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The singer/keys/songwriter kept writing slow sad songs and didn't like suggestions that the melodies were great but would sound better if they were played more upbeat.

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1 hour ago, fretmeister said:

I’ve got a Line 6 one.

 

I bought it for magic shows but used it to sing with too. Was also handy for sound checks and saving a bit of space on stage.

 

The downside was if I wanted a quiet word with a band member during a song I’d have to turn it off and then back on.

"Cough drop".  If you can, fit an inline momentary push mute button so you're not messing around.

1 hour ago, Lfalex v1.1 said:

 

If ever proof were needed,  then here it is.

 

Mondeléz own both Cadbury and the Kraft/Jacobs/Suchard brands;

 

Hence the Toblerone debacle in which they put greater spaces between the triangles. May sound trivial,  but such was the uproar that they relented and went back to the old Toblerone form factor. 

I'm led to believe that all the manufactured food we are sold is produced by 5 worldwide companies.

Tbh - It would be better to boycott all of them and eat non manufactured food. 

17 minutes ago, chriswareham said:

Not true. Most Linux kernel development is by programmers employed by major companies that benefit from it, such as Intel, Amazon, Google, IBM/RedHat and MicroSoft.

Elsewhere then. 🤣

As in not at Linux HQ.

15 hours ago, chriswareham said:

 

I recently stopped using a Yamaha UX-96 USB MIDI interface, which I bought over twenty years ago and used with my laptop as my other USB MIDI interface is a bit bulky. I only stopped using it as a friend offered to buy it off me since it seems to have some special functionality when used with a specific bit of Yamaha kit he owns. And my laptop? A 2011 vintage MacBook Pro which has run Linux for the last eight or so years since I bought it. My main music composition tool is a Roland W-30 workstation, which is 1989 vintage (although the floppy drive in it has been replaced with an emulator that uses SD cards).

 

When it comes to computer add ons, look for USB "class compliant" devices. There are standards for things like MIDI and audio that mean compliant devices don't need vendor specific drivers, and will use the generic drivers that come with Windows or Apple's operating systems.

 

(Ironically, the UX-96 I mention above wasn't class compliant as I think it predated the USB standard for MIDI, but Linux has a dedicated driver for it).

You can buy inline USB-midi interfaces from Amazon for a fiver. MIDI isn't going away, they're still selling it. 

I'm talking about hardware that no-one produces any more. 

Linux is supported by a load of public domain developers who make money elsewhere. 

I'm sure there are people using 20 year old hardware, but as you say, are waiting for it to die. No one should be complaining when it does and they have to pay a lot of money to replace everything, update everything, and learn a new software and hardware interface. Hopefully not the morning they're planning on using it in anger. 

November 2019, there was an issue with GPS satelites that required all GPS enabled products to be updated or lose a lot of functionality, namely future updates and access to iCloud.

"If you have an iPhone 5, 4, or a cellular-enabled iPad mini, iPad 2 or a third-generation iPad"

I suggest anyone who has this issue boycot the US government who own the GPS network and stop using any GPS products or anything that relies on them. 🤣

I'm pretty sure tech has to be supported for 5 years after it comes off the market. 

If you look at the MSWindows 8 it was released in 2012, end of life was 2016 and end of mainstream support 2018, end of extended support 2023. 

Any hardware predating 2012 by would have been supported for up to 20 years.

I'd be interested to know how many people are using the same hardware 11 years on,et alone 20 years. If you run a company with many products, you have to make a point where you stop developing products you don't sell anymore. Assuming the old hardware is compatible with the latest computer hardware. 

My phone is starting to give me issues. Just seen its 3 years old and the OS is end of life. 

On 22/02/2024 at 20:37, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

Surely getting the development team to spend a few hours working on driver updates to ensure support for older products after discontinuation isn't going to cost these companies much, and the goodwill it would generate is worth a lot more to them than having people like me making a consious decision to never buy anything again with their name on.

It's not 'a few hours' and if the product is discontinued why would they spend any time supporting it? If an OS update stops something working and it's discontinued you must have had it for a fair few years, time to upgrade to a better, newer interface.

This is the same with all computer based electronics. If you're spending a lot of money, buy something that is supported by the latest OS, not just by the OS you're currently running.

I listed an item on Reverb. 

Within 3 hours I'd had 3 messages from different people whose friend's 'App wasn't working', asking me to email them on a Gmail email. 

I ignored them. 

The drummer has left one of the bands I'm in as he's moved away. I have had a drummer ready to replace him since December but we haven't practiced yet. We are all a bit busy at the moment. I might try and organise something in March. But I'm just the bass player...

You might be better using your PC on board soundboard an stereo line-in. 

You'll have problems using a mic input and a line input for the stereo signal.

Assuming the Focus is a mono line in. If its a stereo then use that for both channels. 

1 hour ago, BigRedX said:

However... IMO there is no way that it would be acceptable for a tech to inflict any damage on your instrument. If this happened to one of my instruments and it was 100% attributable to the tech while they worked on it, I would demand that the damage be made good in a way it would be impossible to tell it had ever happened. If this meant that the bass need a complete respray - then so be it. Maybe they will be a bit more careful in the future when working on something that is not theirs.

That would mean both of you inspecting the instrument with a magnifying glass and taking photos of any existing damage. 

I don't think I'd be interested in doing any work for a customer like that.

It's down to anyone who has your property in their care to take good care of it and notify you if its been damaged in any way. 

3 hours ago, rushbo said:

E: Take your bass to the nearest shop that sells make-up and beauty supplies. Find a nail polish that's the closest match to the colour of your bass. Carefully apply the nail polish to the chip, building it up in layers if the chip is deep. You may need to gently sand it with a high grade of sandpaper to smooth it out. It might not be perfect, but your eye won't be drawn to the dink. Keep the nail polish to treat the inevitable dinks and scratches that a gigging bass will get.  

Or get B&Q to colour match it.

And paint your music room to match...

We need photographs. 

Operating voltage of a PP3 is 7.4 volts. 

Strange but true.

If it drops below that it won't work. 

It's late and I could go into internal resitance and multimeters with infinite resistance. 

But if it measures 7.4v it's good. 

Some electronics will tolerate a 'dead' battery better than others. 

Just here to add. The original Ibanez pickups are DXP and DXJ. Think they're Ibanez manufactured but very little information on them.

So, yes, EMGs are mods.

I think with the Beatles, you had to be there to experience it.

For me it's very much 'meh', but I was born the day they had one of their last number ones.

A lot of my friends in their late 70s it was the sound track of their teenage years. They go mental when it comes on at discos (or weddings). 

Together with the Stones, Cliff Richard, Elvis, and a lots of other artists they were unique and sowed the seeds of modern pop. 

3 hours ago, tauzero said:

 

The cock filter has been scaled back, thankfully. It means we can refer to Dick van Dyke and not Penis van Lesbian.

I'd put that in the Quotes thread but would probably only end up with a warning. 🤣

Sounds like the drummer and guitarist have it worked out. 1 aux for their IEM mix, one for the monitors. 

I wouldn't overthink it. It's a step up from a 4 chanel mixer with one aux. And not much money. 

Was it previously owned by Paul McCartney?

1 hour ago, solo4652 said:

Currently, I don't use the DI on my head. Not sure I want the added complexity and faff of that.

It's just a lead to the desk so they can hear the bass in their mix. Otherwise it would be a microphone with even more complications. 

@Boodang

yes. I mean expensive OR complicated. ie if you try and do it cheap it'll be complicated. 

I'm guessing by the time you've bought an XR and an iPad you're well into a £1000+, then there's the IEMs for each member of the band. Everyone will need them if there are no monitors. So that's 5 sets. 

Compare this to an analogue mixer and 2 powered monitors and you're not going to get anywhere near £1000. Then it gets complicated taking thrus to additional mixers. 

5 minutes ago, Piers_Williamson said:

They probably didn't want to mention the domed front, sides (albeit they mentioned the broken neck, nack....d pick ups, replaced tone controls (before it went in the loft), refinished body, hybrid machineheads)....what's not to like!  And all worth how much?

I've got a bass in the loft. Only because I'd hate to chuck it in the skip. 

When I'm famous it'll be worth millions. 

27 minutes ago, Barking Spiders said:

One of my fave bass albums and fave albums full stop. Every track has a great bassline the best being 4ever 2gether and Valentine's Day. I've searched high and low on the web for other bass credits for Brad Lang but nada. 

Sewms to be Barbara Dickson first call bassist.

Fretless and other on Albums:

Words Unspoken

To Each and Everyone

My Own Line

Time is Going Faster

My Own Adventure. 

3 hours ago, Dad3353 said:

or a very simple set-up indeed