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An entertainment agency has approached one of my bands about playing a holiday park. There's a band debate about how much we ought to charge Anyone with any experience who can chop in would be very welcome. Thanks Edit: feel free to pm me if you prefer not to discuss your finances in public

Great stuff @Freddie B - glad you got it working

Last night's extravaganza... Four band weekend for me. After the drunken scaffolders on Friday with my soul band, my originals were parachuted in by the booking agent to fill a cancellation in a town centre pub in darkest Somerset. Three mass brawls, several minor skirmishes, a gentleman being extravagantly sick in the gents whenever I went to the loo and constant demands for songs clearly not in our genre. Two large television screens broadcast sport throughout; a cricket match on one and horses running in circles around a track on the other. This isn't quite what I'd pictured when miming with a tennis racket in front of the mirror as a small boy.

An early start, in the beer garden of a rough assed pub just outside Bristol. We were a last minute stand in, which worked as our planned gig had been cancelled. I've never seen so many drunken scaffolders in the same place before. With their families. At 5pm. Football came on in the pub and the garden emptied. We played the second set to the occasional smoker. The place was so filthy I stopped at a Macdonalds to wash on the way home.

I've learned so much from the people here. There are some remarkably generous folk on this forum.

I don't think to they're particularly heavy Anyway back to the topic in hand. Used the ME90B this evening. Only as a pedal board with a few different effects. It's excellent 👌. Ran it without mains cables, it used hardly any battery power and the sounds were just great. It's a winner .

From the FB group Sticky: how to get your new Ampero Stomp 2 up and running without issue. Here's some 'if I had my time again' advice. I'm going a bit on memory here so others may wish to correct the advice. This is based on a device that was at hardware v1.0.0 and firmware version v1.0.0 (press Global/ About to see your version numbers). I am using Win10. Before plugging the Stomp in or switching it on, download the generic USB Asio driver, the latest version of the firmware and the Stomp Editor software. With the Stomp disconnected, install the Asio driver and the Editor software. Restart your computer. Connect your Stomp to the computer using the supplied USB lead. Some people have found that it is better to make a direct connection to the computer rather than going through a USB hub. Switch on your Stomp. Run the Editor software. If your Stomp isn't recognised, try changing the USB lead or connecting directly to the computer rather than through a hub. If it still isn't recognised, you probably need to update the firmware. The process is described in the Editor software, which will be saying that it can't find a device. Basically, you hold down three particular buttons on the Stomp as you switch it off and on, then browse to where you downloaded the latest version of the firmware, then press go. If your device is now listed under Control Panel/ Sound, or under Device Manager, but the Editor software still can't see it: go to https://www.hotoneaudio.com/support/2 and select the "Solution of Ampero II and Stomp Hardware & Software Connection Problem." Note that the location of the updated audio driver software is described on page 2. When you click the audio update file, it will probably suggest that you extract all files before running them. Be careful of where you extract them to as the file names can exceed the 256 letter limit in Windows. If you just extract to your desktop or Downloads you'll be fine. Having done this, my Stomp was recognised by the Editor software and as an audio device b y Windows.

Don't give up! I had similar issues. Check the Facebook group dedicated to the pedal - they have lots of advice

Just read that section. I'm going to let it percolate, then read it again. When I get home, and can set up my FI, I can run through the example they describe, which ought to help.

And the Amp is the Trace Elliot TE1200

Hang on...we're at cross purposes. A used FI v1 with V3 firmware

A used FI. But yes, I've been working a lot and saving! Spent it all on pedals and my dream amp comes up for sale today.

It's here. Or rather, it's there. At home in a box. Had to bring my mam into A&E so I never got to unwrap it. I may get to it later, don't really know what's happening..

Oh I think so too. You can't really have too much of a good thing, right?

I have just acquired my second iteration of this wonderful pedal. I was too impatient the first time around. I wanted to twiddle a knob and instantly produce the perfect synth bass sound. Ignoring the facts that I had no grasp of midi, no familiarity with the editing software, no clue what the different physical controls were for. To my shame I got cross that this complex machine wasn't more simple, and got rid. I'm more teachable now, I've even gone through the manual! However, in trying to recreate a patch created by someone else, I've come across a problem. Their patch has some sliders which are split. Thus: And for the life of me I can't work out how to achieve this 'split'. Any ideas would be very welcome. Thanks.

Congratulations. I love mine. So easy to programme and some great sounds

Wonderful Basschatter, great guy. Transaction concluded swiftly and painlessly. I heartily recommend Peter, you can deal with confidence.