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[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1455281405' post='2977735'] Actually yes, it does! In fact you should try it on headphones and then compare with your monitors... once you've bought some, that is [/quote] I'm gonna give it a try when I get home (supposed to be working just now).

Does it work with headphones? It's a good excuse for me to buy a pair of monitors.

Most of us use soundcloud, but I just heard that it might be in financial trouble. http://www.factmag.com/2016/02/11/soundcloud-financial-report-44m-losses/ Let's hope they can sort something out or we'll possibly be going back to MySpace.

None to be honest. I was a big RHCP fan, but after BSSM everything sounds identical to me. I like my music to have some variety.

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1455106327' post='2975897'] That is "40", traditionally the last song of a show - he also plays bass on it on the "war" album [/quote] Yes, AC & the Edge swapped instruments for that song. IIRC, they supported themselves a couple of times as the Dalton Brothers.

I've no set pattern. This month's competition I used the photo for inspiration for the lyrics, so I knew I wanted something uplifting. I wrote a simple chord/hook pattern & the whole song revolves around it. With this style of song, I write everything on a loop of either 16 or 32 bars. So the whole lot is in that one section. I then paste it for about 3-4 mins, making an intro, a verse/chorus, a break/build & then back with full sound & then break it down a touch. Then I wrote the lyrics & rearranged parts to suit the lyrics. Finally I messed about with fx & incidentals. Sometimes it can be where I come up with a chord arrangement & build on it from there, other times I'll have a bassline & work on it from there. I don't normally write much lyrics (as I'm not much of a singer).

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1455044951' post='2975405'] Isn't that just the essence of this Challenge..? So much variation..! Not just chalk and cheese, but polenta, radishes, cucumber, whelks and fried chicken wings..! It's going to be a brave person to choose any one of these as 'Best Of Show', and there's certainly more to come still..! Bring 'em on, I say, but it's getting to the point where a Winner's Certificate should, in all justice, be issued to each and every entry, simply for the merit of having been created and presented..! Where will it end..? The mind boggles (well, my pea-sized one does, anyway..! ). [/quote] Indeed. The entries thus far are superb. The inspiration photo struck a (house) chord with me & things just came so easily (whether anyone else on here likes house music is another subject though). But it was great fun to make the track.

I got a little time with the vocoder & polished up the track a little bit. I'm happier with it now. https://soundcloud.com/gxmix/start-of-a-party-1

I also depends very much on what style of music you play. A previous band I was in did gigs with varying band members. Sometimes there was Singer guitarist, 2nd guitarist, Mandolin, drummer, violinist & me on bass & other times it would be just me & the singer. Played the same songs & just adapted to suit the musicians available. That was probably the best band I've ever played in. Just so flexible & fun.

Just make sure the Audio Interface has enough inputs to accommodate your needs.

[quote name='Leonard Smalls' timestamp='1455006244' post='2974852'] Having listened to the smeary mess that's happened to my song after uploading, I'm going to do a re-mix; I don't think Soundcloud likes the enormous amounts of reverb I try and hide the vocals with! [/quote] Try using delay on your vocals instead. I used a small amount of reverb & a 1/16. delay.

I don't think the Mrs is up for singing, so here's what I've got so far... [url="https://soundcloud.com/gxmix/start-of-a-party-g-vocals"]I[/url]'ve changed it... See post 59 Still toying with the vocoder idea. Especially for the bit in the middle.

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1454940237' post='2974387'] Always worth experimenting with. I’m using one myself the month - so for anyone listening [i]“you heard it here first and xgsjx is definitely copying me, not t’other way around”[/i] Of course I’m using it purely for artistic reasons, what with me having the voice of an angel [size=2](with chronic laryngitis).[/size] [/quote] I'm now gonna have to wait until you post yours first. I had played with the Evoc Vocoder a couple of days ago, but opted not to. I'm gonna try a monotone vocal & try again.

Adam Clayton was one of my main bass inspirations. The baselines may be simple, but many are very melodic. Bad is a brilliant song & The Unforgettable Fire is one of my favourite Brian Eno albums.

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1454931896' post='2974230'] Strange really how Cliff Williams of AC/DC does the same yet doesn`t receive anything like the hatred that Adam Clayton does - I should point out here I think Cliff Williams is an awesome bassist, not having a pop at him at all. [/quote] Before I got to this comment, I was thinking the very same. AC has more creative basslines on any one album than all CW's AC/DC basslines put together. I'm not slating CW either, he does what's needed (but he is a plodder ).

Vocoder is a good shout. I'll give it a try.

I'm still trying to get the Mrs to sing. I tried, but I really sound awful. Even with pitch correction! It's my voices tone. I tried singing an octave up, which was marginally better, but still good enough to empty a venue. Everything else has been done, so it might end up as an instrumental.

I had this when I first got Logic. You don't need to highlight all the tracks. I click the "Bnce" button on the master track bus (it's below the fader), make sure the start & end are where I want them to be & select the format & quality. It's that simple.

My fave strings. Used them on my Ibby. I managed to snap the D string, so I replaced them with a set of D'Addario Chromes (a few folk on here recommended them to me), which are a rather good, cheaper alternative. TIs are better though & worth every penny IMO.

Funny you should talk about wifes. I've asked mine if she'll sing on mine. I've written some lyrics that I got just from looking at the pic & I've come up with a cool wee melody too. If she won't, then one of her friends are coming up tomorrow & she loves to sing too. Ahh, downside. I don't have a decent mic.

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1454676233' post='2971933'] I did yep, I didn't realise they were German. It said they were in stock in branches, which is why I ordered them. [/quote] What about phoning the branch & get them to send & cancel the online order?

Much of the stuff I listen to doesn't have a bass guitar, though much still has a bass line on some sort of instrument. Come to think of it, very little of what I listen to it has a bassline played on bass guitar.

Try them all. Get the cabs you like the sound of.

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1454619939' post='2971474'] Just listened to xgsjx' s I thought it was really interesting (in a good way), there was a few sounds in there that really got my attention. [/quote] Cheers It's played on my Ibby with flat wound strings, plugged into my mac & recorded in Logic X. I used one of the bass amp simulators that come with Logic & that was it.

[quote name='bonzodog' timestamp='1454578727' post='2970898'] Yes but point 2 is the hard bit. When I was looking for an amp for pubs gigs in a rock band I looked at a lot of 200 amps and read conflicting reviews where some said they were loud enough and others not. Even sales people in various music shops had opposing views and trying it in a shop does not give you any basis of how it would sound at a gig. I ended up buying a 500 amp to cover all bases hence my original post [/quote] & you'll find it can vary greatly from amp to amp. It depends on many factors with watts only being one of those factors & it's the cab which makes the biggest difference. The question is like saying "What's the point of 200bhp engines". It depends on many other factors.