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4 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:
What's it like playing in a fishtank? Do you get odd sound reflections?
Not really, just some herring loss.
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1 hour ago, lurksalot said:
Chopin? Whose aksin ?
Careful with that, Eugene.
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23 minutes ago, StingRayBoy42 said:
Wow!
For an encore, they play their long number.
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23 minutes ago, Leonard Smalls said:
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S'not EDM at all! And there's no rave horns. Even better, there's no auto tuned vocals.bor any vox for that matter!
Just plenty bass and lots of stereo FX...
Reggae, EDM, Dub ... Whatever. T'ain't Chopin.
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And I thought that we were friends.
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This is a lily ...
This is not a lily ...
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13 minutes ago, BigRedX said:
But I was talking about originals bands. I wouldn't be looking at playing any of those venues in the first place.
In my experience, originals bands have to play such venues at first, usually for a couple of years at least, to be able to aspire to 'equipped' venues and festivals. I was with Kiemsa for many years; they ended up touring France and Germany, but started out in self-promoted halls, pubs, clubs etc, where PA, lights, backline were all needed. Just sayin'.
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2 hours ago, Downunderwonder said:
I hope the drum scaffold gets moved as a unit into a van of the appropriate volume...
This is how I did it with my acoustic kit (not a rack job, but pre-assembled cymbal stands, so all ready to go with no faffing about...); it's how I do it now with the e-kit, which loads as one unit, plus two pedals and my computer flight case. Of course, none of this fits into my present car (The Shoe...), but I've an arrangement with our local garage to 'hire' a full-size Trafic if/when I need it. S'been a long time since I used my drum cases.
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5 hours ago, binky_bass said:
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Drums: Mapex 6 piece kit with Sabian AAX Cymbals and Evans skins.
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Very nice kit, well balanced.
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38 minutes ago, badger said:
as is grammar pedantry.
where are those apostrophe rozzers when you need them?
A quote like that from a bloke like that doesn't deserve my attention.
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9 minutes ago, FarquariousFjord said:
... Anyone know what kind of tool I'd need to adjust it? ...
Any steel rod that fits snugly into the holes around the adjuster is fine (length not critical, but 3-6 inches would be fine...). The rod goes into one of the holes, and the adjuster turned. After a bit, the rod can't turn any further, so it comes out to go into the next hole that has become available. Typically, only a quarter-turn at most at a time, though, so go easy; don't start turning it round and round..! Which way to turn..? Depends on whether the neck needs more or less 'bow'. Turning clockwise will decrease the 'bow', turning anti-clockwise will increase the 'bow'. Hope this helps.
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A lot of it is down to health and fitness, I'd say. At 74 this year, I'll be needing some help moving my e-drums to gigs. I can cope with the playing of 'em (if there's a respite between the more energetic numbers...), and will need a bit of a lie-down for a few minutes afterwards, but I won't be able to help much with stripping down the PA any more. Maybe some light cable winding..?
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1 hour ago, Leonard Smalls said:
Think I've got the bones of it sorted after a couple of hours today....
Laid down bass and bagpipes already!
'Laid down' as in 'surrendered them to relevant authority along with a life-long renouncement of their use', I hope..?
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Nah, who am I kidding..! Lennys don't change their spots.
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30 minutes ago, binky_bass said:
... I'd be going back to court to obtain permission for bailiffs to seize assets. If you take away his tools, no one else can become a victim to his scams.
I think that, in France at least, tools of the trade are exempt from being seized by bailiffs. It may be different in the UK, though.
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And the winner is...
Here, then, is your Winner's Certificate (download and save as pdf file, then proudly print and frame...) ...
... which looks like this (but bigger, of course..!)...
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I wonder where the person who did the estimations will be migrating to..?
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1 hour ago, Rich said:
The place we used the other night (Firebird in Bristol) has a range of different bass rigs to choose from.
https://firebirdstudios.co.uk/category/equipment/amplifiers/bass-amp/
It looks to be Good Stuff; just don't follow the map on their site (East coast of Australia..!).
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11 minutes ago, Downunderwonder said:
I can see @Bluewine in sequins and stripes.
Where..? Do you have a link..?
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2 hours ago, Franticsmurf said:
... caption competition ...
(Sings...) "Specsavers, Specsavers, y'all get on down to Specsavers..."
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9 minutes ago, taunton-hobbit said:
I think DAD uses electronics ?
Indeed, initially as an 'at home' way of keeping my hand in, but quickly moving on to 'giggable' kits. I now play a Millenium 850, bought in an as-new (still boxed..!) condition for 350€; it has excellent sounds, 'native', but I've coupled it to a laptop running Superior Drummer 3, and it's as good as it gets. The one downside, for me, is not being able to simulate jazz brush swishing with any conviction; other than that, I now play my acoustic (Camco...) to keep my hand in, but rehearse and gig with the e-kit. No complaints here, nor from the band, nor the audience, so...
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Not much 'glory' to be found in Palestine right now.
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1 hour ago, lurksalot said:
Unlucky there Douglas , I do recall you had a very good acoustic guitar VSTi at one point mind
Cheers; the challenge, however, was to record the Takamine in both audio and MIDI at the same time, but unfortunately a very weak 'D' from the piezo strip made it impossible to get a decent result. I don't know if I just have to re-bed the piezo or choose another one; either way it's a kerfuffle I can't fix in just a day or two. It's not the worst thing that's happened on the Planet of late, though; no kittens have perished.
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I'll not be participating this month, I'm afraid. I had (still have...) an idea, based upon Goldilocks (Daddy Robot, Mummy Robot, Junior Robot...), with a short storyline'n'all, but, for technical reasons, I can't record the way I had planned (I've had a piezo strip and pre-amp installed in my acoustic which is playing up; I can't use the result for now...). Never mind me, carry on regardless. I'll catch up next month, hopefully.
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Packing up.
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