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[quote name='risingson' post='1370724' date='Sep 12 2011, 04:46 PM']Gear is nice, but ultimately replaceable. Being a talented, skilled musician is indispensable. It's a no brainer as to which one is more important.[/quote] +1 50 odd posts before this was mentioned... Garry

Nice Compressor.... x32 & x64 bit.... [url="http://vladgsound.wordpress.com/plugins/molot/"]Molot Comp[/url] Garry

Get hold of the Midi file for your track - Google free midi for what ever track name you need, or do your own. Mute the Bass track then bounce down to an Audio file. If the Bass on the Midi file is accurate or close enough, import that into a score programme and amend, then print off. Garry

[quote name='51m0n' post='1367366' date='Sep 9 2011, 10:13 AM']tape saturation emulation on nearly every track & every group too[/quote] Have you checked this out? Raving about it over at gearsluz. So little CPU, use it on every track & Buss. Its a neat little tool and does sound good. [url="http://dsp.sonimus.com/products/satson/"]Satson[/url] Garry

[quote name='J.R.Bass' post='1365683' date='Sep 7 2011, 07:59 PM']Turns out it is Nathan East, was just looking in the wrong places.[/quote] Nathan East played on a lot of the Whitney Stuff at that time - so it was just a guess really.. But since found out it was - but you have beaten me to it. Nice playing on that track. Garry

[quote name='crez5150' post='1365885' date='Sep 7 2011, 10:44 PM']Saturday Night - T-Connection[/quote] Great track, along with 'Do What You Wanna Do ' The Bass player sure likes to dig in... Garry

[quote name='J.R.Bass' post='1365642' date='Sep 7 2011, 07:30 PM']Just wondered if anyone knows who played bass on this great gospel tune? Also, anyone that fancies tackling it, i've transcribed it below. Also check my website for even more transcriptions Jake[/quote] Nathan East...?? I would like to know also. Thanks for the transcription. Garry

[quote name='flyfisher' post='1364640' date='Sep 6 2011, 09:16 PM']A blue note?[/quote] That will be a whoosh then.... I thought it was funny. Garry

[quote name='dlloyd' post='1363160' date='Sep 5 2011, 05:53 PM']I doubt it adds anything to the value. Was it just an amp that had been signed by him, or was it an amp that he had used on a tour or recorded with?[/quote] A few years back i had an EBS 350 head from Bernie Goodfellow when he was at Croydon, It had been used, then signed by Marcus Miller - it got little interest other than a trade + cash with a fellow Bassworlder for an EBS Fafner. Garry

Or if he is using the same DAW - just copy the project folder and file. Or export as an OFM file, if he can open that. Garry

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1361644' date='Sep 4 2011, 11:36 AM']Nobody know how this program works then?[/quote] Not tried Youtube ? is there not a Musescore forum? I am a Sibelius user, so no shortage of 'know it all's' hiding behind skips waiting to point you in the right direction... Hope you get it sorted. Garry

[quote name='Blademan_98' post='1361152' date='Sep 3 2011, 06:14 PM'][url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Band-Alain-Caron/dp/B000026UDR"]Sadly not available at the moment[/url][/quote] CD baby - if you don't mind MP3. [url="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/alaincaron2"]CD baby[/url] Garry

You can pick up 'Le Band' on Amazon and the others sites. And its a great album with stunning playing all round. Garry

[quote name='bassjamm' post='1360741' date='Sep 3 2011, 10:19 AM']Some really nice playing in the clips mate...[/quote] +1 Good stuff. Garry

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1357636' date='Aug 31 2011, 03:28 PM'][i]Sylvia [/i]by Focus. Great bass line, which [b][i]only [/i][/b]makes sense if played as part of the song.[/quote] And what part would that be then? For some catchy tunes and great playing - Dave Grusin. Garry

[quote name='Vibrating G String' post='1353832' date='Aug 27 2011, 07:22 PM']The comments are praising his fretless ability [/quote] Made me laugh as well. Garry

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='1353855' date='Aug 27 2011, 08:01 PM']What a great website![/quote] Yep plenty of decent video's over there. Garry

[quote name='bassman7755' post='1353845' date='Aug 27 2011, 07:48 PM']I prefer my fusion an little more old school ... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa_3f6XvCqk&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa_3f6XvCqk...feature=related[/url][/quote] His son 'Travis' on Bass too. Who can play a bit. Garry

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='1353798' date='Aug 27 2011, 06:50 PM'][url="http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2011/07/04/stevie-wonder-with-nate-watts-sir-duke-and-i-wish-live/"]http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2011/07/04/st...nd-i-wish-live/[/url][/quote] Hey good one Pete - looks like you have finally crash landed @ "No Treble".... If the Carole Kaye vid is still up, check it out, a trio thing with Joe Pass who plays a great solo. Garry

[quote name='lordfrog' post='1351738' date='Aug 25 2011, 08:42 PM']I can understand how an interface would benefit me - I'm not looking to spend a huge amount of money - but again, I've got to plug the interface into my Mac in some way? - I use the onboard sound card plugged through monitor speakers It sounds OK to me - I'm not looking for high end studio quality sound, (I've looked at your rather impressive and no doubt hugely expensive studio build) - most people never listen to music on high end hifi equipment, so that doesn't concern me too much So back to my original question - how would I connect an interface? - is firewire best? - or is a firewire mixer the way to go? I'm no sound engineer/ producer wannabe, but I would like a clean(ish) sound! A lot of my recording is midi guitar/ bass - so no noise issues at all - but I do like a "live" guitar/ bass sound too! thanks for your replies btw[/quote] Depends on your Budget. I too just record Bass & Guitar as Audio - Or basically just one instrument at a time, and lots of Midi stuff. I have just upgraded to this [Link below] and it is excellent.Incredibly stable with ultra low latency and rock solid midi at both 64 & 32 bit. And quite a good pre-amp, and does sound nice. Plenty of great reviews about. [url="http://www.rolandus.com/products/productdetails.php?ProductId=1166"]Roland Quad Capture[/url] Garry

This maybe ? - a track from the sound track album. Garry

[quote name='cheddatom' post='1351175' date='Aug 25 2011, 11:49 AM']I'd never actually heard of Sound Fonts. If I find I can write string parts then i'll start messing about with the sounds. My CPU usage is already at 80% on this particular song, so something "light" is what I need at the moment. Are Sound Fonts just as light as VSTis? I have used Reason in the past with ReWire but that dominates my CPU too.[/quote] The Sound font player is very very light on CPU, lighter than a Synth. And easy to use. Samples or Sound Fonts depend on RAM being Audio files, not CPU. So yep will be lighter on CPU. There are hundreds & hundreds of free SF's on the net, just google. You can build up quite an impressive library, And of course you can benefit from all the extra articulations, which will give you the authentic soundiing Orchestral sound. Another free Sound Font player on the link OldG supplied. It is Multi timbral with 16 midi channels. [url="http://freemusicsoftware.org/category/free-vst/soundfont"]Sound Font player[/url] I used to use sound fonts before going over to the Kontakt Sampler. Kontakt meant i could use the large Orchestral Sample Libraries now available. Garry

[quote name='cheddatom' post='1351009' date='Aug 25 2011, 08:58 AM']I'm looking for a VSTi for strings. I don't need the world's best sounds, just something better than the microsoft MIDI voices. Is there anything free?[/quote] Any VST'i Synth strings sound pretty awful. If you do not want to go down the sampler route, Sound fonts are your next good bet. They are Audio files and sound pretty decent, certainly better than Synth Strings. Just google free sound fonts, hundreds of them around. Try the link below for a start - you can download a free sound font player and a full bunch of Orchestral sounds, with a few articulations , Its dead easy to use. A free Convolution IR Reverb will help as well. [url="http://freesf2.com/"]Free SF & Sound fonts[/url] Garry

[quote name='chris_b' post='1349164' date='Aug 23 2011, 04:55 PM']Hit Parade songs released[/quote] Love that, Along with Popular Beat Combo's...Mi'Lud Garry

[quote name='51m0n' post='1349139' date='Aug 23 2011, 04:30 PM']Actually I think its the car stereo to blame, and the listening environment in general you live with in a car. For one you have immense noise in that environment, secondly it is highly possible that the bass response is highly tuned to the point of producing 'one note bass' and nothing else on that system. Both of these situations will cause you to only hear a single tone from the bass across a variety of material. You suggest that all bass tones in modern pop are the same, well depends on the modern pop really, but deep pillowy bass is easy to mix the rest of the track to, its underneath everything.[/quote] But the OP says the Bass on the older tunes still shone through with more detail ? And i have often thought that, when listening in the car. Garry