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[quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1335966753' post='1638750'] At the risk of stating the blindingly obvious, it's an educational establishment and you're a teacher. Is there something wrong with teaching them how to use it properly? Something wrong with making students sign for them? Something wrong with restricting access to encourage proper use? Lots of possibilities here. Letting them have free rein to f*** it up every time they get their hands on it ain't one of them. Although now retired, I've been both a schoolteacher and private tutor over many years. You need to find a way and stick to it - even if they hate you for doing it, they'll come to respect the decision in time. [/quote] I have to agree with this. Why should you have to pay for them acting like idiots? I think you should get a hard wearing dependable amp by all means (Peavey solid state sounds good) but that's only half the problem. You have got to tell them that they can't just expect to be all caveman like with gear and get away with it. Being a musician is also about taking care of your (and other peoples') gear.

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1335860214' post='1636921'] Audacity has (or always has had when I have used it) one huge flaw. You cant hear an effect as you apply it. You say you want to do something then you hear a demo of a tiny region, then you change a parameter, then you listen to a demo etc etc. The reality is when using any kind of serious tool for recording and mixing you absolutely need to hear the changes you are making in real time as they are happening. So you hear an eq sweep as you make it so you can stop sweeping when you hear the problem frequency etc. For a very simple tool to top and tail wavs its fine though. Thats about the extent of it usefulness really. [/quote] This. Not to mention once you have applied an effect you won't be able to change it back or edit it unless you re import the original wav file.

Everyone to themselves I guess but I personally love the sound of a really low note. One of my basses goes down to G at the moment, the other 4 string is in drop C and my 5 string is tuned as a normal 5 string but a step down. This is because our band is in B tuning but I like being able to have the step lower down on the bass sometimes for effect. It also means that you're having to play fretted notes pretty much all the time. Takes a bit of getting used to I admit but it feels pretty good being able to play in one or 2 hand positions with no open strings once you have. Imo obvs.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1335535942' post='1632817'] With regard to the On/Off switch thing, I used to wonder why so many studios taped the switch in the On position until I found myself responsible for the band's PA. The combination of ear-splitting pops when mics were suddenly switched off then on again, coupled with the inevitable "[i]It's not working[/i]" complaint from people who'd forgotten that they'd switched them off soon had me reaching for the electrical tape ... [/quote] Fortunately, since I am not a complete idiot, I make sure to check the switch if there is no sound. Mind you, we are talking about singers here so let's face it I can conceive of someone being that dim-witted... [quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1335540078' post='1632915'] If a singer truly is too quiet, they aren't a singer, and there is nothing you can do for them at all. [/quote] We had one of them "try out" for the band last week. I even plugged in my headphones to the headphone output of the mixer whilst playing and I still couldn't hear him. I appreciate what you're saying, I guess if someone was doing harmonies or backing vocals then fair enough but I think certainly for what we do, I do not want someone thinking they can be our singer and not give it a bit of welly. I think there are some chancers out there who think that just because they can sing relatively in tune when whispering along to a song on "rockband" at home, or they can do a bit of growling at the bottom of their voice, that this makes them some kind of fantastic metal vocalist. Well I am afraid not son, because being able to sing in tune really quietly to yourself and being able to do it when you're belting it out are 2 different things. You've got to be a performer as well as being able to sing or scream or whatever.

I find the best thing to do is get a mic with an on/off switch and if you get feedback then just switch it off. Simples.

If you're not getting enough volume then yes, try the passive input which will give you a bit more gain.

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1335290724' post='1628790'] I bet that sounds stunning. I'd love to have an Orange 8x10. [/quote] Your back probably wouldn't though

You think that's bad? The bass player in my band has got about £600 worth of effects pedals, including 2 envelope filters, and NO tuner!

[quote name='Matt P' timestamp='1335279180' post='1628504'] obbm speaks sense, 4mm would be best for that kind of output, i'm using some 1.5 at the moment for quiet practing but come payday i'll be ordering some of obbm's monster 4mm ones. The manual for my amp actually states 1.5 as the absolute minimum and suggests that 4mm would be best. Matt [/quote] +1. With an amp really the bigger is the better.

bit of rebar. Nothing wrong with that.

[quote name='Maverick' timestamp='1335180031' post='1626699'] Lamb of God are great. Campbell is a very underrated bassist IMO. [/quote] Not to mention Chris Adler, fantastic drummer.

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1335177414' post='1626636'] Wasn't that at Wembley? (I was there too.) And Lamb Of God are sh*t. [/quote] IYO, of course...

[quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1335125817' post='1626156'] I showed my wife that pic and said "Just be glad I'm not after a rig that big.", to which she replied "If you had a room big enough to put it all in then I wouldn't care.". I love that woman. [/quote] I think you've got the wrong idea mate, she means she wants you to be able to afford a bigger house!

I think we have already had this thread...

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[quote name='essexbasscat' timestamp='1334922273' post='1623471'] Question. Using entirely hypothetical, random figures here; If one instrument plays a note of say 240 Hz and a second instrument plays a note of 435 Hz, why does the speaker produce two notes and not the one note associated with the sound of 240 + 435 = 675 Hz ? [/quote] Ok well the thing is that frequency is just a measure of how many times particles of air move backwards and forwards in a second. That's all sound is, it's just energy that makes air particles (or solid or liquid particles) move forwards and backwards in an oscillatory motion (IE, a wave). If you have one bit of energy pushing the air particles by x distance and you have another bit of energy moving the particles by distance y, then it will cause the particles to move a total distance of x + y. The important thing is though that it depends on the direction that they are moving in. So if the second bit of energy is moving the particles in the opposite direction to the first, then the distance they move will suddenly be x - y. That means you get a quieter sound. That's where we get the idea of "phasing" from. If they are in the same phase, so both bits of energy are acting in the same direction at all times and are the same size then they will double the volume of the sound, conversely if they are "out of phase" then there will be no movement of air and as such, no sound. You can't add the frequencies together, because having 2 bits of energy moving air at the same frequency doesn't make the air move twice as fast, it makes it move twice as much distance.

It all depends really. There are different types of "active". Basses with passive pickups and active EQs I find aren't generally massively louder than a passive bass, but on the other hand active pickups can be really loud. The pickups on my guitar right now are stupidly high output, about twice as loud as the 20 k passive pickup in my other guitar. It also depends on what type of strings you put on there. Heavy strings are usually louder than lighter ones because you can put more force into them. So I think what you will find is that a guitar or bass with low output passive pickups and an active EQ may well be less loud than one with a high output passive.

[quote name='Charles G Mosse' timestamp='1334606188' post='1618514'] Well obviously there's no way of making them absolutly indestructable, like most drums, but i'm planning on giving them all a good 4 or 5 coats of clear varnish, which should do it! here's a more complete pic [attachment=105271:drums.jpg] [/quote] Piiiiicolo piccolopiccolopiccolo...

Should we do a thread merge now we have the other instruments forum?

[quote name='ShergoldSnickers' timestamp='1334507128' post='1616973'] For a quick and easy set-up the Rode makes life a bit easier. One stand to get in position and set up, and bang... the stereo image is there, lifelike and without giving a kit that sounds too wide in the stereo field. On balance though, I reckon Discreet got nearest. Yamaha 9000 kit by the way, with an interesting array of cymbals and with a second snare without the snare attached. [/quote] I agree, my answer was a bit vague. Yamaha do make some pretty good drums. I don't think I am the sort who could judge what kit a person had just from listening to it. There are so many variables as regards head choice, tuning etc. Cool mic by the way. I need some overheads and have been tempted by the idea of a stereo mic, although I probably couldn't afford one of those lol.