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Good News (as I haven't found mine, yet..!). Use the 'waiting time', then to download and install Audacity, which you'll be using to 'read' the Zoom, and creating a file that can be uploaded to Soundcloud. Here's a link to the Audacity site (it's free, 'open source', and easy to use for your purposes...) : Audacity ... There's a comment/review on the Amazon page for the Behringer which explains in some detail exactly how to get the unit, Windows and Audacity to work together correctly. It's simple and clear; here's the comment in full (inside a 'spoiler' to keep the post tidy; just open it to read ...)... There... That should get you up and running, able to compose and record with the Zoom, then transfer to the laptop and upload to Soundcloud for the Challenge.

Now there's jealousy for you... ...

OK, it's the 'Windows 10' I wanted to know. Any idea if it's a 32- or 64-bit version..? (Anticipated reply : 'How the $µ§@ would I know that..?'). Right-click the 'Windows' icon, bottom left corner of the screen when task bar is showing... Select 'Control Panel'... Select 'System and Security'... Select 'System'... Read 'System type' ... Well, what are you waiting for, Christmas..?

Yes, but not as good as a 'pukka' interface. It works (or, it did for me when I used it...), but I've much more flexibility with my current interface (bought s/h from this very Forum at a decent price...). I didn't ask : what PC are you using..? Laptop, OK, but what OS (Windows..? Which one..? Mac, maybe..? Which one..?). The age or performance matters less than the system being used, and will, again, allow more pertinent answers.

There are two types, both called loop pedals. Those that allow a sample to be played whilst adding another (and another, and another, depending...), and those that allow 'ordinary' pedals to be part of a 'loop', in parallel to the rest of the signal chain. I suppose you mean the former, though, to create 'sound on sound' performances..?

S'not arrived yet..! (But it's true, just the same ...)

I think I may have a Behringer thing lurking here somewhere; I'll have a scout around. If I find it, I'll send it over (yes, free, of course, you dope..!). And yes, that's what it does. It takes the phono signal and pops it down the USB cable into the PC (in stereo, too...). Hold on, then... [ Terminator ] 'I'll be back...' [/Terminator ]

That's an understatement. There is (or was..?), however, an optional USB interface card made for it (reference : UIB-01...), which allows amongst other functions, transfer of audio files to a PC via USB. Reverb have one; there may be other sources (E-bay..? Gumtree..? Any BC members with such a card..?). That would be the best bet, I'd say. If not, taking the phono output (it'd be stereo...) and connecting to the mic input of the PC would work. If you can mix the stereo to mono first, t'would be better (the mic input is mono...). Once recorded on the PC as audio (in whatever format, but WAV is most likely...) it's a simple matter to upload that to Soundcloud. There's nothing to install for Soundcloud, it's all on t'web, so you access it through the Browser (same way as Basschat...). An account is free, and, once this account opened, just upload the WAV. Once you're at that stage, we can guide you, but firstly, get an dummy track you already have, whatever it is, and get it into the PC, either through this optional card, if you can find one, or through the mic jack. It would be possible using a simple audio interface, such as the Behringer U-Phono UFO202 (costs £18...); that, too, is a simple solution. Hope this helps.

What Zoom is it..? We can then advise the best/simplest way of getting something into the Challenge. No, it's not difficult, whatever you've got, and IT literacy is not a requirement, but we can't really advise 'blind'. Getting stuff into Soundcloud is a 'no-brainer', too, as long as there's a web connection and a browser. So... What Zoom is it..?

No.

Some musicians just like playing to a public, and don't consider it to be a job; they probably like the change from whatever work they do during the week to pay the bills. It's certainly the case for our band; we've never charged for what we play, and do it because we want to. We play rarely (I'm now retired...), and all our gear was bought just for ourselves, whether we play out or not. Not all musicians are professional, and many give a high level of performance. If asked to play for nothing, it's simple enough to just decline or accept, isn't it..?

Good evening, Andy, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

T'would still smell as sweet, though.

No, seriously ... No, words/lyrics/singing are optional (although Lurks abuses this option whenever he can...). Being able to sing is preferable if you want to get votes, but that has never hindered Lurks, either, and has even led to Victory on (rare...) occasions. Bagpipes..? This is a Running Joke; there have been entries whereby these, or their equally-violent cousins, have been sneaked in, but I can't remember any of these having won, or even come close. There are other 'best not to's', too, such as yodelling, kazoos or sampled nuclear blasts, but, if the picture inspires such, tempt fate and try your luck. Basically, anything composed legally is Good, and will always be better than not entering anything at all. Hope this helps.

A Wise Man once wrote ... A rose, by any other name, would smell as sweet. As true today as it ever was.

No, that's the same tempo (150..?) for everyone, but some bars are 2/4, others 4/4 or 5/4 (but the drums stay on 4/4 mostly, really...). Several time signatures, but all the same tempo. Here's an obscure example of polytempo; be warned, it's not easy to listen to or to play; it's for that reason that polytempo is so rare... Allstar, Smash Mouth ...

Pity it's not close (not even the same country..! ). Looks great, and would be perfect as a drum mat.

That's ^^ not a problem, anyway, as long as they all have the same tempo. That's the glue that would hold it together. Having differing tempi, though...

And there we have it; I'm precisely the opposite..! I really, really detest working with 'non-stock' stuff, and would rather put what little energy I have into making the best music I can (already rather a modest aim..! ) than spend more than a minute or so 'customising'. I will admit to having changed the colour of my Master tracks, all the better to see them with my poor eyes, but at 'template' level, so just the once, thank you very much. I'll happily put up with repeating a few mouse clicks for commonly-used functions before getting into 'macros' or shortcuts. I lose some time, surely but as that's the way I've learnt, from the beginning, this old dog would only get confused and forget the 'neat little trick' I'd cobbled up. That's not to say that you're not right: it is, indeed, one of the great forces of the software that it allows itself to be personalised to such an extent, and maybe I don't do enough sophisticated complex things that would justify delving deeper, but as a minimalist, it handles that well, too. I'm not put off by a dowdy interface (certainly not enough to even consider any 'bling' aspect as an 'improvement'...), and find its functionality fairly spontaneous (perhaps the years of using it have helped...). No, no; carry on. To each his/her own, I say, and glad you're able to bend it to your will. My idea of thinking 'out of the box' is to use stuff straight out of the box, and not tinker around. (My...) Life's too short for that..!

Probably apocryphal, as in ' of doubtful authenticity '..?

And the winner is... @Leonard Smalls ..! Here, then, is your Winner's Certificate (download and save as pdf file, then proudly print and frame...) ... BC_Chal_Cert_2021_06.pdf ... which looks like this (but bigger, of course..!)...

You'd be doing the person a favour, but he/she is going to be mightily disappointed once the truth hits home. A tricky one, really; kindness says that he/she should be told, but with tact.

Good evening, Mike, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.