RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE

Just wondering ; which is better out of the Minitaur ,and the Toro ? Is there much in it ? 🤔 I'd guess that the Toro would be better in a band situation . I have the Minitaur, and don't really think I need another Moog type bass synth . The Toro does look good though . I decided not to purchase the Moog Marianne app , as I think too much Moog bass is a bit overkill .

I purchased that Hank Mizell single back in the '70s Along with spinning rocjk boogie by Hank C Burnett . ( Bernett?) I don't know the story of those . I thought they were just retro singles , or whatever the term would be . 🙂

Wow! I thought that Nad would be a little more upmarket for curry's . That's a surprise .

I used to go to Alaska studios a lot , back in the '90s . Used to like it there . The pub next door was handy . We used to take trays of drinks into the rehearsals .🙂

Myself and mr drums , decided to keep the covers band we had alive and audition for guitarist and vocalist . We ended up with 2 guitarists . All good . Things going well . We then had a few people lined up for auditions for vocalist . Warning ; possible cultural misrepresentation .. First ' vocalist ' arrives . Mmm.... not our age group. A lot younger . He was Asian . No problem . However, he was trying too hard to assert himself on us at the earliest opportunity. He wasn't relaxed at all, and was saying 'I'm gonna make it ' among other things in his broken English . He named 2 songs from the list we gave him in advance . Obvious he didn't learn any of them . He was very hyper , while treating our band like X factor or the equivalent . so, we asked him to accompany us on ' American idiot ' and 'Teenage Kicks '. That's where the fun started . I say fun , but it was like having Benny Hills mr. Chow mein character with us . We were having great difficulty restraining ourselves with bloated faces about to collapse at any minute . We did turn around at various stages to cackle / cry with laughter hoping not to be seen . Amerrrrican irrriot , and heenage kiss never sounded so bad . Thankfully the last person we saw on that day was our new front man .

With my 40th birthday gig approaching , tragedy struck as our drummer had to unfortunately pull out ,with very little time to get replacement before the gig in question . Invites sent out etc. At the same period in time , I was leaving my place of employment . A very large organisation , spread over many floors . A sales person who vaguely knew of me , heard about my predicament and volunteeered to come to the audition. . The audition was one of the strangest I've ever encountered . I have a lot of respect for drummers obviously , and good ones are hard to find in my experience . Anyaway , the guy was a miserable , arrogant and untalented tool ! He was calling all the shots as to the way he plays . He put on his gloves . ( yes really ) . He then said ,"I only play standing up!" He p@ssed everyone off with his miserable attitude . Of course my mates / band members were asking where I got him from , who is that tw@t etc. When I phoned the ' drummer' to break the news that the original drummer could make it after all , ( my excuse) the 'drummer' was shouting and snapping at me knowing I was lying . That was painful . The other guy we auditioned was a great laugh, a nice guy ...but obsesssed with sex and Thailand . He had a big house in a desirable area, a nice wife and children, big salary etc . However, he had sex with someone in Thailand and wasn't sure if he caught something . Eventually , the wife was told . Game over ! His dad used to run a brothel in the midlands . He eventually married a Thai bride , and imported family members . He played a gig for the guitarists birthday( same lineup) , which he decided to get drunk before we took to the stage . Playing Black Sabbaths Paranoind faster than the stormtroopers of death , wasn't ideal . Shouting at him to slow down fell on deaf ears. He messed up ufo Rock bottom , which is the fist time I attempted it . I was nervous about doing that , but the guitarist insisted we do it as we both love schenker / ufo etc. He was upset . Bizarrely we got approached for wedding gigs , abd others . I may mention the audition for a vocalist , later in the thread 🙂

Sorry to hear .That's annoying . Hopefully you'll get a smooth transaction and refund pronto. I haven't dealt with Bax ,but hopefully no problems . Do you think you'll get another ( funds permitting ) , or something similar?

Oops ! I thought you said spam fritters . Tired eyes 😬

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Tate and Lyle for changing their logo 🦁

Lucky enough to have met him various times over the years . True legend , and modest with it .

I've just been thinking about when I first saw them . It was in 2001 . They did a show a night playing each album in order. ( Monday , 1st album , Tuesday 2nd album etc) . I cannot remember if the last time I saw them was at the Shepherd's Bush empire, or Royal Albert Hall. That was from approx 2022 onwards . The only song that seemed to be a bit 'moody', was when Tom Peterson sung on one song . It'll probably work for you if you do it . Anyway, good luck with it . On a slight relevant tangent , one of my mates from that bunch found slayer too much . However after begging/ persuading him to see them , he saw them twice and thinks they're a great live band . 🙂

Not a fan of cheap trick on record . However, I went to see them at the Islington academy ( iirc) in the '90s as my mates are big fans of theirs . I ended up seeing them on a few more occasions . Great live band .

Facebook , gilette, FA, Premier league, , England football team, uefa, fifa, BBC , itv, channel 4, Netflix ,Sky, guardian , daily mail, the Sun ..just stop oill, extinction rebellion . Woke Disney +, woka cola , the Green Party , the Labour Party , the Conservative Party .snp , Liberal Democrats As for BT , they're infinity set top box was pants when I was with them . Being told my wardrobe was the problem with their crap signals proves how rubbish they were . When I moved home , they sent a letter threatening me with debt collectors to my post office temporary address for £38 . Thing is I settled up when I moved , but their administration system said otherwise .Also, they were the last utility company to get disconnected when I moved . Truly awful company . I could put Unilever , procter and gamble and edf also . However, as procter and gamble and Unilever have so many household staple items , it would be nigh on impossible to avoid completely . As for Edf , they are one of the big energy companies that are going nowhere and smaller companies can still be swallowed up , amalgamated or dissolved etc. If edf stopped harassing me for smart meters they wouldn't be a problem . Apple for example should be on my list , but I still use their electronics .

I was thinking of logos today, when I saw this . I honestly can't make out the names of some of these bands . I saw a flyer in the London Astoria going back a few years promoting a death metal gig . Death may well have been on the bill, but really the standard is poor . I'm sure your logo will be much better ..

As a semi amateur GarageBand user, I hope you don't mind me chipping in .: I will end up getting Logic Pro at some stage , as it's seen as the natural progression etc. I seem to have a phobia about certain audio interfaces . By that I mean , that having downloaded ableton live lite , and paying for Reason many moons ago, lacking confidence as I do , I still go straight to GarageBand . Looking at various sites about recording , a lot of people seem to rave about ablleton . I purchased a launchpad mini a few years back and I use that with launchpad on my iPad now and again . As mentioned the launchpad is an ideal companion with ableton live . I really should do more with it . The launchpad is more of a drag and drop from a menu of clips and samples etc. I jjust need to spend more time to record my own clips into it , and I'd say I'd be happy enough as an ableton live user. Logic is now on iPad , but if you've got it on your iMac etc then paying for it again is not good imho. Haven't used reaper, but so many use it happily on here ..

My goodies arrived yesterday afternoon . I briefly checked them over . I have a fair bit to lean with the drum machine , but I do like it . The clap 👏from the boss dr 110? Sounds great on it . Regarding the jd -4000..that took a fair bit longer to setup. As it's about half the size of my hand, compromises were obviously made . One headphone socket which is the output is okay. However onky one usb c socket is to me a pita . 🤐 I have however got it going this morning . As I am semi amateur at recording, ( I use GarageBand ) , it initially wouldn't work at all. I do have Reason 12 , which has a midi rack on there which recognises it instantly . It may give my backside a kick ,and encourage me to,use Reason instead of GarageBand . Having said that , I find that if I have both applications open the I can infact record on GarageBand if I want to continue doing so . One other thing regarding connections : it does recognise my Artruria key step:so that helps . Regarding the audio output from the jd -4000 I expected it to be louder , but that may be because it's early stages using it. It is not a dawlless instrument / toy. It takes getting used to due o limitations , but sounds good . Hooe that helps Almost forgot to add , you may have to download a sysex application to get it working .

Ah, sounds like you're being sucked in also ! 😂 The moog Grandmother was my gateway drug .. I do know of these models you listed . I haven't any of those , but the Hydrasynth looks fantastic from what I've seen . In my defence , I just noodle and record efforts on soundcloud with the intention of improving etc. and have stopped the band malarkey years ago. I don't know your situation though , whether you gig in a band or not . If you are still a regular bass player in a band , then you may not need much more . If on the other hand you are like me then , yeah ..go ahead within your budget. I'm trying very hard to limit the stuff I really need ( want 😬) , and having started off with lower cost moogs I just pulled the trigger on a £45 Behringher polysynth which hopefully will be my lot for some time . You have a nice tidy setup. I'm getting peed off with the amount of spaghetti wires etc . Something to bare n mind . @Bigredx should be along soon ..🙂

Okay ... Due to plumber bills and times being extremely hard etc , I've pulled the trigger on..Behringer RD-6 + jd4000micro . Total outlay including Saturday delivery from Gear 4 music £ 139.99 Other reasons : this drum machine is more compact and gives me mor3 space on my cramped desk . Plus when Behringher releaee a Linn Drum knockoff , I'll get that further down the line . 😬

Good points here . Glad you got to make good use of it . Yes " interesting " is the way many of us woukd view soma instruments 😹 When I first saw the tree like terra , I wasn't impressed tbh . After seeing various demonstrations , I am more impressed. It would certainly fit in with the stuff I'm into . I'm trying to only purchase maybe 2 or 3 synth and drum like instruments in total over the next couplle of years ..funds permitting whenever that will be . Living in a small flat determines a lot also . Too many synths out there , and being disciplined I know that I can't keep pursuing an ideal sound . It'd cost £££££ 😹 I only started properly in this alternative synth malarkey in 2018 , with the purchase of the moog grandmother . I did purchase the boss sp202 and dr202 years before that , but didn't really use them . A couple of Waldorf synths , but my next purchase will be the drum machine ..plus the behringher poly synth that costs about £45 . Can't remember the name of it off my head . That'll be enough for a while 😬