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  1. PsyBean
    Hi, For sale is my Ernie Ball USA Music Man Sterling 4H in Black Sparkle with Black Perloid pick guard, Rosewood fretboard and matching headstock. Manufactured Oct 2000 complete with original hardcase. Serial F03187. 3.84Kgs It is in great condition for a 25 year old bass and looks stunning with only a few marks and knocks that I have done my best to highlight but really don't show. Some tarnishing to the chrome hardware, hardcase has a few scratches and marks but mechanically sound. Plays superbly. In my opinion, the EBMM Sterlings are so much more playable than Stingrays, lighter and more comfortable but still with the unmistakable MM growl on tap with the 3 band eq. You can hear it being played live in 2011 here https://youtu.be/RFf86DB0Cwg?si=Hu1x1bxPeQoD8tLo&t=75 I've owned it since around 2008 and gigged with it until around 2013, since when it has sat in the case, only coming out occasionally. Moving it on as I'm having a Spring clean and have too many MMs! No trades, collection from Barnet EN4 please, unless you know how to courier safely, which I don't! Happy to meet up within 30 miles or so. You are very welcome to come and view/try. Any questions, please ask. Thanks for looking.
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  2. PsyBean started following Seeking advice; Recording pub gigs, GoPro etc. , Ernie Ball USA Music Man Sterling 4H , Feedback for Brucegill and 5 others
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    Landed a second BBII cab today.
  4. PsyBean
    Just bought a Barefaced cab from @Brucegill, super helpful, smooth as silk!
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    That’s a gorgeous rig, love the cabs. There’s the matching foot switch for sale over in the Accessories forum. GLWTS.
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    ASHDOWN FS-2 Footswitch. Boxed, as-new, never gigged. I bought this about 10 years ago for use with an EVO II but swapped to an EVO III, which uses an FS-4. Just never got round to selling it! It is in immaculate condition and is compatible with the Rootmaster EVO/EVO II range to engage/disengage Valve Drive and Sub Harmonics. £25 posted 1st class to UK. Thanks for looking. https://ashdownmusic.com/products/fs-2
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    Love these cabs. This is a great price, if only it had a cloth grille...glwts.
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    I think creating an aggregate device will work but the Bluetooth latency might indeed be a problem for playing along. I found an interesting quirk with my AirPod Pros. If I set them to Transparency mode (so they pick up and add in the ambient room sound), play a track from my source, Mac or iPhone or whatever, then sit with my bass on my lap and rest my chin on the bass, the AirPods pick up the bass, presumably as vibrations through my jaw and add an amplified bass sound into the earpieces. I end up with a mix of the source audio and my bass, with no latency on the bass. Great for quickly picking up a bass and playing a long with a track. Can't do it for long though, chin starts to ache!😁
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    Q2n was the high front view, which is also where part of the audio came from (ended up grainy and looking like cctv), GoPro on the guitarist, Chinese action cam on drummer. No one's interested in me on bass! I realise I got some of the exposure settings wrong and don't think I took off the opacity in Reaper fully in some edits. It's a learning curve.
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    Ah, cheers. Angles were a bit random, just used some available shelf! Mainly wanted to try out the kit and Reaper. Did the cross fades with Reaper’s opacity tool, haven’t even started looking at the other features. Love playing with this drummer, hands off, he’s spoken for!😁
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    So, I took the plunge and bought a Zoom Q2n 4K. Recorded a gig with it at the weekend and used Reaper to mix the video and audio from the Q2n with video from a GoPro Hero 5, video from a cheap Chinese action cam and audio from an iPhone using Zoom iQ6 mic and Twisted Wave. Reaper handled it all great so will defo take the plunge and pay for a licence. I prefer using Logic for audio but Reaper is very capable and amazing value at $60. Still getting to grips with the Q2n, will be using it again next weekend. This has given me the perfect solution for what I am trying to achieve, just plonk a few cameras around, hit record and forget. A few minutes to set up and seconds to strike down. Thanks for everyone's comments and PMs, all been really helpful. Here's an example of what I captured, exactly what I was after.
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    I’ve got a 3 bay Rockstand by Warwick. I added some additional padding (pipe insulation) to the bottom rungs as I didn’t think the supplied padding was sufficient. That results in the heel of the basses being about 3” above the floor. Overall height to tip of headstock for a Jazz 5 is 47”, EBMM Sterling 45.5”.
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    Thanks for the helpful comments, I’ve followed the other threads too. The Q2n looks a good option. With the size venues we play, only vocals and sometimes kick drum go through the pa so I’m reliant on capturing the ambient audio in the venue. I have done multitrack live recording but that’s not what I’m after here. We usually get a pretty decent live mix as we only have vocals, 1 guitar, bass and drums so fairly easy to set levels. It looks from other threads that multiple Q2n recordings sync up fine with each other and with separate audio, which has not been my experience with GoPro. We normally play 60-90 min sets so I would need memory and power source to match. What applications would you folks recommend for simple video post production? Maybe no more than 2 or 3 camera angles plus audio with simple cuts and transitions. I see Reaper gets a few mentions, although maybe a bit ott for my needs. Thanks again.
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    Hi, I wondered if anyone had any recommendations or experience for a piece of kit to record small pub gigs. I'm mainly interested in the audio but video of the band/audiences is a bonus! I have regularly used a GoPro Hero 5 (with audio recording set to auto limit) and have sometimes had great results. Once fed through Logic with some processing, the results can be surprisingly impressive. The mix can be hit or miss but providing we set up properly (which we usually do) and I choose placement carefully, the outcome can be very useable, either for self analysis or a bit of social media. I'm not talking production video here. I've sometimes augmented the audio by recording through a Zoom iQ6 into the Twisted Wave app on an iPhone and the audio is usually excellent, with great clarity and no clipping (again subject to careful mic placement). So far so good. However the two problems I come up against is: 1) synching the .wav file from Twisted Wave to GoPro clips is a nightmare. Despite what they say, even when you stitch GoPro clips together there is an audible gap in transition, so the .wav file from Twisted Wave goes further and further out of sync as the set progresses and its a total pain to put right. 2) I can't rely on the audio from the GoPro alone as is sometimes gets overwhelmed and even with auto limiting, it just can't cope. So I am just wondering whether anyone has any experience of using a video/audio recording device in a live band setting maybe like a Zoom Q2n, other GoPros or similar. I stress I am not looking for high end stuff, multi-channel recording etc, I'm after something I can stick on a Joby Gorilla stand, attach to the nearest wall light and hit record! Thanks for your help. David
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    Hi, 2 boxed Tascam US-16x08s for sale £200 ea inc postage by Royal Mail Tracked 48 (UK only). These are currently on offer at Andertons for £279 new. https://www.andertons.co.uk/tascam-us16x08-16-in-8-out-usb-audio-interface I purchased before lockdown for a project that never materialised and as such, they have never been out of the house. Rack mounted and used at home just to familiarise myself in readiness for the project, never been used since. A1 condition. These are top spec mic pre-amps and USB audio interfaces, ideal for recording multiple sources simultaneously such as a live band. Official blurb: https://www.tascam.eu/en/us-16x08 High-quality Ultra-HDDA (High Definition Discrete Architecture) microphone pre-amps with ultra-low noise (EIN: –125 dBu) Recording at up to 96kHz/24-bit Support for Mac and Windows operating systems 16-in/8-out audio streaming from a PC connected via USB 2.0 Selectable operation mode between audio interface and standalone mic preamp On-board DSP mixer for monitoring Low-latency monitoring via the DSP Mixer Compressor and 4-band EQ for each input channel on the DSP mixer Eight XLR inputs with phantom power Two TRS (balanced) inputs selectable between line and instrument level Six TRS (balanced) inputs on rear panel Eight TRS (balanced) analogue outputs Standard headphones output MIDI input/output USB Audio Compliance 2.0 for iOS connection DAW compatibility (ProTools, Cubase, Live, Studio One, Garage Band) Rack-mount adapter included The PSU, manual, rack mount ears, screws and hex wrench are all included, no USB cable however. Even though boxed, I will bubble wrap very carefully to ensure safe delivery. Any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. Thanks for looking.
  16. PsyBean
    Just picked up a BB2 cab from @walshyand took his advice to try running an Ashdown ABM EVOIII through it, and it does sound awesome! Might have to rethink gig gear now and rack up my trusty GK MB800 as backup, or as in the pic, slave it off the ABM to drive another cab!
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