[al]

I just bought a rack case from Martin, great transaction & posted quickly. All round top dude.

...at the Underbelly in Hoxton in case anyone's at a loose end in London and fancies coming along. 6 quid on the door but that gets you a couple other bands too including the remarkable Voodoo Love Orchestra

I got one of their flat preamps to hot up the output of my bass a bit, it's done the job perfectly and you really can't fault it for the money.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1338488135' post='1675367'] Can't you get a dep drummer? [/quote] Yeah, we talked about that yesterday night when we'd heard from our sick drummer, but even if we managed to find a dep we've got no time to get a rehearsal in to see if it's going to work (we're a funk band and there are a lot of stab stops, solos, and to be honest it turns out quite a lot of people in the band [we're 11 people] use the drums for cues), it could very easily be a complete disaster.

Hi fellow chatterers, my [url="https://www.facebook.com/baronfunkenhausen"]band[/url] were supposed to be playing a two hour gig this Saturday evening at [url="http://www.gipsyhilltavern.com/"]The Gipsy Hill tavern[/url] (located, unsurprisingly, in Gipsy Hill), but earlier this week our drummer was admitted to hospital in a bit of a rush with Ketoacidosis caused by recently acquired (and at that point) undiagnosed type 1 diabetes (!!), fortunately with expert care and attention he's doing OK, but there's obviously no way he's going to be able to play the gig. The guy who deals with the bands at the GHT, Jeremy, is a really nice guy and I'm kinda pained to be letting him down at such short notice, so I'm trying to come up with other bands who might be interested & available to play that I can send his way. Any one based in the area who might be interested ? Let me know and I'll put you in touch. Cheers, Al.

[quote name='Dropzone' post='1320163' date='Jul 29 2011, 10:37 AM']Anyone else recommend reaper over cubase?[/quote] Yep. Or at least I've not used cubase in a long long time but reaper is my software of choice now. Both for multitracking original stuff on my own as well as rehearsal recording (which we do from either stereo pair or, less regularly, full 12 way multichannel using a multimix12 FireWire).

Got my tickets already, can't wait

I use an [url="http://www.alesis.com/contentmgr/showdetails.php/id/1172/tt/5"]Alesis Multimix12 Firewire[/url] and [url="http://www.reaper.fm/"]Reaper[/url] with my macbook for recording our rehearsal sessions, it works very well indeed. You should be able to pick up the Multimix12 for about £200 second hand - I lucked out and got mine for £150. There's an 8 way version too which you can probably find on fleabay easily enough for around £130. One thing to note is that you want either the Multimix [b]Firewire[/b] or the Multimix USB[b]2.0[/b] version as these can send the tracks individually to the computer (the older Multimix USB can only send the stereo mix to the computer). These things all do phantom power and mic-preamp for 4 channels with the rest being line. Reaper is an awesome bit of DAW software, there are versions for Mac and Windows, there's a free unlimited trial to get you started and if you get along with it then it's $60 for a personal license.

Cheers for the beers. Have a safe flight mate, hope you enjoy the Italian food

[quote name='M4L666' post='492632' date='May 19 2009, 07:54 PM']I am currently using Audacity for recording on my home mac, but what I'm doing just doesn't cut it: LOADS of noise, latency and bad quality audio. I was looking at one of these: [url="http://www.bossus.com/gear/productdetails.php?ProductId=718&ParentId=110"]http://www.bossus.com/gear/productdetails....mp;ParentId=110[/url] and thought "that'll be perfect!". But it's about £480 new... anything out there, like this, that is much cheaper? I would rather be able to burn CDs, but it's not a total need. I need 8 tracks, but would like more to play with. It needs to be fairly all-in-one, not too much buggering about with cables. Any suggestions? Or is this one for my birthday?[/quote] I would stay away from all in ones personally, they had a reason for existing back when home computers and laptops were never going to be able to keep up with the data rates and processing required, but these days you'd just end up crippling yourself with some obscure user interface and losing a whole bunch of flexibility, much better to go for an external audio interface and use your mac. On the software side, have a look at Reaper: [url="http://www.reaper.fm/"]http://www.reaper.fm/[/url] It has an indefinite trial period, and if you like it the non-commercial license is only $50 (~£30). Also, I just picked up an Alesis MultiMix 12 Firewire ( [url="http://www.alesis.com/contentmgr/showdetails.php/id/1172/tt/5"]http://www.alesis.com/contentmgr/showdetai...hp/id/1172/tt/5[/url] ) for £120 2nd hand (they go for about £200 new I think) - it sends all 12 inputs (as well as the 2 mixdown channels) independently to the mac over firewire as 24bit @ 44.1/48KHz and seems decent enough to me. [b]Watch out for the USB version - the old MultiMix USB will ONLY send the stereo mixdown channel to the machine[/b], but there's a newer MultiMix USB2.0 version which sends all channels like the Firewire version does. £150 all told and I have a pretty powerful setup with 12 simultaneous recording channels.

[quote name='Al.B' post='489496' date='May 16 2009, 07:08 AM']Hi all , my Warwick streamer LX has developed a fault. When in active mode there is no signal but when you put it into passive mode it has a signal but very distorted. Any ideas or suggestions ??? Thanks to everyone in advance. cheers Al.[/quote] New batteries ? Sorry, I'll get me coat.

Etymotics ER6i: [url="http://www.etymotic.com/ephp/er6i.aspx"]http://www.etymotic.com/ephp/er6i.aspx[/url] I love 'em - fit really snugly and deep in ear so the ambient noise is almost entirely cut out, frequency response is good, sound quality excellent, they're a bit on the pricey side I suppose, but the outers and filters are replaceable so if you look after them they should last you.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='414685' date='Feb 19 2009, 08:09 PM']Will the output still be the same on full?[/quote] Yep

[quote name='Exile252' post='410258' date='Feb 15 2009, 06:20 PM']Hey guys, I was just wondering, does anyone know when this Trace Elliot amp was built? The serial is TO454-12-201.[/quote] I think that makes it Feb of 2001 (12th one built that month perhaps ?)

Top bloke, just bought his RB streamer 5 stringer off him. Totally honest and up front, really friendly; I wouldn't hesitate to deal with him again ! (and if only I could sneak buying the Trace rig he's got up for sale past the missus I would )