DanOwens

I've sent this to Liam. I know he was hoping for a 'gaffa will do it' response. Dan

[quote name='owen' post='1206537' date='Apr 20 2011, 10:40 PM']It is not personal curiosity. We all want to know![/quote] Me too! Liam builds lots of intallations. His last one was a bunch of LDRs wired into MaxMSP to generate music whilst the sun set. This, I imagine, might be similar. Either that or he's trying to construct a pickup system for our vibraphone player. Dan

So Liam is in awe of your genii. To the point where he's asked me to ask you (Max mainly but everyone please pitch): How much for a simple mixer with 50 inputs? No level control, just summing 50 piezo sources. Dan

Silent Fly > He has given me very little info, but yes I guess he wants to sum a load of piezos to one jack cable and he's hoping it'd be as simple as soldering them in parallel. icastle > I've sent him this link and I might send him my login so he may just come back and offer some more info. Just out of curiosity, could you explain how the impedance will negatively effect this setup (I know it will, and that was my first thought, but I don't know why...). Dan

[i]Hi guys I'm new, but have always been a bit of a lurker. Finally have to ask a questions as I'm totally stumped. I need a jack cable with a LOT of female inputs into one cable (we're talking at least 8). I want to be able to shove a load of contact mics into one jack cable. Going through a mixer isn't an option, and volume control over each of the contact mics isn't important. How on earth can I do this? If I need to hack something together with my soldering iron thats cool but if there was something out there already that does what I need it'd be way better (my soldering skills aren't exactly top notch). Thanks Liam.[/i] Thanks chaps, Dan

Scotticus, what you're hearing is the 'attack' of the gate. I don't use gate pedals like this so I can't really help you but since you've mentioned the attack, release and alluded to key filtering, I guess you're after a pretty advanced gate. Dan

[quote name='xgsjx' post='1204516' date='Apr 19 2011, 10:20 AM']If you have the pennies, get the Moog MF-101 filter.....[/quote] My advice would be to find a solution, rather than trying to mask the problem. I would, however, recommend the MF101 just for kicks.

[quote name='BigRedX' post='1204654' date='Apr 19 2011, 12:24 PM']You'd think she'd been rummaging through the bins at the back of the venue...[/quote]

Yes, it is confusing but I think it's saying anything will work. As an aside, the amp signal flow is usually input>preamp>fx loop>power amp>speaker. As such, by plugging into the fx return you bypass the preamp and plug straight into the power amp. Dan

[quote name='phil.i.stein' post='1204182' date='Apr 18 2011, 09:43 PM']very tempted to sell my Way Huge Swollen Pickle, i got from here a couple of weeks ago from Dosi-y-anarchy. it doesn't have a blend, but has a huge bottom (oo-er missus)[/quote] The WHSP does have some monstrous bass but it's another pedal that if I put it on my board I'd never turn it off. Dan

[quote name='cheddatom' post='1203246' date='Apr 18 2011, 09:26 AM']go through each pedal and figure out which one(s) is cutting out your signal and maybe replace that with something better.[/quote] Tom's on the money here. It sounds to me like either a broken pedal or (at a stretch) a pedal with a preamp section that isn't bypassed when the pedal is disengaged. The Moogs do this which means that if you bypass the pedal the drive circuit still effects your signal (very bloody annoying!). Dan

[quote name='paulo m' post='1202762' date='Apr 17 2011, 05:28 PM']hi there if you can get hold of a boss bf2b bass flanger on ebay BUY ONE!!!!!! WHY? because they chorus & flange the upper frequencies only[/quote] The BF2-B is a flanger, not a chorus pedal and although the effects are very similar in theory, they sound very different. OP: You can see that there are a lot of very good chorus pedals at fairly low price points in the grand scheme of things. I use a Boss CEB-3 (bought second hand here for about £40) as it has a filter (just like the suggested BF2-B above) that can make the chorus more subtle. My general advice would be to buy second hand here. For ease, I've posted some links for you below (I should say I've not played any of these pedals, but I'm giving you the links to help): [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=128985&hl=chorus"]Boss CE2B £40[/url] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=130539&hl=chorus"]DOD Deep Freeze £30[/url] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=125232&hl=chorus"]EBS UniChorus £75 (this is sold but gives you an idea of price)[/url]

[quote name='phil.i.stein' post='1202725' date='Apr 17 2011, 04:51 PM']so true, a lesson i've learned at much expense.. [/quote] Ah yes, the GAS-before-experience trap. I've been caught there too. Dan

George L's are a god send.

[quote name='adz' post='1202258' date='Apr 16 2011, 11:46 PM']Wasnt sure but thought maybe if i dialed in enough dry signal on the blender it would make a less fuzz more slightly dirty sound.[/quote] I can see your logic but unfortunately, it doesn't work like that. You could make the fuzz sound less prominent but the actual sound of the fuzz would be the same. Also, when your guitarists kick their distortion in, the quieter sound of your fuzz will get lost and you'd be hearing your clean signal again. In this case, I'd recommend looking in the For Sale section here for a reasonably priced distortion/fuzz (of which there are many). Dan

[quote name='cycrowave' post='1201749' date='Apr 16 2011, 12:31 PM']howdy pedal freaks, if i could pick your brains for a moment that would be great what i want is a stomp box noise gate, with an audio trigger that i can use to gate my bass to the kick drum. i dont want to rely on sound men for this, can anyone recommend a pedal? cheers[/quote] What you're after is a gate pedal with the ability to side-chain (Great for hip-hop and electro music). Alesis Microgate is about the size of a large pedal and can do this for you. Otherwise, a cheap rackmounted gate would be the way to go because pedal-wide, other than the Paia 5730 Gator which hasn't been manufactured in 30 years (or something obscene) you're at a loss. Dan

[quote name='paul_5' post='1201398' date='Apr 16 2011, 12:45 AM']I personally favour the Korg MS20 plugin. It works as a standalone app too, so you don't have to have your DAW running onstage. I think it'll run from an iPad too, which gives you even less gear t transport.[/quote] ....and an excuse to buy an iPad!

First of all, can you clarify whether your volume drop occurs when the pedals are engaged or bypassed? In either situation, is it a cumulative result or is it one or two pedals that are the culprits? Worst case scenario is that it is cumulative (ie each pedals adds -0.4dB of gain, resulting in an overall drop of around 3dB) and occurs when the pedals are bypassed. If that's the case I would request either Umph (Mammoth Audio) or SilentFly (sfx) build you a custom true bypass strip like this one:

[quote name='pantherairsoft' post='1198828' date='Apr 13 2011, 10:30 PM']Cheers for the kind words Higgie... Truth is though I stole everything I know from Dan Owens [/quote] That's quite a compliment, Shep. I've got a studio session booked for Saturday so I'll keep y'all informed about how it goes. Here's my setup for the recording (excluding all the vocal stuff I'm running): [b]Also [url="http://thebrokendoor.bandcamp.com/track/the-wonka-boat"]CLICK HERE[/url] (and skip to 1:00 if you're impatient) to listen to part of our re-imagining of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. This is one of our more Dubsteppy numbers.[/b]

[quote name='Musicman20' post='1196127' date='Apr 11 2011, 07:43 PM']I should say that it seems that guitar players are a bit more fanatical about not adding our speaker emulation ... to their guitar speakers (which they may have spent a good amount of time choosing according to personal preference).[/quote] Is that because us bass players are famously apathetic about our speaker choice? Come on Tech 21, we all like options so why pin it on picky guitarists?

[quote name='fatgoogle' post='1196164' date='Apr 11 2011, 08:20 PM']Another feature i really like is the direct out, so i can do my wobbles and also have an uneffected overdrive running which i like.[/quote] Yey! Parallel signal paths!

[quote name='Higgie' post='1195905' date='Apr 11 2011, 04:23 PM']Cheers for the crits.[/quote] Also, Higgie, I should say that I like it!

Effects, dude! I jammed with a analog-synth player (monophonic) and a drummer the other week and ran a bi-amped rig where the distorted lines were played with an octave-up pedal. My sound was HUGE and the lack of any chordal players was irrelevant. Dan

[quote name='Higgie' post='1195838' date='Apr 11 2011, 03:36 PM']I know it's not fantastic, as I've never really done anything in the drum and bass/dubstep vein, but I'd like to get into it so all comments and criticism will be graciously accepted! [/quote] Hey Higgie. What software are you using? Your beats could just be replaced with loops that'd satisfy your sonic preconceptions, enabling a more authentic performance (at the mo it sounds neither DnB nor Dubstep). Also, throw a chorus in there. It'll add a lot of sonic depth and the modulation can add to the sense of motion in the piece. Dan

[quote name='Mugz.wood' post='1191963' date='Apr 7 2011, 05:00 PM']yea this link got me onto the behringer [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JYmf5qRHDI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JYmf5qRHDI[/url] xgsjx good point i havent tested my mac with any midi interface cuz its quite new. hardware synth module sounds good to less faffing about getting set up[/quote] Read my blog in my sig for some tips with MIDI and synth bass. I've used a variety of hardware and software synths but only hardware live. Putting a laptop on stage brings with it issues that can be avoided by using hardware. Dan