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voted yes.

split the MIDI (keyboard 's' will split at the cursor) into a separate item - the changes will only affect that item and not repeat.

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1327196440' post='1507815'] are those Tokais that good then.. never played one... Japanese i take it? heard lots about them [/quote] Yup! Bought mine in '89 - wouldn't dream of letting it go....

Excellent! Great performance from all of you - where can I hear more?

[quote name='bassmachine2112' timestamp='1326128301' post='1492660'] My way of doing a nut is to put a capo on the third position and look for light under the string at the first fret then tap down on the string and listen for the click and adjust till it almost dissapears.. [/quote] This... no click - raise the nut. Any discernable play before the click - cut the slot or dress the bottom of the nut.

edited my post to make better sense...

I enjoyed that - well done all... I used to play bass in a trio - the luxury of playing without a deafening drummer and bieng able to hear my amp was a joy! Honesty you asked for... I found your bass tone a little too muddy and indistnict for this type of gig TBH... IME I did find that I had to think differently about my bass tone - as I was hanging in guitar/vox territory instead of down with the drums, I found a less bassy,more defined tone worked better for a cohesive sound that helped put the guitar and bass together in 'the pocket'. Just a suggestion tho' Thanks for posting

'kin spendid tune! Made me grin - Thanks very much!

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lighter fuel cleans well also... any solvent should do the trick used with a plastic scraper and a lint free cloth. You might find the sticked areas darker when cleaned due to sunlight fading the rest

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1324044055' post='1470169'] Firewire is a standard so all such cards should do the same basic thing. They also all use the same basic interface chips. Besides, how much risk is there in buying a £3 card? [/quote] If the £3 card has a TI or VIA chip then great - go for it.. You can find cheap cards with these chipsets and I know from experiece I can software monitor with a round trip of 4 -5 ms using either of these cards. Whereas a Ricoh chipset won't even continuosly stream without dropouts - again IME

Anything based on a TI (Texas Instruments) chipset is preferable - VIA will do at a push... These are the only 2 worth considering for audio, as far as I know.

Colour me interested.. I'm in East Northants - so Midlands or London/outskirts is good for me I can bring my '82 Tokai Jazz (my one and only bass).

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It's sure to work with Reaper - download here... [url="http://www.cockos.com/reaper/download.php"]http://www.cockos.com/reaper/download.php[/url] Down and install > open program> options> preferences > audio> device> set audio system to ASIO and input/output to lexicon> click ASIO configuration button to set buffer as low as you can get away with (without any glitches,popos,crackles, etc). Go to insert>track when track appears click the red circular button to arm recording> click record button on main transport bar to record. good luck HTH

Make it groove! Play your bass so that the audience can dance to it. If you mess up - keep going! Just come back in on the beat as soon as you can. Wear earplugs, you could get to play on a much smaller stage than you are used to in rehearsal - much closer to the guitarists amps and the drummer who will probably be hitting harder due to ecxitement/nerves /adrenaline/dutch courage (delete as applicable). I found my first gig quite a shock volume wise..... Have fun! Don't drink too much and good luck!

My Tokai pickups gradually faded over time - maybe yours have done the same ( magnets got weaker?)..... and yes.white is 'hot'.

An easy test... take a litte screwdriver and hold it loosely above the polepieces on the pickups of both basses, I'm betting the Lakland will grab the driver and the Fender will a lot weaker. Same thing happened to my Tokai Jazz (pickups approx 25yo) - a newer set of pickups restored the volume, dynamics and tone in one go for £20 from the for sale forum.

Shim the front of the neck pocket to raise the neck joint angle - then tweak the truss rod to suit...

My first 'real' bass amp was one of these - want it back!!!!

A cheap mixer would do the job fine - maybe something like [url="http://www.gear4music.com/PA-DJ-and-Lighting/Behringer-Xenyx-502-Mixer/6PE"]this[/url]?. Could also come in handy for band use and/or recording... I sometimes use mine for amplified jams in the lounge, plugged into the stereo. then again, we don't have to be too quiet these days as my youngest is 20 now - and plays music much louder than we do! edit: ahpook has the perfect solution there.... What a grand offer! - I use a Phonic myself and well pleased with it.

[quote name='cheddatom' post='1351009' date='Aug 25 2011, 08:58 AM']I'm looking for a VSTi for strings. I don't need the world's best sounds, just something better than the microsoft MIDI voices. Is there anything free?[/quote] The most realistic free string VSTi I've come across is [url="http://freemusicsoftware.org/553"]Cellofan[/url] - sounds less 'midi' than most imho... edit: recording with Cellofan in use [url="http://soundcloud.com/mick-hastings/miss-you-rc"]here[/url]

Just bought some pickups from Rob , very nice easy transaction with no hassles in any way. From purchase to playing in three working days - Excellent!

Shipping is not as bad as you might think - work it out on GFS site, it calculates the shipping for you..

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