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I'm not sure I can explain what a buffer does very easily. It's there to prevent noise over long signal chains. There's a buffer in your zoom, and it's always on. This is why it's not "true bypass".

I think you're a bit confused about the bright onion pedal. It's not a recorder, or phrase looper. It's loop is just an effects loop. It doesn't have a clean blend on it though, so you'd have to ask for that to be added, but other than that it looks perfect for what you want. God knows why it has a footswitchable buffer either. Who would need that?

You should be able to set up a patch on the zoom with a clean blend, and still use the pedal as a volume control, I've definitely done that on my B2.1U before If you're instruments are well matched, then any old A/B box will do, such as the one linked by Danny above. If you go to something more complicated in the future, you could always move on a £20 A/B pedal pretty easily

My head hurts trying to understand this! To switch between two instruments, a simple A/B switch would be fine. However, you might want to be able to set the volume of each instrument, in case one is louder than the other. If so, you would need something a little more advanced. I believe the pros use a ToneBone or something? But I would use a boss LS-2 Regarding the effects loop, you just want a clean blended loop, right? And will this have it's own footswitch? Or did you want it connected somehow to the A/B switching? Your Zoom pedal should be able to blend some clean into the effected signal. I wonder if a simple A/B switch going into your zoom would do for now, and then when you get more interested in playing about with effects, make some new patches on the zoom with a clean blend? Sorry if I totally missed the point

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1427191701' post='2726849'] Totally agree. But some people seem to think that I can't possibly hold that view without being wrong! [/quote] To me, it sounds like it could be a faulty amp and people are trying to help you figure out if it is or not. Obviously we all have our own perceptions of these threads, but I didn't think anyone was saying that your views are wrong

I've tried most of the rooms around stoke, and they're generally pretty bad, however, my good friend and business partner Ant runs Riff Factory rehearsal rooms in stoke and the PAs are ace. Whether or not you like the bass rigs is obviously subjective, but the fact that it's clean, has a ladies loo, and decent, loud PAs, makes it better than everywhere else locally IMO

I love a good bit of orchestral music! The main difference for me between good classical music, and all other forms of more modern music, is the repetition. You don't get so much repetition in classical music, and when it's there, it's done with great effect. There is a lot of experimental jazz and prog-rock and the like without so much repetition, so for me, this would be the most comparable contemporary music.

[quote name='Musky' timestamp='1427156963' post='2726654'] ... Waynepunkdude. His banning was something of a watershed for many of the recently 'disappeared' on here who find it difficult to believe that someone who had helped out dozens -literally dozens and dozens - of people on here has suddenly become [i]persona non grata[/i]. He'd spent a lot of time and money helping people he'd never met and occasionally got his fingers burnt, and yet still offered to help others. That his presence was somehow detrimental to the community is difficult to understand - impossible in fact... [/quote] Yeh, totally agree I respect the mod's desire to keep private conversations private, and I really respect the way this forum is moderated, so I think I just have to accept that the mods were right, however impossible that is to understand.

I particularly like the photos

[quote name='Drax' timestamp='1427107891' post='2725740'] Patronise is a verb, a 'doing' word. It means 'to treat with an apparent kindness that betrays a feeling of superiority'. [/quote] Lol

Are you giving the soundman a clean DI as well as the effected signal? If you start trying to use compression to squish the louder setting to match the quieter setting, you could end up with a load of feedback, which would then require a gate. I think the suggestion of a pedal mod is a good one. It's a bit sh*t that the pedal has the option to switch presets, but doesn't let you set the level of each preset individually

You won't know how bad it'll be until you try it. Generally, for phase cancellation to be really bad, you need two very similar signals out of phase with each other. You'll have one clean, low volume signal, blended with one effected, high volume signal, which are quite different, so hopefully it wouldn't be so bad

I'm not really into folk music (or roots-folk-acoustic-punk-core, whatever you call us) but I do love the guys I play with, we get a lot of gigs, and most of them pay. I enjoy playing, but I tend to play with my own style anyway, so some of the more rigid numbers end up with a more funky feel. Maybe there's some room for you to get a bit more stylish with this band? You don't necessarily need to be playing the genre for you. As it's original, you should be able to do whatever you want and play in your own style.

I'm not sure who's missing, although I've noticed a crop-off by some posters Just checked and I've been here for 8 years!! I'm not posting so much these days as I only come online at work, and I'm working less (which is ace!) Anyway, this sort of thread happens every now and again. I often think the "problem" is more likely to be in the eye of the beholder. I love Off Topic by the way, and love getting into a good debate. Sometimes it does get heated, but that's easily handled with a friendly PM or the like.

no, a sidechain is used to compress one signal, based on the dynamics of another. For example, put a compressor on a bass guitar, side chain in a kick drum, and every time the kick drum kicks, the bass will be compressed. I'm not sure what the problem is. Are you saying that when you use it as a vocoder, it's fine, but when in the "gender bender" mode, it's too loud?

Yeh, fair enough. I suppose the real problem is the visibility of the "sell anything" section. If you could sell anything capable of playing music in the "other musically related..." area, then anyone on the internet could come here looking for smartphones and I guess that's what we're trying to avoid by keeping them separate

what's wrong with the "sell anything" section?

Yeh, that's what I didn't get. Who charges for OS updates?!

[quote name='BassBus' timestamp='1426768483' post='2721697'] ... IPads might be more expensive to buy but you get free uploads of the operating software whenever they are available... [/quote] Not sure what you mean by this? If you just want to read music off your tablet, I'm sure Android will be fine. If you want to integrate it into your rig in some way (using it for backing tracks or whatever) then I think an iPad is the best. I've not had much joy trying to use my andoid tablet for anything involving audio

The Hell are very amusing, and very heavy. Ace live Colibra from Manchester are pretty cool Hacktivist are ace, but might not be heavy enough? Zoax are pretty groovy I'll be checking out some of the recommendations in here, thanks!

[quote name='TheBadger' timestamp='1426748271' post='2721427'] ...Hmmmmmm I must be doing something wrong... [/quote] Nope! Just do what sounds best to your ears

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1426690422' post='2720844'] For me technical ability is a means to an end and the the end itself. I would classify myself as a composer/songwriter first and foremost, producer/arranger second, band member third, and lastly a musician. For me the final product be it a recording or live performance is more interesting than the technical ability of the people performing it. [/quote] I'm very similar. I'd say I'm better on bass than I am at my other instruments, but for all of them, I can play them to the standard required to play the music I've written.

What is this "heft" we're talking about? Surely there's nothing that can't be achieved with some clever compression and EQ?

All my basses are solid. My schecter studio 6 is quite quiet when played unplugged. Then I have a "marshall" (some custom 6 string I bought 2nd hand off here) which is loud in comparison to the schecter. Is it the strings I wonder?

Well, yeh, OC-2 was mass produced, and I wouldn't describe it as "boutique". The main reason people love it is for it's glitchy sythny nature, so I guess you just didn't like it.