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You can use Fiverr (an online marketplace). I’ve used it for some cheap branded animations for a charity and it was fine. The prices are low, but many of the people there are fantastically well qualified. Use reviews as a guide and offer a generous tip if they do good work. You’ll likely be surprised at what you can get for your cash!

Ella always sounds great and this is pretty cool but have you heard the Marsalis version with Jon Hendriks (same record as Winter Wonderland)?

I've always been quite minimal: I had an overdrive for solos, and a fuzz for the odd song that needed it. The "signature sound," such as it was, was a Gibson-style bass into a valve head. And since you asked for clips - this one features the OD (Ibanez Bass Tubescreamer - skip to 1.55 for the bass solo): https://youtu.be/WsWxzQfo_1s?si=x5iqbWaKD2cdhyd2 ...and this one features the fuzz (EHX Bass Big Muff): https://youtu.be/6SBOchDGZ7E?si=nxHp5-vvcLm6IbQI

I’m delighted to start a feedback thread for Marcus who bought an Eich combo from me. He was an absolute pleasure to exchange messages with and also, an absolute pleasure to meet in person and chat all things bass! He kept me fully informed of his journey whilst travelling to meet in a supermarket car park and arrived bang on time! Deal with in total confidence!

I have one in black, brilliant bass but swapped out the pickup for a emg gzr.

Have to look at that Winter Wonderland, although I am not so much into Xmas carols, because of that saccharin... Our band's keys decided we need to play this. First trials became a chore. Not a prima vista for me, but a doable and fun song. If someone wants the bass part, I can share the pdf.

I need an option for ‘all of them’

Have you checked if Bourns has suitable pots? https://www.bourns.com/products/proaudio/products

Where were compressors, EQs, and reverbs? A hint of reverb to OD/dist/fuzz sounds even better. Several compressors, most popular are tce HyperGravity, and Daring Audio's Phat Beam for fretless 5 band parametric Ibanez EQ to tame rooms, and a HPF Iron Ether Nimbus reverb

@Dad3353 - Some stats from... AI... Creating a 2-minute realistic video using AI with photos as a guide requires significant energy, but exact figures are hard to pinpoint. However, here's a rough estimate: - A 5-second AI video generation consumes around 2.9 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of energy, equivalent to running a microwave for over an hour. - For a 2-minute video, energy consumption would be substantially higher, likely in the range of 100-200 kWh, considering the complexity and processing power required. - To put this into perspective, training a large language model like GPT-3 uses around 1,300 megawatt hours (MWh) of electricity, equivalent to the annual power consumption of 130 homes in the US ¹ ². The energy consumption varies greatly depending on factors like: - *Model Complexity*: More advanced models like Google's Veo 2 or OpenAI's Sora require more energy. - *Video Resolution*: Higher resolutions (e.g., 4K) demand more processing power. The average UK household uses around 2,700 kWh of electricity per year. To break it down to a weekly estimate: - Average weekly energy consumption: 2,700 kWh/year ÷ 52 weeks/year ≈ 52 kWh/week - Average daily energy consumption: 2,700 kWh/year ÷ 365 days/year ≈ 7.4 kWh/day Keep in mind that energy usage varies greatly depending on factors like: - House size and insulation - Number of occupants - Appliance efficiency - Heating and cooling systems - Lifestyle and habits For a more accurate estimate, consider tracking your own energy usage or checking your energy bills.

Depends where from. Thomann is dead easy. They do everything for you. I imported from Canada and got an invoice to get it released from customs but the shipping agent handled most of it.

Can we see the sources of the figures given..? That's an awful lot of energy (approximately...). Please..?

As I say, AI video creation uses huge amount of compute and therefore energy. To put it in perspective, to create a 2 minute video using generative AI, with only a number of photos being used as a prompt, uses approximately 200kWh of energy. The average UK household uses 7.4kWh of energy per day, so to do what you want would take the equivalent of nearly a month's worth of energy consumption for the average household. 200kWh will also do my Ford Capri 3 full charges, that'd power me for over 900 miles. So, what you are asking is hugely energy intensive and will never be free. People really don't realise how incredibly energy intensive and damaging the use of AI is, many just assume its this new magic thing with no downside. The carbon emissions produced in just the exercise you're wanting to do is huge.

Yeah me too. I think the idea of importing, and them very rarely becoming available 2nd hand has been a big factor in me not getting one. The idea of importing seems daunting and has put me off on the times I’ve come close.

Yes, if you want ‘that’ as far as I can see you have to pay. ChatGPT was asking for a subscription of £30 a month and I couldn’t find any way to ’test’ how good it might be. It took three days to get the images out of copilot. It mostly produced ’even crapper and very unrelated images’ apologising profusely, then told me I’d run out of credits and had to wait 24 hrs to do more! I’d be very interested if there is tool that can do what you say for a reasonable cost. As far as my (modest) research took me you have to be Disney to do hyper realistic vids of people who aren’t real… When we released the last album, using Distrokid, they did a few promotional vids as part of the ‘service’ but they were basically actual video (one had Wednesday Adam’s in it) cut & changed to work to the bpm of the track. No ‘people who aren’t real’ involved.