dave_bass5

I had a rehearsal on bass yesterday and put it on for a few of the older songs. I was surprised at how well it sounded in the mix. Even the band noticed more vintage thump, and that’s with a pick. Wish they came in different colours though. I keep losing it amongst all the other back gear i have.

Two standout things for me with Sire (other than price), is the basses will work without a battery in them (so a full passive mode, with EQ), and the preamps have a level function to balance out active and passive. I used to have active turned down very slightly so when I used a bit of low end boost it mated the pure passive mode.

A bass player is nothing special as far as society goes.

yeah, im getting used to it now. I like how the E string doesn't get too cut off (at least on my P).

Got mine a few hours ago. Had a quick play on my P bass (with and without pick). I like the thud im getting. It seems to work exactly as I was hoping. A mate asked me if it works on a 5 string, and it does. It's a bit fiddlly to get on and off for individual songs though. Guess it will get easier with practice.

Just a heads up, the Bass pack for ToneX is down to £49.99 at the moment. Seems a bit more reasonable.

Ive been meaning to do this myself for a couple of years. Please let us know how you get on.

Based on this thread and me not really needing one, I ordered one from Amazon last night 😅. I play mostly with a pick and have good palm muting, but occasionally I do play finger style and like the thud a muted string gets.

Yeah, came out last week

Just had our 29th Nov cancelled (rescheduled to next year) because the landlord is putting a large Christmas tree up on the very small stage before the end of the month. One of those situations you cant make up 😂

I stopped playing bass during lockdown. I switched to keys. Still playing keys, but have a renewed love for bass. The time away really helped as I was getting bored with it and felt I was stuck in a rut.

That's sort of what I was getting. Plugged in to an amp it was ok, but plugged in to any FX box that's also plugged in to the mains I would get RF noise. Even my old Xvive U2 doesnt do that.

I had to use my Lekato over the weekend while the Xvive was charging. Just at home. I can't believe how susceptible to interference the Lekato is. Just tapping it while it's plugged in to my EBS Micorbass produced a noise. Maybe it's faulty, although has never actual dropped a signal.

Got mine today. Cant say if it's worth the £1400 price at the moment as ill use it as a controller mostly, but its a great update to the old version. Keybed is a bit better (never had an issue with the ol version), more knobs and sliders make a world of difference. Happy so far. Will put the old one up for sale in a few weeks I guess.

ok, have it your way. 🙄.

Yeah, I know all that, but I feel they missed an opportunity.

Just saw this. it's an odd one. While I think the form factor is good, I cant imagine its any use in a band setting. I suppose it could replace the likes of the VoxPlug etc. https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/tonexplug/

Nice one. Im loving mine still. I like the idea of the battery but not sure ill have them long enough to every try swapping them.

Nice one. My wife is a lot more in to them than I am, although I do find their covers to be really well done. In fact my main band covers their version of Get ready/You really got me (not as good obviously). I wasn't aware they were coming over here until I saw it pop up on my feed this morning and I jumped on it. Most ive ever paid to see a covers band though 😀

Was supped to be seeing Gary Numan later this month but have had a gig come in. Next live act will probably Broken Peach at Underworld in Jan. Really love what they are doing with covers.

We went back and used room 7 last week. What a difference. Costs more and was overkill for us (and bass player didn’t turn up) but keys were better. in one of my other bands we rehearse in the singer's living room. I’m on bass in this one. The bass combo is siting in his conservatory while the rest of us are in the living room, full drum kit and small amps. We get a really nice vibe and surprisingly good mix.

Had our first gig at the Walthamstow Trade hall last night. Odd one. Great crowd, dancing all night. A few minor mistakes, and two big ones (singer couldn't pitch Valerie and stopped the song saying the bass player was in the wrong key lol). My IEM set up was problematic, but im glad i took a lot of extra gear to ensure I had what I needed. Hopefully going back next year.

Depending on the iPad, you might not need to use the adapter. I don’t bother with mine, and can get a 2/12 hour gig recorded without turning the iPad off after soundcheck with well over 40% at the end of the night still left. With a 4 hour rehearsal doing the same thing I get about 60% remaining battery. It might be worth trying a USB-C to USB-B cable to see if that works before getting another adapter. As far as I know Apple dont do a cheap one for USB-C. Other than that, use a small powered hub.

Weight – 10lbs7oz/4.7kgs is counted as heavy for some.

ive recorded a few of our gigs from our XR18 to Cubasis on my iPad Pro. In theory it should work well, no drivers needed and iPad picked up the XR18 instantly In practice Cubasis turned out to be a real POS and I won't touch it again. Before the first gig I had created a channel with the correct wiring etc. I duplicated this to end up with 14 channels, and yet only the first would accept the XR18 input. I had changed and double checked the others were set to receive input on different inputs. i had it all set up correctly, and yet I only got a recording from the iPads mic. Cubasis was showing all 14 channels were getting inputs from the mixer. Second time it did work, but it was touch and go. Third time I reused the previous project and got no input from the XR18 at all. I deleted all the channels and recreated them, and then it worked. These days I use Logic. I pay for it as and when I need it (it's on a per month subscription). Its got its issues as well, but its a lot more stable.