RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE

Thanks Mike . I met up with my local friend for a coffee a couple of days ago. He has loads of keyboards and modern equipment etc . The next thing you know, I have listened to his advice and ordered a behriger usb mixer and a few midi leads . I of course asked him to send me links as to what he recommends . Thomann are sending the above , and I should receive midweek . I'll update when I hopefully get my head around it all ... in the meantime , I'm selling my old unused mixer in the sell other musica items thread ..

Wow! This brings back memories . When I was about 7/8 ( no pun intended 😼) my family moved home , and the gramophone that I was using disappeared in transit . Something like that, it was a very long time ago obviously . what I do remember though, are records from Bill Grundy, Laurel and Hardy , colonel bogeys March and a couple of others I cannot remember . The Bill Grundy song was called "yours sincerely " . The Laurel and Hardy song was an army type song with lots of talking from Stan Laurel . The gramophone itself, was covered in sellotape . Lots of needles . When I used to explore various record shops at various lunchtimes in London ,in the 90s I did notice a place near the British Museum that had lots of cheaply old jazz records and 78s . Used to always have the records outside the premises rather than inside . I grew out of 78s by then so no use to me. Nit sure of their worth unless you have an elvis original. maybe checkout someone who sells stuff on market stalls / car boot sales etc?

I doubt if my stuff is up to your standard tbh . I get the reposts now and again, which is nice plus followers . I haven't quite reached the dizzy heights of photo viewing opps though . I think I'm getting jealous 😼

A lot to look into there . I forgot to mention that the mixer is not usb . I got it a few years ago , when I was totally clueless and haven't used it . I love the line 6 interface though , as it is straightforward . Now deleted unfortunately . If only I knew back then I'd need more sockets .. Still , times were hard back then ..

Not sure how to . I may see if the midi lead I have can go into the mic input of my line 6 interface and try that..

I found a midi lead ( or is it din ?) while decluttering . I'll see what gives ,and if it works in the next couple of days . As for DR Sample , I tend to load bits from my iPhone / iPad and that goes into GarageBand on my iMac ( 2017 model ) . I then erase it and reload ideas as and when .I think there is an input for an sd card on the back of my Mac , although I'm not sure if it's worth bothering about .

A deer with no eyes I'm afraid . 🦌. I just put ambient / metal etc and upload as to the category I'm recording .

Thanks for the tip regarding moog . I have loads to learn . It has a usb, but that only makes it act like a controller abd no sound comes from it . I'll try your suggestion at some stage . Regarding my sampler , would I be right in saying that it's probably the most idiot proof / easiest to use ? I hope child no.1 appreciates your sacrifice 😸

I've received another comment on one of my tracks , from A&R : "Do u want a label deal?" This time not a pm . Nice try . A few other comments get removed quite promptly by soundcloud . Mainly the Russian hookers 😼

😹 Believe it or not , I used it for the first time in yonks last week .I'm going to hold onto it . Sorry about that 😼 I have a memory card with it . I was gonna get the cheap akai mpx8 but actually had fun using this and think it will be a keeper. They do appear quite frequently on flea bay , but it's the card that is costly . It seems the £40 I paid for that was a bargain .

Thanks for your replies . Adam g67, it does seem like I have mostly 5 pin din sockets , which are labelled midi on the drum machine /sampler and bass whammy. I haven't taken a pic of the grandmothers backside , but you get the gist . Back in the days of cassette decks I remember those 5 pin din plugs and hated them . The impression I am getting , is that I'm better off forgetting about midi . Usb seems to be plug and play , and of course computer based. If I was old skool ( wow! My trendy spelling ), I'd imagine I'd be doing everything midi . One of my friends who does recording with old , new and computer equipment was the one to recommend a mixer and midi to me . I gather from what he was saying , is that I'd have all of my gear together which makes sense .Having said that , for a semi novice like me, I prefer the plug and play usb line 6 interface I have where everything seems straightforward . I'll leave it there ...

Howdy ! I'm recording stuff through my Line6 Toneport ux1 . All good no complaints . Could do with an extra input socket , but hey ho not the end of the world . Looking at some of my equipment , I notice that a few of my bits and pieces have midi sockets . I use TRS and don't know if I'm missing out by not using midi sockets . Plus I have actually no idea how midi is supposed to work in layman's /woman's terms . I have a couple of pics showing the hardware I use .( Please excuse the mess 😺🙀) The gear I'm talking about in particular is : Moog grandmother , digitech bass whammy , Boss dr groove DR02, Boss DR Sample SP202, radium 49 usb keyboard , mic input on the line 6 toneport ux1, and a behringer UB802 eurorack mixer. Things to mention ( and ask 😺): I don't use the euro rack mixer / Is it worth keeping the sampler ? If so, what would be a good alternative ?I haven't used the radium 49 keyboard for years , but thought I'd mention it as it has a midi socket I use the akai mini keyboard a lot , plus my iPad a lot . So is it worth buying a few midi cables , or forget about it and move on ? Thanks

Fwiw, I have the mpk mini 1 . Really good with GarageBand , and. works with iPad if you have the camera connection kit . The mpk mini play has extra bundles to play with , and apparently you can use that without a computer straight out of the box should you wish . I'm thinking of getting the mini play, or the mini mk 3 . . These midi controllers have improved and upgraded in a short time .

Sorry, but where is the bass player? I have just watched this on my iPad , and the sound is ok for a pub band , but the bass player cannot be seen or heard . I saw the headstock of a precision , or was it a jazz , or an encore ? I had to laugh at the vocalist who looks disinterested , and wants to carry on drinking once she puts the papers down . Sorry , not professional . In a roundabout way , it is a bit like the Aerosmith / run dmc video . In my last band , the frontman actually had a book which he put on a music stand and sung with the lyrics in front of him . We got gigs , but most of the compliments went to mr drums and myself . . Apologies if I said too much ..

I suppose it's a bit like those ads in the back of daily newspapers , where you are asked to pay to be a model etc . Not applicable to me obviously , but the same sort of trap .😼

DAD , you're a man of many talents ,and I think you've secretly been a music promoter in the past 😺👍

You're right J-L p . Having said that , they were giving me the impression of a very small outfit looking to grow . I have received the usual scammers talking 'dope ' / 'bro' trying to do the same thing but they were blatantly obvious . Most of those spammers got deleted by soundcloud . This lot , are incredibly polite in comparison 😸

The email they sent was [email protected] They asked how many songs do I want to start with nice try 😸

Thanks for confirming J-LP 😸 My thoughts exactly , but the scammers are getting more sophisticated . Not sure whether to report to soundcloud or just block them .

The last tango in Barnsley is what everybody needs . 😸 I think that you have hit the nail on the head about the perceived soundcloud uploaders . Years ago pre internet a friend / work colleague who is very talented on the recording side of things, used to get paid for background jingle noises and had an agent . Small time obviously , and one of his samples was on tv for a woman's magazine called Red. He had various distractions unfortunately , and I doubt if he did much after that . That would appeal to me , being paid for the odd jingle here and there but it's not going to happen . It's best to keep treating it as an enjoyable hobby . That is , until the recording process becomes too complex ..