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MartinB
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I absolutely love Rocksmith 2014/Remastered. Hundreds of hours on bass and guitar, and I've never even touched CDLC yet. I imagine that being able to read sheet music at a high level gives you a similar sort of experience, in that you're able to skip the "learn the song" part and jump straight to "play the song". Without Rocksmith, I'm not sure I would ever have knuckled down and practiced consistently enough to be confident in auditioning for bands. What they've done with Rocksmith+ is a tragedy.
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Here's what I found: Source Connector Mode Output ====== ========= ==== ====== Stereo XLR Mono Mono Stereo XLR Stereo Stereo Stereo TRS Mono Mono Steroo TRS Stereo Stereo Balanced mono XLR Mono Mono Balanced mono XLR Stereo ??? Balanced mono TRS Mono Mono Balanced mono TRS Stereo ??? Not sure what's going on with a balanced mono source on the Stereo setting. It's doesn't sound the same as Mono - it's quieter but "wider". Possibly it's panning one signal to each side, which then results in weirdness because each ear is out of phase with the other?
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Or ESP
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I've got both the Behringer P2 and the Aliexpress version now. The Behringer claims but both units will turn up to unholy volumes with no suggestion of any kind of limiting. I saw a post elsewhere suggesting that this is really more about protecting the amplifier from being damaged by short circuited headphones than protecting the user's hearing. So a no-score draw there. The battery access, belt clip and mono-stereo are definitely better on the Aliexpress job, though to be fair Behringer "inherited" their design from Fischer so it's not strictly their fault 😆. Weights are very similar. Behringer is slightly smaller in cross-section. The locking input on both applies only to XLR cables - a TRS will pull right out of there.
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Don't get me wrong - I like a nice tort. That one just isn't a nice tort 😆. It's dull, and too red to go with the blue paint. I'd want a much darker brown with more pattern - but an off-white pickguard would be better still.
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Aside from the ugly tort, I think this one's pretty decent. It follows the outline of the body properly, unlike a lot of the disasters in this thread. Just needs a little tweak in the area next to the neck:
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It looks way more interesting this way than it would if the screw holes had been filled & painted and it was just a flat mass of colour
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As someone who mostly plays Jazz necks, the word I would use is "chunky"
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These are pretty cool! Also:
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The figure-8 cable I was looking at (https://custom-lynx.co.uk/product/2sj-2sj-_-rean/) says the following: Think I'll just get one and see what's what, since I've got a use for it elsewhere if this idea doesn't pan out. My Aliexpress "P2" should be here this afternoon - will give it a test to see if it really does have a limiter or not.
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Yep, I saw that - thanks! That's what the made-up Designacable one uses. I'm wondering whether there's a middle ground between this premium option, and lashing together separate mono and stereo cables.
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I'm looking at options for a single cable with the unbalanced mono bass signal going one way, and a stereo or balanced-mono signal coming the other way and into a headphone amp (Behringer P2 or similar). The pre-made options seem quite spendy: - Ernie Ball Instrument And Headphone Cable ~£60 - Designable Combo Cable for IEM Systems ~£80 Plus they need an additional patch cable to connect to the headphone amp. Could the same thing be achieved more affordably by using a dual TRS cable? e.g. this for ~£15 The second core (Ring) on the connection from the bass would be unused; if this was going to cause an issue (e.g. with an active bass that uses a stereo socket for switching), it ought to be simple enough rewire those plugs to join Ring and Sleeve. Does this seem viable, or am I missing something? Possibly something to do with shielding and grounding?
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You could try using the "Ba PEQ" (parametric equaliser) effect to see if there's a specific range of frequencies that sound harsh to you. Set Q1 to maximum and Gain1 to minimum, and then adjust Freq1 while playing. This will be removing a narrow band of frequencies, so when you find a spot that makes the pickups sound, you can try reducing Q1 to make it wider and Gain1 to make it less dramatic. If you're having trouble finding the offending range, try setting Gain1 to maximum instead, and twiddle the frequency until it really emphasises the bad sounds - then you can turn the gain down to knock them out.
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Yeah I figured it was most likely identical - just odd that they don't mention it. I'll give it a test when it arrives 🙂
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