lurksalot

Have a good one , get the tin out and all your crowd taking pics

Welcome DAve [quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1361580043' post='1988036'] Now here's the real tester- say "Aluminium".................... (but seriously, there are 2 I's in it). [/quote] Alumilium

Hi Les , Welcome There are a few BCers around this neck of the woods , I have not used combos before as I always thought I needed LOUDER, but my rig is getting (physically ) smaller but with just as much presence. I have seen outfits play with smallish combos but I guess it all depends on the overall output you need or want at the rooms you'll play. There is some marvellous lightweight ( ) stuff out there which sounds superb. I tend not to read too much about a lot of it as I will end up with bad GAS I have sold stuff on the bay , but only when pushed , try on here though the marketplace is very active and may bring a result.

[quote name='Stephen Houghton' timestamp='1361581015' post='1988045'] Cheers for the recomendations I will deffo invest in these they look good, any pointers are appreciated I really dont have any idea what I am doing, cheers mate I am just going to change DAWs from Ableton to Pro tools 10, so this will be a really good move or a really bad one, time will tell. Any thoughts on the move anyone? [/quote] I have orderd these 2 books aswell , cheers Skol, but for DAW I am sticking with Reaper for a few reasons really , firstly it seems to produce some great results in the hands of a few talented types on here , so advice is a plenty and very kindly offered, secondly, I have just started to get my head around the way it works and how it can do stuff, and thirdly , probably most important for a tightwad like me , is that I have paid for it .

The disadvantage of getting entries in early is that you can't wait to get to the end of the month to start the next one , and that makes the month drag , this is the loooooooonnnnnnggggesssssstt February I can recall for a very long time

Ah I didn't realise it was THAT complicated , thanks for the pointer I have to think of another question now , that goes along the lines of embedding a google map in the forum. I shall have a quick shuffty before I ask it though , there maybe some clues in the youtube method

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1361397526' post='1985498'] I like his tobacco burst bass, waistcoat and glasses! [/quote] and tobacco burst vinyl flooring to boot , of which I had the same pattern but in white with grey diamonds.

OK , as a quick thread hijack, I can do photos by any number of methods just fine , but I just can't seem to do the embedding of you tube stuff and such , I want to embed the BCbass relay map , the code is on the links of the map , but its beyond me , I tried embedding this stuff before but no joy , Is there enough space left in this thread or does the answer deserve its own .

this will be my entry for the comp , it is a bit cleaner now I think , I have EQ'd the master channel a bit as well as I think some of the bottom end was sucked out in the upload last time. [url="https://soundcloud.com/lurksalot/mission-ray-v2"]Mission Ray V2 [/url]

[quote name='Jimryan' timestamp='1361382991' post='1985121'] Has that been pinned to the FB page yet? [/quote] Ha Ha , every time I think I have got somewhere , the bar gets raised , Is it do-able? it might be the FB page admin that needs to do that if it is possible but I will see if I can do it from the map end. I was trying to add photos to the place tags but that is beyond me at the minute .

We use a couple of ADJ Led Cans , they are good but we never sem to be able to get the far enough away from the stage to spread what is quite a narrow beam , so we aim at the ceiling across the stage area and it spreads it well . I am not sure whether they would compliment what you have , maybe just more of the same might work , with a couple of the little laser effects or a simple scanner or maflower to get a bit of light onto the crowd ocassionally

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1361377884' post='1985015'] Bit late with this but, yes - right click the placemarker file under 'places' on the left hand side bar and it gives an option to email it. Works a treat - I emailed my entire route of a recent Mexico trip, uploaded from a datalogger. Edit - I am sure I have missed it, but is there a running order for this yet? [/quote] Cheers Paul , I have a public map that can be seen [url="https://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?msid=210691614987351235849.0004d5f2ff114291042ee&msa=0&ll=53.87844,-1.362305&spn=11.570906,31.289063"]here[/url] , as long as I keep my eye open for the dates it should work OK .

Brillliant , really pleased it went well .

Well done Jim , well done for getting it off the ground [url="https://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?msid=210691614987351235849.0004d5f2ff114291042ee&msa=0&ll=53.87844,-1.362305&spn=11.570906,31.289063"]BCBass Relay google map [/url] I hope that works , I will update it as and when the next event becomes obvious or completed ,

[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1361019752' post='1979840'] [url="https://maps.google.com/"]https://maps.google.com/[/url] >> MY PLACES >> CREATE MAP ... then make it publicly available/editable [/quote] Haha , I have been having a play with google trying to do just that , but didn't know about that bit , I was messing with creating a google earth file with trhe route on and everything but it it was getting me confused . I shall create a sign in and have a look at that tommorrow . gigs a calling now though . Have a good one tonight Jim

Works fine for me , I can't tell the sublte differences in the mix , but it is a day since I listened to the original , it sounds sweet though

Ha Ha , just as I thought I was climbing the learning curve .........it just got steeper

[quote name='Stephen Houghton' timestamp='1360710817' post='1975392'] Thanks i will take that on board and will have a pop at a remix, did you listen through headphones, quality speakers or computer speakers/laptop? Have remixed it slightly and brought the bass up a touch, dropped the keys down very slightly, let me know if you think this is better? [/quote] I only have headphones on my lappy at the moment , we are in a decoration/re-arrange mode at the minute , with regard your work, the don't take my word as gospel, I am new to the critique of mixing , but I am considering how much the mixing is a part of a composition competition ? if, like my entry, the composition is instrumental, then I guess the mix is fundamental. but I like it I have tried to listen again , but I get a script error ? I will go again tomorrow .

many thanks for the kind words , I am just chuffed to get one in . [quote name='Stephen Houghton' timestamp='1360687914' post='1974721'] Would appreciate some feedback myself if anyone can spare the time. Cheers [url="https://soundcloud.com/9thaspect/beyond-words-entry-for"]https://soundcloud.c...words-entry-for[/url] [/quote] I really liked it , I think the overall ambience was lovely , I thought the bass could be higher and I thought the synth was a bit to far forward and 'pulsey' If you get my drift , but the same thing happened to mine on the soundcloud , my bass dropped a bit and a similar synth sound leapt out , But the composition was very appropriatte to the theme , very nice .

I am a composition virgin no more , my first entry , ooh er missus , I have really enjoyed having a go at this , thanks for all the help I have had so far , I am sure I will be back fo more . I don't totally understand, but the soundcloud mix I have uploaded does sound a bit different to my original, I think my synth sounds are a bit brighter. for your interest [url="https://soundcloud.com/lurksalot/radiation"]here [/url]

I have managed to record a resemblance of a composition and am reasonably confident of getting an entry in this month, but still consider myself very much a novice in composing, recording and mixing. My daughter asked to listen to what I had done so far , so I duly hit the play button in Reaper so she could hear it , a short while later she offers both her critique and help in mixing the work . whats more , judging by her observations, I think she understands some of the issues in my efforts Now I must say in my defence , she has learnt a bit of Cubase ( at school) , BUT , she is 12 years old , apparantly DAW is on the learning spectrum at that age now , all we did in music at that age was listen to an album that someone in the class brought in.

[quote name='Lord Sausage' timestamp='1360353765' post='1969303'] I don't go in for all this muscle memory stuff, it's just the brain. We don't have muscles in our fingers! [/quote] I always had the impression that muscle memory is just training the brain by repetition of the muscle movement. its kind of why you can pick your nose without really thinking about it ............. and then your mum shouts at you , then your wife , and then your kids , the dog ...........maybe not such a good analogy

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1360329066' post='1968682'] As some who has never practiced for the sake of practicing ........................................... People go on about muscle memory, but I just don't seem to have it. I have a sneaking suspicion that it is another symptom of the condition that most obviously manifests itself as dyslexia... [/quote] I am similar to you but I have started to do a bit of scale practise based on the fact that you only develop muscle memory if you give it something to memorise. I can pretty much play Summer of 69 blindfold , and that only comes from gigging it week after week for ???? years .

I was quite chuffed when I first realised that I could 'see' a bassline when hearing it , I think it just is as much like training your ear.

Thanks guys , If I can put a bit more time on it I will , I am still working my way around the software and there a few things that I have got to get my head around , but its all good fun .