cheddatom

How did Headsticks make it on there twice?! Not that I'm complaining!

[quote name='Jecklin' timestamp='1420631748' post='2651471'] Sorry cheddatom, I should have qualified my statement. This was never in a conventional rock setting. [/quote] What sort of music does this sound suit? I play in a reggae band and a folk band (as well as a rock band) and I feel I get much more "punch" without the front head and with some dampening. Without dampening it's just too wild

[quote name='dood' timestamp='1420631496' post='2651461'] Hmmm! - My own kit I'd use no dampening [i]inside[/i] the bass drum. My tuning was somewhere between the Bob Gatzen method and something a drumming friend showed me. Using Evans heads with the foam dampening ring on... [/quote] I guess your foam ring has a similar effect to the small jumper I have pushed against the head. I've watched Bob Gatzen's videos and he always seems to use some form of dampening on the kick?

[quote name='Jecklin' timestamp='1420630339' post='2651437'] This is where it gets contentious - the best drummers I have played with didn't use ported kick drums (nor did they have damping on their drums either). [/quote] Fair enough to prefer no port, but no dampening?!? Surely a kick drum sounds sh*te with no dampening? I'll have to try this

Never had a problem micing a kick without a hole Having said that I prefer the sound of a mic inside the drum, for which a hole is essential I leave the front (or back?) head off my kick drums as I prefer that "slap" sound

I met a young band recently. I was trying to persuade them to get out and gig, but all they want to do is work on their set!

I have a band for professionalism and money, and 3 bands for fun. I'd like some of the fun bands to gig more, but I don't get frustrated about it. I just like to play!

I don't mind a curry standing up

I run all my pedals through the barge concepts dealie as I use the feedback loop a lot, so lack of blend wasn't an issue for me. With the tone knob at 11AM and less it seems to retain plenty of low end anyway

Barge concepts blender/feedback thing but I'll do some samples un-blended. I should have chance to do it on Friday

It's easy for me. I switched from playing bass to drums, and I'm now removed from view [quote name='Bassman Sam' timestamp='1420413510' post='2649229'] I have no bum, I'm so skinny. If I did this, I'd look like a boomerang. That's just a throwaway comment. [/quote] I'm surprised there's been no come-back to this

Phew, that took a while, just liked you all! My studio is here: https://www.facebook.com/RiffFactoryUK And my bands: [url="https://www.facebook.com/Creepjoint"]https://www.facebook.com/Creepjoint[/url] [url="https://www.facebook.com/head.sticks"]https://www.facebook.com/head.sticks[/url] [url="https://www.facebook.com/DirtyMoneyNo5"]https://www.facebook.com/DirtyMoneyNo5[/url]

Just wanted to say that I got the pedal from Crowella just before christmas and having used it a couple of times can confirm that it's absolutely ace! I'll post some samples ASAP

Just received an amp from Horatio Bass. The deal went smoothly and I'm extremely impressed with the packaging. 10/10

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1419180985' post='2637311'] Problem is, it's obvious which file is which and I want to avoid any possible placebo effect - so I'm going to burn each file to a CD and get the current mrs discreet to play them to me randomly thorugh my Linn system. Will report back with my findings. [/quote] Good idea! I should have thought sooner... could have converted the mp3 back to WAV and done A and B for a proper test. Nevermind!

Discreet - No comment on 320kbps mp3 vs WAV?

It was in response to this... [quote name='notable9' timestamp='1418939726' post='2635131'] It takes a lot of money to record music properly.....I dont hear it today anymore, not even in live TV. As I said before it all sounds to me anyway grey...mushy. Horrible! [/quote] I'm too young to know about vinyl, although I should know the answer from my degree :-/

Nice one!

but the bass drum is the most important part! It's driving the song! but yeh, my main point was that you don't need to spend a load of money, or time travel back to the 80s, to get a good sound.

can't we put this in a sticky somewhere? I'd also like a copy... [email protected]

If they're not making eye contact, I just leave. I'm not hanging around at a gig where the performers can't be bothered to stare me straight in the eye. It's the main reason I never bothered to see Stevie Wonder

[quote name='notable9' timestamp='1418939726' post='2635131'] ...It takes a lot of money to record music properly.....I dont hear it today anymore, not even in live TV. As I said before it all sounds to me anyway grey...mushy. Horrible! [/quote] I hope you're wrong! This is a recording I did of bassfunk's band The Jukes https://soundcloud.com/rifffactoryrecordings-1/the-jukes-superstition Ignoring the fact that soundcloud has compressed it and ruined the top end with mp3ish artifacts, I think the mix on this is perfect. Feel free to explain why, if you think this falls short of what you could acheive with more money. Incidentally, the musicians were all in the live room with guitar amps turned up, loads of bleed on the drum mics etc.

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1418921140' post='2634915'] Discreet I hope you're open minded about this! [/quote] OK, here it is: [font=arial, sans-serif][size=1]rifffactory.co.uk/golden_brown.mp3[/size][/font] [font=arial, sans-serif][size=1]rifffactory.co.uk/golden_brown.wav[/size][/font] [size=4][font=arial, sans-serif]This was just a quick thing I did the other day for my own amusement (and a performance video) so no judgement on the mix or playing please![/font][/size] [font=arial, sans-serif]EDIT: I don't know what BC's software is doing to my post, I'm just pasting URLs into here, so in case it doesn't work I'll write it with words[/font] [font=arial, sans-serif]rifffactory DOT co DOT uk SLASH golden_brown.mp3[/font] [font=arial, sans-serif]rifffactory DOT co DOT uk SLASH golden_brown.wav[/font]

[quote name='tinyd' timestamp='1418920766' post='2634898'] It's probably too much hassle, but what would be really interesting is if you don't tell people which is which, then ask them to vote somehow. Of course, people will be able to guess by the file size so it might be impossible to do.... [/quote] It's impossible to do a blind test over the internet Discreet I hope you're open minded about this!