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Dood

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    Messy or not, what's on your (music) work desk right now?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I could tell you what is on my desk right now, but then I might get in to a bit of trouble. I can tell you that a couple of months ago I was involved with prototype testing of a super nice 'signature model' device for a really rather well known bassist. I provided consultancy and product evaluation with cups of tea, to tweak the features to make them just right. It's important that products have a feature set that meets the needs of a wide range of players.

     

    This week I have shot an in-depth brand product feature video to go with its release...  which is imminent...

     

     

    #BestJobInTheWorld 

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    Heads up! Great VST deals spotted

    in Recording

    Posted

    I've grabbed the free Waves offer:- https://www.waves.com/plugins/magma-stressbox but I ahven't had the activation email yet. I grabbed Waves IDX last year for free, that is a pretty stunning plug-in, it's up there with Korneff's El Juan, another plugin I managed to snag free and use on pretty much everything. 

     

    Hmm, I think I got Clarity VX free too... I use Clarity or Izotope's RX Essentials on all of my videos for super clean lav recording. 

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    Neural Quad Cortex

    in Effects

    Posted

    31 minutes ago, Kev said:

    Is there any more detail about how V2 is able to capture compressors?  Kean to try it out when I get chance,there's a bunch of Cali 76 captures, but can't get my head around how it may work??

     

    I scrolled over a post by Neural Amp Modeller's creator Steve 'Ack' Atkinson earlier and he'd had some links to how Neural Modelling has been able to capture compression and tremelo effects previously. He congratulated the NDSP team for being able to package the technology - it's exciting times if but mind boggling! I used to think that stem splitting would be near impossible but it's getting better with every new update. Exciting times indeed! I've loaded the OS update and, when I have some time free from recording and editing a top secret video for a new product release, I'll be putting QC through its paces!

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    Old strings.

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    9 minutes ago, Cliff Edge said:

    I’ve had TI Jazz flats on all my basses for maybe 5 years. But recently I’ve been unhappy with the tone I’m getting, especially from the old Jazz bass. This morning I dug out an old set of Labella DTB’s that the TI’s replaced and put them back on the bass. All of a sudden my favourite tone came back. I’m now thinking about the Labellas that used to be on the Stingray. Although my aging fingers do like the TI’s. 

     

    Not necessarily talking about old strings, but I have certainly warmed to a bass because of the effect the strings had on the overall tone.

     

    Case in point, one of my students has a very nice bass and as we were chatting away, I complimented him on how great it sounded that day. Rich, resonant and full of harmonic overtones. It turns out, he'd taken the strings off the bass that I had sold him a little while ago (my preferred string) and put those on this bass!! 

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    Roasted vs Standard necks - Stability?

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted · Edited by Dood

    Taking torrification out of the equation for a moment, yes—there are a number of factors at play.

     

    The quality of the timber has already been mentioned. A piece of maple for a neck on a £100 guitar won’t even be in the same ballpark as that used by a top-tier brand like Shuker.

    Not all truss rods are created equal, and some have been found to be prone to failure in cheaper instruments. Poorly cut channels and ill-fitting rods can mean the truss rod is already operating outside its effective range.

    How is the neck wood cut? Is it quarter-sawn, for example?
    Is the neck laminated, and if so, what laminates are being used? This includes the fretboard. I’d describe this as a cross-grain laminate, since the fretboard grain runs perpendicular to the neck laminates, offering additional resistance to twisting and lateral movement.

    Is the fretboard a thin veneer, like on my cranky old P Bass (a “ball-bat” neck I’ve adjusted once, and it’s rock solid), or a thick cap? What timber has been used?

    How much of the neck length, up to the end of the fretboard is attached to the body? On a standard P Bass, it’s from around the 16th fret onwards. Some neck-through basses join the body at the 24th fret. On a 35" scale-plus instrument, that’s a longer length of neck for forces to act upon. We know from school physics it’s easier to bend a longer piece of material than a shorter one. I’ll leave the exact term for that to the physicists—Beam Theory, maybe?

    I also read about a guitar tech who highlighted issues caused by fret installation itself, which could effectively add uneven backbow to an otherwise relaxed board.

     

    I’m sure there are plenty more reasons why necks move around, but these are the ones that came to mind while having a cuppa!

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    Active Barefaced

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted · Edited by Dood

    3 minutes ago, Dood said:

     

    IIRC, and this would need checking, the module was set to a mono block rather than dual with an active crossover. I believe the active cabinet still used a passive crossover as per the BBII. (Hence you'd be able to take the module out completely. (With caveats). Thus, the presets installed were for 'colour' settings as well as the expected HPF type protection possibly. I don't recall reading about any other DSP such as compression or Limiting.

    I used to have a copy of the editor app somewhere, but not of the preset files. 

     

    THIS may have been the application.

     

     

    Active Barefaced

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Chienmortbb said:

     You will need to know the dsp/crossover settings that Barefaced used to get the sound right. 

     

    IIRC, and this would need checking, the module was set to a mono block rather than dual with an active crossover. I believe the active cabinet still used a passive crossover as per the BBII. (Hence you'd be able to take the module out completely. (With caveats). Thus, the presets installed were for 'colour' settings as well as the expected HPF type protection possibly. I don't recall reading about any other DSP such as compression or Limiting.

    I used to have a copy of the editor app somewhere, but not of the preset files. 

    Active Barefaced

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted

    6 hours ago, Jack said:

    Iirc the plate amp was an off the shelf part (with custom dsp curves) that was discontinued. That was the main reason those cabs were stopped, although Alex did say he had a stock of parts on hand. My point is that the amps exist outside of Barefaced and having it fixed may be easier than you think. 

     

    Have you checked the fuse? 

     

    Hypex made the modules and yes, they are still very much in business, so possibly an email to them might help too. 

    Alnus Basses - Anyone got one?

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    10 hours ago, W1_Pro said:

    That name though. Anus Basses. Just can't stop thinking it...

     

     

    Before my life as a professional musician I used to work in IT. I also really liked advertising that I'd much rather have been doing music than being there, so I had a BassChat business card in my ID card holder.

    Imagine my embarrasment on the occasion we're all stood in a lift and my "i-have-no-social-filter-and-dont-know-when-to-shut-up" colleague spotted said business card, the letter B obscured by my lanyard.. 

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    The theme from Bergerac (original BBC series)

    in Chillsome

    Posted · Edited by Dood

    YES! I always loved this theme - and the theme to The Bill. As a young'un I couldn't quite figure out what I was drawn to... but looking back, as a bit of a fan of prog, it was the 7/4 time signature of the main section! Oh and I nearly forgot the tone key change and then almost immediately back again later in the piece. 

     

     

     

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