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VST & a good set of monitors.

[quote name='kevvo66' timestamp='1452128479' post='2946896'] Just plugged in my big muff earlier and dug out my multi fx pedal that going up for sale its OK just not for me , just pedal to go with the muff now and I agree with blue no time when I'm in live setting for messing around with fx pedal board [/quote] Any 1/2 decent multi unit will let you program presets. If you have a set list of 12 songs, you can make 12 presets & it's a click of one button (that's a lot of messing about between songs ). What sort of sound do you want?

I'd practice more with finger style & just use fingers in the song. Or you could slap the bassline

Like is said above, The Zoom, Line 6 & Roland pedals are sturdy enough for on the road.

Do you know what sort of sound you're wanting to achieve? I could recommend some brilliant pedals, but if you're not playing electronica inspired bass & don't want to spend a good few £000, then they won't suit you. If you're not sure on what sound you're after or what effects you want, get a multi fx pedal (or two). That way you can get to know which fx do what & find out what effects you're actually going to use. Then if you want, you can get standalone pedals.

I was looking at getting an audio interface that I could use on my iPad & was really tempted by the Presonus iTwo (they do an iOne as well). Both recently came down in price considerably. These are audio interfaces that can be used straight to your iPad. If you have the camera kit for your iPad, there's a few decent audio interfaces that can utilise that as well from Roland & Steinberg. I ended up going for the NI Komplete Audio 6, which can't be used with the iPad, but it was the extra inputs that won me over.

Sounds like you need to get 3 TRS cables. One to come from the "Env Out" on the LPF & one each to come from the Freqbox's "Env Out" & "Osc Out". Then start experimenting. One of the Freqbox outs to the LPF's cutoff would be a good place to start. To enlighten you, read up on CV (Control Voltage). MF's are 5v +/-, so if you plan on using something 3rd party, make sure you don't put too many volts through your moogs.

[quote name='chriswareham' timestamp='1451749939' post='2943094'] Ampeg fridge and a new weightlifting hobby? [/quote] X2.

My method for learning is to break a song down into it's parts (intro, verse, chorus, etc) & learn each part. I take note of anything that indicates when a change may be (a good example being Use Me by Bill Withers, the vocal goes "Ayeyaiyaa" & that's my cue to stop playing). At church I used an A4 sheet of paper for each song with just the chords written on it. This would be written in a format like it is in a home use music book, so I didn't write multiple choruses & verses, just "coda" etc. It would have a couple of lyrics written on sections just for my reference.

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I'd go & try out all the cabs. The difference in DB between a 4x10 & a 2x12 is very little. The 2x12 has 3 advantages though: slightly smaller cab (though slightly taller), slightly lighter & far better dispersion. But then it's down to which one you like the sound of best. If the cab of choice has 4 & 8 ohm versions, have a listen to both. Just because you want a one cab solution doesn't mean that you need 4 ohm to get all the power, there's little in the way of extra DB.

[quote name='Bleat' timestamp='1451652768' post='2942089'] ....the perfect scene for creating some sort of "camp-metal" track [/quote] I'm trying to look at both pics together & all I can hear is Immigrant Song. Not a bad song by any means, but a bummer when you're trying to come up with an idea. I might use it as the musical inspiration as it's still linked in with the pics.

[quote name='Doctor J' timestamp='1451650935' post='2942050'] Why don't they just fly on the backs of the butterflies? It makes no sense. [/quote] You've got it wrong. The giant butterflies stole their boat & left them stranded on the rocks. They did put up a fight & managed to kill 2 of the giant butterflies though. One's on the rocks & the other is downed in the sea. 2 appropriate pics to what December's weather has been. Water & wind.

[quote name='the boy' timestamp='1451604322' post='2941847'] What a brave thing to admit but a terrible thing to do. How could you enter but not listen to them all or vote, naughty boy. [/quote] I know.

Well done guys. I'm determined to get a listen to all the tracks (though a bit too late to vote). Looking forward to next month's pic.

I've not managed to.get time to listen to them all.

If you've not bought any, go & try them. The CMD range are combos, so that rules them out from what you're looking at. Ninja is a signature model for Richard Bona (kinda like the Alain Caron series). These come in the Traveller cab for the 1x12 & the NY cab for the 2x12. The 3 versions of cabs are STD (standard), Traveller & New York. How you choose is first with you ears & then with where you're going to be using it. Are you using this as backline & micing the cab to go through the PA or are you using this as the bass PA? If it's the latter, find the one cab you like the best & get a 2nd identical. Adding a 15 to a 2x10 is a bit like putting different wheels & tyres on the front & back of your car & then every now & then swapping them around. Could be great at one venue & totally irritating at another.

I used to play lekky acoustic through a MarkBass combo & sounded fantastic through it too.

Don't worry Jack, I'll never change mine.

The Mrs got me a NI Kontact Audio 6, so now I can plug my bass in to the Mac. Okay, I bought it for her to wrap & give to me on Xmas Day & she bought her pressie & did the same, but that way we get what we want. A few years ago I bought her a nice Armani watch. 2 days later she asked if I had the receipt & could she take it back (she never wears a watch).

I'm happy to go into detail of what I do. It'd be great to hear what others do too. There's some great sounds that make me think "How did they do/get that".

Dad, I love these mini reviews that you do. They give each track something more than what I could think of. I have a couple of favourites, but I listen to each with each review that you do. Then it's down to how the song is perceived. I don't go on finished quality, but from the view of what I think the producer was trying to perceive the image to sound like. Thank you for the wonderful review. The pad sound is more complex than it initially sounds. It's made from 4 different instruments played monophonically to construct each chord & 2 of those have different automation depending on which note is played. I still think the vocal is way too loud & the vocoder automation could have been much better. It was designed for falling asleep to. Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas.

Thanks Dad

[quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1450898126' post='2936871']There's a particular Hillsong track which we do that annoys me every time I listen to it (name escapes me right now). The bassist seems to think he's a budget Rocco Prestia. It's a constant 16 note groove (in the ungrooviest way possible) all over the scale the whole way through - and to my ear it really doesn't fit and really ruins the recording. [/quote] Salvation is here?

I like both. Maybe do a cross genre - Death Hair Metal.