paulmcnamara

Due to space limitations I've kept bass speaker cabinets in the boot of my car over several years; in an unheated conservatory, but I wouldn't use a shed, no matter how posh. Damp, rodents, poor security, searing heat.................... put a sheet over them and use them as a coffee table if all else fails!

Sold Tim my Epi cab, great, smooth transaction, Tim's a very easy person to deal with.

Check out Jon Poole of Lifesigns..............

There's a fascinating article in the February edition of Sound on Sound where Charlie Watkins: that is.... 'Mr WEM' talks about the problem of bass amplification and speaker development amongst other interesting stuff. (My second guitar amp was a Wem Dominator Mk 2...wonderful back in the 70's). All the best Paul.

We use the Behringer 2442USB which comes in at about £280. Very easy to operate and does the job well. We use the main channels and direct outs for monitoring; and to record rehearsals we hook up a stereo digital pocket recorder to a couple of aux sends. For live performance we tend to only put vocals through PA so its fairly simple to take them from the mixer.

My band has just invested in a new monitoring system. We opted for the Behringer Powerplay System. We use a Behringer 2442 mixer (which we already had) from our direct outs to a Behringer PM16 I Hub which converts the signals into digital sending the signal out to the individual personal monitors: Behringer PM16's, via a Cat 5 cable; as well as carrying 16 channels of music it also carries mains power to the monitor units. You then either plug in headphones, earphones or a powered wedge. We are amazed at the simplicity of the system.... a dream to set up. It had excellent clarity/sound quality, and is relatively inexpensive. The Hub cost us £125 and the personal monitors come in at about £174 each. The system can be further expanded to run as many as 48 personal monitor units. It also interfaces with the Behringer X32 system. In use: effectively each musician has individual control over 16 channels of sound with vol and 3 band eq for each channel. 16 mixes can be stored. There is a limiter, mute, etc. If you are thinking of a new monitoring system this is certainly worth looking at. It would also work well in a studio giving musicians control over headphone mixes. [attachment=184496:Screen Shot 2015-02-21 at 10.20.49.png][attachment=184497:Screen Shot 2015-02-21 at 10.22.03.png]

[color=#141823][font=Helvetica, Arial,] here's a new review of FLUX:FX[/font][/color][color=#141823][font=Helvetica, Arial,] [url="http://www.guitarmoderne.com/gear-2/fluxfx-first-look"]http://www.guitarmoderne.com/gear-2/fluxfx-first-look[/url][/font][/color]

A very comprehensive review........... http://www.musicappblog.com/fluxfx-review/

Now bidding............

Yes, been putting the app through its paces using the Alesis IO Dock 2. First impressions: great! I really like the package of the app, well laid out, can be used in a fairly simple way or if you want to dig deeper re editing you can. Five simultaneous effects, an xy pad and a sequencer to vary effects over time. This app is going to take some getting used to, as is the dock, but it is showing great potential. Sonically I am very impressed. I have been using a Zoom B3 a bit, and so am using that as a vague reference point. Flux doesn't have the amp/cab simulations and has fewer effects in each class, but that shouldn't be considered as a problem. As with gentle tweaking and storing one can get a good palette of sounds. What I do like is the ability to jump from Flux FX on my iPad to Garageband to my tuner..... Its good to have everything at hand. Using the 'Audiobus' app and others like it, it is possible to link Flux up with other apps which really make it very flexible. So you can drive Flux FX with say Moog Animoog synth app and send it either out to your amp or send it to another app on your iPad i.e. Garageband....... I'm beginning to see how it is a way of working as much as it is about a new effects unit. So far so good!

An Eastwood bass owned by Mick Karn is going up for auction on Ebay on 2nd January 2015 (10 day auction) Further details at www.mickkarn.net

Bose are portable but pricey but sound fantastic.........

Gone

Yes working with Flux FX: 5 simultaneous effects, full editable, presets available and a sequencer to record parameter change over time, nice XY pad for having fun. Not everyone's cup of tea, but for £13.99 you can't really go wrong.......... Regards, Paul.

Reverb, delay and chorus all brilliant on fretless bass but used prudently. Delay can be used to thicken the sound, reverb to add presence and luminosity, and chorus to widen the sound. Listen to people like Mick Karn and you will hear the judicious employment of "effects"..... Regards, Paul.

Now got it for my bass, will probably use an Alesis IO Dock to connect up and will report on findings asap.

Check out Adrians Belew's new effects for iPad app that can be used for all music sources: [url="http://goo.gl/zKNW9W"]http://goo.gl/zKNW9W[/url]