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Just added my latest addition - Keely Bassist, purchased from BC this week. Everything I now need and an absolute tone monster for a mid range board. Once I’m back in the black, I’m going to swap Hot Wax and Battalion out for a Pork & Pickle and a Tech-21 VT. But no upgrades until I find some cash. For now this will do very nicely.

I have tried to stick with old-school 5-pin DIN MIDI, but after some unsuccessful studio sessions with descant recorder, I've just bought an Akai 'electronic wind instrument' (EWI). The budget model only has USB midi - plugging it into my MIDI hub didn't work, so I had to do some learning about USB hosts, and USB clients. The upshot is I changed my U4MIDI WC hub for the H4MIDI WC which includes a USB host. Bingo! Now the EWI works through the Roland XV3080. I'll try to record a video over the weekend. Inside the rack: ... and on the front, a shiny-new 'usb host' port. Annoyingly I didn't think to see if there was a black one. Oh well!

See that’s naughty - that’s trade dress and PCB layout that looks the same

So, I may have just wondered over to Bass Direct online. Been wanting another 4 string super light for a while different to my current TT SL for a bit of variety…got the royal approval then this just happened below (under 6lbs)…Monday hopefully! Probably sell my 5 string SL TT - don't want to but I really don't use it…and someone out there will need that beauty.

Should I Stay or Should I Go - The Clash

I guess I use mine as an instrument/ keyboard and I see it as an interface in a signal loop in the middle of whatever software holds the sounds.

Current writing/rehearsal board. The Blackhole replaced the Walrus Lore, and has changed the way i play ambient. Just waiting on a Russian Bif Muff to replace the R.Attack for that warm fuzzy drive.

Not that being first is a win in this thread, but my post above is a confession. Money has changed hands. A bass is travelling across the sea.

OK - first trial of the Swiff WX520s today. Two negatives: 1) When you turn them on there is a distinct, albeit quiet, white noise hum 2) They need to be line of sight. I had a quick walk round and as soon as there was something between me and the transmitter the signal dropped out But on the the positives they are a really neat, compact, design, they definitely work, and as soon as a signal comes through you forget about the hum. I also didn't realise they accept balanced xlr, 6.35mm mono or stereo, AND 3.5mm stereo - giving all the options. You can also switch between +4dBu or -10dBV or instrument level, the latter triggering a gain control for amp free practice. Finally the transmitter is also rechargable so you don't need to plug it in either. All in all I think I forgive the two negatives as for £150 its a pretty good package.

Cheers Mark, I hope you enjoy it!

I've been a Thunder fan since their first album. I'm looking forward to giving this a play when I've the time. Mark

Definitely not even a peripheral part of the signal chain 😁 Failure averted 🙏