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If any folks use a Convolution Reverb, this (free) site has some impulse reverbs. [url="http://www.openairlib.net/"]http://www.openairlib.net/[/url]

Bit of a rush, but my track for September challenge. https://soundcloud.com/garrycribb/all-alone

Yep, bummer that. But on the plus side, you have had several hours of transcriptions and practice. Unless of course you were transcribing Susan Boyle sings Black Sabbath.

I was going to have a scale ramble, but Doddy and Dad have summed it up for me.

Hey Gonzo...Just listened to the tracks on Jeff's site. Really top stuff, great band with some stylish playing all round. Terrific production as well. Some top bands and Musicians on that KJAZZ radio page.

If you are using Firefox on windows, it could be the (updated)flash player plugin causing the problem. If so, you can disable this and Youtube will play fine, but you will have problems on other sites. I had this start a few days ago on Firefox with the latest Adobe Flash installed. I just enabled the HTML5 player, and Youtube plays fine without disabling the Adobe Flash player. Easy to do. Just click on 'request the HTML5 player'. http://www.youtube.com/html5?gl=GB&hl=en-GB

[quote name='Mornats' timestamp='1410905326' post='2554658'] My uncle gave me his old Tascam Portastudio over Christmas so I've been meaning to give it a go and see how it all worked before digital. It'll be a great experience I bet [/quote] This might interest you. http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2014/09/16/how-to-use-a-tascam-portastudio-as-an-instrument/

To be honest doing things on the iPad will still be "long winded", there is no easy way to start, but after a few YouTube watches and even the dreaded "manual", it all becomes easy just to record a few basics like Bass, Drum grooves etc. Turn on Mac/PC/Tablet/iPad open relevant app/programme, hit record and all done. I tend to agree with Skol...Reaper, GarageBand ( or whatever DAW) is the easiest way to go, even more so with the hundreds of online tutorial videos available.

Copying audio between Apps can be a bit flakey. But I use 'Audiocopy', http://retronyms.com/audiocopy/ and a must really, 'Audioshare', http://kymatica.com/Software/AudioShare Both are compatible with a couple of hundred apps, and growing. To complete your Arsenal it's worth grabbing 'Audiobus', (app to app audio routing). http://audiob.us I found using the three above, I can pretty much get things done. But to be honest, it's just a sketch pad for ideas for me when on my travels, along with Notion for iPad (that app I do use a lot).

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1410790581' post='2553145'] I recently got a pair of PreSonus Eris E5s (£109 each), and I'm very pleased with them. I compared them with the Yamahas in the same price bracket and I thought the Yammies were harsh. [/quote] Just got a pair of these for my lad (next size up E4.5, extra £30.00 each speaker), We had a chance to compare with a pair of Equator D5's, and both sounded great (excellent), and to be honest very similar, My lad thought the PreSonus just had a slightly tighter bottom end. Both brands are in an affordable price range and well worth checking out. The PreSonus review. http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/oct13/articles/presonus-eris.htm PreSonus write up. http://www.presonus.com/products/Eris

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1410726070' post='2552492']its worth it for the cost if nothing else![/quote] There is that...lol.... As well as standing in the back garden in the rain and snow.

Another great musician gone. Terrific musician/keys/composer. Played on so much great stuff. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29197456 RIP http://youtu.be/j8PnDRAxI4A

Yep, I use the palm mute version ( although not using the fingers as well). I tend to play the technique back towards the bridge so as to get a bit more clarity & bite, and also for the very quick decay, rather than a thud. Round wounds for me. Marcus Miller and Anthony Jackson are excellent with that style.

[quote name='steve-soar' timestamp='1410554229' post='2550821'] Wow, what a load of non-funk sh*te has been posted [/quote] Well.......OP did say Brit Funk......lol... It was a term that always baffled me.

Are you a light player by nature (you mentioned a 30 year problem)? Is turning up out of the question? Just asking, because back pup playing usually punches through quite easily, and Nuances and little subtle articulations should shine out. Someone above mentioned tipping the 2x10 on it's side (when stacked). I am 6'3" and I usually do that if struggling to hear myself when on a standing gig.

[quote name='the boy' timestamp='1410381824' post='2548917'] Absolutely, I'm a simple soul though and I need rules, boundaries as it were. Once the rules are established them there's always room for a little chaos but if chaos is the stepping stone then brimstone is surely the journeys end. [/quote] Lol......Could be some lyrics for one of your tunes there.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1410379558' post='2548881'] Strung through body, epoxy preamp with tantalum caps rather than electrolytic, slab body, larger pickup magnets and a dollop of 70s magic [/quote] Ah...So quite a difference, although I had to Google 'tantalum caps' and 'electrolytic'...lol... which in turn led me to the EBMM forum....ha ha..quite a place.

I have a 78 Stingray, had it for years but don't use it that much. But when I do take it out, I have no problem with it 'sitting in the mix'. Everything full up (Bass/Treble and Volume). I tend to have a high action, and it seems to have a rich throaty tone. Not really a tech freak, so I would like to know why my MM sounds quite different to the EB MM two band.

[quote name='the boy' timestamp='1410359840' post='2548537'] Do people simply wade in with obscure choices on the hope that no one else knows their choice. [/quote] Apart from that Solo album by the Scandinavian Swedish Chef mentioned earlier, there will always be 'someone' who knows the album offered up. Some might take weeks, but we will get there in the end. Part of the fun.....innit bruv.

I think you are talking about punters, certainly most musicians I was working with wouldn't have classed the above as Jazz. Maybe, Groove, Funk Jazz, Jazz Funk, Fusion etc, and even the dreaded 'Smooth Jazz' term was starting to creep in. Dave Grusin, Lee Ritenour, Grover Washington etc top of the list with that. All (most) of the above (and many others of course) had some kind of Jazz back ground. I was certainly scrambling up to Ronnies when those artists were turning up. It was interesting times with top players performing.

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1410350079' post='2548382'] "Migration" by Dave Grusin[/quote] Take it away Bert!! I am out of this madness.

[quote name='toneknob' timestamp='1410290685' post='2547943'] On the nose. Take it away. [/quote] Off we go then........ 1. Punta Del Soul 2. Southwest Passage 3. First - Time Love 4. Western Women 5. Dancing in the Township 6. Old Bones 7. In the Middle of the Night 8. T.K.O. 9. Polina