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[quote name='bilbo230763' post='396995' date='Feb 1 2009, 04:49 PM']Sweetheart! They're playing our song :wub:[/quote]
Hahahaha.

Babies have been made to that, I'm sure. Er... not by me I might add.

Ah ok.

Thanks for all the input guys - its much appreciated.

[quote name='Pookus' post='396420' date='Jan 31 2009, 08:39 PM']Funnily enough some of the more established classical musicians had real problems improvising anything.[/quote]
Classical studies don't really do much improv in my experience.

I can totally respect jazz musicians for that ability and its something I want to work on... just got to find a way of doing it on bass that doesn't involve jazz.

[quote name='6stringbassist' post='396214' date='Jan 31 2009, 04:04 PM']If the note played is a D then it should be notated as such, I think.[/quote]
I don't have much bass sheet music really - what I do have has tab underneath and generally seems to put the note that the fretboard tab would have played in standard tuning.

That's what got me wondering.

Doesn't seem right to me somehow.

Couldn't resist some pollution
Edit: as soon as I can figure out how to post YouTube videos. LOL.

[quote name='BigRedX' post='395614' date='Jan 30 2009, 06:23 PM']Since on all the quality brands you can unscrew the keys, there's nothing to stop you having something more interesting made. The guy who made the Bass Surgery basses used to cast his own.[/quote]
Hmmm... I must admit I never actually thought of that. Might have a word with some metal guys (not the long haired, big necked, leather clad ones) and see if anything comes from it.

I wish you hadn't bumped this - I hadn't seen the thread either and if I could go back in time I wouldn't read it.

How come its fine not to like death metal, noise punk, opera or trance (just random examples) but if you don't like jazz then its because you don't know how to hear it!?!? I am not an ignorant pop-conditioned musical monkey just because I don't like "jazz" (or to avoid generalisations, any of the jazz I happen to have heard so far).

If jazz is Greek, then early industrial like Throbbing Gristle and Cabaret Voltaire are [s]Latin[/s] [s]Arabic[/s] [s]Chinese[/s] Old Norse. In which case I am as high brow as you.

[quote name='MananaMan' post='396173' date='Jan 31 2009, 03:01 PM']don't know why they haven't brought out a stand alone box full of DSP of this - much as Guitar Rig and Liquidmix have.[/quote]
Probably sales. Guitar Rig spanks every VST known to man in terms of money spinning capacity.

If you're doing a transcription in notation with detuned guitars, is it the norm to indicate the note that is actually played or the note that *would* be played if the guitar was in standard tuning?

E.g. guitar tuned down 1 step. First note is a D. Would you put a D on the score or an E?

It seems that if you're including tab underneath, then the notation is written as it would sound in standard tuning? i.e. tab says 0, notation shows E but we know the note is D.

Or is there no real convention?

[quote name='dr.funk' post='395975' date='Jan 31 2009, 09:57 AM']How many samples do you need?[/quote]
I don't know really. It was kind of an industrial project - so quite a few. I helped him set up a pc with Sonar etc. for them to work out tracks but now they're wondering how to do the thing live without adding a synth-type guy to the group.

I'll check out the other suggestions you've given there; but from everything I've seen it looks like the hardware units just might not do the job. In which case its back to my original thoughts of a laptop, Ableton and some midi foot controls.

Thanks for your input though - you've managed to give *me* GAS

[quote name='YouMa' post='395075' date='Jan 29 2009, 11:52 PM']Has anyone seen Derek smalls in the movie spinal tap?[/quote]
Er no... but why do I get the feeling I'm going to regret asking?

I had a few minutes to kill the other day and wondered if anyone's selling stupid looking tuning pegs (idk, skulls or something) and didn't find anything. I mean... nothing.

I know it'd be a pointless, annoying addition to a sh*tty guitar, but it'd be fun.

Has anyone ever come across some?

[quote name='KarateKid' post='393972' date='Jan 28 2009, 07:30 PM']I know I have not been on this forum for a while because I am tyed dowm on schoolwork, but can anyone help me for a Grade Exam. I am aiming for the starter grade now, but I feel like I want to go for it. Can anyone give me advice for my grade exam?[/quote]
Not sure what kind of advice you're after - but I did ABRSM grades a fair while ago (not bass) and the most useful tips etc. are pretty general. E.g. plenty of sleep the night before, drink water, and stay calm. Realise that failing doesn't matter. Also be nice and friendly to the examiner when you walk in - they want you to pass so keep it that way. They're also used to seeing people nervous so don't feel like you're any different.

An examiner once told me (after the test) that she'd had a solder in a few days earlier. He'd served in various warzones and seen his friends shot down in front of him. Surely that would change your outlook on priorities and pressure.... but when it came to the music test he was a bag of nerves and could only barely hold it together. They are scary... but its just a music test. The only pressure is what you put on yourself.

Put Willie Dixon "The Chess Box" compilation on loop and sit there for at least 24 hours.

Then move on to Otis Spann - piano based so hopefully you can stop thinking about bass and soak up the blues.

What a nice looking guitar - hope it finds a loving owner soon.

I can ask around some of my mates - but would probably need some kind of rough price and your location (if its collection only/preferred).

[quote name='crez5150' post='392513' date='Jan 27 2009, 10:48 AM']I used to fire an Akai s5000 from a midi foot controller.... worked very well[/quote]
Were you able to change sample banks remotely?

I looked at a Roland SP-404 Sampler on Dr. Funk's suggestion and it seemed perfect except for one issue.

It has 10 sample banks (each one holding 12 samples) and samples can be triggered from MIDI IN. Different octaves etc. trigger samples on different banks - which sounds great; except if you wanted more than 12 different samples in a song, then you need some kind of controller which can send the full range of pitches. I'm not sure if there is a foot controller capable of doing that in a handsfree fashion.

Wish I hadn't got involved now - my head hurts.

Apologies for not hitting this thread recently.

I did work out one option which I think would be cool - an Akai MPC and a set of midi foot pedals would probably do the job nicely. You can certainly trigger the pads via midi input; but I'm still a little unsure on the bank switching.

So probably very similar to what you're thinking there Dr.

(Jammen - )

[quote name='spacebeer' post='392423' date='Jan 27 2009, 09:24 AM']hahaha, definately not a Motley Crue fan, I just love this bass[/quote]
I find it very hard to dislike Motley Crue - and god knows I try. They may be the biggest collection of tw@ts assembled in one band but the music is too damn catchy.

[quote name='yorks5stringer' post='392460' date='Jan 27 2009, 09:58 AM']Haven't you heard of the MarkBass "Jeff Berlin" combo....?! ^_^[/quote]


The tweeter-less MarkBass amp with a 15" speaker and 300w output @ 8 ohms?












[size=1]( Nope... but thanks to Wikipedia I can pretend I had )[/size]

[quote name='yorks5stringer' post='392405' date='Jan 27 2009, 09:04 AM']Jeff Berlin had a few interesting things things to say about teachers at the weekend...runs for cover!

[url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=509651"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=509651[/url][/quote]
If it wasn't for all the controversy surrounding this guy on the Internet, I wouldn't even know who he was.

He has some [i]interesting[/i] ideas, I guess. Not for me though.

Oh that is nice. I've not a fan of that kind of shape but even I'm sitting here impressed.

One thing though - who buys a Nikki Sixx guitar and worries about corny? Its Nikki Sixx, of course it's corny. Leave the pickguard alone and embrace the rock and roll.

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='391945' date='Jan 26 2009, 05:28 PM'].........although, f*** it, I'll give it a go![/quote]
That's pretty cool of you.

I found this page a little while ago while looking for a flash game to quickly recap my knowledge of the bass clef. It looks pretty well written and could be good to get your started. I think you're safe on the jazz front

[url="http://www.studybass.com/lessons/reading-music/"]http://www.studybass.com/lessons/reading-music/[/url]

The first five lessons there should be good for you to run with. Then playing the Flash game a lot ( [url="http://www.studybass.com/tools/bass-clef-notes/"]http://www.studybass.com/tools/bass-clef-notes/[/url] ) should help you speed up recognising the pitches. With the notes down, learning to read the rhythms should be easier.

Edit: that reminds me, I must put more time into learning where those notes are on the fretboard. Always seem to be bloody studying something.

From previous lesson experience (not bass), I find it critical to have a teacher you really like as a person. Someone you enjoy going to visit as well as learn stuff from - otherwise the hard parts about taking lessons become a real pain and it saps all your motivation.

If they have a web site or some info available, read it and try and just see if there are clues there that make you feel a bit warmer to them than the others. Obviously you won't know for certain til you get there but it might help narrow down your list of potentials.

Edit: I think the older you get, the more important this becomes.

Not really a gig - but its the closest I've ever come.

This is going back about ten/twelve years or something when I played gu*tar. A few of my friends played instruments and we had a big party coming up (hired venue) and decided to play as a band with me doing some rhythm guitar. I'd relunctantly agreed to do it - because well, basically I was terrified about playing in front of everyone I knew. So shitting my pants I get up there and we launch into the first song... within about two chords the strap comes off, I drop the guitar and the fall wrecks the tuning pegs.

No spare instruments.

That's me done for the night. So over to the bar to enjoy the rest of the gig with a small feeling of shame and some feelings of relief.

Am I right in assuming the SPDIF method would only be a single stereo output so you'd be applying an effect to the whole song? I've never used any of my SPDIF connections before.

Whereas the FX Teleport method would allow you to run different effects on different tracks of course. I only used it once but had no problems with latency over two machines joined with a crossover ethernet cable. However, there are a lot of other factors in doing it this way which could cause latency issues.