Dad3353

Sent off to the Famous Quotes topic...

No surprise if everyone buys 'em from the UK..!

It's installed, quite cleanly, and I've downloaded the Pdf doc, so I'll give it a read. I immediately received a -15% offer from them (or rather, their robot..!), so they're 'on the ball'. It has a strange (to me...) notion of editing in one screen, then switching to the 'other' screen for mixing, eq and all that. Probably OK if one has two screens..! Even on a separate screen, though, there are so many tiny buttons and labels, it's not easy for old eyes to readily pick it out or manoeuvre with the mouse (or trackball, in my case...). Interesting, as I worked, years back, building Trident consoles, and spent years behind concert desks of many sorts, so 'hands-on' is no surprise to me. It allowed me to import a couple of WAV files I had to hand, and played 'em back perfectly, as expected. I couldn't find a 'drag' time stretch for these files as with Reaper, but I haven't read the doc yet either, so... Not bad graphically, but one very, very big, or, better yet, two very big screens semble recommended.

It's just downloaded; I'll give it a whirl this evening.

Watching the 'blurb' video, and it look fine. It seems to suppose that one has four acres of screen real estate, so if one's work involves a dozen tracks or more, the studio wall would be taken up by the screen, to get all of that 'one button per function' under the mouse. Well out of my league, I'm afraid, and their site shows a starting price tag of 92€, with 360€ for the '32' console. I'll download the demo, though, to see, I think. Compare and contrast ... Should I invest in a Harrison..?

Repeat after me, as many times and as often as is necessary... 'Less Is More'

For what you're doing it doesn't actually matter much. The important bit is to have the speaker well seated to the box, so that no air can leak from the rear of the speaker to the front. Something simplified, along these lines... https://garrettmei.com/cardboard-speaker/

Here is my contribution to the February 2021 Basschat Composition Challenge, inspired by a picture chosen by the previous joint winner: Upside Downer..! The scene is set by the picture: the Champion is coming forward, heralded by the traditional bangings, gongs and flutes, advancing with increasing alacrity to centre stage. The tension mounts. A surprise awaits... Just three new Kontakt 'freebie' instruments were put to (mis...) use here, with final assistance afforded by Aikimo and The Little 'erbert. Mixed in Reaper (what else..?), with no treatment whatever. Just a plain, simple mix again. Thanks for listening, if you already have; if you're about to, enjoy.

A beginner with no idea of what's involved, maybe. The 'secret' is in the knowledge of how electricity works. The electrical impulses (signal...) from the guitar to the amplifier are of low intensity (that's 'current'...). A guitar cable has been made to pass this low signal, with little loss, and to remain flexible and parasitic-noise-resistant, which means having fine copper wires and a braided screening sheath under that plastic protection. The very fineness of these wires makes it incapable of supporting high currents. The amplifier (the clue is in the name...) 'amplifies' the signal to become a much stronger signal, which implies, in our case, much more current. When current passes through electrical cables, heat is generated, depending on the intensity and quality of the wires. Speaker cables do not need the bulky screening of guitar cables; their thickness is explained rather by the much great cross-section (thickness...) of the wires inside, able to pass much higher, more intense currents. If a guitar jack is used between amp and speaker, the too-strong current can melt and destroy the cable, and maybe short out the amp to its destruction. An appropriately-configued speaker cable does not carry this risk. Now, as for the jack itself... Internally, there is a stout connection between the inner and outer contacts, capable by a large margin of handling any signal from a guitar. Able, too, to handle signal from a medium amplifier to a modest speaker, as long as the intensity (current...) remains within its designed range. Too high a current (that's to say, a high-powered amp driving a powerful speaker...) would probably cause, over time, failure by overheating in the same way as an ill-adapted cable. I would guess that adaptors of the sort you have are well able to safely perform the use which you've shown, at modest power levels, but would be better replaced with more apt cabling if the amp/speaker power were to be noticeably augmented. There's no 'golden rule', but experience suggests to me that guitar jacks are never to be used between amps and speakers, and that, above 200w or so, Speakon cables and connectors are the way tp go. The components you have will do the task you ask of them with no issues, but will not withstand high-power use of the sort I've described. I hope this brief glimpse into the wonderful world of electronics is useful; more study on your part will be helpful to you for years and decades to come, and is recommended.

Print this life-size; pin it to the door..?

No audio, and pieces of very varied difficulty, but, with simple diligence, there'll be no mistakes (or if there are, they're just 'fluffed' notes...). In all, can't go wrong, really.

For exercise' in reading, I found this to be worth a visit ... Alfred Kalfass 'Soul Essentials'... It's not (and not intended to be...) a tutorial, but a series of 500 riffs and patterns, for practicing one's skills. Good value, I found. I found it through his ( @alfred...) announcement on this very Forum...

Your question is not very precise; I'll answer as best I understand it. You wanted to know if the right-angled jack I'd linked is suitable for your use, despite the mention of 'V' guitars. I wanted to assure you that 'Yes, it's fine for your use'. However, I also added that, for higher-powered systems, jacks, of any sort, are not the best for speaker leads. This, to warn you that your current use is fine, but if, later, you procure a more powerful amp and speaker, it would be advisable to equally procure adequate leads, notable Speakons, such as this ... No need for now; use the cables and connectors that you have. I hope this clarifies things..?

Maybe @roonjuice should, indeed, sell it to 'em, and buy it back afterwards..?

They'd have no trouble stealing mine, but who would want to..?

We all have our own ways of assimilating stuff; this (The Hal Leonard way...) is a pretty decent approach for many, and, at its price point, considering the rest of the info in there, is a 'no-brainer', in my view. Yes, there are other methods; the sight reading courses start at around 60€, I think..? Good value too, if the Leonard method didn't click, but as a 'starter', I'd go with the book for a first shot.

Which means it's more or less paid for itself within a month, if hired out every day.

You dodged a bullet there, I reckon.

Your intestines do.

You've got Good Stuff..? Who knew..?

For those with a full Kontakt Vst... I was trawling t'web for Japanese sounds, for this month's Composition Challenge (as one does...), and came across these very nice 'freebies'... Strezov Sampling Freebies... Once 'bought' (for 0€...), there is a Downloader to be er... downloaded; the running of which brings the Kontakt files and 'installs' them. I then move these files to their correct places on my System. Quality sounds, obviously limited in scope for major use (they're 'freebies'..!), but the other products proposed seem darned excellent, too, although more expensive than I have budget for at the moment. Still, a worthy find, which, I'm sure, will feature in my next composition. I've retained the address for other products for later on.

An emphatic, unequivocal, 'Yes'..! I recommend the spiral-bound Complete Edition, which lays flat. I have many bass, guitar, piano and drum methods; the Hal Leonard ranks as best of bunch in its approach and completeness. Buy with confidence; it's not even expensive..! Complete Edition, Spiral-bound, Amazon ...

Currently unavailable there, but we Mods have our own stocks...

This poor dead horse has been soooooo flogged... This is its last in this topic; I shall start culling forthwith any future stuff of the sort.

Our 2nd guitar/keys has just bought a Zoom H1/MB. It has several sensitivity settings, and the first sessions we did with it, the results were very low. This didn't affect the quality of the sound at all; there's no need these days to record at 0db. Once normalised, our sessions sounded fine; certainly no distortion from the Zoom. Inexpensive and easy to use; worth a look..?