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dave_bass5
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I really need to look in to custom fits. Ive really struggling keeping my right ear in, even with foam tips. Ive tried quite a few different types so far, and although most work, i find the seal isnt great after a song or two. -
Well yes and no. I get he might be turning them on at home to get a tone he likes, but he also admits he has never bothered with EQ and used to let the guitarist set his tone (explains a lot) until I came along. So I have tried to educate him and he is having none of it. Takes him a min or so to re tune one bloody string, but has often played more than a few songs before realising he is still down tuned 😂. And also saying his amp Isn’t loud enough when he is standing behind it 🙄. Sorry for derailing this thread.
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Don’t get me started. It’s a passive P and he has no bloody clue about all this. Been playing for almost 40 years apparently. I keep having a go at him but it just won’t sink in. He has just brought a Fender Rumble head and cab. He has high and high mid maxed out, contour on, treble boost on. Playing thought a fender 2x10 with tweeter on. Squeak’s all over the place, clanks etc. we are playing Motown, Beatles etc. it annoys me so much. It ruins the mix. After every sound check I turn all that crap off and it’s fine, so gig wise it’s not a huge issue (other than the turning down), but come the next rehearsal it’s all back on. He plays well but is clueless, and stubborn. There, you got me started 😂
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These guys are just old school, but in a very basic way. Said they have done loads of gigs but have no idea how to act professionally on stage. Bass player keeps turning his bass down (on the bass) and quite often forgets to turn it up. Without someone in the audience letting us know how it’s sounding the whole mix can go tits up, so trying to get them to change to a system when they haven’t grasped the most basic one is pointless. I do point out the better way of hearing yourself when they do complain, but I don’t push it.
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Yes, that’s my attitude. This band even text’s me things like ‘do I need to bring a monitor?’, ‘do I need to bring a mic stand?’ I now tell them I don’t care if they do or don’t, I don’t need them so it’s up to them. When I joined I said I was happy to supply the PA, as long as they sort the monitors out. So they have their monitors with them. As I’m playing keys I really do depend on having a monitor of some sort. I have no issue with using my DBR12 on stage but it’s one more thing to carry. Now my whole monitoring system, along with all my leads and other things go in one bag.
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Ive now gone over to using IEM 100%, but im the only one that does in my band. Even the singer who has IEM’s doesn’t always use them (mainly because she forgets to charge them). I never realised just how loud the band is at rehearsals until recently. I took one ear out and was blasted by a wall of sound. We aren't a loud band as such, both guitarists use small 1x12 combos, but the difference was amazing. We are talking about upgrading the monitors, at the moment they use small cheap boxy sounding things, but IEM’s are a no go with the Jurassic side of the band. I dont care. Im at the back in my own world and have told them to to just get on with it, it doesn't involve me now. I run the sound as such, but i dont sing so monitoring is down to them to sort out.
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I came across this video earlier, and found it quit interesting. Also a very interesting bit at the end about videoing a gig
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Ok, i expect this is old news to some, but i was just going through the Legend section in Roland Cloud and clicked on this one. I had a JV1080 decades ago but cant remember much about it. Im not sure if i ever even looked at the XV-5080 back then, i know it would have been waaaay out of my price range. But here we are, almost every Roland sound id ever want is in it, plus sounds id never thought i would hear again. I appreciate it’s a digital simulation and probably not an exact replica, but as i have nothing to compare it too it sounds fantastic and will be more than up to the job. Just spent the past hour playing every song in our set list with just the one preset, and im blown away. Obviously i need to use more, but for Piano’s and strings, this thing is the nuts. I now need to sit down and really get to grips with MainStage and get my controller programmed. It looks like the MODX (which i really love) is now on its way out. I plan on getting a 73 or 76 key controller to use with MainStage, but for now the 61 key is fine.
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Vibranium-metal alloy gives more dynamic range apparently……
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but its always a good idea to use gold plated cables as the sound quality is much higher 😂
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Yeah. I've always believed that drivers do loosen up over time, but ive never heard a noticable difference with any of my headphones or speakers.
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From what ive read, burning them in is just a speeded up process. Gets the drivers loosened up quicker as you burn them in for a long period. Not convinced it's a real thing these days though.
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MacBook Pro. Soooo much musical potential, especially MainStage. All the sounds i could ever need. If not that, Roland Fantom 06. Pure 80’s indulgence 😁
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It’s to keep the crowds under control and people safe. Blame the amount of people that descend on this small part of london. The authorities most certainly do take everything in to consideration but maybe musicians need to as well. It’s not a new system.
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I live by the OXO tower. Thats bang smack in the middle of london. We cant really to gig on NYE as although we can get the car full of gear out, we cant get home. Real pain in the ass
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Cheers. I’ll have a listen while im at the gym.
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Having recently got the Roland Cloud, ive been messing around with the various Roland synths, and while the JP8 is of course much more versatile, i keep going back to the Juno60. It’s simple, can sound fat (as you say, due to the chorus) and has loads of those classic 80’s sounds, but in reality not many different sounds. It just gets the 80’s vibe. I guess what i meant above was that they all have classic 80’s sounds, all with a common core sound (at least to my ears), certainly the Roland filters have a character you can hear in all of them, but compared to the software versions the hardware synths lack a lot. With the Cloud version of the JP8 i can now have the Juno chorus, or any other FX, which elevates it above the original IMO. Ive always looked on Oberheims as more a rock band synth. Other than the obvious Van Halen and Rush, it just seems the Americans used them more than the bands from the UK. When i was using AUM i found i used OBX way more than the Roland stuff.
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I use a MODX, so yeah, I’ve used Soundmondo a lot. Loads of duplicate sounds on there though. I first tried it with the DX, but never really found much I could use. Mostly tweaks of the presets which I had no use for. Like I said, it’s not the synth itself, it’s the type of Sound’s available and the use I needed them for. Then again, when I compare the MODX FM to the DX, there is just no comparison, so again, no need to keep the DX.
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Yeah, I know what the JP8 goes for, and i do regret getting rid of it now, but it was 25+ years ago so i wont worry too much. I had a flight case for the JP8 that took 2 people to carry it, as the handles were on either end, and the case weighed more than the keyboard. It just wasnt practice to keep it. Plus the XLR outs had a hiss that was audible when going through the PA. I still think the JP4/6/8 and Juno’s sound a bit bland and are limited compared to what even free VST’s can do these days, but they do have a few classic sounds that instantly transport me back to the 80’s
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Yeah, i was the same. Only had what i could afford, and never the big league stuff until they fell out of favour. I got the JP8 for £450 used, and then swapped it for the DX7. Both from a shop so that would include markups. I loved what i had at the time, SH-09/101, DX27/11, Casio CZ1000 etc, but these were all originals bands.when i started doing covers and we started getting lots of decent gigs i knew i had to step things up, So got the JP8, but felt it was really only good for those 80’s synth songs, so traded it for the DX7. Then i got a Korg M1ex. That pretty much got me through until i stopped playing and went to bass. Now im back on keys ive realised a lot of what i liked back then is not really working for me, although my Fantom has all the JP8/Juno stuff covered which i do love playing around with. Before i got the Fantom as my top keyboard i was using a controller and my ipad, and had various synths, inc Juno/OBX/M1/Hammond etc. i felt i finally had all the sounds id missed out on in the past, but i found using a controller and all those synths a bit hectic at gigs. Im now trying to convince myself to sell the MODX, get a larger controller and use MainStage for the more acoustic sounds. I also have a Roland cloud account and love playing around with the D-50.
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I gigged for about 3 years with my DX7, and i could tweak the sounds to how i wanted them, but i didnt have the skill to do it from scratch. This was early 90’s when the DX had started to fall from grace. Before i had it i had been using the cheaper DX’s for originals, and then a JP8 when i joined a covers band. I ended up swapping the JP8 for the DX7, which was used, because i started playing covers and felt the DX was more of an all round keyboard, and i was starting got need more piano type sounds. Then i got an M1, and that was light years ahead for covers IIR. I guess what I should have said was not silly noises, but useless ones (for me). I didnt need basses, bells, thin weedy strings/brass etc. Part of the reason i got it was as a controller, but also i guess i had fond memories of the DX7. I just didn’t find the DX usable for any of this. When i got the MODX a few weeks later, as i must admit the bug to play key’s had bitten me, i was knocked out how good/warm/full sounding FM-X was. All those DX7 sounds but on steroids. Even the FM-X versions of the CS80 type sounds were really good, plus all the built in FX etc. I just found never see me switching the DX on again. The CP on the other hand, has a vibe ive not been able to get no my MODX or Fantom. I also get inspired when i turn it on. It’s just that i don’t these days.
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I had a Reface DX, the first keyboard i brought in about 25 years. I got it during the first lockdown. That got me started on the road to the dark side, i soon got a MODX after that (2 weeks IIR). I’ll be honest, i found the DX to be pants. I owned a DX7 back in the day, and also a DX27. Maybe my memory was clouded, but when i got the Reface DX i was at first over the moon to get some of those sounds back, but quickly remembered why i moved the DX’s on. I wanted something to write and work out songs on, and the DX was just not the right one. Had I wanted silly noises………😎 A year or so ago i swapped it for a Reface CP. That was the best move i made. Although i never really use it, i love its sounds. Ive spent hours noodling on that. I don’t really use it much now that i have a 2 keyboard rig set up in the living room, but its not something id get rid of as its so convenient.
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As im still new to IEM’s id need to make sure i dont plan on changing them before i spend that sort of money. We arent going to be gigging too often, so it seems a bit of a luxury at this stage. I know MEE do them for around $150 but id still need to get my ears measured etc.
