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Glad to hear Howard is all right - I was meant to be buying some cable from him a few weeks back and he went quiet, was a little bit concerned! I've ended up having to buy some cable anyways buy hey ho

Looking fantastic! BTW I've still not replied to your email re: the pickup rings, I'll get on that tonight if I remember. Anything to be chromed on the horizon yet?

I let my fingernails grow a bit. When I want to mellow the tone, I bite them off. If I decide I want more attack again, I have to give it a few weeks.

And hello from another Boltoner

Ahhh I see - either way I don't think I'll be needing any more, just nice to have a little bit of history and it really suits the kindof music (in an electronics sense) I like. Nice to be able to stick an external input through it - I've got an old Casio keyboard that might sound interesting through it...

We had a few of the Nord Lead racks in the studios when I was at uni but I never really had the chance to play with them - I honestly can't seem myself getting anymore true analogue synths as the reliability (and size) is too much of an issue, but it's nice to have one for some genuine analogue sounds. I do have a Novation XioSynth which I bought a few years ago when they were released, but it has barely had any use - mainly because I found it really fiddly to adjust the patches and such having to work out how to get into various sub menus and such. That said it is very versatile and good fun. That's the one thing I really like about this CS-5 - straight to the point and simple to edit, a knob or a switch for everything and you can hear the difference straight away. I remember there was a little program developed by a French guy that mapped out every control for the XioSynth in a VST style interface and you could adjust everything on the fly with USB/MIDI but it didn't always work properly! I'll be avoiding the CS-15 then, cheers for the advice

Just picked up this little analogue monosynth from a local when it popped up on Gumtree. I'd drifted away from electronic music a bit but lately having gotten back into recording and really enjoying the process, I've been thinking about it again. Years ago an analogue synth was the holy grail but I could never really afford one, so when this came up I thought why not! It's certainly not the most versatile machine but it sounds great and is really good for bass, I have it sat on top of my Ashdown and I feel much better about that now - since the amp wasn't getting a great deal of use since I've been DIing everything recently. It's in good nick for it's age, one or two scratchy pots and what appears to be a loose connection under a switch - nothing major. It's also drifted out of tune considerably and the pitch slider had to be lowered to get things in tune but the actual scaling of the keyboard note to note seems to be absolutely perfect (apart from the first 3 or 4 keys being ever so slightly sharp but not really noticeable - that might also have been the notes being too low for the tuner plugin I was using to cope with!). Not quite sure how to go about sorting that, I assume the whole thing needs to be re-capped but I'd be worried about messing something up... Perhaps a power supply cap needs changing to stabilize the voltage? Either way it sounds really good, had fun fiddling around with it, wouldn't mind a CS-10 or 15 now Anybody else sporting analogue synths?

Out of curiosity I had a look about, seems a lot of people favour a hard case but the costs can be a bit daft. You could get a large flight case from Maplin like this: [url="http://www.maplin.co.uk/flight-case-with-foam-36796?c=maplin&utm_source=gcs&utm_medium=gcs_search&utm_campaign=N70AP&utm_content=Flight+%26+Rugged+Cases"]http://www.maplin.co.uk/flight-case-with-foam-36796?c=maplin&utm_source=gcs&utm_medium=gcs_search&utm_campaign=N70AP&utm_content=Flight+%26+Rugged+Cases[/url] and cut the foam to fit it, you might have space in there for a few cables and loose bits too. Although for the same price I'd prefer this: [url="http://www.maplin.co.uk/rugged-case-large-225744?c=maplin&utm_source=gcs&utm_medium=gcs_search&utm_campaign=N79GG&utm_content=Flight+%26+Rugged+Cases"]http://www.maplin.co.uk/rugged-case-large-225744?c=maplin&utm_source=gcs&utm_medium=gcs_search&utm_campaign=N79GG&utm_content=Flight+%26+Rugged+Cases[/url] Looks a bit sturdier, the internal dimensions are slightly smaller in the WxD (434(w) x 314(d) x 133(h)mm) but there's a tiny bit more height in it, and it's big enough to store the REDDI in (about 90mm x 90mm x 368mm) and have about half of the case for cables, pedals or whatever... It's an option at least!

Heads up gentlemen, a BCer has kindly offered me some spare multicore that he has lying around - will this be ok for the patchbay application? Not foil screened but I can't imagine it'd be a problem? [url="http://www.canford.co.uk/Products/20521/31-462_CANFORD-HSJ-CABLE-12-pair-Black"]http://www.canford.co.uk/Products/20521/31-462_CANFORD-HSJ-CABLE-12-pair-Black[/url] Cheers

I thought so, I may even put the patchbay at the bottom so avoid any cable hang, and yeah it's only a short distance, not quite 50m cables I'll be running Thanks, it's born of necessity really - quite a few bits of outboard gear have amassed over the years and most don't get used - I'm making an effort to get everything set up so that it's easy to use, I'm getting tired of tripping over/swapping cables and need to be able to just plug in and record when an idea strikes! Besides I quite enjoy running sound through various bits of gear to see what will come out the other side

I've pretty much decided that the multicore is the way to go - thanks for the info bremen and flyfisher btw, I couldn't get on to reply with the site being down yesterday and all. BigRed - The breakout is my concern too - but this is literally going to be to link my audio interface (MOTU Ultralite) to a balanced patchbay in my rack, it's too much faffing to keep plugging/unplugging cables into the back of the interface and it's risky because I might catch the firewire cable! Plus with a few effects and units in the rack now i need a quicker way to run things in/out of channels when mixing etc. So naturally durability isn't a massive factor because it's never going to move, and there only needs to be about 2 metres maximum due to the physical distance of the units. The individual cables will be going to standard TRS jacks at each end Cheers folks

Not so sure about the scratchplate but there's something about it as a whole, looks like it'd be a joy to play. I learned on an Ibby GSR200 and for a 'beginner' instrument it's just so comfy and light - don't want to get rid of it even though I don't really have the use for it these days! In fact recently I was trying to identify what the bassist was playing in a Snot video - this actually might fit the bill!

Hope it's ok to post this in this section as it's not strictly bass related, but I need a 16 way balanced loom and thought I might be better off making my own as opposed to paying roughly the same for a lower quality one. I've no problem soldering cables and connectors but I'm wondering if anyone has cable recommendations - I know to get cable with the foil shield ie something akin to this stuff [url="http://www.studiospares.com/cable-miniature-/sommer-isopod-so-f22-instkabel-33mm-dia/invt/546700/"]http://www.studiospares.com/cable-miniature-/sommer-isopod-so-f22-instkabel-33mm-dia/invt/546700/[/url] The thing is they also offer multicore cables with 8/16/24/32 pairs and the sheer amount is bloody confusing! I can't tell if each individual pair is shielded or what and my eyes hurt from looking through them all! What's the best option - a multicore cable from the get go or lots of individual ones then just whack some heat shrink round them all?

Funnily enough I was thinking about something like this the other day... I've downloaded the stems and already had a crack at balancing everything before the fun starts... should be good!

Hi all, Been doing a lot of experimentation on getting a very Motown style tone and I've almost got it nailed... Using a P, just stuck a Duncan SPB-1 in it and it sounds lovely and vintage. I know Jamerson and the like had covers and there was a mute under the bridge cover - but without the cover I've got no choice but to jam something under the strings rather than over them. I have a hardcase that is a bit lacking in padding so I bought a couple of foam inserts intended for making cushions and lined the case with those. I had a ton left over so I cut a strip and stuffed it under the strings next to the bridge. It's not too pretty but it's functional - question is does anyone have recommendations for an alternative? I'd like to try some of that denser black foam stuff you usually get under pickups but I don't know where to look for it... Not looking to make any permanent alterations either so a bridge cover is out. I might try to make something covered with felt, a little mute cushion Also, I seem to remember reading that Carol Kaye said that whether the foam was under or over the strings made a big difference to the sound - any comments? Cheers!

The one my grandad played was even more rare than that... probably had a set neck, which had a black headstock which was shaped differently and had binding I think. Don't think the likelihood of seeing either, or parts, is very high but wasn't going to be a perfect replica like I said... just a tribute, done my way