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[quote name='lowdown' post='21724' date='Jun 22 2007, 08:42 AM']Steve...
I mentioned this, because the other night here in a club in Berlin..i saw it all in action with a band.
just a trio with no keyboards....and it worked a treat..
I will be seeing these guys over the weekend.so i will find out the set up...
I am back next week...so will report more....
But seems like a sound investment to me...[no humping modules and [Top Ten hit] around]
You can even get midi files from the net[tons of free stuff]...this will make the first work load a lot easier...but once done you are laughing
I have collected tons of these files over the years..some great ..some not so good..
But even the ones that are not so good,can be used as templates ,,then tweeked to taste...
You are welcome to copy the midi disc's i have...but you will have to sift through them.....!
Check out the Ableton live site....

Garry[/quote]

Garry, you're pretty much covering all the plans I had in terms of modding existing MIDI files and going live - no need to reinvent the wheel eh? As you say - loads of variability in quality though. Some of the MIDI files I've already collected sound like they've been made for a Game Boy, I'm sure there will be occasions where its just going to be quicker for me to start from scratch.

I'll have to compare the cost of a laptop + plug ins + software against the cost of the rack gear too. I know very little about Live6, does it play samples or MIDI?

Whatever I do get, I will want to record with as well. How do you create hammond/rhodes/wurlitzer patches?

[quote name='obbm' post='21212' date='Jun 21 2007, 08:53 AM']The venue is accessed from the Farnham Road Car Park so there is no problem parking - it just costs.[/quote]

How much are the parking charges per hour, Dave?

As far as gear is concerned, I can bring the Smith 5's (fretted/fretless) and the Celinder. Happy to take requests as well if there's anything specific people would like to try. I do have a stereo set up if anyone wants to hear the Pentabuzz or Alembic in stereo.

[quote name='lowdown' post='21154' date='Jun 21 2007, 12:39 AM']Need any help Pm me..[/quote]

Thanks Gary, I think I can cope with the basics after the hellishly steep learning curve with pro tools so far. Haven't looked at synching issues yet - don't anticipate needing to do that for a while at least.

But others must have questions, knowledge and experience to share too?

[quote name='lowdown' post='21448' date='Jun 21 2007, 04:26 PM']Thought about just using Ableton live with a laptop....???
alot easier ....
and cheaper...!
Worth thinking about.[/quote]

Tell me more please (like I need an excuse for another PC). Will the plugins will compare to the Nord/EMU for quality?

I've been trying to put together a disco function band but come up against a wall of opportunists when it came to finding a keyboard player. Found one decent Aussie bloke who had fantastic kit, was prepared to put in the rehearsal time and then he decided he wanted to go travelling...

...so I've decided that I might as well transpose all of the brass, sample and strings parts into MIDI and sequence them to run live. It gives me more control over the sound of the band and hopefully will keep the other musicians tighter also.

At the moment I have a Yamaha CS6R sound module mainly for synth and arp sounds. I plan to get a couple of other modules to supply good rhodes/wurlitzer sounds and strings/brass patches.

As far as Rhodes is concerned, there seems little out there to top the Nord Electro 2. Have to say that when I heard one being played for the first time, it made me go all weak kneed and gooey inside. Stunning piece of kit!

As far as strings/brass patches go I was looking at the E-Mu Virtuoso 2000. Does anyone already have this module? Are there better modules out there? I'd like strings patches that can do whirling build ups ala Brothers Johnson.

All the important ppl are here though

Welcome back artisan!

wikkid stuff!

Are there significant differences between the software packages on Mac and PC?

[quote name='obbm' post='21194' date='Jun 21 2007, 07:57 AM']plus some in London expressed an interest.[/quote]
[quote name='obbm' post='11367' date='Jun 3 2007, 12:37 PM']Perhaps you London types should hold your own Bash.[/quote]

Come on then, are us "London types" invited or not? If there's parking I can bring Urb with me.

Just thought we could start by seeing what kind of software are people using.

[quote name='Rumble' post='21030' date='Jun 20 2007, 09:01 PM']If you had the choice between a P bass [u]OR [/u] a jazz for playing covers (70' to present day), which would it be and why?

(I'm thinking Lakland DJ or Bob Glaud)

A[/quote]

Jazz - more versatile for covers.

You can do everything that has been suggested so far but it all comes down to attitude at the end of the day. If your playing doesn't have emotional content then it will suck. Sit down with your bass sometime and play whatever comes into your head that describes how you feel about anything that gives you strong emotion. Play with total conviction.

Listen to your playing and hear how your attack, volume and note choice all vary with your feel. Listen to how certain intervals have a certain emotional flavour - the anger of a dominant 5th compared to the sadness of a minor 3rd. Then play a diminished 5th to hear how the dissonance makes you feel unsettled.

When you get used to that, then explore how the transition of one interval into another can have an emotional effect by the tension it creates as it moves towards a resolution.

Then you can explore melodies and see how tension is created by the notes in the melody line in comparison to the chord/key being played underneath.

Just keep doing that lots but keep exploring and pushing the boundaries.

OK, well we can test setting up a subforum in this thread just to gauge the level of interest. I know G-77 has a Roland G-77 midi bass.

I'm going, along with Urb and Rich

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1930"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1930[/url]

Sorry, i didn't see this thread before.

Thats a couple of tube stops from where I work so I should be able to make it.

Any more photos?

Please?

[quote name='Muppet' post='20050' date='Jun 19 2007, 09:57 AM']Steve- do you use it like a monitor i.e. facing you, or behind you as in the conventional sense?[/quote]

Usually behind me if the stage is deep enough, otherwise to one side preferably angled towards the drummer.

[quote name='AdamWoodBass' post='19991' date='Jun 19 2007, 12:36 AM']I was also looking at Sandberg's rather tastey range of j basses, I quite like the idea of the MM/J config on a 5 string. Plus everytime I've played a Sandberg I've really liked it.[/quote]

Have a chat to Peter Brown at Synergy Distribution - you may be pleasantly surprised at how accommodating Sandberg can be to requests for tweaks. They're superb value basses as well.

With 17 people on stage (including a percussionist) it was usually a case of sticking the amp where it fitted. However, having an angled 380w wedge combo made a huge difference to hearing myself compared to the 600w or so 2x 2x10 set up I had before. I swear with the wedge it sounded like the mids and highs were reflected off low ceilings when I listened at the back of some venues! Great stuff!

I also always got lots of boom when I placed the amp in a corner which muddied things up so I tried to elevate the amp when I could and give it some space. Really didn't like playing any venues that ran a PA with huge subs, like at the Dome, Tufnell Park. I ended up unable to hear myself because the lows were out of phase with my amp. Turning up didn't help!

[quote name='Alpha-Dave' post='10993' date='Jun 2 2007, 12:22 PM']CrazyKiwi: I notice that Bassworld was a sponsor last year, are we going to be Basschat this year?[/quote]
It would be nice to support this event, it will be up to Ped to decide though. Marketing and promotion is his thing.

[quote name='Alun' post='10988' date='Jun 2 2007, 12:11 PM']And CK - have you heard Doky's new album Nomad Diaries? Well worth a listen.[/quote]
Yes I've heard a few tracks off it and even had the pleasure of a chinwag recently with him too

OK, there's a bit of an update. Bassjamm has decided, for his own reasons, not to take up the mods post. So taking over from him will be Acidbass as he was next favoured.

Bad timing for me Jamie I'm afraid.

I've got a presentation to give to representatives from all 33 London Boroughs at a launch the following day and I'll need a good nights sleep.

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='19483' date='Jun 18 2007, 09:52 AM']If weight was no problem, a Mesa Boogie Buster 200 combo would worth some attention, they do pop up on Ebay occasionally. Alternatively, anything with all valve construction (eg. Trace Elliot Twin/V4 combo?) would do the job also.[/quote]

I should qualify what I'm saying by stating that I own two preEB Musicman basses and I own both valve and solid state amps.

If weight was no problem, a Mesa Boogie Buster 200 combo would worth some attention, they do pop up on Ebay occasionally. Alternatively, anything with all valve construction (eg. Trace Elliot Twin/V4 combo?) would do the job also.