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  1. dave_bass5
    Ive not used the Speed editor, but do have a Streamdeck for my Mac. Fantastic time savers. I did have the one with the knobs for a couple of weeks but found i couldnt really use them in the way i hoped i could so sent it back. I mostly use my ipad when i can, and it sits in the upright position in the Smart Keyboard case on my lap. Im going to miss that keyboard when i get the new ipad. So i really dont have or want anything hanging off it, although i do sometimes use a SSD when im doing editing.
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    I’m also a big fan of DaVinci Resolve. I brought it when i was doing our demos last year, and while i started off in FCP i found DR so much easier to use. I do have it on my iPad Pro as well but that’s a 2020 iPad so hasn’t got an M chip in it. What with that and the new features in LP on iPad needing an M chip i guess tomorrow I’ll be right up to date 😀.
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    Yeah i only use Ozone 11 and a couple of Waves plug-ins. The rest are just stock.
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    It’s live on Apple’s website now, inc a demo. Looking forward to trying the session guys out. Gotta be better than the musicians in my band 😂 EDIT: Well it seems like its not quite live just yet, although the page has been updated 😕
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    Seems to me this demographic is the hardest to be in. I could one more criteria but i won’t go there. i see other groups moaning they can’t get what they want when they want and demand it, but they can play the card and get it. What do we have? Nothing other than be accused of certain things if we do want something. Apologies, i realise that’s a bit off topic. if the mods want to delete this post i wont mind, but it would prove my point 😂
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    I didn't watch it as I was out, but I'm glad we got nowhere, as I don't feel comfortable with my country being represented by that dross. It's all about show and not about music these days anyway. The contest seems to be so 'inclusive' they are acutely excluding those that don't fit.
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    I’m sending my B2 back. Nothing wrong with it as such, other than the speed the screen jumps back to the main screen which is really irritating, but i can see me getting distracted by it. Ive already noticed I’m spending more time tweaking it than playing at home. I also don’t really have a need for it, although i do enjoy using it. It struck me last night that the bass player in my main band doesn’t use any FX at all, and sounds great on everything. Just bass/cable/amp. Toys are nice to have but for me it’s a solution to a problem i don’t actually have. At least not at the moment. I’ll stick with my BDI-21 and that’s it. If i find i need more later on I’d certainly buy another B2.
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    Sold.
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    I really hope they release it as a demo next week. I’ve been using the demo rather than buy the current one but i fear i might have to now.
  10. dave_bass5
    What with amp noise etc in the room its difficult to hear any device generated noise through my IEM’s when im using it as an ambient source. This normally gets recorded in Logic at gigs at 32bit float, but it’s coming through my XR18 first. So much other noise going on id never hear it. It’s certainly not something id notice for my use. The H4e doesnt have a dedicated line out, so it is using the headphone out, but you can fix the output level to whatever you want, send a test tone to the mixer etc and gain stage it so its giving a decently strong signal. When using it at gigs i have it about a foot from the Snare and i don’t hear any distortion, although the HH can be a bit brittle if hit too hard. Although it’s got a huge dynamic range the output is controlled so nothing jumps out, but then then its all pretty consistent in this scenario.
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    I love the newer 32 bit float version of these H Recorders. Just turn them on and hit record. No messing about with levels. In fact there is no input gain on them, although there is a mixer. Even has outputs a test tone so you can set the level on whatever it’s going in to. I do wish it had an amp Sim like the H4pro though. The H4 pro i had was really nice, but i noticed the waveforms were clipped when the input level was set below 2 on the input gain.
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    I tried that (saw the post you mention) but it’s not that. Or at least i couldn’t get it to stop by covering the foot switches.
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    The Stem splitter looks a bit basic at the moment. Doesn't even have a Guitar category by the looks of it, but I expect it will develope over time. I too use RipX at the moment but it will be great to have this function built in. Ive just ordered a new iPad Pro as my old one came out just before they went over to the M chip. I tend to use my iPad a lot more than my MacBook but it looks like at least two of the new features on the iPad version need at least the M1 (same with the Mac version).
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    A spring apparently. It’s loose but not detached. Seems like a few others have it, some saying back to last year when it came out. Not my video but this is the sound I’m hearing as well.
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    Should add, the comparison between the two Zoom’s was done with the DI engaged on the B2-four. This section has surprised me. I wasn’t interested in the slightest before getting it, but now i find it indispensable. It’s a cool feature. Not sure it’s worth wasting a foot switch on it though. I’d be happy to just a global on or off.
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    Yeah, it’s a bit of a step back from my Helix Stomp. I miss the ability to turn off one effect and turn on another with one switch. I do like that becuse it is more basic i wont want to keep tweaking it. I found i got bogged down in all the possibilities with the Helix and my playing suffered a bit.
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    Yeah, it sounds a bit clearer and more open. Seems to have a bit more punch to it. I did a few A/B comparisons at home with headphones. Not sure the difference is as noticeable with the band though.
  18. dave_bass5
    It could well be im being fussy. We have never had complaints and maybe i just want more from them. I guess i do care about it more than the others, some are old school (get up and have fun, don’t worry about anything etc), but we are getting there. I feel ive done all i can and now its up to them, but in fairness i feel it might be more a ‘me thing’. Ive already said in another thread how my bas player kept turning his bass down and then forgetting got turn it back up during gigs. Thats been fixed at least. When i tend to do is to show them the multitrack wave forms and point out how quiet they are on some songs, and loud on others. I think thats getting through to them, but then they forget at gigs sometimes. And yes, apologies for the de rail.
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    Just had my first rehearsal with the B2-Four. Seems to work really well. I prefer this over the B1-Four and my old B3(n). What really surprised me was i had it running off a small power bank and it seemed to drop around 10% per hour. So i went home with still just over 60% charge. Not as convenient as having internal batteries but i might use this rather than the supplied PSU.
  20. dave_bass5
    Ah, dont get me started lol. Ive been hammering it home since i joined that the mix is everything. They sort of get it but cant seem to figure out how to do it. I record everything, and was doing full multitracks even at rehearsals, but found just recording the room gave a better idea of whats going on. Don't get me wrong, we dont make a bad sound, but ive thrown in the towel and just take a back seat now. The last few sound checks ive just handed the ipad over to Dawn and told her to get on with it. After all, i cant go out front and play (well, i know how to but, its too much effort) and she can sort them out. I need to be in the mix when we sound check. No point me standing near the front, ive got my IEM’s in all the time as i don’t use an amp. Yes, that video was near the start of the night. I guess the biggest culprit is the drummer. He gets louder and so they get louder. I refuse to turn the PA up and insist that this is the one thing that doesn't change after the sound check, so they need to keep that in mind. That gig was the first that the guitarist closet to the camera wasnt using IEM’s, and it did make a difference as he could tell when he was getting downed out.
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    We soundcheck just like any other band, but that's not always an indication of how the levels will be later in to the gig. Sound checks we sound spot on, i make sure fo that, but with two guitarists and a loud-ish drummer its impossible to keep things in check when im standing at the back. The louder the band get, the more of the stage sound bleeds in to the mic and back out the PA. It really needs someone out front to keep it all in check, but i guess it comes down to the disipline of the band members. We all go in to the PA but again, almost impossible to mix the PA from the stage as we are standing behind the PA speakers and have amps onstage, so cant get a clear indication of whats what unless i step off, and me, along with the drummer are the only two that cant.
  22. dave_bass5
    Please don't, I can't afford them 😂
  23. dave_bass5
    Sometimes it seems the best solution is the simplest.
  24. dave_bass5
    I couldn't possibly go back to mono now, at least not unless I really had to. When I'm playing keys I get a really nice stereo mix. Guitar's panned, backing vocals panned, stereo spread on the keys etc. its like listening to a recording.
  25. dave_bass5
    I didn't say they played bad, just sounded bad. The mix was very unbalanced. I'm sure we have all stood on stage and can gauge how loud we are compared to the rest of the band, and make a pretty good judgment call as to how it sounds out front and make adjustments. We use our ears for this. When you have a full band that are all listening to personal mixes in their ears, they lose a sense of what it sounds like to the audience and can't make these judgement calls. Both bands were very tight but the second had a pretty poor mix. EDIT: to add to this, ive experienced the same thing in my band. When one of our guitarist went over to IEM's, he more or less gave up on settings a volume to match the other in the band. We would all be telling him we couldn't hear him and had to get him to take them out for a song or two so he could set his amp level a but better. He has now stopped using them for really small gigs like the one I posted last week, so he can hear his amp and gauge if it's too loud/quiet etc.
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