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[quote name='Chrismanbass' timestamp='1365607120' post='2041738'] it helps with my playing as well i've found i have a better sense of the whole band now and not just playing bass [/quote] Yes. Result, well chuffed you've found this to be the case!

New record for fastest mix has been set, I've already had one finished candidate, consider my gast truly flabbered - clearly I should have chosen Country a while ago!

Favourite thing about Wireworld (Wagener's gaff) is he used weed matting to cover his absorption, and it looks ace - who would have thought? That and the mountain of fantastic kit obviously!

I couldnt be 100% sure listening at work (my cans here are ancient and really show signs of the wear and tear they've had being perched on my bonce 8 hrs a day 5 days a week for 9 years! I'll try and get a chance to listen on something better as soon as I can...

Do yourselves a favour (all of you in need of good cheap cans) and check out the Studiospares M1000 closed back cans:- http://www.studiospares.com/headphones-studio/studiospares-m1000-headphones/invt/448760 They are currently £65 but quite often they have offers on. They are really excellent if you dont want to hear whats going on outside the cans (or people outside them to hear what you're listening to - so are excellent tools for recording - and they sound excellent, they certainly cope with my 5 string without any problems at all..... Highly recommended....

Voxengo SPAN can be set to K14 [url="http://www.voxengo.com/product/span/"]http://www.voxengo.com/product/span/[/url] And is 64bit In fact its so damned good at all things metering everyone should have a copy anyway - my top tip for the day

Oh thank you, that is utterly beautiful, love his playing....

April/Mauy Mix Competition Thread now open here:- http://basschat.co.uk/topic/204769-aprilmay-mix-competition/ Please read the rules carefully, and bring your Stetson!

[size=5]THE RESULTS ARE IN!!![/size] Ok the voting ends now.... We have the following results:-[list=1] [*]Mix A (2 votes [7.69%]) [*]Mix B (0 votes [0.00%]) [*]Mix C (5 votes [19.23%]) [*]Mix D (0 votes [0.00%]) [*]Mix E (6 votes [23.08%]) [*]Mix F (1 votes [3.85%]) [*]Mix G (6 votes [23.08%]) [*]Mix H (0 votes [0.00%]) [*]Mix I (5 votes [19.23%]) [*]Mix J (1 votes [3.85%]) [*]Mix K (0 votes [0.00%]) [*]Mix L (0 votes [0.00%]) [/list] And the mixes were by the following people:- Mix A.wav - Dad3353 Mix B.wav - Lurksalot Mix C.wav - 51m0n Mix D.wav - cheddatom Mix E.wav - Moonbass Mix F.wav - Twigman Mix G.wav - ironside1966 Mix H.wav - Ziphoblat Mix I.wav - Skol Mix J.wav - VasDim Mix K.wav - MiltyG565 Mix L.wav - xgsjx Thank you all for your time and effort, both entering and voting, and [color=#ff0000][size=5]we have a tie for the first time between Moonbass and ironside1966[/size][/color], well done gents! Skol and I are off to lick our wounds and sulk in the corner [hr] [size=5][b]THE MIXES ARE IN!![/b][/size] [size=6][url="https://soundcloud.com/bc-mix-competitions/sets/mix-j/s-o2vko"][color=#0000cd]You can find them here - clicky linky[/color][/url][/size] I'll be setting up the poll asap, in the mean time start listening, there's 48 minutes of the same country and western song to [s]endure[/s] enjoy Fortunately I think you can whittle it down fairly quickly [hr] OK, we're halfway through April (well nearly) and have only just chosen some stems, so in the interest of my sanity and everyone elses I've decided we'll run this one through the end of April and start the voting on or around May 15th (5 weeks time) to give everyone a fair crack of the whip. That way we can leave the poll up for a week or two and choose more stems in time for June. So the rules this time are as follows:- [color=#ff0000][size=5]We will run the contest blind again, so do not post any mixes directly into this thread or you will effectively disqualify yourself[/size][/color]. Instead PM me with a link to wherever on the web you have put it (private soundcloud with download enabled has worked very well, dropbox is OK) If you have the bandwidth do upload a wav (sample rate and bit depth the same as the recording would be best) Do feel free to talk about what you are finding difficult, and discuss possible solutions - this is not so much a competition as a learning experience for everyone... [size=4][color=#FF0000]Do [b]not[/b] treat this as a mastering exercise[/color][/size]. I would like you to check your level with the K-Meter so it hits 0 dB at most on K-14. No this isn't using the K-Metering system 'properly', its just using a known and defined meter that pretty much everyone has access to via VST or whatever for free (google is your friend here) so that we get the same perceived output level from every mix, or there abouts. If something is wildly out I will endeavour to re-render it at the correct level if I have time, if I dont you may not get added to the poll. Just install the K-Meter, put it on your Main mix output effects area, set it to K-14 and drop the level of your mix until it never goes over 0dB - simples! Yes you can use limiters and whatever on the mix buss, but your overall average level[i] must stay at or below that 0dB level throughout the track[/i], which means the harder you hit the limiter the quieter your transients will be compared to the overall level (thats the nature of the k-meter), your level will still be comparable to everyone else's though. Neat.... [size=5]And so onto the stems - you can get them here:-[/size] [color=#0000cd][size=5][url="http://cambridge-mt.com/ms-mtk.htm#UncleDad"]http://cambridge-mt....tk.htm#UncleDad[/url][/size][/color] Yup we are mixing [b]Uncle Dad: 'Who I Am' [/b]which is a nice slice of Country and Western y'all. If this doesn't drive you all loopy then nothing will! Oh and the stems should be top drawer for this one, so there oght to be no complaints there at all! Good luck all of you, look forward to hearing your efforts....

Think I've already go ta copy of that one, not in a stalky way you understand, honestly

Nice effort Ironside, Never fear heres always the next one, hope you dig on Country and Western though

Cheat

[quote name='pantherairsoft' timestamp='1365447179' post='2039808'] I had a hunt around and to get buckeye ones it looked to be expensive and down to just a few places in the US (at least that advertise the fact!). I noticed on eBay a guy selling decent looking knobs in a huge range of woods, from Pau Ferro to Rosewood etc and his prices were a quarter (or less) than the big names. I emailed him and he had some Buckeye in stock. It's trickier to work with than most but still only charged me ($7.50/knob plus $7 shipping - general knobs he does on eBay are around $5 each wood depending). Took a week from order to delivery. eBay seller name is brianwilliams5. Very helpful and a great quality result. [/quote] Oh cheers! Very tempted to get some swamp ash ones, reckon they would be very nice, or something a bit darker so they dont look they are trying to hide . How does he cope with stacked knobs? They always seem a tad complex to find in wood at a reasonable price...

[quote name='bobbass4k' timestamp='1365514437' post='2040538'] I'll definitely be having a crack this month, I know bugger all about mixing, but this seems like a good way to learn, although I'm not sure I'll be able to take a month of repeated country... [/quote] Good for you for having a go, if nothing else you may find a new way of listening to music, and different things to appreciate in your entire collection. Hopefully we'll be able to help you along too.... And I chose Country partly to see who has the mettle to cope wiht it (I am fearing for my sanity already ) It could be worse, I could have chosen Bebop

Yes please. The more varied the genre the better, the last thing I want to do is end up doing repeated mixes in the same genres, so far we've done a Reggae track, an Indie pop/rock anthem type of affair and a heaier type rock thing (my poor efforts at categorising arent helpful). The danger on a bass forum is we end up doing something in one of those three categories for ever. I want to try and get some hip hop, electronica, funk (old school preferably, the techniques of r capturing it are often quite 'guerrilla'), not to mention some break beats, dubstep or any other form of EDM in the mix. But mainly I wanted to do country, because it is [i]really[/i] different from the previous ones... [quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1365511824' post='2040476'] Nice one Si! You are evil This is going to be fun... [/quote] Heh wait till you've heard that country twang for a month, you'll be after my head on a platter!

Ok well, Moonbass has asked me to choose a track since he is going to be tied up for the next coupl eof evenings (fnaaarrr!) So I suggest we change tack and go for someone elses music for once, since no one on the site who has stems hasnt already put themselves forward once (much thanks). I fell some really annoying country would seperate the men from the boys a bit this time, so I chose this lovely little ditty ([b]Uncle Dad: 'Who I Am'[/b]) from the Mixing Secrets website:- [url="http://cambridge-mt.com/ms-mtk.htm#UncleDad"]http://cambridge-mt....tk.htm#UncleDad[/url] Please download the zip files from there and get cracking! I'll set up the official April Mix comp thread this evening. It may well be an April/May one since we are getting through this month at the rate of 24 hours a day, which clearly isnt enough....

They look fafantastic. Where did you get them??

Having read this thread I gave the Chord OC-50 a punt, stupid cheap from amazon of all places. Had a play before I took it to rehearsal on Sunday, and initially I honestly wasnt sure, the tracking glitches and warbling are rather all over the place and alarming when you are soloed. However in a band setting that really doesnt matter, this is simply the most entertaining pedal on my board, especially followed by my Maxon AF9, just insanely funky. Comments from the band included "Thats fat as f***", "Sounds all Moogy does that", and "How much!??!". Better yet its definitely not a one setting wonder at all, and finally if that werent enough if you give it the full beans on the lower octave and the drive and then pass that through a band pass filter you can produce a perfect rendition of the theme from Rhubarb and Custard, could you ever want more from a pedal? Hugely recommended

You're absolutely bang on Lurks. Its all about critical listening. If you cant analyse the sound you are hearing then you cant possibly even guess wht to do to it to make it 'better'.

That site is my fallback if we don'tget any offers Lurks.....

Thanks!!!

[quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1365108819' post='2035589'] I voted for yours Si as it happens [/quote] You have impeccable taste

I dont like bookshelf monitors for anything other than really accurate mids, so if they dotn deliver in the mids they are utter gash IMO. I have an old pait of Rogers for really dialing into a mix's mid range area, they dont do much below 80Hz, but above therethey are really accurate to my ear, and if I can get a mix to 'pop' on those I'm doing pretty well. In truth I can do as well on cans (Studiospares H1000 - excellent value for money, highly recommended) with plenty of reference to the laptops internal speakers (in mono usuallly) for the much over emphasised reference to a really awful system. No mix is complete without it being tweaked on the big old RTLs though, and thats because they are pretty flat down to 25Hz, and I know them really well, they arent officially studio monitors by any means, but to my ear they are flat 'enough' have great midrange definition and a yweeter that will show up anything nasty in the top couple of octaves, and most importantly I know them very well.... Why the long rambling post? Because if you dont really know your monitoring situation inside out it is all irrelevant IME, you can have great monitors in an average room and not have a clue how your mix will translate, so spend hours and hours really critically listening to CDs and commercial releases on whatever monitors you have, learn what is good sound [i]in your listening/mixing environment[/i], refer back to these tracks when mixing and you will be doing pretty much all you can outside of a commercially designed and contructed studio.

Oh you will like that!

Nah mate nothing naughty at all. I hadnt bothered to bang on about k-metering and mixing and yada yada on this one. If we reintroduce K-metering all that will happen is your level will be the same as everyone elses, but you would get slight less transient through. I think it wasnt your mix buss so much as the fx on the groups, your level goes up and down between different sections, but each section sits pretty much in one place level wise, the crescendos appear to have gone. Its a really unusual pattern, and I guess you are compressing various key components in those sections fairly heavily, or the groups they are in, or you are doing a scary job riding gains Gated sine wave on the kick was completely inspired, nice one: I've done this before myself, but not for years and years, in fact I did it with a hardware synth and gate and an aux send to the sidechain all with real metal boxes, it was that long ago and Ihad totally forgotten about that trick - thanks! I never ever put any delay or reverb on bass, it just disappears for me when I do that and I'm listening in a room. But your kick has so much authority in the mix (missing from mine!) that it completely hides the fact that your bass is a bit 'over there'. It wasnt a great bass sound to work on I agree, but it seemed to have all the right ideas in there, some growl, some od, some punch, just not enough depth for me. I wonder how new the strings were? As for reverbs you simply cannot beat a great convolution reverb IMO. Its taken me a long time to feel really happy with ambiences and reverbs from ITB mixes I've done, and I've gone round a ridiculously circuitous route to get to where I am now, a couple of really great reverbs and some well set up delays and you can get such a lush and believe space. Nothing like the reverbs of yore at all. And I never ever leave a reverb without filtering it at the least to low and high pass the gash out of it, otherwise you cant get as much in there wihtout it sounding smashy and harsh IME, and reverb to me is the great 'smootherator' . It is a damned fine effort, I take my hat off to you. Your prize is to choose the stems for next month. Lets hope its Country and Western eh!