WalMan

My 6p Audacity will do multitracks in a project (I know I did it to add a harmony guitar to "Wild Frontier" on my bands MySpace) but as I recall it was a bit of a faff. I use [url="http://www.mackie.com/products/tracktion3/index.html"]Mackie Tracktion T3[/url] and find it really easy to use as you do not have loads of sub menus to navigate, it is all on screen in front of you. You can pick up Tracktion 2 from DV247 [url="http://www.dv247.com/invt/27495?gclid=CK3Y-LLUkJQCFRSb1QodX1gStA"]HERE[/url] for £30 to get you started. For drums I use loops in [url="http://www.submersiblemusic.com/TemplateMain.aspx?contentId=51"]DrumCore[/url] - and will be selling a second copy I acquired recently as part of a group buy to get a load more LoopPacks as soon as it arrives (its in transit at the moment). In many ways it is just a librarian, but can now do more than that and has a good selection of loops & kits to get you going. The track [url="http://www.myspace.com/scatterometer"]HERE[/url] were done in T3 with DC where there are drums

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='224836' date='Jun 23 2008, 11:13 AM']You can rehearse till the moo moos come home but to be honest nothing tightens up a band like a gig (or even the impending deadline of a gig).[/quote] Yup go for it. We've been working on a load of new songs to freshen up a set we have been playing for toooooo long, with the plan to play all at least once live - I fear one is just not going to make it. However all bar two (including the one in ICU) have made it so far and stayed. So last week we played the last one again at rehearsal & tidied up another that came out of the woodwork recently. Decided we'll do both at the start of the set when it'll probably be a bit quieter and won't matter. Got to the gig. Neither were on the set list & drummer vetoed the very newest one. Got to the end of the first set & as we finished the last one on the list the guitarist & I had a conflab & decided " S0dit why not go for the G'n'R one now". We did it, it went well, sounded better than at r/h, not such a bash, and went down really well So find yourself some mates to support with your set, or even just find a jam night & get up to do the tightest couple. You know it makes sense and it will throw a whole new light on the stuff. And if the worst should come to pass & it turns to a horrible nightmare, well treat it as experience, don't let it tear you up, and don't do what I do & mull over things that everyone else has forgotten, and happened before you were born Sorry just realised this has probably already been said. I read down the first page & hit reply [url="http://planetsmilies.net"][/url]

[quote name='P-T-P' post='224986' date='Jun 23 2008, 01:22 PM']CMD121H - Only used it for a couple of gigs. Didn't really like it much. Was quite a middy-tone which didn't work for me. No volume issues. I reckon it would come into it's own for fretless or double bass playing. Probably would sit nicely in a jazz environment.[/quote] My experience is that it works fine in a rock environment. Fraktal - Spain eh, well perhaps I could work it in to a holiday. I am sure the 121H would probably make it through as hand luggage

[quote name='StevieC' post='223480' date='Jun 21 2008, 11:12 AM']Hi all, On Itunes the other day and downloaded The Tubes' album track 'Tip of my Tongue' to add to my playlist of awesome tunes that I've loved over the years. I think Earth, Wind and Fire had a lot to do with it (The Tubes collaborated at lot) and it shows. Completely groovy, dynamic with the bass locked sooooooo tightly with the bass drum. A totally brilliant track - Can anyone shed anymore light on who played on it? Steve[/quote] "I'm not cunning, I'm no linguist" - what a naughty start to a second verse Ah the Tubes, one of my all time favourite bands. The last few times they have been over we have had at least one, and normally more band outings to see them. They still put on a brilliant show They were a big influence on a band the rest of the guys had - but I never quite got to join (it split just before they got around to asking ) [attachment=9936:HR2.jpg] We still do White Punks, did Talk To Ya Later for a while and a couple of other, but not this one. It's funny how there always seems to be at least one Tubes fan lurking at every gig. Probably Rick Anderson on this as he has been bass player throughout and forms a really solid rhythm section with Prairie Prince

I run a CMD121H and it is great, deals with my loud drummer, and thunders down to the low B on my G&L L2500. Friday night in a smallish pub it managed fine at around 9 o'clock on the master - and this is for a classic rock set. Any more and I would have been getting severe grief from the rest of the band!! For larger gigs it tends to get a little help out front from the PA so I have not bothered getting an extra 12 extension cab, though it has crossed my mind, because as things stand it would be completely unnecessary. The extension would take the amp to its full 500W, but it's fine on its own for small gigs, and plenty for onstage monitoring along with the PA at larger gigs. Where are you based, what sort of stuff are you playing, and will you just be relying on the combo, or feeding the PA as well? If you might make the SE Bash I shall be dragging my combo there. I love it. Came to this from a Trace 2x10 combo which weighed a ton, and have never looked back.

[quote name='tonybassplayer' post='223697' date='Jun 21 2008, 05:22 PM']Anyone have any gigs to report on from last night ?? We are playing our first in 4 weeks tonight, I am never waiting this long again, it just seems such a waste of valuable gigging nights !! Tony[/quote] First gig for a couple of weeks last Friday. A small pub, but it can fill up, sadly it took a while, but despite the fact that one corner seemed worryingly packed with yoof who would not be interested they all got into it as the evening progressed and were singing along at the end. Got some nice positive comments from them and the landlord at the end of the evening too. And then the bad news. Saturday morning. I woke up crippled in my left shoulder/upper arm, right elbow/forearm and completely unable to move. Wifey was at work all day, but youngest son did assist by getting some painkillers (which should have worked but didn't) and a couple of drinks for me during the day. Otherwise, having got downstairs and onto the sofa I was stuck there all day unable to move. MrsW got home from work about 6, knackered & initially not very sympathetic to my pain, but took me over to A&E where we sat from about 7:30 - 10:00 yesterday evening when they gave me some sodoff painkillers (probably not stronger than what I had at home, but a much larger dose) that eased things off a bit. You never realise quite how bad roads are until you are driven somewhere in agony with every slight bump and roundabout (even if taken at 20) jarring through you At least the journey home was achieved more easily & in a slight haze. I haven't actually admitted it to MrsW, and she hasn't linked it yet, but I fear it was all down to digging in too hard at the gig on Friday with insufficient practice in preceding weeks. The shoulder is the one that was replaced 3 years ago & has been giving me a bit of gyp recently, which I have put down to being off my RA injections for a while now and unable to restart them immediately for other reasons. Had an x-ray last Monday after I saw the RA nurse to make sure that when I had the fall at work last November the crack on my left elbow had not shifted the replacement joint at all but I have not had the report on that yet. Just hoping it was a combination of lack of practice & drugs that caused this - and if it was that is a REALLY good advert for making sure you keep "fit" by practising with the bass on your shoulder & not just resting on your knee. I would not wish what I went through on Saturday on even my worst enemy!!

Doesn't bother me, but then I do tend to play around lines as well - if it is a well known bit, not, but otherwise why not. I suppose we do some stuff that allows some latitude though.

[quote name='barneyg42' post='220170' date='Jun 16 2008, 07:57 PM']Kim Mitchell[/quote] Now there's a name I haven't heard for a long time (assuming it's the same Canadian guitarist I am thinking of). Today I have mostly been listening to [list] [*]Nik Kershaw - You've got to laugh [*]Presto Ballet - Peace among the ruins [*]a quick mix of a noodle to try to decide where to take it [/list]

A new deal has just turned up on eSoundz that includes 3 drum loop packs to import into DrumCore - for which I shall have a spare copy for sale soon - or just drop into your PC multitracker, and two IK Multimedia plugins. I need a [i][b][u][color="#FF0000"]very[/color][/u][/b][/i] cunning plan - birthday next month is current favourite I have already dropped "Don't worry about a birthday present for me, I have seen a good deal on software that I want" into the conversation - didn't mention the cost though, just that it was 80% discount Mention a bargain & I can normally get away with it So it's a couple of plug-ins and a load more drum loops - I shall need a fourth hard drive at this rate!! Full details of the deal can be found [url="http://www.esoundz.com/details.php?ProductID=2034"]HERE[/url] Studio ProFiles Master Engineering Bundle GROUP BUY includes * Studio ProFiles: Classic Rock RingBeats * Studio ProFiles: Classic Rock Bonzo Beats * Studio ProFiles: Motown Session Grooves * T-Racks Plug-in Suite * IK Classik Studio Reverb Total value $1,200, but the start price is $299 and could fall to $239, which with the dollar the way it is, is a really good deal. That and it will be downloadable once the GB ends and payment has been processed, so no worry about additional postage or import VAT It only runs for a couple of weeks, ending on 30 June And if you happen to join in and want to add a referrer the my login there is AlEebee

[quote name='Jase' post='217223' date='Jun 11 2008, 09:35 PM']Love to have a crack at that but my pc doesn't run my recording software anymore.[/quote] Use [url="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/"]Audacity[/url]. It's free and you can drop the track in then add a track for your bass line. Worked fine for me a while back adding a harmony guitar to a live track

Depends what quantity you need to run. I use Lightscribe CD's and burn the details on for sending demo CD's for gigs. Only monotone, but looks good and doesn't leave you with a label that hasn't taken quite right, picked up an air bubble that won't go away, etc. I certainly wouldn't recommend that option for a bigger run though as it is quite slow to print up the label at good quality if you have a fair bit of info to add.

I spent a while just using my BOD xt straight into the PA, which was fine for me with IEM, but others who weren't using IEM were moaning that they could not hear/feel the bass on stage even with it back through their monitors. I have since "given in" and bought the MB combo to move some air on stage. With decent monitoring it [i]should[/i] work, but just springing it on the rest of the band at a gig might not go down to well. Probably better to ease them in to it at a full PA rehearsal - assuming you do not hire in / use house PA's all the time.

[quote name='johnnylager' post='214250' date='Jun 7 2008, 10:53 AM']Somewhere near a train station would be lush.....[/quote] Which would make last years venue good as it was right by the station - and a couple of minutes from my office carpark So count me in assuming I am about - which is more than likely

[quote name='queenofthedepths' post='212246' date='Jun 4 2008, 01:41 AM']They're all very different (as stated in my sig) If I get the opportunity to join a band where I'd use my 7-string or my 5-string acoustic (probably not the same band ), I'll be glad I've not sold them to pay for a Shuker custom 5 or whatever - after just 3 and a half years of playing, I don't feel that my style is defined sufficiently that I can justify spending loads on just one bass! I need versatility coz I like to play all sorts of different basses - maybe when I'm in a band that actually makes money I'll invest in a bass that suits me better... but I'll still want these other ones around for fun! After all, fun is what this is all about (for me, at least; even though I'd love to play bass for a living, I've yet to see a penny return on my investment of time, money and love - oh well!)[/quote] Fair enough

[quote name='queenofthedepths' post='208789' date='May 29 2008, 12:51 PM']Wow, were they new?! It's stuff like this that makes me doubt I'll ever buy a "high-end" bass, unless I become a lot richer somehow[/quote] Not trying to start a war, but you have 8 basses, and you are a student. Any particular reason? Why not get one better specced bass? The most I have ever had was 3 - standard 4, f'less 4 and 8 string - but the last two despite being my first two "proper" basses went because they just never got used and were a pain to drag round to use on perhaps one number a night. Then the 4 (an Aria SB100 if I remember rightly) went when the Wal Pro1 came into my old drummers shop on a trade and I had it, but for substantially less than current going rate for Wal's. Had some work done on it about 10 years ago to make it active and that was my one and only bass up until last summer when I finally joined here & got GASsy. I looked around for another bass a few years back and tried all sorts of stuff out up to about £500 and with the exception of a Squier Jazz they all sounded horrible, tight compressed & clanky tone. Only the Jazz had a really nice well rounded sound. I would love a Wal 5, but unless my numbers come up I cannot ever see me justifying the sort of outlay required. I will admit to a great deal of envy of those who have an arsenal of basses to chose from, and who spec up custom jobbies, but I suppose my rambling point is that it is quite possible to find [i]the[/i] bass for a reasonable sum. I have my old Wal (which is semi retired at the moment) and the G&L L2500 that I absolutely love for its sound. I might lust after other basses, high end and otherwise, but in the real world could not justify more than £6-700 and would be as happy to find a lesser priced instrument that did the job. Pleased excuse the ramblings of an old f@rt who has probably strayed as far off the topic as you will have lost the will to live if you got this far

[quote name='ChocolateTelevision' post='211482' date='Jun 2 2008, 11:08 PM']You have to pay VAT (17.5%) plus there's a handling charge on top - 8 quid from memory. And if its a pedal with its own power supply you've got to add the cost of replacing that too. Plus where do you go if you have problems with the pedal?[/quote] As above though if the value of the item (including postage) is less than £18 there is no charge. Allow for VAT plus a handling charge on top of the cost including postage and see how that compares to the UK or a supplier in the EU like Thomann. If there is still a major saving then your last consideration is problems arising should the pedal be DOA or become subject to a warranty claim. If you are still happy then go for it and if, as may sometimes happen, no VAT is charged when it arrives in the UK then look on that as bunce, but do not just expect it. Also do not try to get clever and get a low value declared on the customs slip. HMRC are not fools and if the package is checked and found to be for greater value than stated it could be confiscated. That and if the package goes missing in the post your insurance value is the declared value. Good for things like strings with the dollar as it is at the mo, but requires more thought for higher value/non consumable items like pedals & basses

[quote name='ahpook' post='211305' date='Jun 2 2008, 07:11 PM']you may be miffed he's leaving old horse, but at least he's told you outright rather than just becoming less and less interested and dragging you all down as well.[/quote] Sort of how we thought it was going with our keyboard player - new woman, new job, moved to London & hasn't made a gig & only one r/h this year. We sort of thought he has not been in touch because he could not bring himself to take the ultimate step and quit for distance & time constraints. That and the fact that over 50% of the set he last did is gone or on the back burner for new stuff. I hear they may have split up & he could be moving back down nearer us. Trouble is we have played as a 3 piece (instrument wise) for so long before we just sort of adapt. Some of the band rather like the sparseness, and the different feel when we have a second guitarist stand in (most of the gigs this year) particularly as a load of Lizzy numbers have been knocked together in 0 secs flat and it is quite fun to have the duel guitar thing going. And don't get me started on drummers. I have been with mine for years now, but of late there have been a number of egg shell moments that had me close to thinking "I don't need this" but then we get a couple of gigs and that all goes.

I quite like this one as well [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ill-Bass-You-T-Shirt-Musician-Vintage-Retro-Dj-Vinly12_W0QQitemZ360056393557QQihZ023QQcategoryZ29922QQcmdZViewItem"]Ill Bass You[/url]

[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='210785' date='Jun 1 2008, 10:00 PM']That's only 7 miles from where me and Walman live CK so you could've popped in for some tea!! [i]Still, being Bognor, I think you did the right thing!! [/i] [/quote] Amen to that

Curses!!! You changed the BIN and I didn't notice Probably just as well though, despite my earlier protestations re lack of funds Someone got a nice looking bass for a fair price

SHOUTS A LOT DOESN'T HE

First one for a few weeks in a regular pub for us - though first time this year as I was a little late ringing them. The place has had a refurb and has been transformed. While we were setting up we could hear a car alarm going off and after some while our vocalist realised it was his - he was tho only one who could not actually hear is as his HF range is shot from shooting guns without protection as a boy. Most bizarre he spent ages locking & unlocking the car, going through the manual, trying to work out if he could kill it at the fuses all to no avail and all the time with the damn alarm going. I went out to try and help / provide moral support before he lost it with the car. Then an inebriate female wandered over from the pub insisting that she knew exactly where the cut-out was & what to do, but that seemed to require pulling most of the front passenger side of the car, which was not going to happen. I was really proud of Steve, because I could see her attentions were not helping the situation, or his mood, BUT he managed to hold it together and not turn to her and scream "LOOK WILL YOU PLEASE JUST F*CK OFF!!!" which is what I would have been close to. And then the alarm just sorted itself out and stopped, probably because we had stopped opening & closing doors and blipping the key fob So to the gig. Well tonight it was a 5 piece with duelling guitars again. We think that our keyboard player has probably decided that he just cannot make it down from London, but cannot bring himself to actually come out and say it. It will be a great shame, but there is so much new stuff in the set he might have difficulty in showing up and going for it anyway. Still Mike was with us on second guitar again tonight and we had a blast. A bit slow to get started, but much dancing & singing along in the second set. My voice took a few numbers to settle down on B vox, but got there in the end The L2500 [i]still[/i] sounds gorgeous in this rocky set, nice bite, but a good solid fundamental. [url="http://planetsmilies.net"][/url] Almost dropped God Gave R'n'R to You for time, but I am glad we didn't as it went really well. Finished off with a couple of Lizzy numbers complete with harmony guitars. Marvellous. And finally I got home to find some nice positive comments on KVR about an instrumental I posted there, the first thing I have been working on, on my own that I have actually managed to finish off. Gives me the impetus to try to get some more of the bits & pieces I have got sorted into some semblance of order & finished off. And not my pit beckons.

Could be a duffer. I remember my guitarist busting a string in sound check years back and putting a new one on. Nothing we did could get it to intonate properly, so we put another one on and everything was fine. Most strange

[quote name='Tone le Bone' post='209908' date='May 30 2008, 11:27 PM']Thanks WalMan, Here's hoping the weekend Ebay warriors take a look! Cheers, T le B.[/quote] No probs. This has got me searching for a cunning plan, particularly as you are only just up the road from me, but I have spent too much on toys just recently and really must try to be strong (unless the premium bonds come up trumps this w/e )