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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.

In my experience, if you're concentrating, you can hear all your notes, but most basses are very quiet un-plugged I do have one bass which is quite loud un-plugged. No idea what makes it louder, but it's lovely to play. The only problem is the p-ups are knackered so I can't really play it plugged in!

Yes, you're right, "successful" does not mean it's great music, but I doubt he would have gotten quite so famous if the first two albums were genuinely "terrible". Obviously that's all subjective Anyway, I didn't want to get in the middle of an argument sorry, just thought I might clear it up

[quote name='UglyDog' timestamp='1426671038' post='2720447'] Oh FGS. No, I'm not. You said "[i]If his first albums had been terrible - there wouldn't be a thread in his name on here would there?[/i]", and in reply I am pointing out that the two do not go hand in hand; just because we are talking about him on here, at length, does not [i]automatically[/i] make his first albums the work of greatness. [/quote] The point is that he is famous because of his first album or two, and so indirectly, this thread wouldn't exist unless they were successful.

Cool. A lot of the PA/Mixer dealies in rehearsal rooms will have a headphone output. You could use this as a headphone amp to do the above test properly, so you might want to take your headphones with you to rehearsal

They can be very useful tools. A lot of people these days are foregoing an amp all together, in which case a pre-amp of some sort is pretty much essential, if you care about your sound You might be one of these guys who just wants to give the sound man a clean DI and forget about it, in which case it's probably not for you

you need a headphone amp of sorts, then plug the send into the input of the headphone amp (sounds like you plugged the headphones straight into the send?!)

I love my feedback loop. If you have a good bit of dirt in the loop, a wah pedal will act like a pitch shifter for the feedback weeeeeeeeee. If you have a delay it'll go mental. I particularly like my whammy set to an octave up, so that the pitch of the note seems to get higher and higher (very fast), it creates massive sounds!

I do both. In terms of making original music, a democracy is definitely better. In terms of getting gigs, getting money in, pushing the band forward, dictatorship wins.

Have you tried running the amp into a headphone amp or similar? Just to test if it's the preamp that's distorting

[quote name='Gareth Hughes' timestamp='1425600325' post='2709070'] It sure is. Check this out: [url="http://www.guitarplayer.com/miscellaneous/1139/barge-concepts-vfb-2-variable-feedback-amp-blend-bypass-looper/11725"]http://www.guitarpla...ss-looper/11725[/url] [/quote] This is the one I use but I don't think they make them any more The blend side blends the clean signal in with whatever effects are in the loop. The feedback side takes some of the output of the effects loop and feeds it back into the input of the effects loop, creating weird oscillations etc.

Don't forget your music stand!

[cheeky] I see you're in Staffs - my studio is in Talke, happy to do BC rates [/cheeky]

all good, dead busy at the studio, Headsticks are out gigging a lot too I did think we had one at the rigger coming up but it's been cancelled for some reason