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I normally take it to the Post Office yeah. Well packaged of course, and definitely send insured. You should have no problems with it, I see people posting all sorts of objects in my local (You have long enough to look around whilst in the line believe me!)

Yes - a rather silly response in my opinion. Did he not look at the magazine before agreeing to an interview? I have personally not paid any attention to bass mags since I started on Bassworld back in about 1998!

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Beerdragon - really sorry to hear about the 'Trace' cabinets. Keep us up to date with what happens. Ferret - those LEDs would do my head in!

I am not sure about the Yamaha kit but on the Roland one you can do all of that on the drum brain beforehand but the cheaper ones you can't adjust the levels. Doing it in the programme will be impossible but if you set each drum pad to trigger a midi sound of the corresponding drum sound you could do it then but not worth the hassle in my opinion. We have recorded a few times with Roland electric kits and they always sound superb, really easy to get an incredible sound. Everything is panned and set. Cheers ped

Hi mate, I think the MIDI functionality would be useful for triggering things in a VST but not much use for recording the drums. Best bet is to take a line out from the drum brain, a stereo one, and stick that in yer' recording device.

Mostly, but I think the OP is justified in asking other bass players about their sound, as we can appreciate the subtleties of such things. No point being defeatist about your bass sound!

Crikey, that trace looks immaculate. I definitely prefer the vinyl covered ones to carpet, too. Betsy is looking well, like the new sticker!! Cheers ped

Ditto the above. Be very careful because I had a Carvin with this type of truss interface and the thing snapped clean off!

Oh I see!! Well I find the Vetta the best but none of them are very good in my opinion. The 'master' compressor on the front panel however is absolutely brilliant, very transparent and clear. I didn't get on with the SMX dual comp personally, I found it quite harsh and obvious sounding. Useful as an effect maybe, but not something I would want on all the time. I will move the post! Cheers ped

Hi mate - but confused about the title of the post (is the XT live in the runnings?) but I find the compressor on the XT pods the best i have tried so far by quite some margin.

[quote name='Merton' post='234795' date='Jul 8 2008, 10:35 AM']Easy: Status Retroactive Bass with Status Hotwires -> either of my Trace V-Type rigs. Yum Currently the bass is strung with DR Black Beauties and it's still damn fine, but I think I prefer the Hotwires that were originally on it [/quote] I just KNOW that is a winning combination!!!

[quote name='binman' post='235267' date='Jul 8 2008, 08:59 PM']Just bought a Glock so everything has changed! Basses run with a flat eq and amp flat also, this is me back at square one so the search is on again. Love your sound thou Stuart[/quote] Keep meaning to try a Glock. Very nearly bought one a while back and quite recently. I don't know why but I imagine they would suit me really well in terms of tone. Enjoy the search... Though I am very happy to have a tried and true and to a certain extent an 'individual' bass sound, I sort of miss the thrill of the chase. My wallet doesn't though!! Cheers ped

Hi Andy - remember me? I played bass in Part III: The Onslaught with some tit named Mark!!! Glad you found us. I love your music, I will come and see a show soon and catch up with you all. Cheers ped

The E2cs come with lots of different 'sleeves' - three sizes of foam, black rubber and transparent plastic, so one is bound to fit. I use the foam ones and they are very solid for stage use in a wired setup. I am not sure how familiar you are with the E2cs but they hook over the top of your ear so tugging the cable does not yank 'em out. Cheers ped

I got the demo drummer pack refill for reason and it is superb, very realistic. I prefer 'drumming' using a matrix like view in Hydrogen though (think you can do that in reason too but the 20 min demo is a bit short for that but great for a few synth flurries etc)

[quote name='binman' post='234573' date='Jul 7 2008, 10:44 PM']You should be a happy boy!! Sounds very clear and punchy and sits great in the mix Stuart[/quote] Thanks Stuart, most kind! What about your sound?

I have come to realise that I reached that point a while ago, tried other things too and always came back to this one main sound, the first bass in this clip [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WILDNiF6k38"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WILDNiF6k38[/url] Just suits everything and more importantly sounds fantastic live and recorded. With the Vbass system now installed on the bass I have also nailed the more common stereotypical Jazz and Musicman sounds all on that bass which makes me a very happy boy. I recall you saying you were still looking? What do you seek? ped

Hmm... Personally I switch the audio driver to my computer sound card (as opposed to the AISO pod xt) and arm a track in Ableton (like cubase) and then play the drum track in Hydrogen.