Dad3353

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

With the space/volume I see in the photos, I'd suggest that there's no point in looking for 'studio' ergonomics nor performance. That's not to say that nothing can be done, but some careful thought, careful planning and a careful budget can improve things. I'd start by accurately measuring the whole room, and making a plan view, giving all salient details such as doors and windows, and how they open, and ceiling height, plus any other features such as radiators and the like. A list of the principle elements of your system (screen, console, monitor speakers, Fx and other boxes, instruments...), with their dimensions, and maybe a rating from 1 to 10 on a 'this is used most often' scale. A lot can be done with trestles and worktops, and shelving solutions, either wall-mounted, built-in or even made mobile on castors can be part of the picture. Is the room used for anything else (stored boxes, winter coats, vacuum cleaner...)..? There's a need for much thinking 'outside the box', and much compromise to be made, but it can be done. Don't throw money at it; it would be largely wasted. Disclaimer : I would describe my take on these things as tending towards the 'minimalist'; I spent decades working in IT from a 1 sq metre desk, and my present 'pica-studio' takes up less than 1 cu. metre before my armchair. When I need a keyboard, or my guitars or bass, they're played on my lap. Ideal..? Maybe not. As good as Peter Gabriel's set-up..? Very far removed..! Adequate..? Yes, and by necessity, so it is what it is. One cuts one's coat according to one's cloth. Hope this helps.

There's none so deaf as them's that won't hear.

Yeah, but it's alright, Ma.

True, but is, to me, beside the point. It's not what's done with it, it's the notion of 'deserving' that I don't agree with, that's all (him nor anyone else, myself included, obviously...)

Bob or no Bob, no-one on the Planet has ever deserved amounts like this, whatever they do or did, in my view. Just sayin'; it changes nowt, I know.

A possible measure could be 'Expected deaths compared to actual deaths'. Here's one approach of the sort ... Excess mortality UK ...

I followed up the that point, and agree entirely, but then lost the plot (if plot there was...) with what followed. You're probably right, though. ...

Good morning, DP, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

Close neighbours, old chum. 200 kms for me (Nantes...) , and five times that for the next biggest (Nice...). Nearest 'big' town..? Population 12,000 (Mayenne...).

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

I mis-read the title again.

Good evening, 4E, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

But, Shirley, every drummer has a rug under the kit, just for that very eventuality..?

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

Good evening, NewUser, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share. A sad tale; a sad tale indeed. Tell us your location; I'm sure there'll be someone around to recommend a course of action for the Dean truss rod. It may be useful to team up with a more experienced BC member to help you with things.

Good Stuff, Shirley, but a quite different budget.

Shades of 'ISIHAC', with their 'musical' rounds. I like a good (short...) joke.

This works whilst the track stays in the project, but it's not useful for extracting a track. Solo the track you want, then render using the normal 'File/Render' selection and you'll get the 'real deal'. This internal rendering is very useful on a more lightweight machine for saving on processor power, and I used it a lot when I had a weaker PC. Given tens of tracks, all using Vst orchestral instruments, it enabled me to do complete works, where the PC came to a halt otherwise. I wouldn't use the WAV files directly, though; they're for Reaper to sort out. I can't see any downside to using the main render method; all the options are available, such as rendering partially, just a time selection, or rendering several tracks at once (all that are not muted, in fact...).

OK, I'll have to ask 'How are you doing this..?'. I looked at three methods, and compared each with the whole track. I'm using a Superior Drummer 3 'Metal' track, and isolating the bass drum... First, I rendered the whole project. Then 'froze' the bass drum, solo. Next I undid that, back to the original, and 'rendered' the solo bass track itself to stems Lastly, I went back again, and made the bass drum 'solo', and rendered the whole project. Only the last of these three solo bass drums gave a true result. The stems and rendered tracks sounded fine in the project, but the WAV files they generated were of very different levels, compared to either the whole project, or the solo bass drum rendered as a project. I'd suggest, then, that you try (if that's not what you're already doing...) not using anything but a solo'd track, rendered as Project (from the File menu, not from the track 'render/freeze' options...). If you've done things this way, and still have issues, maybe create a small 'test' project we could share, so we can see what's happening..? It must be a simple issue (finger trouble, or bow not ticked...), as Reaper has bee, doing sterling work for me for decades, now. Any use to you..?

I'll do a quick test here; I've never had any such issues, and do a lot of track rendering, so I'm surprised. Back in a jiffy...

Please consider attaching the strap at the headstock, whichever bass is chosen, in much the same way as an acoustic guitar, basically. It makes an awful lot of difference to the balance of the instrument, and 'neck-dive' is no longer a consideration. The left arm is then pretty well totally free to just play, and doesn't support the neck at all. Just a thought.