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    You're not selling this idea all that well....

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    27 minutes ago, Franticsmurf said:

    It six months time, in Germany, the 'germ' will be topping the streaming charts. There will be posts on the 'What Are You Listening To Right Now' thread, and it'll be the 'Germ' and several other tracks from the same album. Someone will post here about how they got that bass tone on the 'Germ'. And at the next Glastonbury, someone will ask what bass the bassist was using when that band were playing the 'Germ'. 😂

     

    Fixed. :|

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    XR18 to IPad to Cubasis help needed

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    1 hour ago, mikegatward said:

    Quick update - used the iPad to record the weekend gig and lo and behold, it worked !

     

    Big learning curve ahead to get the best out of Cubasis but I managed to get a track created earlier which sounds decent to me

     

    Excellent; well done. Have a look at using compression on the vocals; that'll tame the jumps in level when the hollerin' starts up. Nothing bad in there, though, it's a Good Mix. BC_Thum.gif.835de18e5485dd050699684a4d7614b2.gif

    Best bass book for total newbie

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Dad3353

    20 minutes ago, Firewood-player said:

    I'm too lazy to read all the comments but what are some cheaper newbie bass books for total idiots like me?

     

    That lazy, eh..? That really is lazy. -_-

    Here, if you can be bothered, is a link to a previous comment. Enjoy ...

     

    Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, how do you manage it?

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    39 minutes ago, Ian Fitzpatrick-Swallow said:

    I have recently been diagnosed with carple tunnel in both hands and have been scheduled for the operation in about three to four months. In the meantime time it was suggested by my surgeon that I wear modified wrist braces at night which I have been doing. So far I have yet to see any relief in my symptoms and am wondering if anyone out there has tried a similar thing and if they can share their experience on whether or not they got any relief and if they did how long did it take to see an improvement.

    many thanks

    Ian

     

    After doing the tests with electric shocks down the arms, my doctor recommended cortisone injections as a first step, before going the 'whole hog' with operations. I also changed my mouse for a trackball (I was IT Manager...). All of this a couple of decades ago now; I still use a trackball, and have had no further carpal tunnel issues. If caught in time, and for less severe injury, injections can do the job. Hope this helps. :friends:

    Can I post the same item for sale in different sections?

    in Site News

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    4 hours ago, carlsim said:

    ... Can i list it in both?...

     

    If you've paid for a year's subscription, you can place the ad in several topics with no problem. If you paid only for a 'one-off' ad, it can only go in one topic at a time. One of the many benefits of having an 'open' subscription. You could, I suppose, raise a 'Report', to ask the Mod team for indulgence, if there's no subscription. Might be worth a shot..? Hope this helps. :friends:

    What's on your list to Santa? What would you like in your stocking, what would you get if money and space weren't an option? 5 items max!

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    Peace and harmony for everyone on the planet. :friends:

    Peace of mind; I've not been too much of a burden to the planet. B|

    Piece of Christmas pudding this year with the family, lit up by blue brandy flames. :party:

    Piece of my birthday cake when I reach 100 (coming up faster than one thinks as a teenager...). -_-

    Piss as I did when I was a teenager. :$

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    Enjoyment

    in General Discussion

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    1 hour ago, rumour6 said:

    Can i just say, this forum always perks me up! ...

     

    There's a very good reason for that; it's because most of the ...

     

    Ooo look..! A bee..!

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    Heads up! Great VST deals spotted

    in Recording

    Posted

    2 hours ago, lowdown said:

    This one is rather good from Audio Imperia, called 'Glade'.

    It's a combination of orchestral and world/ethnic sounds & percussion.

    You are given a serial number, so it works in the free Kontakt player.

     

    It comes in two versions:

    1) Four gig download with two mic positions.

    2) Twelve gig download with four mic positions.

     

    Link and details:

     

    Glade | Audio Imperia

     

     

     

    Looks good, but requires the latest version of Kontakt, at 99€ for update. I'll wait until after Christmas before being able to try out Glade. Patience, then. :(

    "Unironic crabcore" and other obscure genres

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    40 minutes ago, Clarky said:

    Being sadly bandless, I have been scouring ads on Gumtree and JoinMyBand for a possible bass role. I am staggered by the obscure genres of music, the existence of which I had previously had no knowledge, for which people are advertising. Sludge/doom I get (Black Sabbath etc), shoegaze fine (MBV etc) but crabcore? Especially "unironic crabcore". Really?

     

    But it makes perfect sense, once unpacked. 'Crabcore'..? That's pretty obvious, from the contortions of some guitar players, crouching, limbs akimbo, playing their intense solo. OK, so some of these 'artists' are just showing some degree of Irony, so 'Ironic Crabcore' follows, logically. Imagine, though, if you can, some few players actually do play in this contorted fashion, with no sense of Irony whatsoever. It has to be called something; what better than 'UnIronic Crabcore'..? I don't see the problem. If 'Free Jazz' has any meaning, so, by the same token, has 'UnIronic Crabcore'. B|

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    Separate marketplace section for EU sales?

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    1 hour ago, Berserker said:

    Just wondering if it would be an idea to have a separate section for people in the EU to sell?

     

    The marketplace section is flooded with EU sellers, and you don't know that until you click on a listing. It's a UK website, and in reality most of us in the UK probably aren't going to buy something in the EU due to customs and tax charges.

     

    A sound suggestion, so I've sent off a 'Report', hoping to get an 'official' reply to the idea. Now, we wait... B|

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    Semi Hollow acoustic Bass / choices

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    Posted · Edited by Dad3353

    I have an HB50, an Epiphone Casady and a vintage Hofner Verithin to cover my 'f-hole' bass needs. I'd like a Chowny one day, and a Ricky 4005, if I came into riches.
    Of the three I have, they cover different 'bases'. For those troubled by weight, the (vintage...) Verithin cannot be beaten (although the violin basses and the Hofner Club are light, too...). For variety of useful sounds, and for recording, the Casady is tops, and for general-purpose basic bass-playing the Harley Benton does a fine job. Be aware that it can be an issue, finding a suitable hard case (or even a decent gig-bag...) for some of these basses, due to their bulk. B|

    (I'll spare you the list of my other Hofner f-hole basses, not considered 'modern' enough these days, but excellent instrument :) ...)

    How to close my post

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    14 minutes ago, Suezee said:

    The problem is resolved so how do I pet people know or.close the post 

     

    It's not really necessary to 'close' a post; it may well serve someone in the future with a similar issue. You could Edit the first post, and put the mention 'Resolved' in the title..? The title can only be edited from the very first post, but that option is open to you. The topic itself will remain open, but those that have contributed will be able to see that a solution was found. Does this help..? :friends:

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    Basic Income for Artists

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    25 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

    Maybe other offices are different but in the days before I worked from home I didn't spend any more or less money on these things...

     

    You mean to say that you lived a life that was ... [Shock..! Horror..! Gasp..!] ... normal..? o.O

     

    ...

     

    :lol: :P

    Basic Income for Artists

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    10 minutes ago, tegs07 said:

    Again this is timing. You planted your radishes during the right season. It’s now mid January.

     

    It is what it is. After the Winter, Spring comes. Whatever the 'disaster' looming, stuff will happen, folk will pick up the pieces, Life will go on. There's a high probability that the same mistakes will happen again, and that, in a couple of generations, things turn bad again, but Doom and Gloom only lasts until the next Renewal. Mankind may, eventually, shake off this cycle, but whoever fears a crash is simply out of sync, s'all. That's Life, though. :|

    Basic Income for Artists

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    Posted · Edited by Dad3353

    38 minutes ago, tegs07 said:

     

    ... I suspect the biggest losers will be everyone who has no understanding or interest in this chart or what is going on behind the scenes over the next decade.

     

    Now there, I would beg to disagree. There are those (not many, but some...) who have a very different notion of 'winners' and 'losers', and would consider themselves already 'winners', having stepped off the carousel decades ago. Complaisance..? Maybe. Smug..? Not really, as it's still a darned shame seeing the whole shebang going to pot and causing such misery. Never in Human History has there been such potential for Universal Well-being, and such refusal to bring it about. Ship of fools indeed. :(

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