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I used to tune down and then use a capo Pitch pedals can be great (I have a couple) but they'll never feel the same IMO

I would say I'd want the frequency to be adjustable, as well as the Q. So, it'd be gain, freq, q, blend, volume. I wouldn't mind if the volume was a tiny little pot on the back next to the jacks, kind of like on my XP-100 I'd love to have such a pedal but no doubt wouldn't afford the price of one of your finished units, sorry!

Sorry to hear this Pete, I hope it works out for your return!

sorry, I don't think you have many options. It's a shame because it's a great mic, I use mine loads

Sorry, I know the basic questions are annoying. So it's definitely a problem at the mic end as you've ruled out the pre-amp, phantom power, and cables. However, your techy guy says the mic is fine I guess temperature/humidity will have an effect on the diaphragm, but nothing significant. I have the same mic and it never cuts in and out, no matter what the weather. I guess you can try a different techy, or skip it

Do you have another mixer or preamp with phantom power you can test it on? Just to eliminate the focusrite unit

[quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1412111076' post='2565857'] Marshall Jackhammer... [/quote] Yep! So many sounds available from this one pedal, and you can get it for £30ish

[quote name='Toasted' timestamp='1412160075' post='2566210'] You started it. [/quote] Surely there's a gif for this thread?

you need a boss LS-2 or similar ...but I think there are units designed for this specific application. I don't play double bass but I'm sure I've seen them around. Like a Fishman box with an input for both pups, blend controls, EQ, DI and amp outputs

haha, yeh, it's not that simple. If the drummer is ahead of the beat, it could sound like he's trying to push the tempo faster. I guess it comes down to learning how to play together as a rhythm section

I use effects for all sorts. Sometimes it's just to go from a nice mellow sound to a horrible nasty spikey sound. Sometimes it's to create mental sound scapes. What I particularly like to do is use a whammy and digital delay in a feedback loop to create crazy high pitched sounds

(as a drummer) In my folk band, the bassist dictates the "feel" and I just stick with him. It's not something we consciously decided to do, but it works very well. Some songs are lazy, laid back and "on the back of the beat" where as some songs are pretty frantic and constantly in front of the beat. There are a couple of songs which I would describe as "dead on the beat" but obviously I'm not a virtuoso or a machine! In my reggae band I just try to do my best to ignore the rhythm of what everyone else is doing. It's a bit of a nightmare. Whenever the bassist is on the back, the rhythm guitarist is on the front, and vice verse. I don't know how they manage this but they've been doing it for 15 years. I'm a relative newcomer so I just play loud and hope they're playing to my "groove". It makes for some interesting rhythmic combinations!

I didn't really understand this until I started playing drums to a click. Where we'd previously sped up, we were now "ahead" and where we'd slowed down, we were now "behind". It sounds a lot tighter than actually speeding up and slowing down!

confirmed, we have tickets for Manchester! I'm looking forward to it

I wouldn't say I prefer one or the other. I have 50+ single pedals, but I also have a few multi-effects too I started on a Zoom GFX707 when I was a teenager and played with it almost every night for about a year (and the pedal ) and this taught me how to shape sounds, and which control changes what on which effect etc.

I'm not a big fan of the band but I love The Holy Bible

haha, can't be that hard to get rid of them on here but you do have to pay subs (not much) The BDI21 in particular won't hang around, but then you won't get that much for it, maybe £20 at best. Thomann have the B3 at £105 plus shipping. Amazing value for what you get

digital and analogue delay too on a serious note, if you've never played much with pedals, I'd get a multi effects like a Zoom B2.1U or B3. Then you can use this to find the effcts you like. You may be happy with the sounds you can get from the unit, or you might decide to replace it with other pedals, but at least you'll know which effects you like.

Don't know, I left it in my mate's hands, hopefully we have tickets for Manchester!

shhhh, we can buy them all used when he gets bored!

the Boss SD-2 is a great pedal, but I do like a bit of a clean-blend on it with bass. There are a few different ways to do this but the LS-2 is most common

One year all my xmas presents ended up in the bin. Most were OK but a couple ruined. It's a bit of a wierd one. Leave them with a neighbour or something, but not in the bin!

Hmmm. I'd say I'm as obsessed with music as the OP, and feel quite guilty about it. Rather than feeling like people are patronising me, if they want to talk about music, I welcome it. Most of the time I feel like I'm boring people or frustrating them with my constant wibbling on about the latest drummer to come to my studio, or this new plug-in I found etc. etc. I'm not a "music fan". I never make the time to listen to music. I'm far too busy making it! So when my mate with 1000 records wants to talk music trivia, I don't feel patronised, I feel ashamed. Likewise I feel bad for not being more involved in the recording forum on here. I hardly ever go out to gigs either. It's pretty shameful behaviour for a musician!

I'm in a band where one of the members is a bit like this. He'll take any old gig, never paid gigs, and always put loads of pressure on to fulfil them, and to get recordings/artwork etc done RIGHT NOW. I'm trying to get my recording studio off the ground, so it's very important to me. I recently postponed a recording session because he'd sent me a load of characteristically sh*tty texts, pressuring me to do so, just for another unpaid gig. I found out a few days later that we'd not got the gig, but he didn't let me know and didn't apologise!!!! If I asked BC for advice I'm sure you'd all say this is awful and I need to leave, but the fact is this band is a hell of a lot of fun, so I just put it to the back of my mind and have a good time

I don't think it's the case that less people are playing music. Could it be to do with better insulation and double glazing etc? Plus all the electric instruments. I always wanted a drum kit when I was growing up, but my parents wouldn't let me due to the noise. If I'd been able to get an electric kit I'm sure they would have allowed it. Also maybe people are becomming more considerate? I know when I was a kid we'd play at full volume in a garage in the middle of a housing estate, and we got a lot of complaints