Dad3353

Well pleased to see 24 voters..! Someone must be doing something right. Good stuff from all (yes, even Lenny, albeit grudgingly... ). And the picture for April is... (Bearing in mind today's date, I'm apprehensive ...)

[left][size=4][color="#222222"][font="Arial, sans-serif"][size=4]And the winner is... SH73..! [sharedmedia=core:attachments:167486] Here, then, is your Winner's Certificate (download and save as pdf file, then proudly print and frame...) ...[/size][/font][/color] [attachment=242114:BC_Chal_Cert_2017_03.pdf] [color="#222222"][font="Arial, sans-serif"][size=4]... which looks like this (but bigger, of course..!)...[/size][/font][/color][/size] [/left] [left][size=4][color="#222222"][font="Arial, sans-serif"][size=4][/size][/font][/color][/size][/left]

The Winner's Certificate is going to look even odder than usual later on this evening, I fear. No voters left to break the deadlock..? No..? Oh well, small fonts time ([i]sigh[/i]..!).

[quote name='Yank' timestamp='1490955128' post='3269334'] I'm just curious... [/quote] You've not got the full picture; there were other issues with that thread. Thanks for supporting the Mods, though; it's not always easy to take these decisions. This topic, in its turn, will now be locked, hoping that curiosity has been satisfied.

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1490890891' post='3268884'] Just busy doing other things... [/quote] Cheers, thanks for replying. .. ([i]Getting old, it would seem; needs to get out and rave more[/i]... )

[quote name='the boy' timestamp='1490871967' post='3268636'] That's greedy. You can't vote for yourself and three others as well. [/quote] [quote name='RockfordStone' timestamp='1490824716' post='3268422'] voted for mine... [/quote] To be understood as 'mine' = 'my favourite three'.

[quote name='the boy' timestamp='1490822928' post='3268410'] Dad... [/quote]

... and voted. Tough choice, as ever. There's some good stuff there (and then there's Lenny's tune, of course ...). Well done, folks.

... or this..?

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1490739201' post='3267628'] Eek! I was only kidding! At least there's plenty to criticize, so sharpen your teeth... [/quote] Be careful what you wish for, lest it come true.

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1490733816' post='3267573'] I am not getting to these lately, I am afraid. [/quote] You wouldn't care to expand on that, by any chance..? A bit cryptic for an old beggar such as I, and I'd be interested to have any ambiguity resolved.

[quote name='timhiggins' timestamp='1490490175' post='3265517'] Exotic tree's [/quote] Exotic tree's [i]what[/i], exactly..? Please finish your sentences.

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1490651729' post='3266838']...you could retrospectively do all mine... [/quote] I'll do that, an 'MBA Special'. I've given 'em a short listen just now, and they're worthy of comment. Not this week (our daughter and grandson are coming over for a week's visit...), but it'll maybe help me get back in the saddle. Coming soon, then...

[quote name='RockfordStone' timestamp='1490630581' post='3266627']...i wrote and recorded the lyrics, edited and mixed it in the space of 2 hours... [/quote] 2 hours..? What kept you..? I have time to bung out a couple of symphonies and a fugue or two in that time..! ... (... [size=2]although it's true that mine are unpolishable, too..![/size] ) As for 'Play Of The Day', it's tempting (I miss it too...), but I have to be fit enough for the 'long haul' first. Soon, but not this month, I'm afraid.

[quote name='RockfordStone' timestamp='1490626863' post='3266586'] i wouldn't bother, mine is sh*t [/quote] So, now is not the right moment for me to resume my 'Play Of The Day' critiques, then..?

[quote name='RockfordStone' timestamp='1490393630' post='3264922'] oh well in that case, you can't have mine [/quote] NO; GET YER SKATES ON..! ... ... (Skol will be late posting the voting, anyway, so ... )

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1490395285' post='3264933']... The great thing about this challenge, for me, is that it makes me do stuff and learn stuff that I would normally keep putting off... [/quote] Unfortunately, the same goes for Lenny. ... ...

Official date-time for entering is midnight, tonight, so any entrants yet to come may need to get their skates on ... It's not strictly applied, so no panic, but time is running out, just the same. Just sayin'.

Get the fellow working on Zappa's 'Black Page'. He'll adore 'four on the floor' as respite from then on.

[quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1489696178' post='3259090']... Now as for a round robin... [/quote] When programming drums, a continual repetition of the same sample will sound unnatural, and, in extreme cases (drum rolls, or bass drum blast beats, for instance...) will give an effect known as 'machine gun'. A Round Robin will play a different sample for each successive note, sometimes each in turn, or, even better for most drums, randomly. This gives a more natural rendition. 3 or 4 RR's are enough for many applications (that's to say, 3 or 4 sets of samples to be triggered...), but 8 is good too..! If the samples are well recorded, the result is almost imperceptible, but the end product has a far better 'feeling' to it. I'll bow to your superior expertise concerning perms; it's been a long time since I went to the hairdressers.

[quote name='Fuzzbass2000' timestamp='1489614537' post='3258453']... Assuming I can find someone to do the work... [/quote] Don't let on that I told you, but our very own [url="http://basschat.co.uk/user/7835-kiogon/"]KiOgon ...[/url] has been known to successfully repair many items thought lost to all for ever. Might be worth asking him (nicely...)..?

Yes indeed. It's only the first forty years or so that are the worst, after which things tend to get (slightly...) better.