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I owned a Powersoft D2004. !000W RMS per channel. It is by far the best power amp I have ever used for endless power and headroom. If you read up on some of the big PA forums, you'll find that the Powersoft kit rates easily at the top for driving huge subs, but at the same time able to drive tops and mds with the same little effort - especially as they are so light and a 1u rack. They will fit in a standard length Gator rack case with the lids on. Pricey - but you get what you pay for. (I have a/b'd in rigs with other power amplifiers)

One or two of us here own one of those fine Jazz Bass Specials, me included. Awesome bass!

I think it's a brillaint idea, if it works as they describe, however: [quote]It’s like switching amps in the middle of the set.[/quote] errrr.... yes - if you have an electric screwdriver and time to pop the back off your sealed 4x12 to naff about with the controls! Fine for an open back combo, maybe - but I think for everyone else it'd have to be a 'set and forget' - which seems a bit pointless.

I'd been looking for an upgrade for my PDA 'phone recently and am so happy to have found this from the makers of..errr.. that fine pebble and bag device... Teleportation Tweak! Awesome! Wow! Dynamic! A Must Buy! POW! Kazaaaaam! [url="http://www.machinadynamica.com/machina60.htm"]http://www.machinadynamica.com/machina60.htm[/url]

[quote name='goingdownslow' post='717917' date='Jan 19 2010, 02:59 PM']Could this speaker cable be referred to as being coaxial? [url="http://www.canford.co.uk/Products/33-250_CANFORD-HPS-CABLE"]http://www.canford.co.uk/Products/33-250_CANFORD-HPS-CABLE[/url][/quote] Yes, it is but it's unusual for a Speaker Cable to be coax - I guess the insulators are designed to take the higher current? The strands themselves look certainly much heavier than instrument cable. Also confusing that they say that the cable has been designed to fit all XLR connectors. I realise some *old* amps used XLR as a method of connection - but standards would suggest that XLR is reserved for balanced mic or live level signals. Being as this cable certainly isnt 'balanced' capable, nor is it adequately shielded - I really cant see it being helpful if it is plugged in to a mic channel of a PA! Anyone who has used a speaker cable for an instrument lead will know what I mean - especially guitarists of the high gain variety! So confusing people using the 'wrong' connectors with the wrong cable is - well daft in my opinion.

I am a big fan of Buckeye Burl - and this is yet another example of pure beauty! Jon's work is always stunning and this little peach is no exception! Congratulations!

[quote name='krispn' post='715242' date='Jan 16 2010, 10:08 PM']For all you home recording MarkBass fans...... Just downloaded this (demo version) and have been messing about with it for the last hour - lots of fun !!! Makes me wanna go check out some real MarkBass gear and if the people at Aguilar and Mesa are considering following the Ampeg and now MarkBas example...... [url="http://www.markbass.it/products.php?lingua=en&cat=5&vedi=93"]http://www.markbass.it/products.php?lingua...t=5&vedi=93[/url] Enjoy![/quote] I love Ampeg SVX - I keep coming back to it for getting a great tone quickly. I haven't tried the MarkBass plug in yet - but if it is as good as SVX - it'll alos be worth every penny.

Ahhh! I am a bit of an HTC fan! I've been using their PDA handsets for years now and am lookin' forward to getting my hands on the new HD2 - Maybe I'll have Mr Shuker spray up the covers to match my two Shuker basses - Birdseye maple front and flip paint rear!

I love all this tastey new gear arriving! It's that NAMM time of year that I enjoy so much! ;o) I like the look of this one! ESPECIALLY the additional power amplifier. That's just a brilliant idea! Well done SWR!

TC Electronic C300. Pick 'em up for around 100 quid now - and easily the best compressor I have ever used - simply because TC, much like with their Bass range - have tailored everything you need with a basic set of 'programs'. Spin the dial to 'Bass Guitar' and it configures the multiband compressor to the best parameters for the instrument. Same for vocals - male and female, drums, percussion, wind instruments - the lot! and if that wasnt great enough, you get two units in one 1u rack ) The unit also does full band, Parallel Compression AND noise gate / Expander functions too. I've owned the likes of the EBS Multicomp, Alesis 3630, Behringer, Autocom etc - and this one - well - after a time out of my rack system, it's right back in again!!! You'll also be interested to hear - it's the same multiband compression in the RH450 head - but more control over fine tweaking of threshold and ratio.

Ok, Slightly spurred on by the thread of a similar name. I'd like to know why some cabinet designers / manufacturers build 4x10 cabinets featuring two chambers, each with 2x10" speakers in - and others prefer 4x10" in one chamber. Moving on from that idea - Why similar with 8x10 cabinets that have 4 chambers instead of say, two?

[quote name='EdwardHimself' post='712959' date='Jan 14 2010, 07:55 PM']why would you need EZ drummer when you have thomas lang? Lolz oj. Sounds like it's a great songwriting tool though. It's a nice touch to be able to make good sounding results quickly. I was thinking of doing a similar thing myself so i didn't have to buy a load of drum recording gear for demos, plus i'm not exactly TL on the drums either [/quote] Well TL *is* great - but I write all of his drum parts for him.. Next week , I'm teaching him compound time sigs ) - I jest of course. Yes, we use it for writing songs. For really quick demos, being a Roland endorser - Thomas will beat out some lines on his Vdrums straight down to MIDI (triggering Superior for example) - then mail over the MIDI file, which we then play back with exactly the same Superior kit. It's very fast and great for roughing out ideas. Thomas lives in the US, so it's not really easy to pop round for a coffee and jam! lol!

and works on bass, they say! [quote]Tuning used to be a necessary evil. The last barrier before you could get truly rocking. But now, tuning is ready to get blasted into the 21st century with PolyTune, the stomp-box sized tuning miracle from TC Electronic! PolyTune is the world's first polyphonic tuner, and a game-changing total tuning turnaround that will have future guitarists wondering how we ever got by without it. It couldn't be done - until we did it. The magic lies in a never before seen approach to tuning aimed at speed, accuracy and ease of use. With PolyTune, you simply strum all strings on your guitar or bass at once, and it will immediately tell you which strings need tuning! This cutting-edge tuning technology revolutionizes the way you tune and accomplishes what has been deemed 'impossible' until now: tuning all strings simultaneously! It really is as simple as strum - tune - rock, and this quantum leap forward allows you to get in tune fast, and back to doing what you love: playing.[/quote] The official page is here.. [url="http://www.tcelectronic.com/polytune.asp"]http://www.tcelectronic.com/polytune.asp[/url]

My band, within The Void, have an artist deal with Toontrack - and have been using Superior 2 (the newer EZ Drummer package) - and all of us think it is brilliant. I love slapping down a loop in my DAW and jamming to it too. The more realistic drums (and the infinte editing of S2) makes the whole experience far more enjoyable.. Especially when coming up with new song ideas. I get the toontrack newsletter through - and it's interesting to see how many artists have had chart releases with their products taking up the rhythm section job!

Yeah, I got a good one - nothing special - but it looks good on stage. I used to be in a band where the singer was (and still is) a crackin' bass player too. We used to play a song that featured a second guitar harmony - but we had just the one guitarist - So, when the part of the song came along - my singer would reach over and play the bass line and chords on my bottom 3 strings - I'd play the harmony lead guitar part on the top three, leaving the guitarist to take the main solo part. I think it sounded great! Though I also think it was wasted on the audiences, as are many musical devices, such a crazy jumbled up compound time sigs!

Hmmmm - I'd like to hear the two - but as far as I can tell on the likes of You Tube, the Para driver seems to have a lot more distortion gain than the BDDI. Am I wrong? I was seriously thinking about buying the RPM (the rack version of the Para Driver) - but if there's not much difference, then it'd be a waste of time - as I don't personally like the type of drive available from the BDDI - I think it disturbs the bottom end and makes it woolly. Your thoughts greatly received!

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='707958' date='Jan 10 2010, 06:16 PM']I've got the whole performance on DVD, Mick Karns playing on Colin Vearcombe/Black singing Wonderful Life is really nice too.[/quote] Steve!!! PM coming your way!! - I remember we discussed this ages ago - but I LOVE Colin's performance - and Brian May's guitar solo in the song is still one of my favourites, ever!

I maself have been toying with the idea of doing some sort of Bass Camp - or at least something accessible to everyone, everywhere - be it a DVD 'Bible' or Online resource. Time has been a bit against me at the moment - but I hope that I can pull my finger out and at least get the ole vid cam out for some Bass action!

You should read the Line6 forum! Same problem there - now - to an extent, the Vista driver *will* work with Windows 7 - but as I have found with the line6 gear - it does treat me to a BSOD every now and then - which is very annoying when in the middle of a recording project! I have to air my views - I find it really annoying that any high profile company that doesn't keep up with the OS's they say they support - is a bit pants really. Windows 7 has been out long enough to have written a driver and tested it in my opinion. (That's including Beta and RC versions of Win7 too).

[quote name='ezbass' post='708557' date='Jan 11 2010, 09:29 AM']This is definitely what I found when I demoed them side by side.[/quote] Agreed - I loved my F1 - I'd have another tomorrow if I needed it - but alas - my amp is now inside my speaker cabinet!

[quote name='Al Heeley' post='705383' date='Jan 8 2010, 12:47 PM']Can you tell me how the Hartke 4 x 10 cabs are normally wired? (eg: 400W Hartke 410XL cab) Is it 4 x 8ohm speakers wired in S+P to give 8 Ohm total resistance? Is it possible to rewire them to give a total 4 Ohm impedance thus get more power from the amp?[/quote] Hey Al! Being an ex-Hartke cab owner, I can tell you: Yes it is as you describe and no, I'm afraid you can not get a 4 Ohm impedance from any config using all 4 speakers.