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[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1417471836' post='2620825'] Sorry, posted from a mobile, no smiley or tongue in cheek. Just a joke.....lol... And of course what you said is right. [/quote] Ah! Ironically, I have seen stereo widening discussed in that way in a magazine... I thought you may have read it... And not burnt it!

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1417468787' post='2620744'] A Stereo widening device is a waste of money and a gimmick. You can do it yourself. Just move your monitor speakers an extra foot apart, job done. [/quote] Not strictly true. Doing so will (kind of) widen the way you hear the mix (though it'll only really sound accurate if you move backwards the same amount you spread the monitors to maintain an equalateral triangle with the monitors) in your listening space, but not in the actual mix. Soon as it's not played on your monitors then that widening is gone! That's also not really stereo widening, as the centre/unpanned sounds will remain uneffected as long as you are positioned correctly. Stereo widening is however certainly not needed if you've made a finely balanced mix. In certain circumstances though it is needed in the mastering process to either slightly widen the panoramic image if the mix is too centre focused, or in rare places, to reduce the steep image where too many elements are panned and the centre of the mix lacks punch. I'd prefer to never use the process, assuming everyone can create great mixes, but unfortunately that doesn't always happen. As for LANDR. I tried it. Horrible. I am biased as I do master for a 'living', but the overall results seemed little more than a boost to the top end and some questionable brickwall limiting. Nothing you can't do very easily using almost any DAW. Having a machine finalise your audio is a pretty horrific concept in my opinion. May as well have the computer play your instruments for you too. The human element of mixing and mastering is what makes it so person and effective, IMO.

Hey folks, this is something I've been working on for a while and am mega excited to share it, whilst I appreciate this will not be for everyone Out today (Nov 25th) is Mountain of Skulls, the first single from the upcoming WRISTS record, The Censorship Trap, due for release on January 12th 2015. It's not for those easily offended amongst you, certainly NSFW, and discusses subject matter which many might find hard to swallow (the death toll caused by rising drug addiction)... If you don't like naughty words. Don't listen. If you do like hard, edgy, and heavy as f**k electronica mixed with hiphop, then please hit play. I'm afraid to say that this single has no live bass guitar in it (though plenty of bass!), however the album has elements of live bass (+pedals) and MIDI bass. Single stream/download -> [url="https://wristsmusic.bandcamp.com/album/mountain-of-skulls-single"]https://wristsmusic.bandcamp.com/…/mountain-of-skulls-single[/url] [media]http://youtu.be/MK9LQXCFP20[/media] For those that got this far, WRISTS is myself and Turtle Handz (MC based out of NYC). Bass-heavy, nasty, noisy electro hiphop mayhem. WRISTS is loud, abrasive, political, and balls deep! WRISTS was born out of a track from a little known project in 2012 called Patient Zero between myself and Canadian producer, Waatu. Turtle Handz laid down the vocals on the opening tune and a friendship was sparked, fuelled by a mutual love of the noisier side of electronica. Discussions took place, beats were made, ideas were passed back and forth between the UK and US, and eventually WRISTS was born. www.wristsmusic.bandcamp.com www.soundcloud.com/wristswristswristswrists www.facebook.com/wristsmusic

Love it!

Really like this stuff dude (first link won't work for me though). Really nice stuff. Get it mastered though... Way too quiet!! What's your signal chain look like for this stuff?

Recently tried the TC Spark Booster. Wasn't really expecting much, but it was pretty damn excellent. Well priced too.

NI Massive is a big win. Sonnox (Sony Oxford) Inflator is pretty incredible, as is their Limiter. Actually everything they make is frigging awesome, but not cheap! Waves RBass is an electronic producers bass-dream on a budget. EZ Drummer can't be argued with.

Pretty cool thread dude. I hope you don't mind me adding to it... I recently got asked a question on another forum about mixing on headphones (which many many people do!) and thought the answer would be of interest here... Mixing on headphones... Should I do it? I've also recently put together a free guide to creation better mixes and mastering your own audio at home, with just your laptop and DAW, avoiding the need for expensive plugins or outboard gear. If anyone is interested you can grab that HERE, or by following the link on the SubMix Audio home page. If I write any other relevant blog posts soon I'll share them on here if that's cool. Makes sense to keep it all in one place on Basschat.

My Roscoe is 32" scale... and up for grabs... do it! 32"is the way though. The difference between 32 and 33 feels far more beneficial than the move from 34 to 33. I love 32" scale.

Kind words dude. Each improvisation was done on a different day, so it captured the mood I was in at the time, based on what had happened that day. It was an interesting fortnight when I tracked that stuff! Shep.

[quote name='FretNoMore' timestamp='1414506605' post='2589967'] Very cool! Clicked on Lost in the dark and almost feel off my chair from the opening note, had the volume turned up a bit too much. [/quote] Yeah... I may have pushed the mastering limiter a little too hard actually! Ha.

I haven't had a board for a while now, and it's taken a while to get around to getting this up online, but if anyone is interested in the sounds that came from my last monster live pedalboard set up, here are a number of improvisations using it before I split it all up (and sold most of it!). Signal chain listings are on each tracks info... https://sheponbass.bandcamp.com/album/astronominal

Hey folks, today saw the release of my solo bass/effects/noise album, Astronominal. [color=#141823][font=Helvetica, Arial,]The record is available to stream and download here -> [/font][/color][url="https://sheponbass.bandcamp.com/album/astronominal"]https://sheponbass.bandcamp.com/album/astronominal[/url] [url="https://sheponbass.bandcamp.com/album/astronominal"][IMG]http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h44/pantherairsoft/Astronominal3_zpsdaaaec6a.jpg[/IMG][/url] [color=#141823][font=Helvetica, Arial,]Each track is a live one-take improvisation using bass and effects, between 2 and 9 minutes in length. Drums, percussion and vocals/spoken word were added later to suit the vibe of the improvisation. The listing for each track contains the effects signal chain, so you don't have to ask if you're interested in such geekery. I'd like to mention two thank you's as well - firstly to my good friend, our own mcgraham for the album name (a typo in conversation), and secondly to the very talented Steuart Liebig for showing me that releasing crazy stuff on the bass is totally OK![/font][/color] [font="Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"][color="#141823"]This record will certainly not be for everyone, and is, in the most part, highly unaccessible musically speaking, but I hope it does catch a few ears [/color][/font] [color=#141823][font=Helvetica, Arial,]Cheers,[/font][/color] [color=#141823][font=Helvetica, Arial,]Shep[/font][/color]