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[quote name='Eight' post='1125902' date='Feb 13 2011, 01:16 PM']It's been a little over two years since I bought my first bass (and registered here).[/quote] Thanks, you have just reminded me to register all my Basses here. Garry

[quote name='cheddatom' post='1122483' date='Feb 10 2011, 12:06 PM']I'm not really into mastering in a big way. I know that I don't know what i'm doing so I try not to mess up my mixes too much. I thought T-Racks would be an easy way to a "polished" master, but, yeh, it just destroyed my mixes. It sounds like I should give it another go trying to be much more subtle. At the moment, i'm using the Stillwell Audio Major Tom compressor. If you set it to forward feedback, and set the ratio to limit you can get a lot of "transparent" compression before it starts to mush up.[/quote] If you are crap at it [as most of us are] Ozone 4 a great tool. Plenty of presets [or a starting point] to make anything presentable. There is some great tutorials here for at least understanding the process. [url="http://www.izotope.com/products/audio/ozone/guides.html"]http://www.izotope.com/products/audio/ozone/guides.html[/url] Garry

[quote name='51m0n' post='1122379' date='Feb 10 2011, 10:02 AM']Epicverb and SIR (a convolusion engine), both are free and sound fantastic.[/quote] Another vote for SIR here. Just great. Zero latency as well. Although SIR2 is not free - well worth the dosh. Also Ozone 4 [again not free] Great mastering tool. [In the right hands of course - but then again so is anything] Garry

Another production/tech head here. Cubase for years [and love it] so have a good work flow going on. I use a M-audio 10/10 with the PCI card. Just gone all 64 bit Quad core W7 [8 gig of DDR3 1600] I had a small problem with some older plug ins [32 bit] But there is this cheap little programme called J-Bridge, which bridges 32 to 64 bit. so all sorted. I Have Live 8 as well, but not loaded it onto the new system yet. A friend of mine is using Reason 5 & Record - it looks pretty cool. But to be honest they all pretty much do the same these days. I like Cubase because of the built in score/notater midi editor. Good for Orchestral mock ups. Garry

Well thank you.... Garry

[quote name='Skol303' post='1120346' date='Feb 8 2011, 05:52 PM']I still stick by ReCycle as being the 'daddy' of working with loops and samples.[/quote] Yep, It was the Daddy [creating REX files] - but to be honest, all the main DAW's do it these days. Albeton does it with minimal fuss.Any DAW reading Acid or Apple loops will do it. Any Audio editor that has transient slicing will do it. A few of the guys on this site like using Audacity [[b]which is free[/b]] being that it is an Audio editor i am sure you Can do it in that. Go and check it out. [url="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/about/"]http://audacity.sourceforge.net/about/[/url] Garry

Good stuff. Garry

[quote name='99ster' post='1114758' date='Feb 4 2011, 12:16 AM']+1000 Well said Jake. [b]And good luck to Mike.[/b][/quote] Agree with that. The people who go out there and promote their profession get the work. People who sit at home and just talk about it...Erm....just talk about it. Garry

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='1111497' date='Feb 1 2011, 07:34 PM']I stumbled upon this on YouTube. I love hearing the islolated tracks. Great playing. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN6o5i_QZ_o&feature=fvst"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN6o5i_QZ_o&feature=fvst[/url][/quote] Still one of my fave albums. Harvey Mason on kit duties. The playing on that isolated track is nice and clean, great player. Garry

[quote name='Bilbo' post='1102514' date='Jan 25 2011, 06:30 PM']Interesting to see that 78 people have opened the first excerpt (Straight No Chaser) and then the number of listeners goes down as the list progresses. Are you guys trying to tell me something [/quote] I started at the top and worked my way down. My way of thinking was - The files are smaller so less chance of a Drum solo! Garry

[quote name='markstuk' post='1103941' date='Jan 26 2011, 04:14 PM']Order away here :-) [url="http://www.suerydercareshop.com/category/172/Electric_Guitars"]http://www.suerydercareshop.com/category/1...lectric_Guitars[/url][/quote] Did she knit them herself? Thanks for that, just the job for my son. Garry

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1064855' date='Dec 20 2010, 05:55 PM']I thought we did this thread last week? Carry on though as Im on the other side of the fence this time (see my signature) so to contradict everything I said last week you must have a 5'er! [/quote] A week is a very long time in the business of Bass. There will be many Bass chatters who last week purchased a five/six or 92 string. They would then start a post about that particular Bass being the best Bass they have ever played [by a country mile]. A few days later it will be in the 'For sale section' " As much as i have tried - i just can not get on with a fiver or whatever, i am a four stringer really" Thats what makes this place a priceless hang out... Garry

No one for Bob Babbitt then? Garry

For years i have just carried my Sans amp Thingy around. I know what it sounds like into a rig, in the studio etc. Engineers are [b]always[/b] happy to use that. Not bothered about mic up etc. Garry

The guitar player in Spinal Tap had low output pups, Thats why Jim Marshall made him an amp that went up to Eleven. Garry

[quote name='risingson' post='1099730' date='Jan 23 2011, 03:26 PM']Narada Michael Walden - I Should Have Loved Ya[/quote] Wey Hey, what a great tune and stonking Bassline. Aye no corrida - Quincy Jones Stuff Like That - Quincy Jones Stomp - Brothers Johnson. Garry

[quote name='jakesbass' post='1099400' date='Jan 23 2011, 10:36 AM']I'd love to have a listen to these alas wma files are of no use to me... Any chance of converting a couple to MP3 mate Jake [/quote] This works Jake, And its free. [for playback anyway] [url="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/products/windows-media-player/wmcomponents"]http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows...er/wmcomponents[/url] Good one Bilbo. Garry

[quote name='Vesalius' post='1096759' date='Jan 20 2011, 08:37 PM']eg. Bb/c is easier than C7 sus4 +9.[/quote] Different chords. Bb/C [Bb/c] has no G C9sus has a G. Garry

[quote name='risingson' post='1096457' date='Jan 20 2011, 03:24 PM']Not that I know of. What was it about?[/quote] Money - or not enough of it.... It was him or Darryl Jones back in the 90's. Garry

[quote name='risingson' post='1096451' date='Jan 20 2011, 03:19 PM']He's never been known to mince words.[/quote] Did he not have a rant on a Sting Video some time back? Garry

[quote name='Doddy' post='1096438' date='Jan 20 2011, 03:13 PM']I love that video of Branford. He's just so right.[/quote] Yep i agree. Garry

[quote name='Raggy' post='1096422' date='Jan 20 2011, 03:01 PM']Jaxsn's Acting Photo - 9 for the win [/quote] Yer....that one done me. The TB thread has some corking stuff from last night. This.... Garry

[quote name='270degrees' post='1096395' date='Jan 20 2011, 02:35 PM']We're all hypocrites. And that bloke is still sh**!!! [/quote] A busy dude, and no end to his talents. He sure does live in the fast lane. [url="http://jaxsn.com/actor/jaxsn_2010_acting_shots/jaxsn_2010_acting_shots.html"]http://jaxsn.com/actor/jaxsn_2010_acting_s...ting_shots.html[/url] Garry

[quote name='lemmywinks' post='1096222' date='Jan 20 2011, 12:27 PM']he's already making an ass of himself[/quote] Or every one else - a giant wind up. Its been done before. Now that would make my day.. Garry