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Greetings! My name is Jacob, and I recently completed an MA in Audio Arts (studio recording and music industry) at Syracuse University in central New York. I've only got a couple of years of DAW skills under my belt, but the equivalent to a thesis for my MA was to produce a full-length album of original music by year's end. [url="https://open.spotify.com/album/7dLNHtOx3t76McQonYIvRb"]https://open.spotify...x3t76McQonYIvRb[/url] I was lucky to be contacted by Maria, the singer and songwriter of this album, in August 2016. Our original goal was just to cut some piano and vocal demos that sounded better than her self-made iPad & Garageband demos. Once we got into the studio, I realized that her voice deserved more than just a piano, and we pulled together a band. We tracked various parts throughout the fall and winter, and tried to maintain the livest feel possible even though we never got all the musicians together in the studio at the same time. I did all of the recording, editing, mixing, and mastering. I played bass on every track (Dingwall Super P5 and ABZ6, into a Broughton P15 for a couple tracks, and the rest were straight into the school studio's real vintage Neve 1073's). I tracked the electric guitar on Fragile 22 and the acoustic on Sittin' Solo. There are blemishes, but for a first go of full production from beginning to end, Maria and I are pleased with our results. I'm working on smaller projects here and there and hope to pick up more mixing/ editing/ mastering, and possibly recording work now that I'm settled in Belfast for a PhD in Ethnomusicology. Please, give it a spin and comment here! If you don't do Spotify, just search Maria Bufalini wherever you get your music from.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1509541431' post='3399742'] USB3 is old tech. You won't be seeing it on any new Apple products. [/quote] The problem I see is that while USB C and Thunderbolt may be the future, they sure aren’t the standard yet. And I realize Audio pros make up such a tiny fraction of Apple’s market that they don’t even care if we’re alienated by way of connectors and overpriced dongles.

Unless Apple gets their s*** together and gives us back USB3.0 connections, I will never buy a new MacBook again. I went from a MacBook Air 13" (8gb RAM, 128gb SSD, barely 2gHz processor) which was adequate to learn the basics of ProTools on, then swapped with my wife to a 2015 MacBook Pro 13"(8gb RAM, 500gb SSD, 2.2gHz processor I think). When I started an MA in studio recording, I did a lot of research and decided to jump in the time machine. I went used and bought a mid-2012 13" MacBook Pro with a 2.5ghz Intel i5, preloaded with 16gb RAM, and a 256gb SSD. I then bought a hard-drive caddy which you mount a drive to and put in place of the DVD drive. I put a 1TB SSD in there and run the two drives together as one Journaled drive for 1.25TB of storage, more than enough to store all the loops and stuff associated with Logic. The mid-2012 machines were the last Macs that were totally user-serviceable. You can add or replace RAM, the hard drive, battery, fan, you name it... in order to make the machines smaller, they went with pre-soldered RAM and whatnot after this model. The display isn't nearly as nice as the Retina stuff, and it's a touch heavy, but it cost me just shy of $500 for the used machine (I shopped around and waited to find one with some of the upgrades I wanted already, like the maxed out RAM and a SSD), plus $270ish for the 1TB drive and a bit more for the drive caddy w/tools for replacement. I'm into the machine about $800US (~GBP 600). The savings of going for one of these older machines can be put into upgrades, an external drive for backups (buy this [b]first[/b]), and a monitor for those really intense mixing and editing sessions.

[quote name='1976fenderhead' timestamp='1509478002' post='3399315'] I use the Ampeg SCR-DI but have no use for the Scrambler part and the pedal is heavy and massive so I think I may just get the Ampeg Classic Preamp and a passive DI box... Which do you recommend? Would something like this do? http://www.samsontech.com/samson/products/processors/s-max/md1/ That's about 30 quid. Can I go even cheaper? [/quote] I’ve got the stereo version of the Samson so I can get a pre and post pedalboard signal. Works great, as well built as a Radial.

[attachment=256495:pedals oct 2017.jpeg] First time here, but a long-term TalkBass poster/ Pedal Breeder. I've downsized so much in order to get something small and reasonable for my move over here to Belfast. In the last year I went from a Pedaltrain 2 to a Pedaltrain Jr. to a Pedaltrain Novo 24 and now down to this Nano. I should have held out for a Nano+ so I could orient those better and keep my tuner onboard, but the clip-on or tuner in a DAW works just fine. Maybe I'll find a local trade for the ever-so-slightly bigger board. Dingwall A[color=#8b4513]B[/color][color=#daa520]Z[/color]6 or [color=#ff8c00]Super PJ5 [/color]-> DIY Madbean 4:1 Compressor -> [color=#4b0082]Broughton Broughctave[/color] ->[color=#ffd700] Southampton Fifth Gear v2.1[/color] [size=2](the slightly newer version in a taller 1590b enclosure)[/size] ->[color=#008000] DIY Lil Bub Big Muff[/color] [size=2](Madbean Mudbunny built to Green Russian specs with a 3-way switch for flat/ scooped/ boosted mids)[/size] -> [color=#800080]Broughton JoshWah[/color] -> [color=#000080]Zoom MS100BT [/color] I run all of this -> Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 -> 2012 Macbook Pro [size=2](ProTools for recording, GarageBand for practicing)[/size] -> AKG k240 I miss my big board, but I get a lot of mileage out of this minimalist setup. I also really miss playing through an amp, but I'm living in an apartment for the first time in years, and don't have a band on the horizon yet, so I'm getting used to playing through headphones.

Hi forum! My name is Jacob, and I just moved to Belfast, Northern Ireland from the US with my wife. I’m here for a PhD in Ethnomusicology, and I’ve got a BA in anthropology and an MA in audio arts (music industry and studio recording). I play most styles, not really into country, but I’m a big fan of prog rock, metal, and funk. Along with playing bass, I also do remote mixing and mastering. I brought a Pedaltrain Nano with just the essentials and my two Dingwalls - an ABZ6 and a Super PJ5. I’m also a member of TalkBass. Thanks for having me!