MiltyG565

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1371767734' post='2118039'] I'm another one who benefits from a little hearing loss. I even have a pair of hearing aids that rarely get worn. We used what was supposed to be decent gear for recording & I think the singer paid the soundy £80 out of the band funds for his day's "work", but that was before we got given the recordings. There's a couple of good studios up here if my new band ever gets to that stage. [/quote] Well, at £80, they never really were going to be fantastic, let's face it.

[quote name='moonbass' timestamp='1371765927' post='2118011'] Sorry, no offence intended Most of the tracks are fine, but the hiss on the vocals at the end is really tricky to tidy up. Anyone got any tips for noise reduction without changing the tone of the vocals? (Preferably with Logic stock plugins would be great ) [/quote] I'm trying to use the denoiser, but I find it's effectiveness hit and miss, but then I don't exactly know what I'm doing

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1371764595' post='2117992'] Bolt ya cheeky sods! It was clay. Was actually on an Alesis HD Recorder (as was the guitars & drums). [/quote] I hope you didn't pay top dolla for these recordings though. The vocals are particularly scratchy and crackly. The other tracks just have a lot of bleed and hiss. I like when songs are really clean and don't have background or unwanted sounds.

[quote name='moonbass' timestamp='1371760677' post='2117922'] Can I just check: were the vocals actually recorded on vinyl?! [/quote] I had wondered the same thing...

[quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1371757753' post='2117884'] <p sab="1998">Found it <img alt=" " class="bbc_emoticon" height="20" src="http://basschat.co.uk/public/style_emoticons/default/cool.png" title=" " width="20" /></p> [/quote] What the...?

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1371753983' post='2117816'] My 'target market' is the ever-increasing baby-boom age group, suitably 'acoustically challenged'. They love my mixes. All the others are dull, lifeless and muddy. So there. Deaf, and proud of it. [size=5]I said "Deaf, and proud of it"...[/size] [size=6]No; "Deaf, and..."[/size] Oh sod it... [/quote] Haha! ... oh, sorry... [size=6]HAHA [/size]

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1371746771' post='2117706'] Did I not explain that we're building an air guitar!? [/quote] One day, my sister brought her guitar into school, in it's case obviously, but a guy in school saw it and said "COOL! Is that your air guitar!?" without any irony or sarcasm...

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1371743533' post='2117659'] No danger of that, listen to the last mix comp, mine was one of the only mixes that didnt sound like it was put together by someone who had forgotten their hearing aid [/quote] Of course! Including mine, and I have the benefit of still having nearly the full spectrum of hearing I'm curious now though, what sort of frequencies would a song normally operate in? I would have thought no higher than about 12k, but most of the sounds really being a lot lower than that, maybe I'm completely wrong though?

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1371738943' post='2117582'] My hearing goes up to around 15.5KHz, I'm 43 and when I was 21 it went up to 19KHz easily Age sucks! [/quote] Haha! Yeah, maybe you think about retraining soon, or your mixes could end up sounding a bit like Douglas's My theory teacher told me that his wife was a big Van Morrison fan (f*** knows why), and apparently he ruined one of his latest albums, because he's so difficult to work with, and he's so old now that he turned all the higher frequencies up so it sounded right to him (and any other deaf bugger) but for people with normal or good hearing, it sounded all tinny.

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1371732525' post='2117470'] The pace is now quickening on the build... Paul's off to cut the woods today! The neck is going to comprise a central splice of wenge, with two separate splices of mahogany on either side (separated by a walnut veneer). I'll post pics once I have them [/quote] Sounds like a lovely design! Pictures or it's fake

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1371732211' post='2117463'] Sounds like a good plan to me Milty! I'd personally be happy with that. Maybe ask people to supply MP3 copies of their tracks first, before going to the trouble of supplying individual stems. We could then host these MP3s online somewhere - e.g. set up a SoundCloud Group for the mixing challenge, akin to the existing [url="http://soundcloud.com/groups/basschat"]Basschat Group[/url] - where we can all post comments on which tracks we'd like to work with. In fact, if we set up a dedicated SoundCloud Group then people could simply add their tracks to it by 'sharing' them - i.e. no need for you or anyone else to bother uploading stuff. Anyone else got an opinion on this? Wow! That is some impressive hearing mate. My 39 year-old lug 'oles can barely manage to hear much above 14kHz with any real clarity. I have mild tinnitus at around 14kHz which makes it difficult for me to tell whether I'm hearing actual sounds at that frequency or just the background ringing in my ears! Which is why I tend to make bass-heavy music [/quote] Great! I'll put it in my signature if everyone is happy with that? I have tinnitus too, but it's mostly in my right ear, being born practically deaf in my right ear, it seems to be more prone to hearing damage. I'm really pleased they were able to correct it though I'm trying to take better care of my hearing now i.e. Not going to clubs as much, not hanging around loud engines, hearing protection at band practices, all that kind of thing. I need to find some discrete form of hearing protection for going to gigs though.

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1371724177' post='2117319'] So it is either the headphones, or the soundcard, or the amp that is struggling. What soundcard are you using (hint: if its a built in card on you motherboard it quite possibly cant produce anything above 16KHz) Or there is something in your set up that is preventing this working.... Basically it isnt nearly a good enough or complete enough test at this point to suggest its the headphones that are at fault I think... [/quote] It is a good enough test, because everything was the same, except the second time, I used the built in speakers in my laptop. I don't have a headphone amp, and my soundcard is integrated I believe.

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1371712740' post='2117155'] The sad truth is you probably can't hear over 16KHz I'm afraid [/quote] No, I can, I checked on another source. I can hear up to 18,500

I have a few sets of old strings. Don't know how good they are though. I'll maybe have a hoke through my used string bin and pick up some alright looking sets But I do seem to recall having a set of D'Addario half rounds with very little use! I'll share this on the Relay page!

I've managed to get some decent sounding drums, and even got some cool effects in the other tracks! I think I'll try and fine tune everything tomorrow. I've also found a tool that sweeps a sine wave from 20hz to 20khz, which is helpful, because I heard exactly where all the bad parts of the EQ were in my headphones. They also don't work above16,500hz. I know it's unlikely that I'll ever need to hear anything that high up, but don't advertise 20khz and not deliver it!

[quote name='bumnote' timestamp='1371661273' post='2116774'] My local postie said they are trying to cut heads in advance of privatisation. They are sending posties over from the Isle of wight to deliver to Portsmouth and waterlooville [/quote] Lol, surely it would be more cost effective to send them FROM Portsmouth TO the Isle of Wight?

Hey Skol/Simon, since I have a lot of free time, and will likely be sending in my poor attempt at mixing this song in soon, why don't I put it into my signature that we are looking for stems for next month, and I will have a sift through whatever I get sent instead either of you needing to find the time for it? Should make things run a bit smoother into the next competition

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1371648336' post='2116585'] I didn't expect everyone to like that song. People have different tastes & I don't take it personal. It was written as a tongue in cheek change to our usual rock stuff. We wasn't a Reggae or Ska band. There was a few folk didn't like last month's choice, but I personally thought it was really good. Reminded me of Steve Earle (& also Take it easy by Eagles). [/quote] I'll be honest, the track you supplied wouldn't be my own personal choice, but I do quite like it. At least it's not something like heavy-deathcore-hardcore-metalcore-corecore-rock, or whatever they are calling "heavy metal" these days It is tricky to get a decent sound from the drums though. The cymbal is overshadowing the snare so much. I think I'll go an try and land on the moon again and come back to this one... I'm nearly done though, I think... I hope

[quote name='Twigman' timestamp='1371633836' post='2116348'] don't expect much from me this month - my ears can't handle the aural assault - this track is horrid - what possessed you? [/quote] Aw now there's no need for that, is there? It has it's flaws, but I don't think it's "horrid". Sure, some things could have been recorded better, but still, it's a decent little song. I quite like it.

ChatChat.co.uk Where all the non-musical people can just get into the kind of discussions that appear in off topic...

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1371596127' post='2116099'] Not at all.... [/quote] Fantastique! I'll put his track up alongside mine when it's done. Proper anonymity, eh?

[quote name='ubassman' timestamp='1371592544' post='2116066'] [size=8]bro?!![/size] Glad it got to you - thanks to Dale for be patient and I guess to UPS for finally doing the business even though 'tracking' still only says 'a label has been printed" !! [/quote] Thanks to you, Peter, for stepping up to the mark!

[quote name='cloudburst' timestamp='1371580059' post='2115856'] - I think* I'd prefer the money generated within the Basschat marketplace to be used for maintenance of Basschat rather than development of Guitarchat. *only heard about the new site last night, so haven't had the chance to give it much thought. CB [/quote] I think they should spend what they have to on Basschat, and spend what they want to on Guitarchat. When Guitarchat is up, I'd imagine all the money will be going into the one pot, so if it has a bigger draw or a bigger marketplace, who's to say that the money paid into Guitarchat won't also be used for Basschat? Not that I find it a particularly big issue, but there is a gap in the market for a decent Guitar forum in the UK, and I know many of us are also guitar players, some members even being the guitarist in the band they are in. I'm not exactly disagreeing or arguing with you, just raising a few points that you maybe you hadn't thought of

I asked my mate if he wanted to have a crack at it. He's not a bassist, and isn't part of the forum, but he is a drummer, and therefore it's our duty to teach them, isn't it? Anyway, is there any issue with that?

I like this song, it's really upbeat and catchy. Although xgsjx, I hope you don't mind your band's song being completely bastardised, because that's what i'm doing