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[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1482706784' post='3202305'] Mystery solved. Inputs 5 and 6 actually refer to the unit's 'Loopback' function, which allows you to send the signal that's being sent to your audio outputs [i]back[/i] into the input for recording. This is perfect for capturing streamed internet broadcasts etc. For example, if I play a YouTube video and set Reaper to record via inputs 5 and 6, the audio is recorded into Reaper. Previously I had to use Soundflower to do this, which meant switching back and forth between settings in the Audio Devices dialog box. I have now ditched Soundflower (it is no longer supported anyway) as this is a much more elegant solution. Win win! [/quote] That seems like a bit of a faff, when you could simply use Audio HiJack to save the output of any audio stream from any application as a file.

Had to go through three pages of sales ads before I found one I as even remotely interested in trying, so the answer is probably no.

Spotify IME is very limited in choice once you step outside of mainstream or recent releases. My new band are doing a series of playlists on Spotify as part of our interaction with our fans. I was going to do either a J-pop or post-punk electronic set but most of the songs I wanted to include aren't available. It's not as though the songs are massively obscure either. Most of the J-pop artists are on major labels, and all of the electronic stuff was regularly featured on John Peel's show back in the day.

[quote name='Telebass' timestamp='1482483485' post='3200876'] For me, then, if I don't convert, I need a 5er with a nut width not exceeding 1.75". Any such thing? [/quote] I'm always intrigued when musicians quote absolute measurements as being a strict requirement for an instrument, especially when they only for a small part of the overall picture. So is your 1.75" the width of the neck at the nut? or the width from the centre of the B string to the centre of the G string? And is 1.75" a definite absolute, or could you get away with 1.76"? How about 1.78"? What about the string spacing at the bridge? I ask because my Yamaha BJ5B 5-string would have probably met your requirements (or been very close) but at the bridge it had the typical very wide Yamaha string spacing of 18-19mm between string centres. Would that have been acceptable? I've given up worrying about instrument measurements. If I'm interested I pick it up and play it. It will soon become obvious whether or not I can get on with it.

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1482446489' post='3200753'] Maybe I've overstepped here, but I footloosely meant that people reacted as if their toes had been trodden by someone. [/quote] At the moment as far as I can see the only instances of the word "toetroddenly" are in this thread. I think it would make a great addition to the English language and vow to use it from now on whenever I can!

[quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1482360756' post='3199970'] @ Beer of the Bass, I can accept that there is a pitch change which although barely perceptible, would have a noticeable effect. Sort of like low level "wow-and flutter" as we called it in days of vinyl and affordable turntables. [/quote] Because the doppler effect of the Leslie cabinet is created by moving the sound source (the speaker) relative to the listener, you get both vibrato and tremolo in equal measures as can be heard on any of the Hammond and Leslie clips available on YouTube.

There's plenty of music in it, and you can pause, so it can be broken up into a two or more sessions, if you can't find time for the whole thing in one go.

AFAICS this hasn't been posted yet. [url="http://www.nts.live/shows/trevorjackson/episodes/trevor-jackson-trevor-horn-in-conversation-16th-december-2016"]In-depth Trevor Horn interview[/url] by Trevor Jackson on the NTS web site. It's 3 hours long and covers his career from his first gigs depping on bass for his dad in dance bands, right up to the early 90s. Lots of interesting stuff and plenty of his production and remix work with a few secrets given away!

Very few guitars have active electronics so why are we bass players so obsessed with them? Some observations: 1. Most don't do anything you can't already do much better with the controls on your amp. 2. The volume and blend on the cheaper models are nearly always passive, which to me seems stupid as these are the two functions that would benefit most from being properly buffered from the pickups and the amp input so that they work smoothly and consistently through their range. 3. Most on-board pre-amps are generic circuits that have been shoe-horned into their instruments without any thought for the type and position of the pickups feeding them or the original acoustic sonic character of the bass. Music Man seem to be the only mainstream exception to this.

So how do you tell if a song is in C or A minor? And does it matter?

But surely you don't get any real benefit from heavy amps and cabs in a live situation unless either the majority of your FoH sound comes directly from your rig or you are mic'ing up one or more of the the cabs and that provides most of the bass feed to the PA speakers. Same in the studio. Mic on the cab(s) only and no digital post-processing. Is anyone on here actually doing this?

[quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1482323076' post='3199533'] So the confusion is further exacerbated by the misnaming of the Strat's "trem"/"tremolo unit" which should ACTUALLY be called a "vib"/"vibrato unit". [/quote] [quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1482324948' post='3199572'] It doesn't help that Fender guitar amps have an amplitude-wobbling tremolo effect which they've always labelled as Vibrato! [/quote] So Leo got it wrong? What an idiot! ;-)

I also thought that you needed the special (John East designed IIRC) pre-amp installed in order to balance out the volume differences between the three pickup configurations? However my experience of Enfield basses is limited to the original "Cannon" model with the Super 8 Pickup.

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1482263192' post='3199089'] One thing that puts me off those pickups is the lights. I know Sims like their LEDs but I would want the option to disable them on the pickups personally, I don't know if that is doable without hacking about though! I assume the pickups are totally passive apart from the LEDs, if so you could just disconnect the power. [/quote] Don't you need the LEDs to know what configuration the pickup is in?

The whole of the Aimee Mann [url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/More-Drifter-Snow-Aimee-Mann/dp/B000IY01QG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1482226225&sr=8-1&keywords=One+More+Drifter+In+The+Snow]One More Drifter In The Snow[/url] album. Even traditionally upbeat songs like "Winter Wonderland" have a melancholic feel to them. Should be retitled "Slit Your Wrists At Christmas".

Japanese nutters Polysics have a track called "Kaja Kaja Goo" which has Nick Beggs playing Chapman Stick somewhere in the mix... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aEwoEB7Xng

[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1482085856' post='3197527'] Spandau Ballet - Listening to Marvin all night long (Hank or Gaye)? [/quote] Are you sure it isn't about Lee Marvin?

Unlike the guitar where it nearly always means a P90 style design, "soapbar" pickups on a bass are any rectangular shape wider than a J-type pickup and can have pretty much anything lurking under the cover.

Knuckle Guitarworks got there first with the Quake Bass.

+1 for the bicycle box. Plenty big enough. Far stronger cardboard than the average guitar box and if you get all the packing materials that originally came with it, plenty of extra bits to pad the package out with. Bicycle shops are always IME keen to get rid of them too!

For me the album released at the end of 1979 that has had the most staying power is PiL's "Metal Box".

[quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1481891158' post='3195983'] Pedulla Buzz basses do look cool but every time I see one I just think, "Blimey, move a bit too sharply and that upper horn would snap right off!!!" [/quote] You know, not every bass needs to be as chunkilly built as a Fender. Wood is incredibly strong stuff -they even make buildings out of it!

There's a couple of basses that I've sold that I would buy again if there was a 5-string version available, and I would love a really good 8-string (octave pairs) bass, but I have still to find one that I think looks suitably cool.

The Clash for me have always been one of those bands that I like the idea of more than I like the band and their actual music. I also keep forgetting that they are one of the few punk bands that I got to see in their hey day, mostly because their live performance (at the Rock Against Racism Rally in London) was so underwhelming. Since then I've come the enjoy most of the first two albums plus the awesome single "White Man In Hammersmith Palais", but I've never been able to get into the London Calling album. I liked the title track as a single and even more, their cover of "Armegideon Time" on the B-side and I really like the track "Lost In The Supermarket". The rest of the album and everything they recorded after that just leaves me cold.

[quote name='dyerseve' timestamp='1481807008' post='3195296'] i have this problem too and just read one of the many hundreds of emails from ebay and noticed the fine print: [i][b]"You were sent this e-mail because your Notification Preferences indicate that you want to receive information about Special Promotions, Offers and Events. You are subscribed as [email protected], registered on www.ebay.co.uk. If you do not wish to receive further communications like this, [color=#ff0000]please [/color][color=#ff0000]click here[/color][color=#ff0000] to unsubscribe.[/color] Alternatively,[color=#ff0000] you can change your Communication Preferences in My eBay by clicking here.[/color] Please note that it may take up to 14 days to process your request. Please visit our Privacy Policy and User Agreement if you have any questions.[/b][/i]" [/quote] Thanks. I've looked all the way through the Communication Preferences and I can't see any options that apply to my situation. I'll try unsubscribing next time I get an email about something I've looked at just once - I'm expecting a whole load of them in the next couple of days for stuff I've checked out from thinks in other threads here - and see what happens.