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  1. 6stringbassist
    One of them's mine. It sounds fantastic with the Crown power amp through a pair of Accugrooves, plenty of power.
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    Mark King uses one, if you listen to some of the newer live albums you'll hear it, especially on the solo stuff.
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    The XTi2000 is only £549.
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    [quote name='clauster' post='111425' date='Dec 31 2007, 12:08 PM']One of the best - some of the others have caught up when comes to handling audio (unless your talking "proper" protools HD - which is peerless for recording IMHO) Just steer clear of Cubase (unless you wanna make generic dance music)[/quote] I tried Cubase and hated it, it just wasn't logical to use.
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    I'm selling my Demeter valve pre at the moment, it's a very versatile beast.
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    Try the Crown XTi it really is good, I'm a very fussy so and so when it comes to gear, I hate noisy stuff that messes up my sound, the XTi100 is only £399 from Soundcontrol. [url="http://www.soundcontrol.co.uk/mod_1/pages/mod_1.12/pages/mod_1.12.1/pages/mod_1.12.1.1/pages/index.php?sku=1.1.6.2-114-19"]http://www.soundcontrol.co.uk/mod_1/pages/...=1.1.6.2-114-19[/url]
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    I wanted to be a vet, but didn't get high enough A level grades due to Paul McCartney, I spent too much time playing along to tracks like Silly love songs instead of revising. Ended up at music college instead.
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    The biggest problem in my experience is people play too loud. You get to the venue, set up and sound check, then trot off to the bar, come back and start playing, you can't hear yourself properly so you turn up a bit, then the guitarist turns up as well, so a bit later you turn your sound up more, and so on and so on. You end up all over the place, and 9 times out of 10, the sound engineer usually drops every down just leaving the vocals, the poor vocalist by this time is shouting just to hear himself, and who do we all blame.......the poor sound engineer. If everything is going through the PA, then you have to rely on the sound engineer, don't touch your settings once you've finished sound checking, what you hear on stage, isn't necessarily what's being heard out front. Always introduce yourselves as a band to the sound guy, and communicate with him, ask him during the sound check how it sounds, and if there's anything you can do to help. You need to keep the volume level down on stage, and let the PA do its job, you'll then find that you have no problems hearing what you're doing. If you're playing somewhere smaller, then just play at a comfortable volume level, so you can hear yourself, and everyone else, it's a good idea to get a friend who knows what he's talking about to let you know after a couple of songs how it's sounding. I don't advocate buying him a drink, at least not until you've played anyway. After the gig offer to help packing things up, ask if he needs a lift anywhere, if you get asked back he'll remember that, he may even be responsible for booking bands, or be able to put in a good word for you at other venues, most engineers, in my experience work at more than one venue.
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    Woooh, I was just fool enough to click play, that is truly dreadful.
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    This is as new, and in totally mint condition. I've only had it a few weeks, but I'm getting a Kern preamp quite shortly, and I already have an Alembic pre in my rack, I also tend to just use my Lexicon MPX through my power amp quite a lot. It's a very modern sounding pre, with a very versatile EQ section. You can pretty much get any sound from it, from 'old school' tubiness to clear and shimmery. I'm also in the process of putting together a small studio set up, so this'll help towards that. You'd be most welcome to come and try it. If you want any more details just ask. £525 or very nearest offer, this is only a few weeks old afterall. This is off the Demeter website - The H Series Bass Preamp by James Demeter uses the same all tube front end found in his classic VTBP-201 Bass pre-amplifier and combines it with the revolutionary H Series circuitry found in his professional audio H Series line. This preamp provides the best of both the tube and solid state world. It features high voltage (250V) tube front end (providing all of the preamp gain and passive tone controls), a two band solid state fully Parametric Equalizer that is tuned for, bass, a fully adjustable active effects loop with controls up front, a tuner output, a full balanced output with switchable mic or line level, both a balanced TRS line level output and an unbalanced line level output for amplifier connections and a mute switch. As with all Demeter equipment it is meticulously hand wired, using the finest components and assembled in the U.S.A. Specifications Input impedance > 1 megohm Minimum load impedance 600 ohms Maximum output + 24dBV @ 600 ohms + 28dB Gain Adjustable to + 10dB Mid 440Hz to 4KHz EQ Gain + or - 15dB Signal to Noise Ratio - 80dB THD .5% Frequency response 10Hz to 40kHz Tube 1-12AX7a Selected Parametric EQ Q or Width Continuously Variable Low 40Hz to 440Hz Mid 440Hz to 4.4KHz Inputs 1/4" (passive and active) Outputs 3 Pin Bal Mic/Line, TT, XLR & 1/4" Chassis Single Space Rack Operating voltage 115V/230V AC Switchable Power Supply 250V Fully Regulated Filament 12.6V Fully Regulated
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    Crown Xti 1000, fantastic, and the fans only come on when they get really hot, so they're ideal for quiet gigs or at home practicing. Very powerful and very reasonably priced. [url="http://www.crownaudio.com/amp_htm/xti.htm"]http://www.crownaudio.com/amp_htm/xti.htm[/url] Did I mention that they're also very light.
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    Thats been for sale for a couple of weeks now, it does look pretty cool.
  13. 6stringbassist
    Thanks for your reply, that's sort of what I was getting at. There's obviously a trade off at this sort of price, between features and the quality of the converters etc. It's the Protools LE that comes with it that I like, plus it'll work with other software.
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    I quite like the look of this, and it gets some excellent reviews. [url="http://www.apogeedigital.com/products/duet.php"]http://www.apogeedigital.com/products/duet.php[/url] It only has 2 inputs, but I can live with that, it's the sound quality that's more important.
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    Thanks again, very helpful. I've used Logic and I do like it, so I'm probably going to stick with it, it's just the interface that I need to sort out. What's something like this used for ?. [url="http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/Delta44-main.html"]http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/Delta44-main.html[/url] I've seen this listed on Steve Lawsons albums, as something he's used.
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    Following on from my other thread about M-audio stuff. Does anyone have any experience of this, it gets a reasonably good review in Sound on sound. It seems like pretty good value for money, but does it sound any good ?. Some people here say that the converters sound crap [url="http://www.gearslutz.com/board/"]http://www.gearslutz.com/board/[/url] but they seem to be pretty much all professional sound engineers, or come across like they really know what they're talking about, or are they comparing it with really expensive gear. I'm not planning on using it to record anything for release.
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    Thanks for your replies. You're right I'm using a Mac, Logic express is a good price at the moment, and I've used that before, so that is an alternative. Protools seems to be something of an industry standard, that's why I was veering towards it, I've used cubase, and I really didn't get on with it, I find garageband, and logic a lot easier. I'll check out the Presonus and focusrite ones, like I say, the most I'd be recording at one time is probably 4 instruments, most of the time it'd just be me. The Presonus inspire was actually my 1st choice, it appears to do pretty much what I'm after.
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    I'm looking to buy a firewire audio interface, probably one of the above. I'm going to be recording on to garageband at the moment, but I'm thinking of getting protools in the near future, hence the M-audio stuff. It's mainly for recording bass, plus possibly guitar and sax, possibly at the same time. What's the difference between these two, the price is much the same, or am I best to get something else ?.
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    Yeah, mine was a bit hissy as well. I really, personally anyway, couldn't find a use for the BBE process, it just made the sound 'boomy', and somewhat artificial. Flat on them is 10-2-10 from bass to treble, or thereabouts anyway, they're a bit like the Alembic, bass and treble are mostly cut only, and mids are mostly boost only, I found it very hard to get a nice 'scooped' sound. If you check on talkbass, I found a good thread which showed peoples settings.
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    Sounds cool, very nice.
  21. 6stringbassist
    I had the solid state version for a while, they're well made but the EQ is very weird, all of the controls interact with one another. I wasn't too keen on the compressor either. I just bought a Demeter which is fantastic.
  22. 6stringbassist
    [quote name='ARGH' post='109655' date='Dec 26 2007, 09:39 PM']Was it something about Shukers?[/quote] Now that is funny. Stuff about hurting people is stupid though.
  23. 6stringbassist
    Old roundwound strings, I have some old DR high beams that I put on when I want a more dubby kind of vibe, they are very bright strings when new, and have a nice scooped mid range, these old ones still have a nice clear top end for definition, but sit better in a mix, they don't stand out like they did when new. I prefer old roundwounds to flats, the flats just sound too wooly, though they''re great for fretless and more ambient stuff.
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    Here's my current set up, I'm very happy with it, for a change.
  25. 6stringbassist
    If anyone's interested, Todd is in the UK in March, he's going to be doing a couple of masterclasses which should be well worth attending, he'll be posting details on his website when he has everything confirmed. For 5 and 6 string playing floating thumb is really the only way to play accurately, once you get the hang of it you'll never go back to balancing your thumb on the pickup. It also gives you the opportunity to move around and pluck different areas of the string, without having to have ramps fitted to your bass, which I think look ugly. I also find that it lets me use more dynamics in my playing, just because I have really good control of my playing.
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