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I went with Cubase, simply because it's what I used many years ago on the Atari ST, and it's a doddle. If that's the way it's going to be, it might be worth looking at one of the Steinberg interfaces. I've had both the UR12 and now have the UR22 so we can put tracks down together. The Yamaha pre that they use is great, and I've never had a moment's trouble with either, just plug in and play. The reason I'm suggesting this is because they come bundled with Cubase AI, which I ran for about 2 years without feeling unneccesarily restricted. I did eventually upgrade to Elements, but only because they kept sending me better and better offers to do so (it cost me 25 quid in the end, as an upgrade from the bundled version, so I saved a fair bit compared to buying it). There are a few more VSTs, but from a day to day use point of view it strikes me as barely different, based on the features I commonly use.

My partner bought a Blake for the last time she took her Jazz to Germany, as she'd struggled previously with a full on hardcase, but still wanted plenty of protection. It's since been perma-borrowed by me, and I'm really impressed with the level of protection, the weight and the general pracitical design... rucksack straps, useful pockets etc. It's not had a particularly hard life (yet), but strikes me as really well made and durable. I have no affiliation with this link, it's just an example. https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/233253940328?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=710-134428-41853-0&mkcid=2&itemid=233253940328&targetid=522579827663&device=c&adtype=pla&googleloc=9045973&poi=&campaignid=1782815715&adgroupid=70885936722&rlsatarget=pla-522579827663&abcId=1139126&merchantid=6995734&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIndL05p2M4wIVWPlRCh2wVgxvEAkYASABEgI1p_D_BwE

I've no experience of Norway, but we were recently Chuckling in China, and have some Smirking in Sweden lined up. 😊

Awful news. Rest in peace Fella.

Awful news. My condolences to his friends and family.

I'm going to skip it this year. I'm not a fan of trying out gear in rooms where I can't hear myself think, so for me it's always been a case of workshop to main stage to workshop to main stage for the day, with tiny windows for coffee and quick chats with passing Basschatters. It's always been excellent value for money for that alone. Unless they have double the auditorium space I can't see how the bass content won't be reduced, or at least merged with the guitar end of things (which IME never works out in favour of the bass). That, coupled with the lack of announcements, leaves me thinking it's best to wait and see how things pan out.

Ian had my dUg preamp from me. Great, friendly communication, instant payment, just a spot-on transaction. A great fella to deal with!

I did that last week. I'm genuinely surprised by the range and quality of the sounds available.

I'd be more inclined to give this statement some credence had it not come from a bloke out of Primal Scream. Hardly an authority on music really.

Bought a Reverb pedal from Dave. Great, friendly communication, pedal arrived quickly, well packed, in great nick and perfect working order. Cheers!

Stew bought my Ashdown Envelope Filter. Great, friendly communication, double quick payment, etc... Another quality Basschat transaction. Cheers Stew!

Thought I'd finally set one of these up...

I found it really flexible. Plug it in, select a patch and press 'total'. The window at the right hand side will show you what you can assign it for in that patch for each effect. Volume, wah, pitch shift... I also found it useful for sliding in more gain on the sansampish effect to dirty it up a little when the guitard was occupied up the widdly end, or when the song was building towards the end

I'm not a huge Cure 'fan', but they have some good tunes, and through the intranet at work got the opportunity for a couple of cheap tickets for last Summer's sold out Hyde Park gig. Weather forecast was good for the weekend so we went for it, at least it'd be a nice day out with tunes and sunshine.... Honestly, they were brilliant, I'd go and see them again in a heartbeat.

Relieved Ade of a Bass Fly Rig. Deal done in the morning, posted the same day. He'd packed it to stand a thermonuclear blast, so it arrived unsullied by the machinations of the Royal Mail. Easy, friendly communication throughout. Cheers!

I've been getting this on my Motorola... Started earlier today, and this evening the site is unuseable on the phone, it redirects within seconds every time😭

Very sad to hear this, my sincere condolences to those close to him. RIP Colin.