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itu

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  1. Try Boney M's Xmas album. I'd say different versions. No, I can't say I like them.
  2. I don't subscribe to Spotty, maybe these can be found there, too. Somewhat strange stuff.
  3. itu

    constant fixed tone

    https://www.tcelectronic.com/product.html?modelCode=0709-AJT tce Infinite Freeze from EHX? Synth pedals, like Future Impact?
  4. Calling @KiOgon.
  5. Have to look at that Winter Wonderland, although I am not so much into Xmas carols, because of that saccharin... Our band's keys decided we need to play this. First trials became a chore. Not a prima vista for me, but a doable and fun song. If someone wants the bass part, I can share the pdf.
  6. Have you checked if Bourns has suitable pots? https://www.bourns.com/products/proaudio/products
  7. Where were compressors, EQs, and reverbs? A hint of reverb to OD/dist/fuzz sounds even better. Several compressors, most popular are tce HyperGravity, and Daring Audio's Phat Beam for fretless 5 band parametric Ibanez EQ to tame rooms, and a HPF Iron Ether Nimbus reverb
  8. Every time I hear E. R. Stanley Jordan starts to play in my head.
  9. I have been talking about the family of OD/dist/fuzz pedals with manufacturers, players, and some boutique makers. All recommend the same: try before you buy. And with your own bass, not any other. One of the most complicated effects is the OD/dist/fuzz family, because their behaviour, sound, and adjustments are affected by the bass, or the effect before them. I've seen and heard that some compressors have a very different behaviour depending on the bass. That's why I have fx boards for hi-Z and lo-Z basses. Different beasts. I thought that output impedance does not matter at all. On paper there shouldn't be a big difference, but ears don't lie. Try a few side by side to compare them against each other.
  10. Please explain your signal chain a bit: is the OD after the bass, do you use wireless, or cable, what's the bass... OD/dist/fuzz may behave in a different way depending on the bass output impedance (hi-Z, or lo-Z). I have different pedals for different basses. It took quite a long time to find a suitable fuzz to a lo-Z bass (i.e. with a battery powered preamp).
  11. If the copper cable is tinned, it will become brittle compared to flexible pure copper. Therefore it can become loose under the screw, not because the screw gets loose.
  12. I just bought an LCR meter, an old Philips/Fluke 6304A to measure pickups and certain other components. I have results from a set of bartolinis. Practically nothing comes out after 4 kHz. Only reason to have a 10 kHz adjustment in the preamp if it has very low Q i.e. a shelving treble that reaches much lower frequencies. (Well, might be functional with a piezo pickup.)
  13. I might love a pedals that have features from a few manufacturers: - Boss tracking of an octaver, Cog's sound - tce SCF and HyperGravity with bass specific adjustments from Iron Ether (and with Taylor's X-over to SCF) - Onkart Gromt's tiny but very user friendly display to any envelope or compressor pedal (their envelope is very good) I would also love to see a foot controlled pot that could be assigned to whichever adjustment user likes to tweak while playing. Now some pedals have an input to an external vol pedal.
  14. 1.25 m is a very unstandard measure. Use 1.00 m as a reference. Although your room has furniture, it is recommended to have a space that has minimal amount of reflections and reflective surfaces. They tend to boost suitable frequencies. Measuring a speaker, beware: the placement of the microphone can boost the low or the high end. You should have a calibrator to your system.
  15. Some data can be found here:
  16. Beware: you are walking on dangerous path. My latest road bike was 6.6 kg, and 6.8 kg with a power meter hub. I loved pages like this: https://lightweight.info/en ...although I never had the money to buy a set. I still have this: https://www.schmolke-carbon.com/product/oversize-evo-sl/ ...and some other nice parts in some boxes in the basement. Carbon, Ti, Mg, fiber reinforced composites... there are many materials that could be used in lightweight basses.
  17. 9 VDC from a PSU is power, from a battery not so. Such a battery can push 300 - 500 mA for a pretty short time. Capacity is up to 800 mAh if the current is low, like under 10 mA. Raise the draw and the capacity will be lower. Current draw while the unit is ON is one thing. But during power up phase a pedal may draw substantial amount of current. Digital units are usually worse than analog ones. If the current draw in the power up phase is very high, the battery most likely is not able to push adequate current to the unit.
  18. Everything is different in Switzerland: I got a Mesa 400+ and a quality 4x10". One of the best rigs I've ever played. And chocolate, and cheese, and...
  19. Nuts! Passion II 4 40.0 mm Status MM4 43.5 mm MG Genesis 5 47.5 mm Ibanez Affirma 5 fretless 48.0 mm
  20. Reminds of Starbike list of bike parts... here: https://weightweenies.starbike.com/
  21. I have been thinking about the difference between baroque and modern rhythm music. I think (this may be a very narrow viewpoint) that the old music was more about melodic patterns, whereas we should aim to the rhythmic content and decorate it with suitable notes and sounds (I find the latter also of importance). This does not exclude melody, but still the main point is to carry the base with the drs/perc and leave the melody to the solo instruments like brass and keys. Therefore simplifying the melody may drive the song better than very ornamental playing. Overplaying, who? Me? But where are the places where I should do like in the old proverb: when in doubt, leave it out? What's the note that is not important for rhythm or melody? How to simplify my line of eights? Should I listen to the singer, or other players, or all of them? Help!
  22. First impressions without trying to play it through. 1) What's the tempo? 2) Is there some pattern that repeats itself over the parts? I am not able to see anything like that, yet, but most likely I should play it through first. 3) Done by a machine (see the first notes in bar 15)? How does it sound straight from the computer? 4) What kind of band is playing? Is it even possible to go up high if there are keys close by? Soundwise it may be feasible to stay in the half and first position. 5) I think (this is my very biased opinion) that bass should be rhythmic instrument in modern music. Compared to say baroque music I believe melodic content was more important then than rhythmic if we look at older and today's music. Therefore many melodic jumps seen in the score might be possible to "reduce" to smaller intervals without "reducing" rhythmic content. Ghost notes should not be forgotten. Wishing to see comments from the pros here, like TKenrick, Bilbo, Tom Read, Chris Dev, et al.
  23. Depending on the body proportions and the strap length, the first one is much more universal. Here I would say, more carve is better, but I have had issues with my hands. If the player sets the bass very low, the carve is nearly useless.
  24. Here are two examples of the questions I've seen lately. Could there be one "database"?
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