, and as soon as the bass is added, it really cant cope. Trying to get other band members to put money in to by a new pa is like pulling teeth. If we were working a lot more we could probably do this, but not at the moment. I have tried the option of using my gear without going via the pa to carry thru venue, (which it can do,) but the on stage volume climbs as other band members turn up. The Orange cabs I use are both rated at 600 watts each, and are driven by the terror amp rated at 500 watts @ 4ohms. Thanks for the advice...and keep it coming. [/quote] You could maybe add a powered sub to the PA so that it could handle the bass? I think powered bass cabs are generally for rigs without an amp, so you could use just a pre-amp and plug straight into the powered cab

[quote name='andydye' timestamp='1402916417' post='2477766'] that's me on the right of the shot with my band (links in my sig) playing our first gig together this Friday (13th June), superb night and we went down really well! Is it normal for the promoter to demand you give an encore on your first gig (the other band didn't get one)... [/quote] Is this some sort of home made Mattocaster on the left?

(on drums again) Middlewitch folk and boat festival on Saturday night. It was ace! Again more bands turning up without kit so they used my kit for the whole night. I was slightly miffed at being asked but didn't want to say no as they would have been very stuck. Anyway, I got to see The Moulettes who were just amazing. Listened to some recorded stuff since and it's nothing compared to their live show. It sounds to me as though they've fallen in to the same trap as many others in that they went into the studio with some ideas, created something which is impossible to play without backing tracks, then used awesome musicians to re-create it live in some very interesting ways. I just wish they'd re-record the album with the line up they had at the gig! At one point the drummer was making beat-box style noises down a mic, playing kick and hi-hat with his feet, and acoustic guitar with his hands!

I don't think you'd blow up any pedals - never heard of that before? I've put all sorts through pedals

I just don't get it. If my amp's not loud enough I give a DI feed to the soundman to put through the PA. What's the problem with this? I certainly wouldn't want to have my own personal PA which the soundman can't control. How would I possibly know what the mix is like out front?

feedback loop!

yeh it sounds like you want an EQ rather than a dirt pedal you can never have too many dirt pedals though

The amp EQ shouldn't have a massive effect. If it's loud enough without the pedal on, it should be loud enough with it on. I would start with the pedal settings. Put the blend all the way to dry. Set the EQ flat (12 o'clock) and the volume to maximum. When you turn the pedal on and off, there should be no volume drop. If anything, it should be louder with the pedal on. If that's the case, you know the pedal's working fine. Then turn the gain to about 9 o'clock, and keep turning the pedal on and off while you turn the mix pedal towards wet. This way you can find the right spot to keep your volume You'll have to do this while it's loud otherwise you won't hear the difference in the low end properly

I found this the other day: http://www.thomann.de/gb/sm_pro_audio_q_adat.htm Which gives you 8 line inputs to ADAT Two of these and one of the MOTU 2408 or similar rack units would seem to do the job, and relatively cheaply. Any thoughts on this option?

I have to say for a bit of low gain grit the ODB-3 is perfect. I use it to add a bit of low end and a very slight amount of dirt. The blend and EQ are very useful

The ODB-3 should be able to match the output level of your bass, but maybe your bass is just ridiculously loud? If you're looking at the BDDI definitely check out the Behringer BDI21. That's what I used for this: https://soundcloud.com/creepjoint/bass-invader (another guy playing the bass but I did the sound) and I love it

Thanks rmorris! I'll give it a go with servisol and brushes for now, see how I get on Unfortunately my ultrasonic cleaning tank is only big enough for a 16 channel mixer, and this one is 24

OK, thanks for the advice, I'll give it a go!

I have some servisol, but I'm nervous about scraping components. So, I can use the servisol to free up the gunk a bit but then how would you physically remove it? A sponge? I realise this probably sounds stupid

yeh it's not dust that will blow off, it's caked on grime

nice work!

A while ago I bought a mixing desk 2nd hand. While it looked OK when I collected it, it soon became apparent someone had spilled some sort of oil on it Now, I don't think oil would damage many electronic components, but there are a couple of issues (two Auxilliaries don't work etc) which I'd like to troubleshoot. To do this I could do with cleaning up all of the dirt from inside the desk. So, what's the best way to get rid of gunk and grime from electronics?

I've done the same. I finally managed to get a better sound from blended dirt pedals but if it works for you, stick with it!