musicbassman

I'd be interested to know what program you're using, @ubit. I use Groove Music on my PC to play a supposed random selection of covers I've loaded to play along to on bass, and the same 40 or 50 songs keep coming up over and over when it's set on random, when there's hundreds to choose from. 😟

Thanks @fretmeister I'm not planning on doing video editing or anything fancy, I just want a typical Home PC for regular use (I'm not a gamer) but I want to make sure that it's not going to have future problems running a DAW. Some people on here are saying they're running Reaper on 10 yr old machines, but I do appreciate that plugins can start weighing things down a bit. Total budget is around £1K inc 28" monitor. And I'm glad to say my son will happily build it for free as a present for his dear old Dad

Thanks, @chyc, I'm primarily planning on using it to record multitrack MIDI and samples, using the 'piano roll' for notation. ( Not sure if I'm using the right terms here) Apart from a bit of guitar and bass not a whole lot else going on in terms of live instrument recording. No one seems to say too many bad things about Reaper, which is why I'm drawn to it, but there is an occasional reference to latency if you're running many different VI's or effects. But I guess that's going to apply to any DAW.

Thanks for this, @BigRedX. I don't know why there's two drives, I simply did a screenshot of the info my son sent me, but that would seem to make sense. I'll ask him about this. And I can now understand that an audio interface is essential. - however, deciding what to choose will have me searching for ideas and suggestions through the numerous other threads on here which cover this. 🙂

Not a week goes by without lamenting the loss of my '63 P, which travelled everywhere with me through numerous bands in the 70's and early 80's Sold it through Andys in Denmark St around 1983 - it went for £500, and I understood the bass player from The Bangles bought it. 😢

That's wonderful! I especially like 'remove cattle from stage' and 'release the penguins' 😄 Source ???

Hi guys, My old PC (11 yrs old) is slowly dying and my son, who is a skilled engineer, has offered to build me a new one rather than have me run along to Currys. He has previous experience of building PC's, so I have no worries there. But I'd like to start using a DAW (maybe Reaper) and I'm still not really clear as to what PC spec is required for running a DAW, apart from the fact that you need a decent amount of RAM. Back in the day, you used to need a dedicated soundcard to run a DAW, but this doesn't seem to be mentioned now - is this because you can rely on the built in sound processing on a motherboard these days? Or have I misunderstood something? Any advice welcome - here's a screenprint of what he's proposing to use:

Now, if I had a son aged 15-18 I certainly wouldn't let him reply to this. 🥺 You're welcome to follow the link, but it's not good.

Several questions here ! Are you talking about your plucking fingers or your fretting fingers? What sort of strings are on your bass - flatwound? roundwound? Are the strings new? Most bass players would actually choose to have dry-ish hands, as this keeps your fingertips a bit harder - having soft skin either through moisturising or having sweaty hands also means possibly ending up with more blisters and skin damage. Having the ideal slightly thickened smooth skin on your fingertips takes a lot of playing time to develop nicely, and is something that can't be rushed. If you're developing blisters or worse then try and play for shorter periods until this is no longer an issue. Just my opinions, others may have different suggestions. 🙂

Yep, I remember going over there around '81 and they were all raving about the first Casiopea album which they had on full blast. Casiopea's brand of Japfunk sounded so advanced and technically brilliant at the time, but if I hear any of that stuff now it just sounds like lift music. How times change.

Fender four string bass = Absurd riff enters song

I had an empty diary for NYE but a last minute dep has just popped up. It's a decent band I've depped with before,and a gig is always better than b###y Jools Holland. By the way, I've just googled this, and his rather predictable NYE show has now been running since 1993 !.......... 🥺

I hoped this was a parody, but unfortunately I don't think it is. Hardly helps spread the message, does it ? Fail rating : 100% ☹️

Honey............Errr...................the babysitters arrived !............................. 🥺

Usual reaction from anyone who sees it..................

Am I the only one whose never heard of it ? Googled it and no real information available. What did I miss ? Was it good ? 😮 Please tell.

Here's the Jacob Mann Big band with Sam Wilkes on bass and Louis Cole on drums. I'd be happy staying on the line if I was hearing this.

Two old favourites that are excellent for moderate level pick practice - Footloose and Long Train Running

There, fixed it.

This makes about as much sense as keyless ignition in cars - i.e. a solution looking for a non-existent problem.

Well, if a guitarist will do as a substitute for a bass player, then maybe a hand held megaphone will do as a substitute for a PA............ 🙄

@stewblack, don't get yourself down about this. It's the cross all bass players have to bear. We bass players know that the bass is the rhythmic and melodic glue that binds everything else together. It's very subtlety is it's own misfortune, but we all secretly know that the bass line can make or break a song. Sermon over. 🙂 Go forth and enjoy your subtle bass playing pleasures.

This would be on that list. Mind you, I normally just do dep gigs, and if I turned up to do a dep and I saw the band had this on their set list I might need a change of trousers.......... 😬