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    [quote name='crez5150' post='445186' date='Mar 25 2009, 05:43 PM']Playing a Status is like making love to a beautiful woman.......... [/quote] And you would shag a headless woman..? Good grief..! Garry
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    Drummers

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    [quote name='Marky L' post='443953' date='Mar 24 2009, 04:47 PM']Oh man, our drummer.. please never let me near a gun when he is in the same room. He can not keep a regular time. When we play live he seems to get worse and songs begin to get faster and faster. We had a gig at the weekend and I start Mustang Sally (yeah.. yawn) and by the end of the first verse I swear we had taken it up by 20bpm at least. Had to turn round and shout to him to slow down. That and he drums like a granny doing her knitting. Tippy tap tippy tap with no guts. And he can't play slowly loud and equally can't play fast softly. Has no idea about dynamics and I don't think he can count past 1. It is such a hard job to play with him, you can see and hear when he has forgotten where he is in a song, head up, dear caught in head lights look and he plays all quietly so he can try to cover his mistakes. Oh and he can't do fills in time. Has a frightful taste in music. Has no imagination. He insists on counting in EVERY song (even when he starts one on hs own!) but really quietly so you can't hear. And it's always him that gets up from behind his kit in rehearsal to tell others how to sing a song with some long rambling nonsense!! ARRGHH!! I get angry sometimes!![/quote] Who the hell named him Drummer I blame the mother and father. Garry
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    Bump... Evilbay at the weekend. Garry
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    [quote name='thisnameistaken' post='443796' date='Mar 24 2009, 02:19 PM']So I'd avoid gimmicks, avoid slap, avoid "licks", just get a bit animal with the instrument and hope it made sense in their heads. [b]It usually did,[/b] . [/quote] And where was this? Rampton? Garry
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    [quote name='Eight' post='443467' date='Mar 24 2009, 09:42 AM']Bopland? I thought it was a Ramones site. Cool anecdote though - I liked that.[/quote] That would then read - Ramones, did not quite make it to Bopland. Garry
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    [quote name='Hamster' post='443254' date='Mar 23 2009, 11:01 PM']I wish I'd read the last post first before clicking on the link! 175 pages of the same notes played in different orders :wacko:[/quote] The clue is in the title and the link... Talking of Bop......... From Ed (Pete) Peterson at Omega Studios in DC area. "Pete went to the Manhattan School of Music in the early 1960s and studied trumpet with William Vacchiano. Vacchiano was big on teaching trumpet students to transpose various parts for variously pitched trumpet parts. Apparently Miles Davis (the famous jazz trumpeter) studied briefly with Vacchiano in the 1950's. One lesson, Vacchiano was teaching Miles and asked, "If the piano is in the key of E, where does that put the trumpet?" Miles replied, "Back in the fu*king case!" Garry
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    Oh yes....good one. Now we await the bearded Bilbo. Garry
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    [quote name='JohnSlade07' post='442182' date='Mar 23 2009, 07:47 AM']Obviously a thriving blues scene in the Kent delta then lol![/quote] I hear Morris Dancing is alive and kicking in Kent. Trade your Bass in for a pair of pointy shoes with bells on the end, and a nice pair of white tights. Much better than " i woke up this morning"...... Garry
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    For sale. This is my second Rig. Amp and Cab about one year old and purchased from new. Has had very little use, Been out of the house locally about 6 or 7 times. Peavey 700 Tour series Amp. Spec from Peavey Site. 700 watts into 4 Ohms, 500 watts into 8 Ohms two input jacks for high and low output basses rear-mounted auxiliary input jack DI XLR output with fail-safe phantom power backup capability toroidal power transformer pre- and post-gain controls Bright and low-cut switches Contour control active high and low shelving controls nine-band, constant-Q graphic equalizer with bypass switch analog octave synth/divider with level control and footswitchable bypass post-EQ effects loop buffered tuner send jack DDT™ anti-clipping speaker protection with defeat switch Dimensions (HxWxD): 3.875" (98.42 mm) x 19" (482.6 mm) x 13" (330 mm) Weight: 23.5 lbs (10.68 kg) This is a loud Amp. Gallien-Krueger 410BLX Spec from GK site. IMPEDANCE: 8 ohms POWER RATING: 400 Watts WOOFER: 4 x GK-Paragon, Stamped Frame, 10 inch, 100W, 32 ohm High Presence Voice Coil FREQUENCY RESPONSE: 65Hz to 3kHz SENSITIVITY: 100dB SPEAKER OUTPUT: One 1/4 inch jack CONSTRUCTION: MDF Cabinet, Black Carpet, 16 Gauge Steel Grill, Custom Tooled Interlocking Corners, Non-Ported WEIGHT: 73 lbs DIMENSIONS: 23W x 23H x 18D (inches) The Castors on the Cab have gone - very cheap and they collapsed. But Cab is in very good nick. The Amp comes with the SKB case. Which is old but fully functional, no catch issues. The Amp looks brand new, no scratches - been in the rack all the time. Can take Paypal, cheque or cash. Not sure what courier cost would be on this. Can be collected from Essex or maybe i can meet for a petrol charge, if not too far. [b]Amp £250.00 inc the case.[/b] [b]Cab £160.00.....[/b] [b]Together £400.00.[/b] If you add another 8 ohm cab to this set up, it does throw it out. What looks like a white mark on the right hand side of the cab is The sun shining on to it. Not damaged. Garry [attachment=22522:GEAR_001.jpg] [attachment=22523:GEAR_002.jpg] [attachment=22524:GEAR_004.jpg] [attachment=22525:GEAR_005.jpg]
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    [quote name='Eight' post='441454' date='Mar 22 2009, 12:35 AM']I'm glad they don't make me choose between Sonar and Live. I'd be very sorry to see one of them go.[/quote] They dont - thats what rewire is for... Garry
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    [quote name='dood' post='441037' date='Mar 21 2009, 12:46 PM']Absolutely +100. Maybe we could poll the female subscibers to see if they can make stupid comments like an ignorant male?[/quote] Where does that leave the Animals then...? Garry
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    A good glazier, and a decent padlock from B+Q. And you will have somewhere to put your lawnmower and gardening boots.... Garry
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    [quote name='Twigman' post='440198' date='Mar 20 2009, 12:18 PM'][url="http://www.cakewalk.com/support/kb/kb20081217.asp"]http://www.cakewalk.com/support/kb/kb20081217.asp[/url] = Sonar8 trial [url="http://www.cakewalk.com/Support/kb/kb20061101.asp"]http://www.cakewalk.com/Support/kb/kb20061101.asp[/url] = Sonar7 trial Don't forget (IMO) the best of the lot. [url="http://www.cakewalk.com/Products/SWA/SONAR7/default.asp"]http://www.cakewalk.com/Products/SWA/SONAR7/default.asp[/url] = complete S7 video tutorial and check these [url="http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=CakewalkSoftware"]http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=CakewalkSoftware[/url][/quote] Sonar 8.3.1 has moved on a lot. Tons of under the hood fixes and improvments. And it is rock solid. Now comes with full versions of all the Synths. Content alone is worth the money. about 8 gig i think. Plus the external insert feature is very good [ still small teething problems ] I have upgraded all along from Sonar 2, And for me it is the best version by far. If you have a good set up Audio PC it runs like a dream. Garry
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    [quote name='leprechaun' post='440086' date='Mar 20 2009, 10:38 AM']Hi Al, Don't know if you're going to stick with Cubase or not but there is a great resource with video tutorials [url="http://www.steinbergusers.com/vids/XML_players/cubase/cubase_videos_content.html"]here[/url]. Cubase is pretty much at the top of the tree when it comes to DAWs along with Pro Tools, Pyramix, Logic et al. They're all good and each have their pros and cons, I would suggest that those telling you to avoid it simply don't like the GUI or maybe have never put the time in to learn how to use it (something you're going to have to do with any DAW incidentally). I use Cubase (Nuendo), Pyramix and Pro Tools at work and once you know them they all do the same thing. For more help with learning the software you could do worse than browse through the many Cubase Notes articles available on the sound on sound website. [url="http://www.soundonsound.com/search?url=%2Fsearch&section=%2F&Keyword=cubase&Keyword=cubase&Year=+&Month=+&Words=All&Summary=Yes&Section=8&Subject=14&ShowResults=yes"]Here[/url] are 112 of them to get you started![/quote] Couple of good links for folks there Sean............ And you are right they do the same thing.... DAW snobbery always gives me a good laugh. Its like the argument - MAC sounds better than PC. About time that appeared again. Garry
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    [quote name='Eight' post='440076' date='Mar 20 2009, 10:30 AM']Because I use Live and Sonar (Sonar has a lovelyish staff view/editor) I can't say I've ever missed it in Live but it is definitely something to consider.[/quote] I upgraded to SPE 8 a few months ago......... And the Midi editing thing has really come along. The Sonar Score editor is a lot easier on the eyes than Cubase [ but i think Cubase 5 has improved that ] Garry
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    One other thing to consider. Cubase has a score and notater window, Which is great for midi editing. Having a visual reference can be very helpful when having lots of midi tracks. Or if you have limited keyboard skills, you can write the bits in. Also helpful if you import midi files [ for that Bassline you want to learn] Thats bringing up the whole sight readinging thing again... But saves getting a scoring package. AFAIK...Ableton and Reaper do not have this option. Garry
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    Al.... The help menu in Cubase is great.. Or go to you tube - there is plenty of videos on setting up and getting started in Cubase. If you are using [b]XP[/b], you might want to go to this site..you will have to sign up [ free ] [url="http://www.musicxp.net/dnn/"]http://www.musicxp.net/dnn/[/url] It will help you turn of the sh*t you dont need. Your Audio card will not be doing you any favours, I should imagine you will get poor performance,and latency problems, but [b]XP tweeks [/b]will go along way to helping. A lot of the problems folk get with Cubase is usually down to poor system set up, Otherwise you should really not have orrible problems. I run the newer Sonar 8 and the older Nuendo 3 [ Cubase really ] They both have good and bad points - but that is down to user preference and work flow. Once you have Cubase up and running, i would invest in a decent audio card, if you are going to get serious.
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    [quote name='solo4652' post='432138' date='Mar 12 2009, 08:51 AM']Hi, Is there any free software for a laptop running Vista Home Premium we could use to record ourselves at rehearsal, please? Don't need anything pro-quality - just need to be able to review our practice sessions. What about a mic? Could we use one of the mic's at the rehearsal room plugged into the input jack of the laptop? Please don't get technical with your answers! I've only just managed to work out how to switch on my new laptop.... Steve[/quote] Steve its not the Software thats the pro quality - they all will do the Job, free or otherwise. [ top end software has more options ] Its in the Audio Interface / sound card, The signal and conversion will not be that great with the laptop sound card, Not to mention the dreaded latency. Garry
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    Just curious... Are you allowed to put covers up on My Space..? Guitards...dont you just love um..! If he wants to be that anal... Why dont he do it all on his own in Cubase or whatever... The sound of quantised midi Drums and Bass... Stunning Musical[b] performance [/b][u][/u]of the highest quality. Garry
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    [quote name='soopercrip' post='435757' date='Mar 16 2009, 07:49 AM']+1 it's not so much the wood, it's the dope that's holding it that creates the tone... [/quote] I think you might be spot on..! Garry
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    [quote name='trevthebass' post='434903' date='Mar 14 2009, 09:44 PM']and i am a white cockney with arab blood, but the night is still young just got back[/quote] Hi Trevor me ol mucker....! Hows life...? I think it should read................. "and i am a white cockney with arab blood, and a well used black donger".. That Bass looks nice mate... Also is it a 35 incher..? The Bass scale length i mean... Garry
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    [quote name='OldGit' post='434459' date='Mar 14 2009, 10:09 AM']Oh please tell me that's a dig at all the play-alongs to the Barney Miller theme .. [/quote] I hope so to... I was starting to think that they have Cubase in Broadmoor and Rampton, Garry
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    And God created the DAW.. Then every Spanner on the Globe could have a Project Studio.. Garry
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    [quote name='Dan_Nailed' post='433006' date='Mar 12 2009, 11:06 PM']but who's to say you'll ever get the chance to demonstrate your ability unless you've scratched the right backs?[/quote] Its called business. And its a fact of life. As it happens, i can not imagine the likes of Greg Phillinganes Nathan East Paulinho Da Costa , need to scratch any ones back. Garry
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