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[quote name='PauBass' timestamp='1369140749' post='2085289'] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Another option is the Gotoh 201 but I have read that getting a low action might be difficult?[/font][/color] [/quote] I shall second that. I have a Gotoh 201 on my P/J. the saddles are REALLY fat and with the saddles wound fully down, even after shimming my neck, the action is still a little high - and I like quite a high action!!!! The other thing about it is if you are used to damping using the side of your palm on the bridge then the saddle height adjusting screws are VERY sharp on the Gotoh 201 and if you do have the saddles all the way down on the deck then you may draw blood...I did.

[quote name='Cyrene' timestamp='1369139244' post='2085247'] The preferred outcome is that I sell the bass quickly. This would be achievable if BC lifted the obligatory payment. [/quote] I think you'll find that no matter how much you plead that that is not going to happen.....

What I want to learn from this exercise most is how to get the best out of the drums. The demos I make and the previous recording I have done have, for the last few years, all been done with the same kit - a specific custom kit in Superior drummer which uses (albeit professionally recorded) samples of the exact bits of kit our drummer uses). I know how that sounds, how the rest of the band want it to sound and how to make it sound that way etc etc..... Using a new source I find drums really really tough...the drums are by far the weakest element of my mix. If I understood the techniques employed by some of the others I feel sure my mixing could improve.... So, those of you who seem to be able to nail the drums month in month out, please reveal how you do it.

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1369129550' post='2085070'] I want to come play at your house! [/quote] I am in the process of converting what was marketed by the estate agent as the dining room into my music room. It adjoins the sitting room and the playroom. It currently houses a huge QuikLok desk with platforms for the Rokits. amd my yamaha 10/2 mini mixer. My Roland D10 keyboard andf my behringer BCR2000 midi controller sit on the desk. A 10U rack space housing a JP8080, an Alesis compressor, a MOTO MTPAV midi distro and a HiFi amp, the speakers for which are on pillar stands. There is a sofa and a Marshall fridge in there.too and my basses and guitar on stands....I do have kids that come to stay with me every other weekend and they have a playroom in the next room which I use as a vocal booth, running the mic cable under the door. As far as sound 'deadening' is concerned, there are heavy curtains draped on 3 of the 4 walls and carpet on the floor - not ideal but eliminates a lot of reflections..........the playroom is more lively with a hard floor and walls so has some reverb but not so much as a bathroom! All the gear, no idea me If I ever come to sell the house it will be a bastard to market as it no longer feels big enough to be a dining room! Ha Ha

Some of the greatest bass lines without even touching a string! genius RIP

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1369128551' post='2085060'] I guess that's symptomatic of how a lot of people listen to music these days. I only get chance to crank up the home hifi at weekends myself, so I'm certain among the headphone brigade. [/quote] I am the opposite. I live alone, so there's nobody to get upset and almost everything is done on speakers. Mixing and judging... i only use the phones very rarely.......

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1369126489' post='2085028'] Good question Si. I always test my own mixes using:[list] [*]Studio cans (AKG K240 MKII Semi Open). Not the best cans by any means, but I know them very well and do 99% of my mixing and listening on them. [*]Home hifi (old Tannoy speakers with a Cyrus amp, all 20 years old now! Adds lots of low end warmth so nowhere near a flat sound, but allows me to shift some air and check for issues at loud volume). [*]Bedroom hifi (some 'all in one' combo thingy that Mrs Skol refuses to throw out. Skews the sounds all over the place! If a mix sounds good on this, it sounds good on most things). [*]Phone ear buds (iPhone 5 jobbies). [*]Phone speaker (the most brutal test of all!). [*]Car stereo (if I can be arsed burning the mix to disc). [/list] ...when listening to mixes as part of this competition, I nearly always just use my AKG cans. Simply because they're the source I know and trust the most. PS: I've still yet to vote... [/quote] For me I listen back to the mixes using the same playback systems that I use when mixing: 1) The KRK Rokit6 monitors connected to the RME HDSP9632 in my studio PC 2) The Cambridge Audio hifi amp with Eltax speakers connected to the M-Audio 2496 soundcard in my studio PC 3) My Beyer DT-231 headphones via the Cambridge amp and m-Audio 2496 4) The Logic3 speakers connected to my office laptop I will also check my mix, if I can be bothered, on the NAD with KEF speakers stereo in the lounge and through the Bose system in the car. I find my headphones hide a multitude of sins and mixes can sound very different from the phones to the Rokits. Even switching from phones to speakers through the same amp I can notice a huge difference. I do think most of my listening environments tend to colour the sound in their own way - it is frightfully difficult to balance to allow for the whims of all the systems.

[quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1369081431' post='2084697'] , I don't happen to agree ,[/quote] That's democracy at work right there.... [quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1369081431' post='2084697'] but there was one out there that I thought was mixed under a blanket , I reckon you must have thought that one was mixed underwater [/quote]Aye - there is one.....hopefully you're not refering to the one I did....I doubt it but you never know...

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1369080822' post='2084689'] It fascinates me how many votes go to mixes that I can hear technical flaws in. [/quote] To me, the current leader in the poll (without giving anything away) sounds like it has been smothered with a pillow! yes it has in your face bass but that's about it....I think it has missed the important elements and structure of the song.... The snare definitely sounds like it has been smothered with a blanket or something and the lead elements have a thin far away feel to them... Just IMHO of course.... so shoot me

To me, the most important elements of this song are the vocal, the fiddle and the banjo. Between them they navigate a path through the song, providing the melodies throughout. To me, there is only one mix that does that consistently and successfully. It just happens to be mine, sorry. Ha Ha

[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1369001079' post='2083917'] It's my old one. The very same one featured in my avatar! I wish I could buy it back Truckstop [/quote] what's stopping you?

I have one of these:

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1368799359' post='2081691'] Why has nobody voted? [/quote] I won't vote until I've heard them through a decent system. I can't make judgements while in the office on my crappy logic3 speakers.

I don't know why but Mix C won't play for me.....all the others do though...and this month it is surprisingly difficult to identify mine!! Edit: Got Mix c to play now.....

It's always a relief to hear that you have mixed the correct tune (ie the same as everyone else) with the correct stems.....Ha Ha Ha

My JV has one

[quote name='TenLetters' timestamp='1368554331' post='2078515'] Hi, Is there any reason why the k-meter would be showing at near 0 on the 'mix' session but only -16 on the rendered wav? both sessions sound approximately the same volume. Also, just to double check it is the green meters were intrested in for this, not the floating white/red bars? [/quote] The K14-meter effectively recalibrates 0db to -14db (this is over simplified explanation) so although @ 0db on K14-meter it is -14db on a 'normal' metering and yes, green meters

I can't really wear tee shirts - I am the wrong shape.

can't help but check the email several times a day right now........

Cross between muscle memory and instinct.

[quote name='alexclaber' timestamp='1368541844' post='2078236'] I can't remember phoning anyone after receiving a deposit - having worked in telesales many moons ago I have a bit of a phobia about making telephone calls, it's like I already used up my lifetime allocation in a few very looooooong years... Expect a response by email but don't expect it quickly at the moment, we're all trying to stay away from the computers and keep all hands on actual manufacturing during the working day. [/quote] I remember a phone call after I paid my deposit, whether it was made by me or received by me, I can't remember - it wasn't you I spoke to, Alex, but another chap...you may remember I commented on what a great salesman he was as he managed to sell me a tweeter to go in my super twelve.

I used one iof these for a while...horrible it was....neck dive was awful.

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1368446629' post='2077089'] Did you get any confirmation that "yep, got your order, thanks, all under control, now sit, relax and wait"? I paid my deposit but did not get any kind of confirmation... just wondering whether it's normal or maybe I should check? [/quote] Did you not get a phone call to go through what it was that you wanted? I did a couple of days after paying my deposit. Discussed all manner of things: what basses I played, where I played, what pedals I used etc etc.....that conversation upsold a tweeter to me!! ha HA

It's the suppliers I feel sorry for in all this.

[quote name='Barefootbassplayer' timestamp='1368185784' post='2074170'] ..I'm into my 17th week of waiting for my big twin! [/quote] !!!!!!!!!! 17weeks???? That would make me only half way there!!