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I've been using VideoPad for several years now, with modest success (loading my multi-camera 'plane videos to YouTube, with my own soundtrack etc...). Of late I've been dabbling with Da Vinci Resolve, which does a very similar job in a very similar fashion. I'm not as familiar with it as yet, but it compares favourably for my usage, and the free version does far more than I'll ever need. Cut'n'shut, fade in/out/crossfade, adding audio tracks, and syncing them to video... Both the packages I use do this with ease on my modest PC (HP 8200 desktop, i5 proc, 12 Gb memory, Windows 10 Pro...). Hope this helps.

Well, as long as folks refrain from swearing, in the knowledge that these terms will be replaced with others, we'll consider that the cuss filter is doing its job. I'll leave the philosophy to others; we're just trying to keep the Forum as decent as we can. Not using these words is the solution, on this Forum at least.

The idea behind the cuss filter is to incite folks to not use offensive, non-family-friendly language. There are many terms in the vocabulary that convey most sentiments without resorting to open vulgarity. For quoting, when it really does make a point (maybe...), there are ways, such as using 'special non-English characters' (in this case, 'shït, for example...), or, even better, asterisks are your friend (and so: sh*t...). Hope this helps; in general, it's best to avoid rude words, of course.

Good afternoon, Upa, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

Good afternoon, Euan, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

Give it a rest..! ...

Harrived today (Hoorah..!). I'll get started this evening, in parallel with my 'Complete Fiction By H.P. Lovecraft' tome. I'll try not to confuse the two.

The chemistry of batteries can be quite complex. One of the 'features' often designed in is the ability to stay at nominal voltage as long as possible, then drop off suddenly (a 'cliff edge'...). Others will gradually decline (a 'slope'...). The pre-amp, too, will have its own design parameters, so may continue to work normally with a lowering voltage until it can no longer do so, when it suddenly becomes mute. Our Cort will start to distort heavily if the battery is low (but has a 'pull for passive' volume pot...). Each combination of bass/battery is potentially different. There are also those basses that need tools to change the battery, often with tiny screws that fall between the stage boards, and are always black so that they become invisible in dim light, anyway. I'm glad that I'm a drummer.

S'my 'top tip', too; a Christmas present for your bass (and any other stuff that has batteries of the same sort, such as the reserve power for the alarm clock, or the TV remote control...). It's a simple way of reminding oneself, for those thinking of Christmas presents. For any Grinches out there... Serves you right for being such a curmudgeon when the bass fails..! ...

So, no spare, new, battery in the pocket of the gig-bag, eh..? There's the £30 lesson to be learned..! ...

Reaper is not very hard on PC's, even a modest one will be OK When composing with more and more virtual instruments, extra memory is your friend. I used, for several years, a Pentium PC; I now use a desktop HP 8200, with i5 processor and 12Gb memory. No issues whatever, with some fairly hefty instruments such as Superior Drums 3 and a Pearl piano, full orchestra and Spectrasonics Trillian bass. An internal soundcard will work fine, but usually one has to add an audio interface, for recording one's own instruments, or vocals (or both..!). This interface usually serves, then, for audio output. Not indispensable, but very useful. Hope this helps.

Reaper doesn't edit video. I use separate software for that (VideoPad or Resolve, depending on mood...). It's easier for me to edit audio in Reaper and slot it into the edited video. I have not had any synchro issues.

On my (Windows...) Reaper, the width of the right-hand pane can be adjusted. Try placing the cursor over the join between the panes; it should change to allow adjustment of the central 'pillar'. Slide this pillar to the right and you'll see the Category list more fully. I don't have a Mac, but it should work the same way, I think. Try it and see, maybe..? Hope this helps.

Good afternoon, Abraham, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

I've been using Reaper for a few years now, but tried Cakewalk fairly recently. It was a beggar to download and install, and once it was up and running, I could make neither head nor tail of it. I've since uninstalled it. Just sayin'; we're all different.

No..... that's Werther's.....

I've had very good service for several years now from my Superlux headphones, as have the two sons. A fair range available from Thomann; mine are HD669, which fit your description, and cost just under £24. I wear them a lot, for long periods on occasion, and find them to be very comfortable. Hope this helps.

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

Good afternoon, Slide , and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share. Nice basses; nice amp.

Not much to add or contradict what BRX has clearly written; the mic connected to the Warm Pre-amp, into the Compressor, into the Interface, will work. For the 3rd Dimension, you can connect the o/p from the compressor, but will need either an interface with two i/p's, or a mini-mixer, equally with at least two i/p's. There are small mixers for this, with stereo USB o/p, at around £70 or so, so might be worth a shot... Xenyx Q1202USB, Amazon UK ... Hope this helps.

At the time, the 'fashion' was for skinny strings; the Bison got set up with a set of '7's. These are roughly equivalent to stringing up with cobwebs. Added to that my innate tendency to not be a very good player, and having learnt what little I knew from Mickey Baker's Jazz Guitar method, it would be unfair to give any review of the guitar's potential. It may suffice to say that this potential was not realised under my hands. Upon acquisition it was a pastel green shade; I sprayed it bright canary yellow (and made not too bad a job of it, either...). The neck on the President is rather more on the 'chunky' side; the Bison boasted one of the skinniest necks of its time. Three pick-ups, but through my modest Watkins Westminster, not a lot of tonal difference. I didn't keep it long (what on Earth was I thinking of when I even considered such a guitar..?). I traded it for a Vox organ (for my then g/f to play; didn't spark her enthusiasm either...), and took up drums, myself. There, for once, I made the right choice.

You are The Grinch and I claim my £5 ..!