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Don't worry about it. I know you're more a happy hardcore kinda guy! 😂

Well I remember the band "A flock of seaguls", so this must be "A band of pigeons", which means it's 80's. So Synthwave it is! I had fun making this & might go back to add things... I went back & made improvements.

Finally getting some time. I'll try & get a review up for Erax Sound up this week (hopefully today, all going well). Mine started out life as an entry for a BC comp, but I liked it so much that I kept working on it. Andy asked me to send stems with no automation or effects. I kept the sound sensitive effects on, but removed any reverbs or delays & removed all the automation. The guitar parts were recorded by a friend using a Kemper & was sent to me with his chosen effects on the parts, but everything else was me, so I could remove everything. So I sent the original track I mixed over to him to check he was happy to do it & put all the stems in Google Drive for him to access. Andy likes to get to work straight away & kept great communication. He sent me the first draft, made a small change to the guitar solo & snare & that was it. Then he mastered & I had the track back in various formats. The first thing I noticed is how much more punch it has. It also sounds a lot fresher. This isn't his usual genre. He normally does Rock & Metal, but he's done a fine job on this genre (whatever it may be). Here's my original: Here's Erax:

Same here. Mine originally started as a BC comp song about a year ago, but then it grew arms & legs, then I got a guitarist involved too. I’ve been rather busy, but I’ll get it up on soundcloud soon. Gonna do a review for Andy too. Stellar work on it.

I did a recording session for the next 3 services. They’re hoping church worship is back on in 3 weeks.

I play bass & synth bass using a Roli Rise25 & a MacBook. The bass goes into the audio interface & I use 1 track on logic for the bass & how ever many I want for the synth(s). That’s me set for playing songs from The Greatest Showman a couple of years ago, which was fun.

Nice boards. My point is that all pedal types have familiar controls to one another. If you know how to use one dirt pedal’s controls, you can easily find your way around most others. Same goes for modulation, filter, compression etc.

Nah. It’s more like a complete pedal board. If you change to another pedal board, you’ll find much of it is the same, just laid out a little different. Some bits work better, other bits not as well.

Superlux HD668b cans were recommended to me about 5-6 years ago. They’ve never let me down. OneOdio get good reviews, so should my cans ever break, then I’ll be giving them a try.

Giving my singing abilities, I might try rap. Expect it with a capital C.

Oooh. I’d love to take you up if you still have a space left.

Just off for new glasses. 🤓

Arturia Pigments 3 is €99 with extra sound packs included. Worth every penny.

Well done. It was a tough comp this month & hard to choose a fave from that lot. Looking forward to this month’s. 😎

I'm in for this month. Took inspiration from the pic, listened to several Zulu songs & then got the vocal samples from Splice. Created a Kalimba part using a Kalimba sound in Logic's sampler & played a melody. Used a bunch of Logic's own loops to create the percussion parts. The bass is a logic sample too. Here's my finished track (though I may go back to play about with it)... Just updated the track.

So for me, who wears hearing aids & wanting a decent turntable for less than £500 (so the full system will be lucky if it tops £1500), a half speed remastered record is pointless.

I had a post on Facebook this morning advertising Dire Straits Brothers in Arms 1/2 speed vinyl remaster. So, what it basically means is that the vinyl lathe is run at 16rpm instead of 33rpm. The slower cutting time apparanttly means it can cut a deeper & more precise groove on the record, giving a more superior sound quality. Now when this is going straight from the master tape to the record, I get the theory. ButI believe Brothers in Arms was recorded digitally, so isn't the CD in theory going to be as good a sound as it's ever gonna have. Is half Speed remastering, or even mastering worth it, or is it another one of the world of HiFi's snake oils?

I hear some slap after the "attempted beatboxing" breakdown, but not sure that there's any in the section from 1:18 onwards. If so, then it's not very good slap, even for metal.

Well after having used the Kali for a bit, I can say they sound superb. Why they're as cheap as they are, I do not know. But thank you to everyone who pointed them out. I've not been disappointed. At first I was a little disappointed in the lows, but then I moved back from them a touch & found it all. It's just about sitting in the right spot. Just now they're about 7' apart & I'm sat about 7' away from each of them. I'm doing a spot of mixing (mostly adding a vocal track & getting it to sit nicely), but they're also great for just playing instruments through. Bluetooth would have been a nice option so I could play the TV through them, but I got an optical to RCA box & that does exactly what I need it to. TV sounds fantastic through them too.

Sounds like someone doing a cover, very badly & put it to some Primus footage. Now this on the other hand is a ton of fun to play (though there’s no slap)....

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Nah, a “Beat the devil out of it” emoji. 👹

Hopefully not too long before you can get playing as a band again. The best way to improve is just what you’re doing. Playing things that are currently hard for you soon get easier (though as much as I try, I’m always a few bpm slower on “Hit Me” than what it should be). Playing with other musicians is going to improve your playing too, it has for me. Higher Ground is a great song for learning to slap. It’s a simple groove that you can learn finger style, then play with your thumb & index fingers as if they were picks. Before a few months have past, you’ll hopefully see a good improvement.

Sorry if you took offence, it was not my intention & no, I didn’t take your comments personally. I wasn’t trying to be judgemental, just pointing out that if your band are going to choose songs that have a style that you’re not comfortable playing, then why would they ask you to play them in front of paying customers. It’s not really fair on you. You’re right. I have no idea how much practice you get or how good a bassist you are. But my point there is “if” you now have what was band time to now practice on your own and your band have already suggested songs with a bit of slap in them, why not use that found time to learn those parts? If you don’t have the time, then fair enough, it was merely a suggestion. I’ve not seen By The Way being played live, so you could be right. Off to watch it on YouTube. 😎 The problem with text is there’s no tonal context. Read my comments in a Bob Ross voice.

None of this makes logical sense. It’s like your covers band playing a song that your singer can’t sing, or your guitarist can’t play. Or even like you playing a different instrument that you’re rubbish on. Implying having to have such a low action for slap would cause fret rattle and buzz, especially with a pick isn’t true. If your action is so low that you’re getting those, then it’s gonna sound crap when you slap (like my rhyming). The ideal action is one where you can play as fast as your fingers will allow & get no rattles or buzz. I found a very high action can make it harder for me to play fast (though I suppose it depends on your playing style). Being in a covers band & having this time off from it for the past year, you should have spent the time to learn new techniques & become a better bassist (I’m not saying your not already a great bassist, but the more you learn, the better you become). I can play with pick & fingers equally as good, I can play slap, but I struggle with ghost notes & I really struggle with the double thumbing technique, but I keep going back & give it a go. I think it’s more my hand position than anything else. By the way, By The Way is played with fingers, not slapped. 😂