Dad3353

It sounds like a bass being played, to me. Sorry, no 'rattle'.

A sound idea, but beware of voltage drop with such a length of DC. Depending on the current drawn by the equipment, and the gauge of the DC wire, it could cause issues. Not necessarilly, but needs checking.

... and any animals being transported (horses, dogs, cuttlefish etc...).

... but you're right, they're a pain in the wotsit. I think I may have kept one or two (checks... Yes, the Abbey Road bundle stuff...), but I wouldn't fight hard to keep it all for the faff it entails. Ignore Waves for now, and get the thing up and running first. Come back to it after a decade or so...

Waves back ...

If you've never needed them, and still don't, it's just an academic question, no..? They are seldom used in playing 'live', except by the drummer, if there's a need. The 'need' would be having fixed tempo stuff going on, to which the drummer has to 'lock in' to, such as sporadic samples. It would be very rare indeed to have other band members using them, unless they, too, need to synchronise with samples and the like. It doesn't have to be a metronome 'click', either. It could be a rhythm guitar, or a spoken count-down; it's whatever works in any given situation. Much more prevalent when recording, as there may not be other musicians playing at the same time. Whoever is laying down the first track (drums, often, but could well be an acoustic guitar as a reference track...), a 'click' is a tried and tested method for ensuring a regular tempo (usually...). Once the 'beat' is there, though, not many would continue having a 'click'; they are better served listening to what the preceding players have done, and lock into that. It's a wide and varied subject, and there are many other uses or needs, but that's the bare bones of it. (Disclaimer: I'm a drummer...).

Here is my contribution to the March 2022 Basschat Composition Challenge, inspired by a picture chosen by the previous winner: Skank Del Var. It was the colours that inspired, with thoughts of voices from the East; will they ever be heard again..? Where are they, right now..? To be played quite loud, to drown out the thud of cannons. A simple collage of samples gleaned from t'web; all merit goes to the people singing. Long may they be able to do so. Reaper, of course, nowt else. Thanks for listening, if you already have; if you're about to, enjoy.

No, it's not. I've yet to collect it, what with The Plague'n'all, but I'll be bringing it back to France, end of April, where Our Eldest will take the necessary steps required to rectify any and all peccadillos that age has bestored upon it, after which I'll play it. It's been a long wait. Sorry; you snooze, etc...

Not forgetting that some Windows versions cannot use more than 4Gb of memory anyway, and reserve 1Gb for themselves, leaving 3 Gb for the User. One needs a 64-bit OS to have access to more RAM. My humble HP8200, i5, bought 'refurbished' has 12Gb, and has never shown any sign of lack of memory. I use it for composition (Reaper...), 3d stuff, video editing and more, often at the same time. A PC with 8Gb is perfectly capable of running most DAW software at the level most of us need. Studios have, and need, more, but for domestic stuff it should be fine. Check, then, that the OS is indeed 64-bit.

No. ...

Consider using two different colours on each item; the chances of having someone else with the same choice of marking is much reduced. There are quite a few folks using red tape on their cables; far fewer using red and green (colours purely for example; other colour combinations are admissible ...).

... until you drop. ...

Possibly true in absolute terms, but there are scores (hundreds..? thousands..?) of musicians playing variety gigs; not all of them are immersed in all the genres in the repertoire. The case in point (the TV show...), the objective was not to become 'fabulous' (although that would have been a bonus...), but to get to the gig and make it work. Any songs could have been chosen; one or more of the musicians would not have been steeped in it, whatever the genre. 'Fake' reggae is as easy to cobble up as 'fake' disco, 'fake' flamenco', 'fake' electronica... I could go on.

Quite so, and you're right, in that the fellow wasn't 'wired' for reggae, but in swapping feet, he'd have been playing 'his' style, whilst giving off a back-beat feel. It wouldn't have brought out a rash of dreadlocks, but would have helped the song along (it need all the help it could get, as it sounded like quite a struggle shoe-horning it into such a feel, anyway. It's not as if there are no 'four on the floor' reggae songs to choose from..! 'Is This Love', 'The Tide Is High' ... )

I was surprised that the 'easy' solution for getting a Reggae beat wasn't tried. Swap the hi-hat and bass drum pedals and play as normal. Instant riddim..! It's like playing 'leftie' with the feet. OK, it's not authentic, there's much more involved to get a proper reggae feel, but it would have made all the difference in the situation portrayed. The bloke could easily manage the bass drum with his gammy leg, and have full control over the hi-hat as a bonus. Just sayin'.

That's incomplete; it should be 'Don't put it in 'bridge' mode unless you need to, and you know what you're doing.' Some folks burn their fingers on the doubly-live terminals. Others link to earth one or other of the wires. Some use guitar leads to connect to the cabs. (Don't do any of those things..! ) There are many reasons for not bridging, but if it's needed, and done properly, it's fine. As I mentioned right from the outset, there are hundreds of amps working in that mode all over the globe. It's not an Issue.

Take your tablets, like that nice doctor fellow said. Chill. Breath. Earl Grey, or camomile tea may help. Take a walk (not, not on the Wild Side..! D'oh..!). For the purposes of the interogations you're torturing yourself with, there is no difference, none whatsoever, between what comes from one amp channel or two bridged amp channels. Whatever difference there may be is only of interest (and even then, not much...) to a lab technicien studying high-falluting stuff of purely academic use. Now, take those pills, go for a nice long walk and get back to practicing bass playing, there's a good chap. ...

A cab connected to one or the other would not react any differently. Tha amps with such a specification would have a different price on them, though, if of the same quality.

800w bridged and 800w per channel unbridged..? Seems odd to me.

Just as a simple way of illustrating, take an amp with a voltage to its power stage of 40v. Whatever the currrent, the amp's PSU cannot deliver more volts. To get the watts up, the current must increase, and the o/p transistors may not be capable. In comes 'bridge' mode, where one amp, with the same 40v limit, is bridged with an identical, but phase-inversed, '-40v' amp. The cab 'sees' an 80v swing. That's what bridging achieves; 'double' the power for the same current. OK, it's a simple view, but that's the gist of it.

There are thousands of PA systems, world-wide, running in bridge mode, many on a 24/7 basis. There's nothing particular about this mode per se that makes it, for any adequate speaker system, different. To a cab, it's just applied tension across its terminals. As for power ratings, the 'real world' audible difference between 800 and 830 (or even 1200...) is negligeable. If there's any risk of damaging cabs, in this, or any other, situation, I would question the matching, or even the necessity, of such wattage. Any decently-efficient cabs would be crushing concrete at those acoustic levels anywhere other than a wide-open space such as an open-air concert. However, if one's music relies on this to be heard, so be it, and accept that damage may occur, either to the rig, or one's ears, or the building, or all of the above. If it's a concern, turn it down or double up on the cabs.

The one in the photo,no, but mine was identical, bought at auction from the Gendarmerie at Rennes, Brittany for 2000 FF (about £200...). Mileage (well, kilometers, actually...) was 30,000, which I worked out as being one circuit of the Rennes ringroad per week since new, so only just run in, really. Too thirsty with the petrol engine, though, so I removed it and fitted a diesel that I'd refurbished and fitted to my Peugeot 404 estate. The result was a real bombardier; sound-proofing was not 'optimum'. Getting back from gigs at the point of Brittany was err... challenging. I'd just bought it; a few days later, out shopping, I was stopped by (oh the irony...) the local gendarmes, and given a fine for driving a vehicle displaying military insignia (the Red Crosses...). The fine was subject to a general amnesty at the occasion of the election of Mitterand as president, so didn't get paid. I 'tagged' the crosses on the sides, but never got around to the roof..! I gave it away in the end to a pal, who took it down to the Pyrenees, and I lost track of it decades ago now? My first car in France was a 3cv, just like the Arcadiane in its concept, but older. Happy daze.