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2 hours ago, BabyBlueSound said:

I wanted to say Reaper, but I see people are already saing Reaper

 

However your bottleneck will be the storage drive's speed when recording all those tracks that need to be written on your drive. I would not expect a small older Dell laptop to have some crazy fast storage, so you might need some external (USB) drive to plug in and record to that can handle all that I/O. Definitely do some 15-track dry runs to see how it copes with writing multiple files on the fly.

An SSD was mentioned, hard drive speed may not be an issue. 

50 minutes ago, horrorshowbass said:

I was hoping I didn’t need to use any but my DAW is audacity.

In 'Preferences', is your interface recognised, and are you creating Stereo tracks..? That should do the trick; Audacity is minimalist but should do the job.

Here's my simple 'xls' file anyway, in case it helps someone...

Running Time Set List1.xls

1 minute ago, dave_bass5 said:

Thanks. Thats what i have at the moment, but i really don’t get on with Excel. I find it frustrating and get very annoyed with it (and myself). 

I can get on with the dragging up and down etc, but it’s when im creating new lists that i really struggle with, and the fact that printing to PDF as A4 seems like near impossible. Ive spent a few years doing this and still find it frustrating.

No dragging up or down with the simple list I'm doing right now. Just put a '1' in the 'To Be Included' column and it's all ready. I'll post it here in a few minutes, if you want..?

Excel will do what you describe easily enough, I'd say. Given a total list of all the songs, with a column to indicate that they be included or not in a filter, a total running time would be a simple 'Sum' of the individual time column. It sounds easy enough to me, at least. I can't think of any easier way to do it, nor specific 'set list' software. 

1 hour ago, horrorshowbass said:

Hi guys

Having issues with audio coming out as mono when I use my focusrite itrack solo.

Just ordered a scarlett 212 and mate suggested I use a webcam as opposed to laptop camera I currently use. Should a scarlett 212 and a decent camera allow me to record in glorius stereo?

Mostly using to do bass covers

Thanks

Michael

What software are you using for recording..?

8 minutes ago, nilorius said:

Regards to you snorkie! I am not howling, but trying. 😉

Fixed. 

Does it matter..? 

25 minutes ago, Supernaut said:

My Precision has scratchy pots so I'm hoping some contact cleaner should do the trick. 
 

Can anyone recommend one? Thanks. 

Amazon link to Kontact Cleaner ...

Reaper will do what you ask, and can be trialled for free for as long as you want, with no restrictions on functionality. It is not 'resource-hungry, and capable of handling that many inputs, once configured. It would cost you nothing to try it out. 

2 hours ago, tauzero said:

There wouldn't be a ticket price. If you can't/won't scan a QR code, you just ask an assistant who will be glad to, er, assist. Or, given the levels of service nowadays, be just as likely to say "f*ck off grandpa".

Hmm... If that's what the 21st century has become, you are welcome to keep it. I'll stay in my World, thanks all the same. Good day to you. 

1 hour ago, tauzero said:

I suppose it's not occurred to anyone to put QR codes on the instruments instead of price tags. The QR codes would simply take you to the web page for the instrument in question.

It sounds simple, indeed, but I'm afraid that I'm even more 'simple'. I don't use/understand 'smartphones' (Too old..? Too dumb..? Too lazy..? Whatever...), so I'd be the one walking out if the ticket price didn't fit my budget. I don't 'haggle', nor price compare. Two questions are all I have, for myself. Do I want it..? If 'Yes': Can I afford it..? If 'Yes', buy. That's it. Simple..? Yup, that's me. 

1 hour ago, Leonard Smalls said:

...When I was 6 I started a three year tour, playing to the crowned heads of Europe, and while on tour at age eight wrote my first symphony. Further tours followed, with numerous concertos, symphonies and operas...

Beware your 35th birthday. 

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1 hour ago, FlatEric said:

... Would I need anything else to connect - I seem to recall that I just went straight into the sound card before, on a micro jack ...

Very much more important to choose wisely the audio interface you'll be needing, if you're at all serious in your desire to record stuff. For a modest outlay (second-hand is fine, if guided in your choice...), the ease and quality of your recordings will be ample reward. Ask for advice if/when you go down that route, but you'll thank us all for it. 

As for Cakewalk v Reaper ... I tried Cakewalk a short while back, but I have already my way of thinking modelled on Reaper, and could get nowhere with it. I must admit to finding Reaper very easy to work with for simple things, which is what I do, but able to extend much, much further if required. Simple things are simple with pretty much any model software, I'd say, but not all are capable of more than that, once the initial 'honeymoon' is over. 

2 hours ago, Nice Guy Rich said:

...

That should save my sanity.

It would appear that that train left the station quite some time back. 

...

I was listening to a 'shoot-out' comparison of various renderings of this, whilst getting off to sleep last night, which inspired me to listen further this morning, so here it is...

2 hours ago, FlatEric said:

... Anything that could be recommended to run on windows 10, that is simple to use and effective?...

There will be a 'learning curve' with any 'effective' DAW'; Reaper is no different. Many years ago I looked into the various offering for a Windows PC, and ended up choosing Reaper. I've looked since at later software, but have retained Reaper, as it does everything I need/want to do, for a price I'm able/willing to pay. Try it for free, ask any questions here or on the Cockos Reaper forum and decide for yourself. It's no harder or more difficult than any other, and 'makes sense' (to me, at least...) in the way it presents stuff. Hope this helps. 

12 minutes ago, TheGreek said:

 Is there a relationship between mediocrity and mass appeal?

If one takes the definition of 'mediocrity' to mean 'average', then it's not really a surprise that most populations would be appealed to, to a greater or lesser degree. If one interprets it in a pejorative light, it takes on a different hue. Just a question of point of view, really. Is being 'average' bad..? 

1 hour ago, Bluewine said:

WOW! That's cold.

 

Daryl

That's 21° F, in old money. 

I bought a (very cheap...) guitar with my first brown wages envelope, mid '60s. Struggled with Mickey Baker chords, then bought a Hofner President guitar. The chords got a little easier. With a younger brother and some of his school mates, we played strange compositions and a few equally strange covers. The bottom strings of my Hofner became the bass, for lack of any other instrument. We played a few 'gigs' (a willing pub in Hounslow, a couple of church hall youth clubs...). It was the drumming from Fairport Convention (Martin Lamble, RIP...) that turned my attention to drums, and I never really looked back. I still play bass, and guitar, on and off, but basically I'm a drummer, and that was how it came to be. 

Topics such as this will, every time, receive a tribute to the much-missed Sandy Denny  ...

As a bonus, it's drumming like this that inspired me to take up drums, with that sly, discreet 'killer' whip on the hi-hat. Not much to fault with the Fairports of this epoch. 

18 minutes ago, markbunney said:

... They asked us to play for free, as there was no budget left! ...

At least expenses such as travel should be offered for such an event. Poor show.  What animation will they get instead (or none at all..?) 

Beethoven, Concerto n°4, Rondo for piano and orchestra. Kurt Masur (Chef d'orchestre), Hélène Grimaud (Piano), Orchestre Philharmonique De New York. 

22 minutes ago, rory said:

Evening all, 

 

Can anyone help to clarify? One of my band mates is telling me that the bass line for Rock and Roll changes pattern from the rest of the song at around the 2:56 to 3 minute mark. He says that the progression changes to the D early (i think it's bar 130). While I can hear the guitars doing this I can't hear the bass changing from the A to the D. To me the progression for the bass is the same all the way through. Maybe it's my hearing though. Any ideas? 

On the disk, there's a 'walk-up' at 2:55, and another at 3:05, neither of which are critical, and entirely 'ad lib' for this kind of song. The basic structure remains he same throughout; he's simply got a little bored of just the riff and is stretching his fingers a little. To be imitated, or not, but is of no real consequence either way. There's a clue in the title of the song.   Hope this helps.