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[quote name='peted' post='914389' date='Aug 3 2010, 10:35 PM']I use Audacity nearly every week to master my band rehearsal recordings and I can't see any way of doing what you intend to do. I think the only scale that Audacity will measure against is clock time and not beats/bars. I have done what you want to do very easily using Reaper on Windows and Ardour under Linux. Using a proper DAW you can set the BPM and time signature which will automatically let you break a song up and as stated before, setting snap-to-grid will allow you to repeat over those intervals (beats and bars). Hope that helps [/quote] Just had to download and see what the fuss was all about... Yes you can loop, and your are correct there is no snap to musical beats, only various time codes. But if you set your markers/labels on a label track - highlight in between labels on label track. Go to Transport dropdown and hit loop play or shift + space, then the section plays back looped. I set up a click track track, set at 124 bpm in 3/4 time and that gave me visual grid references to get exact musical time for the highlight. [ I had to zoom in to get accurate because you can not snap that way unless you do an accurate minute and second time calculation - You can then mute the click track during playback] [attachment=55684:Capture.JPG] Garry

[quote name='Bloodaxe' post='914278' date='Aug 3 2010, 09:03 PM']Not tried varying the horizontal scale (& it sounds like a really complex way of achieving a result tbh). As far as I can make out, selections will either snap to the nearest second or won't snap to anything depending on how your preferences are set. This limits its usefulness (not opinion, just fact). Ta for the thought though, Pete.[/quote] Hi Pete. Its not complex at all - its the way you set loop points in any DAW. If snap to grid is [b]on[/b] you can only loop at the set grid - IE bars/whole notes/8th notes/16th notes etc.Seconds or whatever. If snap to grid is [b]off [/b]- you can set loop points as loose as you want and lined up to your markers, or even transients, samples, milliseconds or time code 00:01:02 etc. Is there not a way to turn snap to grid off? Garry

[quote name='Bloodaxe' post='912286' date='Aug 1 2010, 09:39 PM']This doesn't seem obvious... What I need to do is: 1 - Load MP3 2 - Play MP3 3 - Add a Cue or Marker on each count of 4 (or 8 or whatever) to mark each bar of the tune 4 - Select & loop the bar I want so I can transcribe the bassline for that bar only 1 & 2 are no trouble. I can add a Marker (Ctrl+M) whilst playing the tune, so that takes care of 3. What I can't seem to do is get the cursor to snap to the markers so that I can select & loop the bar. Anyone? [Edit] Nothing in either the online help or the full 150+ page PDF help [/Edit] Pete.[/quote] I dont know Audacity - but it seems like you might need to de-select some kind of snap to grid function.Have you got the Audacity bpm set to the same tempo/bpm as the MP3? If not you will have to de-select the snap to grid if Audacity has this function. Garry

[quote name='garethox' post='908597' date='Jul 28 2010, 08:06 PM']He also wrote one of the most recognisable basslines ever in 'Another One Bites The Dust'.[/quote] I liked his playing....But if he carried on up the scale on that track, he would have wrote THE most recognisable bassline ever. 'Goodtimes' Good stuff though. Garry

[quote name='Captain Bassman' post='903549' date='Jul 23 2010, 08:38 PM']Certainly do! He played bass on Glenn Jones' fine album Finesse, around '84 I think. I was still noodling around on my old classical guitar, detuned and with 2 strings missing...! The album featured Wayne playing a cool slow slapped part on "You're The Only One I Love" - t'was one of the songs that drove me to buy my first real bass. I think the album was also produced by Wardell Potts Jr (the drummer on most of Shalamar's best known albums) and also had some input from a certain Leon F Sylvers. Can't go wrong there... RIP Mr Brathwaite and thank you. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO-L_Bgjoqg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO-L_Bgjoqg[/url][/quote] That Glenn Jones track is great - stonking Tight Bass sound Good one. Garry

Does anyone remember Wayne Brathwaite? Around in the 80/90's and sadly went to play Bass upstairs a few years ago. He seems to be one of the session players from that era that dont get a shout around these parts.[quite a CV] I cant find much Youtube stuff with him on. But here he is with Herbie Hancock. Big Rich tone and groove sim to Marcus Miller at that time. [By the way not a post about Herbie going all Electro ] Garry

[quote name='JTUK' post='903092' date='Jul 23 2010, 12:34 PM']Never liked Phil Collins on drums either.. hate his feel and strike..too slappy..[/quote] I think Jimmy Page had the same opinion - did he not accuse PC of destroying Led Zepplin at Live Aid on the State side gig? A lot of these guys from original or their own bands seem to struggle playing in another situation. Unlike the likes of Will Lee, Anthony Jackson, Marcus Miller, Steve Gadd [ The usual LA/NYC session guys] As far as Macca is concerned, i always thought they were lyrical and well crafted Basslines, to well written pop songs at that time. Although i have never been a fan of his tone, [i liked better in the Wings gig] Garry

[quote name='SteveO' post='902997' date='Jul 23 2010, 11:28 AM']Watched an ad for an Audi estate last night. Nowhere was the word "Car" mentioned. I wonder how many people are wandering round in a state of bewilderment this morning wondering if it was a car or a van?[/quote] Or more importantly if they can get their Amp & Bass in the back. Good morning Norway. Garry

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='902301' date='Jul 22 2010, 08:17 PM']Does Paco de Lucia play bass?[/quote] Nah.... But he is a great Flamenco dancer. Garry

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='901735' date='Jul 22 2010, 11:14 AM']Playing with a pick so guitar.[/quote] So Paco de Lucia needs to use a pick then...? Garry

[quote name='steve-soar' post='901236' date='Jul 21 2010, 08:06 PM']Love him, or loathe him, Marcus has one of the most recognizable tones of any bassist. Listened to Julian Lennon on the car radio the other day, BAM, there's Marcus.[/quote] Was that 'Too late for Goodbyes' ? Has to be him. Garry

Marcus has very good fretless chops, Check out his solo on Friends and Strangers with Dave Grusin, Although i would not call it Jazz, its very lyrical and he was pretty young when he did it. Plenty of other Fretless stuff with MM knocking around. Garry

If it is the Hammersmith concert, i was at that gig and it was pretty amazing, not so long after that gig i got to see Marcus with David Sanborn band over at Wembley supporting Al Jarreau, and both bands had some pretty serious dudes that night. One thing i remember about both gigs was MM did not use so much mid scooping back then, and at the gigs the Bass sounded kin huge! Personally i preferred his slap tone back yonder [ although still pretty up there these days...lol]

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='890260' date='Jul 9 2010, 11:18 AM']Nobody really had a sound like that before him. I'm not sure what bass he used initially - probably a Fender -[/quote] Defo a Jazz Bass , very much a sound of that time on those type of tracks. Over driven and squashed compressed. Bit like this sound. Garry

Great player who ever he was. Some debate over the years as to who it was. I thought it was Mark Adams, some suggest Buddy Hankerson . But hey who knows - great whoever. Great post by the way. Little debate from last year here, with a [b]couple of decent videos[/b]. [url="http://prince.org/msg/8/306920"]http://prince.org/msg/8/306920[/url] Garry

[quote name='blackmn90' post='889541' date='Jul 8 2010, 02:23 PM']cheers guys, the music union one[/quote] Calling it the Music Union is pushing it a bit. But it does have its uses. [ well has for me in the past] Garry

[quote name='Bilbo' post='887302' date='Jul 6 2010, 01:53 PM']I think it was mostly a product of its era (50s/60s) and is probably still lingering around in certain areas of the US.[/quote] Very much that i think. In fact the World cup winners of 1966 were referred to as "The England Football Team" And that is a term still lingering around these days. Garry

[quote name='OldGit' post='886190' date='Jul 5 2010, 11:54 AM']Is he tyring to play the bass line from tabs?[/quote] He might not be reading tabs - you can not tell from the video. He might be reading penthouse, that might explain the clams he is dropping. Garry

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='885744' date='Jul 4 2010, 07:52 PM']Re: bass used, I wondered if it might have been a two pickup Gibson of some kind played on the bridge pickup. Didn't sound warm or crisp enough for a Fender.[/quote] I am sure i read somewhere in the past that it was a Gibson Les Paul Bass [borrowed] But hey who knows. Some geek will come along soon and fill us all in with what strings etc [ i hope so.. ] Garry

[quote name='Oggy' post='883890' date='Jul 2 2010, 12:47 PM']I do wonder sometimes though - I thought perhaps it was a secret or I'd discovered the Holy Grail. I just love to hear those ‘metronome player’ that have a problem playing just before or after the beat to give a tune life. Oggy [/quote] I know what you meant, dont worry.. Garry

[quote name='Oggy' post='883845' date='Jul 2 2010, 12:08 PM']Blues Bass Playing - All About FEEL. Oggy [/quote] I should think that would apply to any music, or Bass playing. Garry

[quote name='absolutpepper' post='882335' date='Jun 30 2010, 07:51 PM']Eventually I realised that the 5 string never suited me. I didn't really see the need for a 5th string (whether Low B or High C – I tried both)[/quote] Should this bit not be in the Basses for sale section? Garry

[quote name='discreet' post='882405' date='Jun 30 2010, 08:49 PM']It helps if your woman done left you, so you can wake up in the morning and find your baby gone. Ohh-woah! [/quote] Or the Epitaph for the Blues Guitarist... Dah dahdahdah dah " i didn't wake up one morning" dah dahdahdah dah... And dont forget some Roscoe Beck triple stops...Root/7th/10th's Garry

Fancy joining this band..fantastic! Garry

[quote name='jakesbass' post='879615' date='Jun 28 2010, 10:07 AM']As for So What, listen to the original 60 times in a row (I am deadly serious) The sound will become natural to you after a while when you have done that play through the changes slowly without really (at first) trying to stick necessarily to time or form, just investigate the sound on different parts of your bass. Then listen again... rinse and repeat slowly learning the parameters of the form and time, do that until you sound so solid on those chords that if you were hit with a hammer you wouldn't drop a beat.[/quote] This is such a good point Jake, same for learning any standard [ or any tune for that matter] Always good to do a Jazz gig without the fake book as a cruch [ apart from the odd tune you dont know] It free's up the brain.Nothing worse than trying to do a solo with your head buried in a book [ for me anyway] Reading big band charts, yep for sure - but thats another topic. Garry