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3 hours ago, Ricky Rioli said:
Do you think that all the differences I'm hearing are simply to do with strings / player, with the instruments themselves being otherwise much of a muchness? (I wondered if the pickups might have noticeably different characters?)
For what it's worth, I like both to listen to, but its the second sound (the one coming out of the P with the lighter fretboard) that I would like to be making
Round wound strings it is then.
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3 hours ago, Al Krow said:
For me the difference is mainly down to choice of flats vs rounds
Both sound really good.
Agreed - the difference is all in the strings. For me it's all about the flats but both do sound really good and as always is massively context dependent as to what you might choose to use. Having them solo'd like this is cool for hearing the differences between them but it's where they sit in the mix that is really important I'd argue. Either way two great players, two great sounding basses and you've got to love funk with a pick
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57 minutes ago, Quatschmacher said:
He may have meant my video-chat lesson; the link to the text for the tutorial patch I shared is in the description box of the patch itself.
Yes that’s what I meant sorry for May confusion.
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6 hours ago, carlitos71 said:
Thanks for replies @Quatschmacher much appreciated
Let me get the pedal and see how I get on and might take your kind offer after I get the basics of whats going to get the max out of it, would like to get most out of it before spending any more on more gear!
Perhaps we can chat about the squeezer when we do the lesson! Or open to suggestions specially if you any gear to swap temporally to try...
Highly recommend @Quatschmacher online tutorials! Plus the Squeezer is awesome but a total PITA to programme unfortunately. Still love it though.
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These are great- GLWTS
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1 minute ago, bassfan said:
Aiming for the moog sound on PYT... i can’t get anywhere near it with the octaves on the helix, hence wanting a plug and play solution. I think it might be overkill , nice to have though! 😃
Yeah it would definitely do that for sure but maybe overkill
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Just now, bassfan said:
You use one live? I know there’s a thread on here about them somewhere... really only want to dial in a moog ish sound
Yup. It's deeply versatile. Might be overkill for just one sound. Would an octave pedal work? Post a link to the kind of thing you're aiming for?
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4 minutes ago, bassfan said:
Yeah... I was toying with the idea of the sy1 or the c4...
Honestly C4 is light years ahead - tape vs CD kinda vibe I'd say...
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21 minutes ago, bassfan said:
I have looked at those... they are quite big though and I don’t have much room left. Good shout though, thanks.
Source Audio C4 synth is the one then - small footprint, easy user interface and LOADS of presents available online. EHXsynth9 is a bit of a waste of time compared to what else is available these days IMHO.
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You could try the Source Audio C4 pedal with an envelope with a quick attack and very short sustain to emulate the muting? You can use your dry signal with the envelopes in the pedal. Probably the closest you’ll get to emulating a physical technique with an effects pedal. @Quatschmacher could probably be more specific about the details.
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I thought I'd revisit my decibel readings as well cos, well why not, this is a cool thread. 90db inside the studio (VERY loud for me, I monitor much more quietly than that and 55db ish outside the studio next to the side window. Tiny bit of noise of the back alley but hard to pin point exactly where it's coming from if you didn't know.
Pretty good I reckon, and basically at lower volume there's no obvious bleed out of the studio so I"m not disturbing anyone nor alerting 'ner do wells' to its presence
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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Home-Recording-Studio-Build-Like/dp/143545717X
This book was amazing too - might be worth laying your hands on?
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1 hour ago, lurksalot said:
But of a misnomer that one , mass helps, so 6mm or 8mm glass will cut down noise transmission , but triple 4mm is nothing special and not worth the added cost , argon gas in the units will help
That's interesting to know, I think the side window (triple glazed) in my studio had argon but not sure about the thickness of the glass. Not sure about the two Velux loft windows though Having said that though they all do an excellent job of killing the sound which is the main thing. But I'm gonna make a note of that in case I ever get the chance to build another home studio. Thanks!
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6 minutes ago, WHUFC BASS said:
It's won't be cheap, I'll tell you that now. I reckon if someone can do all the work themselves, they'd save a lot, but unfortunately I put my back out years ago (bulging disc and sciatica) and it's been a constant niggle ever since. The most annoying thing was I was a bricklayer for years but have come to the conclusion that I can't do it any more unless I want to spend my time in a hell of a lot of pain.
Good question. Just for the sound proofing (not the acoustic treatment) I'm going to insulate with soundproof with 50mm Celotex between a wooden stud and then use 12.5mm soundproof plasterboard. On the ceiling I'll be going for 100mm Celotex along with 15mm soundproof board. For the window I'm just going for standard UPVC window and probably hang a heavy lined curtain in front. Same goes for the door too.
I've thought that about that and am thinking either coating the entire floor in blackjack before the flooring goes down or as well as that, building a single course of bricks under the door with another damproof membrane which goes behind the skirting and under the door. No doubt there'll be some expanding foam involved too.
I was advised by a number of folk that using double plaster board was a cheaper and better alternative to special acoustic plasterboard....might be worth looking into. Also I hung the plasterboard off the wooden stud with aluminium rails so that it was basically 'floating' so less vibrations could get though.
https://www.noisestopsystems.co.uk/shop/wall-soundproofing/soundbreaker-bars/
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What are you going to do internally to further sound proof? I suspended double thickness plaster board off the wall to provide a further gap / sound proof. Triple glazed windows too would help.
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Recording upright bass - there’s a rabbit hole you’ll never get out of! I’ve found that a very small diaphragm mic
has worked wonders for my bass. started with a Rode NT2a which was great but quite boomy and a bit uneven. I’ve also accepted that I need to do quite a lot of post recording EQ and multi band compression to really even it out. And for me the main surprise has been just how much bottom end I’ve had to cut out of the signal.
Ultimately though upright basses are such individual beasts that you’ll just need to experiment lots until you find the sound you’re really into. Good luck and enjoy the ride!
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1 hour ago, thisisswanbon said:
Congrats on getting your patch in the video @Quatschmacher!
Suddenly feel like an idiot for buying a C4 last year 🤦
Looks great but quite different to the C4 as well so I wouldn’t feel like too much of an idiot. You need both
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On 13/03/2021 at 14:26, daveybass said:
Price revised for quick sale, ta and there's velcro on the bottom - sure I can take it off if need be.
Amazing piece for a serious DI. GLWTS
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22 hours ago, Jakester said:
Ah, so not 'fit and forget'. Ah well. I will keep playing then. Deffo set to 100% wet! When I can get it working it's great.
22 hours ago, Al Krow said:Yup it's a shame you can't simply flip from up and down sweep settings, but that is true for most analogue filters that have both up and down filter sweeps.
It definitely repays investment in careful tweaking - as you say when you get it working optimally it's great!
FWIW it's the best filter I've had, for me easily beating the MXR M82 and Aguilar Filter Twin and even the juicy Fwonkbeta; I only moved it on because the more recent 3 Leaf Proton Mk4 matches a lot (but certainly not all) of what the GR2 can do but in smaller form factor.
Agreed - these take a while to really dial in the sound so lots of messing on and tweaking will really help here. I’m only use a passive P bass into mine and it triggers fine so it’s perhaps just your settings? I’ll try dig out a pic of my settings.
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This thread has put a big smile on my face and stopped me from going to bed when I really should have. Well done all. Some classic material in here.
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On 21/02/2021 at 10:05, RaNoFuNkY said:
Does anyone know of an EQ pedal which has its own effects loop?
By switching on such a pedal, it would engage all the pedals in the effects loop, and applies the EQ? It would need EQ and gain/level control.
The EHX Tri Parallel Mixer comes close - but is a little overkill for my needs. I'm looking for a smaller footprint too.
If not, I'll just use a simple loop pedal, and include a separate EQ pedal at the end of that loop's signal.
Thanks
Probably easier to just use the loop pedal with an EQ pedal in that loop. I don't think I"ve ever seen a loop pedal with that kind of functionality (doesn't mean it doesn't exist though!!).
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6 minutes ago, ped said:
It’s good that it doesn’t need powering as I am a noise freak and want option A to be a 100% clean and silent path
Ah yes the power is just for the LED as I recall? I have a Southampton pedals one that is the same. Enjoy
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I’m late to this party but BRIGHT ONION ALL THE WAY - I’ve got various of their pedals and they’re all sweet.
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Lovely basses these and deal with confidence with @GisserD - top basschatter!
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1 track, 2 Ps
in General Discussion
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Chromes are lovely. I've got them on all 3 of my P basses and they sound great new or really old. But if you want that sound you'll need rounds. No reason. you can't swap them out for a bit and keep the chromes - flats never really 'go off; so. you could put back on when ready.