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I don't know, I compared YouTube with Prime Music and the latter definitely sounded way better. For that speaker demo, I think my small speakers eliminated the woolly bottom end of the Markbass, while not allowing the bottom end of the Barefaced speakers to come through. They are odd little things, as some music sounds great on them. I'm not a small speaker sceptic - have a PJB C4 which has loads of bottom end, it just isn't very efficient.

Crap speakers are going to cause problems for sure. But other than that, things that sound bad on Youtube are more likely to be down to a bad recording than anything to do with data compression: https://jimlillmusic.com/does-youtube-mangle-audio/

It wouldn't be a drill press, they are used to make holes. More likely a die cutting press. The simplest explanation is that one of the dies got chipped.

It's not a huge kit but I think there's some wide angle distortion! Here's a more proportionate pic:

Anything mangled by YouTube's compression then played through little phone, laptop or PC speakers is unlikely to sound anything like it does IRL.

This is Sit - Kenny Loggins

“Shall we fix it Leo?” “Nah who is ever going to notice that!” 60 years later….. 😂

Either your drummer and guitarist are huge giants, or that drumkit is teeny tiny?

It depends what the mistake is really. Some people are morons for editing stuff like that which actually sounds cool. I always say to people I produce, "You can have perfection or personality. You can't have both, so choose." Virtually always, bands or artists will choose the latter. Those who drone on about "getting stuff perfect" are generally nightmares to work with and also have no filter as to decide when "that'll do" is the right thing to do. Then they wonder why it sounds slightly lifeless. Which is why I made a rule to not work on those types of records and weed out those folk.

sorry to hear about that - sounds like a horror show

Winter is coming down this way so I ad the Stingray Fretless in at Peter Stephen Luthier he showed me the truss rod system and neck "relief" instrument is home and back in top form -

I agree, the die press tool had a defect which would account for the ridge, no othe reason for it to be there, more than likely they had 2 machines...

Night Growl - James Taylor

please let us know how you get on I have some EB Cobalt Flats arriving this week which I can't remember ever using but what I felt was a cheap price so worth a try.

yes they are very nice. The 5 string set is good as well.

For us the decision to go "ampless" was more out of convenience than anything. Getting a consistent sound through a modeller for the guitarists without thinking of mic placement, pedalboard set up, how warm the amps were, etc, is incredibly useful. That's not even mentioning it the task of setting up physical amps and mics and pedalboards (often in a space that's half as big as you'd need to do all that comfortably) when you're on the clock at some local pub and just want to get in, get on, get done, get paid and get gone. Does it sound worse than amps? I don't think so. Different maybe. But more consistent and a whole lot easier to mix properly in a shorter space of time.The quality of more affordable modellers and profilers is increasing seemingly every year, to the point where you're not longer saying "your average punter wouldn't be able to tell a difference" but instead a lot of musicians wouldn't be able to tell a difference on a recording or through a PA speaker what's a real amp and what's a model/profile. The only big loss imo is the "feel" of real amps, but if you're running IEMs or have a good monitoring setup through wedges/foldbacks/sidefills/whatever, then a lot of the time you'd be hearing that instead of the amp itself anyway.

Essentially what they are doing is checking that your vocals or bass or whatever is coming through the monitor OK and not causing any issues. Once they know that, all they need to do is turn it up or down as needed by you. With bit of experience, you can often get it somewhere close with just the odd tweak needed, which you sort out by playing a verse of a song. The experience of both the sound engineer and the guys in the band is key.

I was watching an Art of Guitar YouTube video about mistakes in recordings, today. Stuff like "Cannonball" by the Breeders. A lot of bands these days would have removed the incorrect slide up on the bass at the beginning, for example.

The Yap - Thompson Twins

I recently sold a couple of pedals to Rich. Communication was quick and pleasant and everything went quickly and smoothly. A good experience and would be happy to deal with again.