BassTractor

[quote name='Stylon Pilson' timestamp='1501694264' post='3346671'] whats better a squire or a percision base [/quote] Depends. Is it for mettle?

[quote name='lownote12' timestamp='1501679052' post='3346496'] Think you may have quoted the wrong person. [/quote] Note the winkey though. Twas Andy_L who followed your example but failed to follow your format. Hence my question. Nice with the story about your granddad in any case! I love those things.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1501678321' post='3346482'] Free jazz..? [/quote] You're right, of course, but free jazz doesn't give us the 50 pages we need. The Beatles vs. blues does.

The only thing worse than The Beatles is blues!

[quote name='Andy_L' timestamp='1501450572' post='3344783'] My avatar. The pic on the left is actually Winnie the Pooh. I don't look like him [/quote] That's quite OK, of course, but on what archive film footage did you astonishingly spot him by chance?

[quote name='lojo' timestamp='1501316006' post='3343939'] My multiamp which has the synth in has midi In and through , this might work ? [/quote] I don't know what it will do, as I was unaware of amps using MIDI data (will have to read up on that one), but it will not work along the lines you described earlier. The MIDI THRU will only pass on the MIDI data it receives at the MIDI IN port - without converting it to working sound.

[quote name='lojo' timestamp='1501315492' post='3343934'] I know I can convert midi to usb with a coverter for use with my mac, so if I can convert to Jack that solves it Otherwise would a cheap modern keyboard controller send a Jack signal like a guitar ? [/quote] Nope. Don't mix the physical form of input and output ports with the data that flows through them. Out of a MIDI keyboard comes MIDI data, which is command data. It tells other stuff what to do, but the other stuff will do it. Only receiving gear that needs MIDI data will respond to it. Also, that receiving gear does not translate or convert that data; it only uses the data as commands to know what it should do. Along the same lines, the MB Synth needs "sound" at its input for it to work, and it will not respond to MIDI data. Sound, unlike MIDI data, does not tell the Synth what to do. The synth itself just takes the sound and does unspeakable things to it and with it. In this, the type of jack does not play any role at all. I revert you to post #2. Just ask again if it isn't clear yet. I'm here, and so, assumedly, are others

No. Assuming you mean a regular MIDI controller keyboard, this keyboard only sends out MIDI data, not sound. The MarkBass Synth has only one input, and it's not for MIDI data but for bass guitar sound, and as such is rather undifferent from an effects unit. If the MarkBass Synth provides a saw, then you should be set already, as it has true bypass. If you need a saw from another box, then you'll need to buy another box. Of course, all of this may be wrong if what you call a MIDI keyboard controller is not what I assume it is. Just lemme know, and I can see if can help any further.

[quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1500753247' post='3340027'] I'd be a little worried about a surgeon who operated with flair and originality! [/quote] Good point, well made.

[quote name='Bobthedog' timestamp='1500746300' post='3339974'] clinical is how it all sounds and so a fair comment. It also applies to when I cook. [/quote] Aye, and also to when I perform open-heart surgery. Coat.

[quote name='markstuk' timestamp='1499948797' post='3334737'] Nope.. Had been sitting in his loft since 1986.... :-) However it's missing the factory ROM cartridge, which means buggering around with sysex to reload the factory settings as the current ones are corrupted... [/quote] Congrats, man! Great score, great synthesis, and fantastic keybed too. I loved mine to smithereens, and would've still had it if I hadn't needed to fund my TX802. You're aware of the battery, yes? In case not, it's possibly buggered by now - which in case could explain the corrupted presets. For ease of access as well as hassle free battery changing, I think it's a great idea to mount [b]two[/b] parallel battery holders on the built in holder's terminals, so you can use only those two instead of the built in one, and swap batteries by putting in a new battery in one holder before removing the old one from the other holder. I hope that was English. Saves a lot of hassle at any rate. BTW, my own 30 year old battery still works, so who knows. Anyway, ENJOY!

[quote name='anzoid' timestamp='1499447744' post='3331669'] GBH - now that name rings a bell... time to hit the Googles. [/quote] Of course it rings a bell. Just don't search for its British street name then, but just spell it correctly: GHB.

IME, in your price range, keyboards tend to lack in their synth presets and synths tend to lack in their piano and organ presets. An alternative might be a used workstation or sampler. Though for your type of use, if piano sounds are important, I'd try and find a used Yamaha keyboard - the most expensive one you can afford - as these tend to be more immediate and self-explaining than workstations and samplers, and you get a better impression of them right away whilst demo'ing. Edit . Forgot to mention your best bet is a Moog System 55!

Luvverly! Congratulations to you both!

Maybe the update from yesterday. Ped said the search index could play up for a few days: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/307614-forum-downtime-planned-this-eve-1000/page__view__findpost__p__3322241"]http://basschat.co.u...ost__p__3322241[/url]

[quote name='Skinnyman' timestamp='1497909534' post='3321319'] More of a privet joke really [/quote] That's a shame. Privet jokes are rated as mildly toxic to humans, and they can result in nausea, headache, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhoea, weakness, low blood pressure and low body temperature.

All the best, Jazzneck! It's like they say above: no reason to leave BC if you thrive here! Anyway, good luck with the non-instruments!

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1497647514' post='3319849'] Of course Goodall's seminal work was the Blackadder theme [/quote] Aye. He's up there with Bach and Penderecki.

[quote name='fleabag' timestamp='1496531555' post='3312177'] If anyone watched Howard Goodall's program last night on the making of Pep ( composer of Blackadder title track and much more ) , it was fabulous watching him breakdown the way the Peps tracks were constructed, and just what incredible work and genius those guys used to magic them tracks out of thin air. Even ' within you ' whether you like it or not I have even more respect for their musical prowess than i used to [/quote] Ain't that the truth. I got to see part of it just now. This PBS documentary is called "Sgt. Pepper's Musical Revolution (with Howard Goodall)", and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Just last week I saw a show (can't call it a documentary) about "Pet Sounds" where so-called celebrities were filmed stating ad nauseam that Brian Wilson is a genius, and now this: Howard Goodall actually telling how the modulation works, and what effect rhythmic displacement has on the listener. A real musician talking about music? Whodathought! Highly recommended (or at least for as far as I got to see it before my sister phoned. Happily I hit the Record button).

Space being at a premium for many bass players, my former firm KeyShyyyk invented woolen guernseys with a keyboard pattern knitted in on the front and MIDI wiring or similar coming out at the back. Great gear for live situations, but many punters sadly thought it was just show, and that we had a backing tape. We had two models: - with resistance threads woven in: the WoolKiey, - with physical pressure points behind the wool: the KeyBacka.

[quote name='Monkey Steve' timestamp='1497533849' post='3318933'][list] [*]I disagree with Bass Tractor - I can see his point but I'm OK with doing more than one song at a time, and on continuing to practice the ones i know while I'm learning a new one. Personally what works for me is to have two or three songs on the go at the same time - some may get paused because I need to work on some specific techniques, some I can't get the structure worked out, and some I just keep coming back to and tweaking [/list] [/quote] Aye. I too disagree with BassTractor. Reading through what I wrote, I see that in part I was wrong and in part didn't manage to express what I meant. I don't do it like that myself. Myself, I'd work on three or six pieces or songs at a time, but I would never ever repeatedly play 69 known songs whilst trying to learn the 70th and whilst time is at a premium. This is exactly wat I've seen dozens if not hundreds of peers and pupils do: five minutes for every known song and five minutes on the new one. I think you get the gist. They'd often express that practising is boring and that they need to have some fun. Fun is OK of course, but not in a 69 to 1 ratio. Their results were most often as described above: some songs they knew well, some average ones, and some they could hardly play. In my own case, I could for example set aside five hours for five pieces or songs, and the sixth hour then was my fun hour - most oftenly filled with improvisation and playing known stuff. Additionally, I'd normally insert some minutes of fun in every hour.

This one: [URL=http://s1170.photobucket.com/user/basstractor1/media/Frisbee-%20vintage%20Wham%20O%201_zpspuq3dpoj.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/r525/basstractor1/Frisbee-%20vintage%20Wham%20O%201_zpspuq3dpoj.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Oh, sorry! Like most people posting here, I didn't read the OP.

AFAIK there's only one effective routine. Possible important caveats below. - Take one song at a time, and do NOT play all through it as a practice routine. Initially rather spend time on repeated listening - first to the song as a whole, and then intentively to the bass line and its intricacies. - Learn every section thoroughly before connecting the sections. - Do not practise for speed. Rather the opposite! Practise for precision and for effectiveness in your movements. Speed is the freebie. In this, practise by repeating correct notes with correct fingering. This is how one programs the brain. Repeating errors is training the brain for errors, and this is part of the practising slowly bit. - Do not learn a few songs and repeatedly play them whilst learning the next one. You'll use a lot of time this way, and in the end you'll have a set of songs you know by heart and a set of songs you never learned well. Rather program your brain for one song at a time, and when all songs are done that way, revisit every song and augment its quality. Caveats: - IME the practice routine depends a lot also on how demanding the stuff is. If the band has relatively easy material, I'd start with the song that seems the most difficult. Things learned learning that song make the time spent on consecutive songs shorter. Conversely, if the stuff is demanding, then start with the least demanding ones so as to build up a certain acquaintance with the typical intricacies you're going to meet. - I'm writing as a classical musician who's done some jazz and a little rock. This background may be a bit wrong for the music you're learning, but me adopting above practice routine has made I can still play through some relatively demanding pieces well over 30 years after I last touched them - partly by heart.

Venice Beach? VENICE BEACH? That's 5,500 miles off topic !

[quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1497303357' post='3317225'] They weren't really anything to do with Canterbury, although Dave Stewart joined Hatfield and the North some years later. Think they were all London boys. [/quote] Oops! Sorry for that bit of misinformation, and thanks for the correction.