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[quote name='Oggy' post='1261221' date='Jun 8 2011, 02:17 PM']Basschaters I’m really getting into GarageBand on my Mac, (stuffing around with the effects and EQ) editing numbers that I record via a Zoom recorder at our band practice sessions. I’m now getting to a point where I want to do bit more and am looking for a few pointers on what Audio recording software and hardware other Basschaters use and why? I’m not sure, that GarageBand is the way forward, I hear lots of other software being referred to on this site, and perhaps a different brand would be better? Anyway it’d be interesting to get other Basschaters to let us (me) all know what they get up to on the recording side of things – some of the stuff I hear on this very site, done with imagination and low budget, has been really very good quality – how do you do it chaps? Oggy [/quote] I say go back to the basics! Garry

In the late 70's - my dad took the plyers to my Fender Jazz [ actually it had been his] and ripped the frets out and filled the gap - [b]why?....[/b] Because Jaco had, so everyone else was having a go... I still have and use it to this day - i am on my second board though [nice bit of dark Ebony that has lasted about 10 years till now] Garry

[quote name='Bilbo' post='1261493' date='Jun 8 2011, 05:31 PM']Jaco was, in many ways a lick player. If you listen to a lot of his stuff, you will eventually hear his cliches.[/quote] To be honest this is true of a lot of the greats, They just manage to store thousands more than the average soloist, that gets them from A to B. Not all of course. Garry

[quote name='Bilbo' post='1260729' date='Jun 8 2011, 08:47 AM']And this one has a really great bass solo from the master himself. 1980 - No Fodera, but he still sounds like AJ. [/quote] I can never get enough of AJ's Bass playing, always right on it. I still love listening to those 80's Japan concerts, with the likes of Grusin, Gadd, LA big band etc. Some great posts on this thread. Garry

[quote name='RhysP' post='1259758' date='Jun 7 2011, 02:54 PM']You're saying there's no rhythm in those clips? Astonishing.[/quote] My thoughts as well. Rhythm, lyrical expression - its all there. Garry

If you have 25 minutes to spare sit back and watch/listen to a bit of fun. Of course if you don't like these guys, don't waste your time. Garry

Another bunch of free stuff well worth a test drive - the pre-amp is really nice sounding. [url="http://sirelliot.blog.com/"]http://sirelliot.blog.com/[/url] Garry

[quote name='jakesbass' post='1255073' date='Jun 3 2011, 09:25 AM']It's probably a good time to point out that theory as a learned subject is only half the battle, and further, as a technical subject is only useful for explaining the mechanics of music to others. Maybe folk should realise that it's how you utilise your knowledge of theory on the instrument that matters.[/quote] +100000 Garry

[quote name='ras52' post='1254197' date='Jun 2 2011, 04:24 PM']Burn the heretic! [/quote] [i]"Behold the power of the [linux]-heretic! Who can stand against it? It shall ride roughshod over its enemies like a searing tidal wave of righteous flame!"[/i] Something like that anyway. Garry

[quote name='davey_one_visits' post='1254022' date='Jun 2 2011, 02:27 PM']Quick question to the professionals out there.... How often do you have to deal with a treble clef? Is it worth spending time learning it? So far I've seen ledger lines and 8va signs for the higher notes but I haven't seen a grand stave used. Cheers Dave[/quote] It looks like you are putting in the time learning to sight read - always worth going the extra yard for the TC. Music is not just about Bass. Reading the TC opens access to various higher register instruments, seeing how they approach melody, Harmony and solos etc, which at the end of the day all helps to make you a more rounded Musician. Garry

[quote name='The Bass Doc' post='1253911' date='Jun 2 2011, 01:16 PM']So if anyone has a project requiring pre-EB circuit capabilities, Higgie is your man.[/quote] Thanks for heads up Bass Doc. Who is Higgie? and how can i contact him? Garry

[quote name='51m0n' post='1252449' date='Jun 1 2011, 10:38 AM']Nope Reaper doesnt have any such metering built in that I've found, I've used a few other bits and bobs with Kmetering though ([url="http://www.voxengo.com/product/span/"]voxengo vst called span[/url]) which is pretty damn fine, try it...[/quote] Yep - i have been using it for a while and i find it very useful. Last year some time i started to read up on all the Bob Katz stuff, And it all started to sink in regarding Kmetering. [but then you would be up on all that] Interesting little read. [url="http://www.digido.com/level-practices-part-2-includes-the-k-system.html"]http://www.digido.com/level-practices-part...e-k-system.html[/url] Garry

[quote name='Gunsfreddy2003' post='1251314' date='May 31 2011, 12:15 PM']I doubt that Deacon, Taylor and May really needed the money! It was interesting to see that they did not make any money at all off the first three albums because of a bad record deal.[/quote] People always want/need more money - and especially when record companies are involved. Yep, it was interesting about the first three albums not making them much money. Kinda makes it worth carrying on to earn more money then... Garry

[quote name='Gunsfreddy2003' post='1251234' date='May 31 2011, 11:17 AM']I never understood why Brian and Roger tried to carry on with the name Queen what was the point?[/quote] Money/Finance/Business. At the end of the day the brand name 'Queen' was still very financially viable. And of course it all led to the stage show 'We will Rock you' which is a huge world wide hit, which in turn still helps shift shed loads of Queen albums. Weather or not that was [i]their[/i] intention, or being urged by their record company - who knows? But it sure worked. A very good viewing i thought. Garry

[quote name='Robert Manning' post='1250613' date='May 30 2011, 06:41 PM']then after studying music tech full time, you realise, that most musicians are in fact; idiots*[/quote] Garry

[quote name='SteveK' post='1250210' date='May 30 2011, 12:59 PM']Yeah, I think there is an unhealthy fixation with [i]getting this bass, getting that rig[/i] trying every conceivable combination in the search for "that sound", when, in most cases, the player would do better looking closer to home. Yer Palladino's and Di Piazza's etc are quite happy to turn up and plug into anything available...me too![/quote] Another +1 Reading through the thread there seems to be a bit of a Spinal Tap going down. Garry

If the tune is in Concert 'C', Bb instruments would be written in two sharps 'D', Eb instruments would be written in 'A'. etc. The added problems are things like Tenor sax would be written in 'D' treble clef, but sound an octave lower. These things have to be thought about when writing a part then putting to paper. Protocol for commercially produced material going out to orchestras would certainly be to transpose into the correct instrument keys. Zoom to about 200% [bit on the small side] some of the Octaves are different, but check the charts below. All are sounding the note of 'C' [attachment=81282:C_CONCERT.pdf] Some transposing and pitch charts here. [url="http://www.apassion4jazz.net/transposition.html"]http://www.apassion4jazz.net/transposition.html[/url] [url="http://www.musictheory.halifax.ns.ca/transposition.html"]http://www.musictheory.halifax.ns.ca/transposition.html[/url] [url="http://www.secretcomposer.com/Secret_Composer_Blog_Demo/Concert_Pitch_-_Instrument_Transposition_chart.htm"]http://www.secretcomposer.com/Secret_Compo...ition_chart.htm[/url] Garry

[quote name='ThomBassmonkey' post='1247716' date='May 27 2011, 11:20 PM']but I assume it'd be a showcase of sorts of GK amps but with the intention of [b]being interesting to the average person[/b] (as much as possible) instead of just a tour around the amp.[/quote] Slap the cobblers out of your Bass - that will interest the average person... Garry

[quote name='essexbasscat' post='1247974' date='May 28 2011, 10:13 AM']In a previous disscusion about this (it used to puzzle me too) I heard the wise words "ask a violinist if the keys of C# and Db are the same", then batten down your hatches.[/quote] But [b]don't[/b] ask a Viola player - they are the Morris Dancer of the Orchestra. Garry

[quote name='witterth' post='1247840' date='May 28 2011, 01:55 AM']Dosen't "chops" go along with such antiquated terms as "gear" "love and peace(Ringo style)" "cool" "hip" "dig" "daddio" "square" all that stuff that people who wish to identify themselves "musos" ( oh,theres another one) in general , Idly thrown into conversation to Identify themselves as proper musicians....they probably call their mates or people they play in bands with as "cats " too gahh![/quote] You have missed out 'he's a good groover, got great chops and knows all the changes' Garry

[quote name='silddx' post='1247588' date='May 27 2011, 09:01 PM']To reduce the chance of a trainwreck even further, why in god's holy name aren't the notes named ABCDEFGHIJKI ??[/quote] In some instances of written German notation [used throughout Europe] H=B... So in a chromatic line descending from 'C' you would get C - H - B - A. [as opposed to C B Bb A] Quite an interesting read on notation here. [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Note"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Note[/url] Quarter tone notation - don't even go there, the flat symbol is reversed. [url="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/215/quartertone.jpg/"][/url] Garry

[quote name='51m0n' post='1246723' date='May 27 2011, 10:05 AM']Cheers![/quote] It was for you really - I just knew you would be the first along... I was not sure if Reaper had K Metering. Garry

If anyone likes to use K Meter and your DAW does not have it. A nice freebie here. [url="http://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=12376"]http://developer.berlios.de/project/showfi...?group_id=12376[/url] [url="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/84/kmeter.png/"][/url] Garry

[quote name='BassoRidiculoso' post='1243287' date='May 24 2011, 07:07 PM']Basso Ridiculoso and the factory of underpaid software monkeys is proud to annouce a handy little web thing for creating combinations of any four notes you want. [b] The Bergonzifying Transmogrifier[/b] is a free web application that generates all the possible combinations of any four musical notes that you choose and then notates and creates an MP3 file of the combinations. It "Transmogrifies" the set of four notes you choose, similar to a method outlined by the saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi in his "Inside Improvisation" series of method books. Check it out here: [b][size=4][center][url="http://bassoridiculoso.net16.net/"]http://bassoridiculoso.net16.net/[/url][/center] [/size][/b] You can read all the details on ways to use it here as well at the ol' bass blog: [size=4] [center][url="http://bassoridiculoso.blogspot.com/2011/05/announcing-bergonzifying-transmogrifier.html"]http://bassoridiculoso.blogspot.com/2011/0...smogrifier.html[/url][/center][/size] __________________ [url="http://bassoridiculoso.blogspot.com"]bassoridiculoso.blogspot.com[/url] • [url="http://twitter.com/#!/BassoRidiculoso"]twitter.com/#!/BassoRidiculoso[/url][/quote] I would find it very interesting if you took it a major 7th further and incorporated it into an Arpeggiator within a DAW. To generate a series of notes on the fly like that would/could be useful. Garry.

[quote name='arthurhenry' post='1244589' date='May 25 2011, 06:38 PM']My keyboard player is only into bands with keyboards and doesn't enjoy anything else. So do you have to hear bass guitar to enjoy a particular band or piece of music? It's not essential for me, though I find it harder to make an emotional connection with music without bass. Eg. could never get into Jeff Beck's Guitar shop album - [b]all keyboard bass.[/b][/quote] Stevie Wonder - don't get any better then that. So a 'like' here.