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What's the one in the bottom right?  It's driving my crazy  

2 hours ago, 28mistertee said:

So I could run from my wireless/tuner into the input then output to rest of the effects, I wouldn’t need to connect to the A&B and the dials would still adjust the A&B or do I need to jumper both A&B send/return with two patch cables?

Unfortunately I only own the one wireless so the receiver stays in my pocket and I just unplug and plug back in when I switch.

That's correct.  You don't need to patch the Sends to the Returns, the LS2 does that by default when no jacks are plugged into them.  I've just double-checked with mine to be sure: one bass running into the Input; Output running to my amp; LS2 set to  A->B->Bypass; nothing plugged into any Sends or Returns - I can definitely get three different volumes coming out the amp when cycling through the channels.

I'm not suggesting an LS2 is necessarily the best solution for you, just that it is capable of three channels with a different output level on each.  They have become a bit expensive to my mind; you used you be able to get one for £25 used.  They also colour the tone slightly, and mine is a bit susceptible to noise, but that may well just be my one which has always been a bit iffy.  They are undeniably super useful to have around though - mine has come in handy in a number of different scenarios.

Technically your three channel Sansamp is all you need, assuming you place it after the tuner/wireless-receiver, but I can see how tweaking three different sets of Gain and Output Volume with one set of analogue knobs could be a bit of a trial.

Surely just plugging the wireless receiver into the main input of the LS2 and setting it to A -> B -> BYPASS will do the job?  Get everything set up with the quietest bass and the LS2 set to bypass, then set the levels on the A and B channels for the other 2 basses.  I assume there's a wireless transmitter on each bass, or OP is switching the transmitter pack when they switch basses?

You need to finalise the levels in a band rehearsal, as matching loudness with the basses soloed at home won't translate 100%.

On ‎05‎/‎12‎/‎2017 at 21:23, kodiakblair said:

I don't "clunk" but the E string is far too loud compared to A,D & G.Changing pickup height made no difference.

It's a Sub Ray 4 so I asked the company what to do. The CEO got in touch and told me to return it  I'd prefer not to,not if I can solve it.

 

Any ideas folks and sorry to piggyback on @highwayman 's thread

This is an issue that's common with these basses, mine was exactly like yours.  There was a long thread about it on Talkbass at launch where the CEO (I think) acknowledged that the preamp design they had commissioned was perhaps not as good as it could have been.  They suggested a preamp mod that moves the volume pot from a pre-gain to post-gain position and that supposedly helps, but I have not tried it.  I don't have mine atm, but if I did I'd be replacing the preamp altogether.

It is sometimes possible to use the original screws with Schaller buttons, I did that with my BB and perhaps that's why they've never budged.

I periodically spray Teflon lube into the cup bit of my Schaller straplocks to try and prevent any torqueing action they might have on the strap buttons.  I've no idea if it actually helps, as I've never had any problems with mine, but belt and braces and all that.

3 minutes ago, Mickyk said:

Screw some battens onto the wall then fix the boards onto the battens using plaster boards nails and them get hold of some plasterboard filler patch it up then either paint it or wall paper it's that easy,this will considerably reduce the sound going through the walls.It's worked for me with no more complaints.Failing  this DIY get someone in for  a quote but it really is a simple job.

You know what's going to happen the moment he starts drilling holes in the wall though ...   

It's virtually the same song, in my opinion.  It's not just the chords, but also the vocal phrasing, the cadence and feel - not that I know if those are of any legal significance.  I did wonder how this could have gone out, given the numerous people involved in its production who would have been well aware of the issue.

Impossible to tell without being there, but if the bass is at a 'reasonable volume with a little bit of vibration' it's probably significantly too loud, in my opinion.

Bass travels like crazy and, given the repetitive nature of someone running through basslines, is a mild torture to listen to.  I live in a third floor flat and my 10W amp on the coffee table is perfectly audible on the ground floor if I am not careful.  However, I can only use headphones for an hour before I get ear fatigue, so I do practice amplified, and I've had no complaints yet.  Bass and volume rolled right off, it is possible.  I've successfully practiced at 3 am without bothering other people in the flat - sure, the noise coming from the amp was at on a par with that made by the strings, but it beats unplugged or achy headphone ears.

I do sympathise though, as I've had a similar experience with a neighbour who would complain at the slightest noise.  One time they saw we were having a few people over and came straight up to complain about the noise - we hadn't even turned any music on, people were still taking their coats off  -  they were essentially complaining about the noise they assumed we were going to make!  Ultimately, if you genuinely believe the neighbour is being vexatious with their complaints, you can just nod and smile politely and then politely ignore them.

I prefer the version that Epiphone are doing at the moment:

15 minutes ago, project_c said:

Fair enough. If I think of him less as a musician and more as a modern day Edd the Duck, it makes me feel better.

Here now.  Criticising youtubers is one thing, but I won't hear a word said against that duck.

1 hour ago, Roger2611 said:

I copied my cassettes to computer using Reaper, I could chop the ends to what I needed and clean them up if need be, the biggest hassle I had was finding a working tape deck, when I got my old deck out of the loft both the fast forward and rewind belts had disintegrated, cue a Bic Biro and a lot of whirling of cassettes with the occasional one flying across the room if I got over enthusiastic! 

I think there's still one up in the loft at my parent's, along with a little bottle of alcohol and those angled swab on a stick thingies for cleaning the tape heads.

In the videos where he speaks he comes across as modest and soft spoken.  He seems like a nice guy who enjoys making silly videos.  He's pretty handy on the bass too.  As far as I can tell his only crime is pulling silly faces for the thumbnails of his videos.. Well, that and being young.

Just now, charic said:

Is that the latest version of firefox?  From what I'm reading some of these issues can come from the browser effectively not supporting newer security protocols so although it looks like the browser is saying the site isn't secure it's actually the other way around...

I think its a legacy version, so I assume it won't be feature identical to the current Firefox.

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/faq/

The diagram shows it branching from Firefox version 52, which was current in March 2017, so not the latest, but still relatively recent.

Firefox is still supported on XP, (until May 2018).

Could it be, perhaps, because they are being transcribed by bass players?  

You could try blocking his channel on YouTube (Go to the channel page, click on the About tab, click on the little flag icon and select Block User) That should stop his videos appearing in you suggestions, I think.

I think he's great, but I've no interest in actually watching his videos and I'd get frustrated too if my suggested videos list was full of his stuff.

22 minutes ago, dyerseve said:

when you reach the dizzying heights this thread has reached you are bound to hit your head on the ceiling

knocks to the old loaf are grist to the mill for the crusty types on here

Best roll with it.

I don't think you're missing anything - nobody is claiming the song is a big technical challenge.  I found it hard work as a beginner because it's a repetitive riff and I was a beginner lacking in technique and endurance.  I think the OP was just curious whether people used the same finger to play the B and E, or if they did something else.

This was one of the first songs I learned on bass, and the main riff used to knacker my fretting hand.  At practice/rehearsal I'd start out with 3-1-3;  have switched to 4-1-4 by the fourth time we'd run through it; there'd usually be an abortive attempt at 3-1-4 during the fifth; and by the sixth or seventh I'd be investigating the possibilities of 1-1-1

9 minutes ago, SpondonBassed said:

It would be be good to have a setting that stops flashing or animated images.  Even some of the animated avatars can be a hindrance when I'm trying to read.

Ideally an accessible version of a site would address this, but in the interim it may be possible to disable animated images in your browser, depending upon which one you use.

My Pitchblack makes a noise when the display is lit up. Go figure

Practically speaking, it's not a problem though - it's not something you could ever hear at a gig and it's not going to be on while recording.

FWIW I will actively avoid any pub that has installed a standard four-piece playing rock covers, but this band I would definitely stop in to have a listen; even if they were playing Sex on Fire and especially if they were playing Rime of the Ancient Mariner

I have both a first gen 2i2 and a cheap Samson active DI box, so I did a little comparison. It never occurred to me that my DI box would make a significant difference to the sound, as it has no speaker sim or anything like that. Well, it turns out it does make a difference. I'm no expert, but I could definitely hear it, and I think I preferred the DI box version for most, although not all, pickup combinations and playing styles.

Both still sounded very much like a direct recorded guitar though, and I think I could eq one to sound pretty much like the other in the DAW. Also, I'd have to test each of them running an amp sim before I declared one to be preferable to the other.

I suspect I might hear similar differences if I compared direct into the interface with having a clean boost pedal or buffer in the chain, but I didn't test that.