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Yeah it’s all about the Olive one for me too! Si

Really, most DAW's will run on most computers, they themselves don't need a great deal of juice. Once you start building larger music projects in your DAW though, be it lots of midi or lots of audio....or both, that's where you need to consider the performance of your computer. If you want to record one bass/guitar track along to a backing track, a lower spec will be fine. If you're looking to actively learn about music production and envisage building larger and larger sessions as you get better, then aim for a better spec off the bat, budget permitting. Personally I'm a Mac/Logic user, but if I were going PC, my minimum spec would be i7, 16gb (with room to increase), 1TB SSD. So you're largely there, the i5 will be fine I think, and you might be able to plop an upgrade in at some point if you run out of juice (motherboard permitting). You will also want an audio interface of some description if you're looking to record bass/guitar. Most newer MIDI devices connect over USB, so: A) You won't necessarily need an audio interface with MIDI Din connectors. B) As has been mentioned, ensure that you have plenty of USB sockets on your motherboard choice. If you have to add a USB Hub to your setup, not all are created equal, research what works well for music production. For a PC DAW, I'd go Reaper or Cubase. Pro Tools on PC isn't great in my experience. Ableton Live & FL Studio are typically more for electronic/clip/sample based music generally. Logic is Mac only. Good luck Si // Focusrite

Well, perhaps, but it depends how cyclical you want to be with definitions: “disapproving : a person who strongly and unfairly dislikes other people, ideas, etc. : a bigoted person” This initial definition kinda speaks to what you’re saying, although I think the word ‘unfairly’ is fairly key. Is it fair to suggest that someone who is intolerant of a pro-slavery position a ‘bigot’?Perhaps in some people’s eyes, but it might also be informed by the somewhat more defining addendum of: ”especially : a person who hates or refuses to accept the members of a particular group (such as a racial or religious group)” Si

As I mentioned before, there’s a fine line! Causing offense could simply be someone speaking truth to another who experiencing cognitive dissonance about a given subject, the could be ‘offended’ by the truth. Someone who is pro slavery and economic control of minority communities will be ‘offended’ by Rage Against The Machine. Someone who simply does not like swearing in music might be equally offended but for vastly different reasons. So with that said, I think it might be fair to say that being offensive is fine, being a bigot is not. Si

Oh wow, equating sex with gender*…yeah we probably should leave it there. Si (*they’re very different things)

That’s your right to think that, and mine to think that you’re disrespectful and purposefully skewing the conversation because of your animosity towards non-binary people. What you could have done was come in and state “I’m a woman, here’s my take on offense and misogynistic comedy/music/art”, but nope. Si

Just curious, it’s often cis straight white men who have the “yeah I see nothing wrong with offending others, I think it’s funny” type ethos, as we have often never experienced any real discrimination. While it’s a spectrum, and comedy will often ride the fringes (white men don’t have exclusive rights to offending people obviously), it’s a fine line between being able to laugh at ones archetypal beliefs and situations and experiencing straight-up racism/sexism/xxxxism ‘because it’s funny’ and ‘you just don’t get it’. Si

Just out of curiosity…..and I have no preconceived ideas as to what the answer will be…..who on this thread isn’t a cis straight white man? Si

Serek getting their first copy there, second in from the left.....but with a yucky headstock! Hopefully there is some refinement and we get another quality UK luthier out of it! Si

I'm actually in for basses this year! There's a chance I'll want to buy another amp (if the company releases it soon.....inside knowledge), but we'll see. I think I might also need to replace a broken envelope pedal, but that'll be within the rules. But yes....no basses for sure! Si

Yeah that’s my go-do Bart setup, I’ve had it on 3 separate basses, one of which is my current Lakland 55-01. I love it. Modern and deep yet versatile. The HR/918 is just the Pre-wired harness that includes the NTMB pre. Si

Bartolini Dual Coil soapbars and NTMB+F preamp. Done and done! Si

(meant as the nicest possible jibe ☺️) Si

Find one of the Squire P5’s, very well thought of and covers both your requirements. Boom Si

So Daphne or Sonic Blue perhaps!? Si

The Grace Jones remix album ‘Hurricane Dub’ is also excellent from a ‘getting into dub via pop music’ type angle. Si

I think at that point, the only 'standard' colour was Sunburst. There's a point of contention as to whether Oly White was standard or 'Custom'....but yeah....it ain't white either haha Si

I mean....that's still between 1-3 million people haha. Si

*The fact that you feel the need to explain humour, as if you have access to some universal truth that others do not, while ignoring your lack of ability to 'apply' that humour (presenting it in written form, that allows for no emotive/face to face context, to an audience that hasn't overtly subscribed to your way of thinking) makes me feel safe in the knowledge that it wasn't a good joke. Cheers Si *All the above is an extremely funny joke that you might not understand because it's applied so well.

Ridiculous sweeping statement that you MUST know is untrue?! Any preference/ideology has it's militant arm, the same way that it also has it's quiet 'just get on with it' contingent. I suspect that a lot of people know more vegans than they realise......because most don't bang on about it like a few think they do. Si

Yeah I've been looking at Right-On for a little while. While I'm not strictly vegan, i increasingly feel weird about leather straps, although I appreciate that my current ones are reconstituted leather. I suspect that as and when they wear out, I'll be going down the Right-On route. How do you find the width on yours @Boodang? I think they're about an inch narrower than my current ones, and that gives me a mild pause for thought. Cheers Si

I mean, there are vegan folk who are excellent singers and carnivores who 'screech like Yoko Ono'.....what's your point? Also, Yoko Ono wasn't/isn't vegan, so weird reference. Si

It mostly sounds like you think there's maybe 1 or 2 vegans in the world 😂 Si

More's the pity Si