Skinnyman

I’m sure that AI (which I think stands more for “Apparent Intelligence”) will continue to develop and could even become quite useful at some stage. My concern is not that it will start to “think” for itself and decide that we’re the problem, rather that we humans will hand over responsibility for some quite big decisions to something that looks smart but isn’t really. A bit like the first generation of autonomous trading systems which over-reacted and cost a US brokerage firm billions in the space of a few minutes. Provided we always have access to the “Off” button and provided we have double and triple checks on the big decisions, we should be okay…

I believe there’s a website that lists dogging sites locally……. Oh, hang on. You said “opportunities for sax in public”. My bad, sorry.

I think he just prefers to be called William these days….

90% of YouTube summed up nicely in that one sentence. The other 30% being maths stuff I never watch.

Merry Christmas to you too, @ped. When I consider the amount I pay for BC versus what it costs each year for Sky, the TV licence and my various OnlyFans subscriptions, BassChat is an absolute bargain. It could only be better if I could persuade @Osiristo get a better webcam and then I could cancel my OnlyFans subs.

That’s one of the few i can reliably manage (these days, it wasn’t always so). My personal bete noir is All Right Now. I could play it perfectly when practising at home or at rehearsals. At a gig? I’d stumble on the part under the guitar solo every feckin’ time. It got to the stage where we’d make a big thing of it and turn it into a joke. The one occasion i got through it without fluffing got a mammoth cheer.

I quite often miss out a few eight or quarter notes here and there. I try to make up for it by squeezing them into the next bar…

I’ve posted this elsewhere but this seems a more appropriate place…. https://www.pmtonline.co.uk/ashdown-pro-di-di-pedal Ashdown Pro DI reduced to £176

Would you mind posting a review when you’ve had chance to play through it? There’s not a lot of material about it online. I keep telling myself I don’t need one, I really don’t. But I’d still love to know what it sounds like!

I’ve been using the plugins in Logic which are great but I’m trying to move my effects outboard as much as possible to prevent me being reliant one a specific DAW or OS (I have a load of old projects that will no longer open properly because they rely on deprecated plugins, etc). I also wanted a stand-alone box that I could use for practice without having to fire up the Mac.

It looks like the Spectradrive is discontinued and the replacements don’t appear to have aux in or headphone sockets. A used one would have been worth a look if I hadn’t found my MG30 buried in the garage.

And the quest is now over.... My Nux MG30 was never unpacked after the house move 9 months ago and I suddenly remembered a) its existence and b) that it has 3 bass amps plus a bunch of cab IRs. Duly dug out (why is it always the very bottom box?), fired up, treated to a firmware update and a new patch created based on their models of an Aguilar Tone Hammer and 8x10 cab. Brilliant. Does everything I need - the only downside is the lack of XLR but I can use USB to talk to the compooter so that'll do me nicely. Part of me is a little disappointed that I don't get to buy something shiny - that Ashdown Pro DI on sale at PMT was calling my name.... But the MG30 does sound excellent so I get to save my pennies 🙂

Just noticed that the Ashdown Pro DI is on sale at PMT for £176, down from £299.

Thanks for that - I really don’t want to have to add external pedals if I can avoid it. I’m not too bothered about drive so long as a very small amount can be dialled in now and then and be acceptable. From what @Osiris has said, the MkII might be the better fit - but if the MkIII can do an acceptable low level drive then it will do for my purposes. I’m thinking that it’s worth seeing if this used one I’ve been told about is in decent nick and try to get that at a good price - if I don’t get on with it I should be able to move it on without losing any money.

Thank you George 😁 I hadn’t considered the MkII but that sounds ideal! And possibly cheaper too 🙂

I’m looking for a DI/preamp box for home practice and recording. It needs to have aux in, a headphone socket, XLR switchable between pre- and post-EQ and a decent EQ section. I’m not too bothered about IRs or cab sims - nice if they’re there but their absence wouldn’t put me off a specific pedal. I’m also not too bothered about insane levels of drive. I’d like to be able to dial in a little tube breakup and some light distortion but I’m not playing any sort of metal so it needs a bit of drive but nothing over the top. Tone-wise I’m after smooth, fat vintage tones (amongst others but smooth and fat are essential) - Ampeg B15 style I’ve narrowed the field down to the Ampeg SGT-DI and the EBS microbass 3. I am leaning towards the functionality of the EBS (and a possible bargain on a used one that a friend of a friend’s friend knows of a bloke whose uncle has) but all the demos I’ve heard have shown off the drive capabilities or clean, modern tones so before I start calling in favours I’m wondering if it’s versatile enough to do the “vintage” thing or whether I should just do the obvious thing and buy the Ampeg? Insight from anyone who’s used the EBS would be very much appreciated 😎