EliasMooseblaster
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Yeah, I was quite baffled by that one - I'm guessing there's a whole thread to be had arguing whether they work best with analogue or digital clocks... I know, I just can't compete with these levels of credibility!
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I can understand not liking a guitar tone. (Taste is subjective, and all that.) I realise some people feel like they need to share this dislike in a short comment. Then there is Gazz. I do not know Gazz personally, but he felt the need to respond to a little 45-second video at some length: He goes on...dare I say my atrocious tone seems to have offended him quite personally... Apparently, I'm doing absolutely everything wrong..."but what [does he] know??", he humbly ventures... Ah, wait, there it is: Did Gazz actually want to offer his useful (read: unsolicited) advice, or did he just want an opening to brag about his collection of amps? (And isn't it funny how some people think that they can foghorn the most patronising screed at you, but as long as they say "don't take it as an insult," everything's A-OK?)
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You're far from the only one who feels this way! I read a very good piece the other day which was built around a similar argument: that an awful lot of tech "solutions" are trying to convince you that you shouldn't need to put any effort into writing reports, reading your emails, deciding what to eat, or even making music...when actually, the sense of reward and satisfaction is far greater when you've put in the hours to master your craft, work through the mistakes and the dodgy first drafts. That far from being an inconvenience, the process is the point. Not to spaff out an album and push it to market as quickly as possible, but to take the time to work on something you'll be proud of. (Plus, early studies suggest your brain is far healthier if you don't use AI as a crutch, so you were probably wise to put those hours in after all!)
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As I mentioned in passing, I think there's deliberate obfuscation going on. In the same way that any computer program is an "app" these days, there's some none-too-subtle marketing going on to dissuade people from (i) asking what's under the bonnet and (ii) questioning what should actually qualify as "artificial intelligence". "Large Language Model" isn't as snappy or sexy, but it's a much more accurate description of what most of these services actually are! And as technically impressive as a large language model is, I wouldn't go as far as to call it "intelligent" - but this is exactly the kind of vast philosophical question their marketing depts would like us to ignore!
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It doesn't help that "AI" has become a catch-all term for asking a large language model or neural network to carry out a task, and I suspect this obfuscation is deliberate. Still, there's obviously a world of difference between people using one of these models to help with an awkward task (e.g., sort out the phase on these tracks, separate these tracks I accidentally bounced) and the people who put a prompt into Suno, get a three-minute pop song back out and start squealing "OMG I done a music!" To that latter group: I read somewhere about a teacher who refused to read AI-generated essays from their students, saying "if you couldn't be bothered to write it, why should I bother to read it?" Personally, I feel the same way about AI-generated songs.
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Does Your Covers Band Change Songs? What Changes and Why?
EliasMooseblaster replied to Sean's topic in General Discussion
I can understand changes made for practical purposes - maybe even little surprises like an extra chorus on the end, or a double-time section to wake the crowd up - but some of the examples you've given are just a bit...weird. Not to gloat, but when I've been in covers bands, they've typically clung quite faithfully to what was on the record. The biggest change I can remember making was coming up with an ending for Deep Purple's Black Night, because, as much as I love them, Deep Purple never seemed to know how to end a song! -
Cheers! Yeah, if I were still gigging regularly, I'd be clinging on to this amp. But I'll be keeping my Little B*ast*rd 30 for recording - probably my joint favourite with the CTM-100! - so I can't really justify keeping both of them. -
MARSHALL BB-2 Not to be confused with the original Bluesbreaker pedal, which was essentially a preamp-in-a-box - this is a dedicated, dual-mode overdrive pedal. "Boost" mode is a transparent-sounding clean boost, designed to push the front end of your amp harder, while "Blues" mode gives a much more shaped (and saturated!) tone, reminiscent of the original Bluesbreaker amps being dimed. I bought this pedal back in something like 2010. It was my main distortion effect for a while, and did a handful of gigs with me, but as I've experimented with new effects and different amps, I find myself using it less and less. I still have the original box and user's manual, which are a little worn in places (see pictures); the pedal itself is in excellent condition. Only one thing: the controls originally had black position indicators painted on them, which have mostly rubbed off over the years. Up to you whether you leave them as is, or paint some new ones on! Price includes postage to mainland UK. If you'd like it sent to a different country, drop me a PM. Open to sensible offers! -
My parents had this album on cassette when I was growing up, so I've memories of enjoying this one on a lot of car journeys! (First time I've seen the video, mind)
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I came here to say exactly this! Always felt he rarely (never?) got the recognition he deserved as a slide guitarist.
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Video/Audio sync issue - sampling rates?
EliasMooseblaster replied to EliasMooseblaster's topic in Recording
OK, so it looks like the phone camera may be the culprit: I popped open the metadata for the video file, and it looks like it's nominally "supposed to be" 30fps, but the decoders on my computer are reporting this weird 28.7fps. I wonder if this is some kind of space-saving shenanigans in the Google Camera app. Might be time to try some different software which offers more control over the video settings... -
Video/Audio sync issue - sampling rates?
EliasMooseblaster replied to EliasMooseblaster's topic in Recording
Thank you, this is all useful to know. To answer your questions, all the audio and video processing are being done on Linux (Ubuntu Studio, specifically). Video is typically shot on an Android phone, audio is going through a Focusrite into the DAW. To sync, I usually hit a muted chord at the beginning - something which will go through to the DAW, but also make a loud enough 'click' to show up on the camera's audio track. Makes me wonder if I should do one afterwards as well, to make sure things are in sync at both ends! Popping open a recent video edit, I've checked the sampling frequencies, and both the audio and video tracks are 48kHz...so no problem there. The video has a frame rate of 28.7 fps (as does the project) - should there be a similar metric for the audio? -
I've noticed, when I try to film and record separately, I end up with a weird syncing issue: I can get the video to sync with the start of the audio track, but they seem to get more out-of-sync as the video goes on. Am I just two or three frames out when I line them up, and that lag snowballs through the video? Or could it be something to do with sampling rates (my phone camera typically does 25fps; DAW is recording at 44.1 or 48 kHz)? Anyone else found this problem? (If it helps diagnose: I record in Ardour or Audacity; audio and video are edited together in KdenLive.)
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The devil on my shoulder is telling me to post something about how a good 12" speaker really helps bring out the difference the flamed maple cap is making to my core tone...
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I've always been quite minimal: I had an overdrive for solos, and a fuzz for the odd song that needed it. The "signature sound," such as it was, was a Gibson-style bass into a valve head. And since you asked for clips - this one features the OD (Ibanez Bass Tubescreamer - skip to 1.55 for the bass solo): https://youtu.be/WsWxzQfo_1s?si=x5iqbWaKD2cdhyd2 ...and this one features the fuzz (EHX Bass Big Muff): https://youtu.be/6SBOchDGZ7E?si=nxHp5-vvcLm6IbQI
