BassTractor

Hello mate, and welcome! Not often we hear from the IoW, but I seem to remember we do have one or two members from your parish already. Come sit at our table and enjoy our company! No, not that chair. That's Charlie's. best, bert

Cool question! Very good! I'm not the specialist that Bill is (the person you talked to on the other thread), but lemme just say that "underpowering" is a lame concept that is misunderstood and misused to boot. Mostly, amp vs cab is like a gas pedal in a car: one does not have to press it all the way all the time. "underpowering" does get some (some) validity if by that one means that the cabs are fitting for the needed volume, but the amp is not. Also, some amps do not have the control over the cabs that the wished for output quality needs, and one ight on that case also misuse the word "underpowered" As to the square waves from a synth, they most probably are far from as square as the square ones that are the result of ss circuits clipping, but if they indeed are close, I think there is one important issue: some gear is made especially to be able to handle that synth. Most traditional bass gear probably is not. At this point I recognise I'm really to exhausted for this, and bid you farewell. I hope others will answer better.

Phew! Congrats, Shaggy! Now bring us some more! Easy stuff, like The Beatles' "Sgt, Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", or Samla Mammas Manna's "Måltid".

€400 sounds like some form of International Hasty Super Express delivery. I recently paid €220 to have a bass package from the USA in their custody as few days as possible. It was the most expensive alternative available, whilst the cheapest was half that (which still was some form of signed for International Express with insurance). My expensive choice should take two or three days, but did take nine or ten days, so was totally not worth it. He or she who sends must work a little harder to find the rates for more standard shipping, I'd guess. The choice of transporter seems to need to differ per country also if you look at their quality. Some that are seen as terrible in the UK have been stellar in Norway for example.

[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1410371208' post='2548712'] Buggles- Adventures in Modern Recording? A guess based purely on the knowledge that they re-recorded Yes' "I Am A Camera". I'll be surprised if I'm right! [/quote] Sadly not, but that was an ultra cool answer. I did think of Yes's "Into the Lens" myself, where they sing "I am a camera", if memory serves, but had no idea there was this Buggles link to it, or I would've used the same song list but with better reasons! Maybe it's time to drop this one now. I thought it was easy seeing as many people on BC are antiquities like me. Might it help if I said it's prog from 1980, and the bassist in that band is highly regarded on BC but not mentioned very often?

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1410352666' post='2548427'] Not quite so simple as that! Ebmm did a range about four years ago I think called the 251 or something, two eq only, no hard case, poplar body and less colour options to choose from [/quote] Ah! That explains it. Twas before my time (and after my old time as well). Thanks for bringing the light to me!

Welcome, Ben! Just don't ask me. "I no no thing". Enjoy the chat, and let's hope you get your answer in time for your Christmas wish list. BTW, the answer is [s]Fodera[/s] [s]Wal[/s] [s]Dingwall[/s] [s]Rickenbacker[/s] [s]Jazz[/s] [s]Precision[/s] [s]StingRay[/s] Bongo! best, bert

Be it known for clarity's sake that in my case, my only aim was to bring a little smile upon someone's face, and it was certainly not to try and set rules, change rules or remind people of the rules. I'd expect that normally, the OP sets the rules, and then the body of BC might adhere to them or not, and the direction the thread takes is an unknown before it happens. I've seen in earlier threads of this ilk that when an album appears to take too much time, it is exchanged with one that the poster thinks is easier. No sweat.

OK then: 1. Convenience 2. All Through the Night 3. Shadows on the Street 4. Number One 5. Underground 6. I Am a Camera 7. Inside Out 8. It's Not Imagination

I can't, Lowdown. In order to be able to word my post like I did, I Googled it. Let Clarky's "Trace" by Son Volt entry be the next one instead. Demn!

NOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Does Not Compute! Clarky, first you say "Migration" by Dave Grusin, and THEN you add your own list. You're doin' me head in, mate! dazed, bewildered, panicky, bert

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1410332376' post='2548160'] the two eq ones you have seen are from a slightly cheaper range using a poplar body, no case, limited colour choices. [/quote] Huh? Are you by any chance referring to SbMM, or is there an EBMM range I don't know about? I thought SbMM were half price (and think they indeed are here in Norway, after the price for EBMM dropped considerably. Before, if memory serves that is, the SbMMs were one third of an EBMM).

Hey Doc, and welcome. Ventura & Billy Bo = cool! Enjoy the banter! bert

Is that "Double Post" by Edit? Edit: Rats! Doddy got it before me!

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1410214535' post='2547297'] Yes, EL tape can be great fun. Some of FF junior's kayaking friends used it to make this freestyle kayaking video. it's all live video, no animation or special effects. [/quote] Kayaking me liked that. Thanks for posting. The Sweet helmet-logo-revisited was a nice detail.

Thanks, John! Luvverly. Back in those days nobody ever cut off a finger, I presume.

[quote name='TheSiberian' timestamp='1410122842' post='2546430'] it is a very poor idea to announce in advance a future release of an already existing brand [...] before this deal is secure. [/quote] Idunno, but have read the claim several times that the problem is one area only, and a different owner to the rights there than everywhere else. If this is correct, then maybe this is one of those cases of slightly hasty processes. The timing of the original announcement last february has been taken to mean that Korg were in a hurry to take some wind from Roland's sails as Roland announced or released something in that price bracket back then. That might explain the mistake somewhat more.

I could make a long list of bands and eras, but one suffices, so: For me, there can only be one choice: ca 1973 era Jethro Tull. As I've relayed elsewhere on these boards, I'd later send them some tapes, and did actually get a call commanding me to get my arse on a plane and be there next morning for an audition, and... I turned them down! Worst thing I've done in my life, I'm sure. Then again, I wouldn't have gotten the job, so in real life this was just a money saver. Funny though.

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1410119334' post='2546373'] Metallica when they were making '…And Justice For All." Come to think of it though, my [i]cat[/i] could have sat in on the session and the result would be the same. [/quote] Aye, same with my cat and Newsted's cat. It's a racket. I wish Newsted had played it himself.

[quote name='TheSiberian' timestamp='1410081459' post='2545848'] no more minis for me... [/quote] Indeed. They are not for keyboardists. I'd rather have a space saving keyboardless one (actually: two), and choose my own keys. [quote name='TheSiberian' timestamp='1410081459' post='2545848'] and I really hope the " make it even better" does not mean digital models or sample based sounds. [/quote] Nah. I think "make it even better" and "early 2015" is just corporate speak for "we're having a lot of trouble with the rights to the ARP name in some areas, and need extra time - probably more than we say right now, and BTW, we were not convinced by the initial response from the market, so we want to stir up some extra sh*t to make people talk about it". There is no chance they will not make it analogue, and I also feel that there is no chance they will make it better. However, I do feel that they will not dare to release it with a big body, big keyboard and big price, and that this is gonna be a KARP mini with a pricing just above the MS-20 mini - something like that - but indeed with MIDI. I'll buy it at any rate, whatever the outcome, but may not buy two.

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1410044402' post='2545692'] I've just ordered one of these: [url="http://www.gak.co.uk/en/vox-amplug-2-headphone-amp-bass/103325?gclid=CNKTxMnYzcACFY_ItAod9BsApA"]http://www.gak.co.uk...CFY_ItAod9BsApA[/url] No idea if its any good but this is the V2 one with some extra toys. Sorry URL has not gone highlighted... [/quote] Fixed. It just needed a space between the colon and the "http" bit. :-) Personally, my best experience in such matters is avoiding tiny speakers that need a lot of excursion. I don't know if there is science to support or deny this, but I've seen it many times that the sounds travelling through house rows were not from the guy with the big speakers and the punk music, but from the couple with the tiny set and the polite music.

Update: Korg have confirmed the delay, and now state a less specific "early 2015" instead, claiming they want to make it even better. They could have spared themselves that last part - - not that it influences my resolve to get it. In the mean time, Internet Rumour Market officials issue statements with specifications ranging from "KARP MS-Odyssey Mini" to "20% larger and coming in a plethora of colour choices". Sigh.

Welcome, James! Good luck with the Ampeg search. bert

[quote name='Kevin Dean' timestamp='1409652810' post='2541823'] This is all new to me , If you store a sequence to a memory does it save the sounds it was using ? [/quote] Yes, depending on model, but one must realise that what is possible hugely depends on the CPU's calculating speed, and as a result, this stuff is very different for the different models. If you check out YT vids on sequenicng with different models, you can often hear or read about the glitches that are because of the limited processor speed (or the uncritical use of more elements in sequences). [quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1410007610' post='2545341'] You could possibly pick up a 2nd hand Korg M50 for @ £400. [/quote] Great idea!

OK. I feel soft, cuddly and compromise-willing today.