Leonard Smalls

As Soundcloud works at a very "lossy" 128kbbs (cd is 720!) it throws lots of info away - here's a good guide: [url="http://www.justmastering.com/article-mixingformp3.php"]http://www.justmastering.com/article-mixingformp3.php[/url] And I've jus checked my mix against the uploaded version. The distortion was due to my PC speakers being over-driven, but the 'net version is lacking a lot of the extra air'n'space I put in for super stereo, as well as some of the sub bass at 25-30Hz. there's also a strange hump a couple of minutes in - possibly compression or limiting artefacts from my mix? Should have compressed the bass at the recording stage rather than trying to squeeze every last ounce out! Still, it's good enough for sport...

Just noticed it seems to have got quite distorted going over to Soundcloud... Shame as I took lots of time making sure nowt went above 0dB. Will have to delete it after I've dropped the levels a bit, or perhaps check on my main stereo to see it's not just my PC!

Cheers! No chemical assistance for me for many years! Apart from the occasional bottle of Castle9 or a wee Bruichladdich... But I did spend a lot of time at Ozrics gigs in my mid-youth!

Been busy this weekend.... Mine's a bass improv done after listening to a bit of Jack Cassidy and his hippy stoners! Drums and keys added later. Only samples arethe bare bones of the drums. https://soundcloud.com/dredd-and-the-badass-weed/kinigl-of-caerbannog

I use a Focusrite scarlett - it's an excellent piece of kit with very low noise which allows you to connect instruments, mics, line level sources using either 1/4" or XLR leads. It also does D-A and A-D conversion and comes with Ableton Lite as well as having very low latency (i.e. delay while recording). All for £120!

Like! And what's in the case?

Couldn't open it as it's an I-phone ipb perl applet file...

Trujillo should have been on with the Infectious Grooves or Suicidals...

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSFt4LasDxE[/media]

[quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1403903157' post='2487676'] I must say, sadly, as someone who liked blondie, I had to stop watching that as it was too painful, and would have preferred to not have seen it. [/quote] Aye! She seemed so awkward...

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1403801447' post='2486622'] Kawai Sleekline! Don't see many of them. Jon. [/quote] Kustomized with EMGs as well... Haven't used it in years - it's hanging on the wall looking handsome.

If you want to spend big, the best headphones are possibly [url=http://www.techradar.com/reviews/audio-visual/hi-fi-and-audio/headphones/grado-ps1000-661454/review]THESE[/url]. Or arguably, something by [url=http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/comparing-world-class-headphones-stax-sr-009]STAX[/url].

Just found this picky from 1989ish...

Just found this picky from 1989ish...

Got mine sorted... As it's a space picky I naturally thought of Star Trek, and I'd just watched "Night Terrors" from series 4 of Next Generation, where Deanna Troi has nightmares (her being in bed explains the sax!) and the rest of the crew go mad. Enjoy, or not as the case may be! [url="https://soundcloud.com/dredd-and-the-badass-weed/one-moon-circles"]https://soundcloud.com/dredd-and-the-badass-weed/one-moon-circles[/url]

It takes a tiny bit of the mouldiness off the general cheesiness...

[quote name='Stephen Houghton' timestamp='1401837041' post='2467467'] Sounds great Lord Sausage,cant wait to see what this one turns out like. Thought the pic may get any of you Eno heads out there coming up with some tasty trippy stuff [/quote] Not sure about Eno, but mine's turning into some sort of crazed trip; so far it's somewhere between Essential Logic and Fad Gadget with a touch of Throbbing Gristle for good measure. And I haven't even got a keyboard yet!

Funnily enough, I normally fast forward through abut 80% of the show, this week I only FFwded through the bloke with his guitar and that tedious 10000 Maniacs woman thingummy..

Careful now! I started by buying a Focusrite 2i2 in order to email basslines to the rest of the band. Then I started to play with the free Ableton that came with it. Then I entered a daft ditty into the Basschat composition challenge. Now I'm going to buy a keyboard and a full Ableton!

Done my homework sir! [url="https://soundcloud.com/dredd-and-the-badass-weed/bagitup"]https://soundcloud.com/dredd-and-the-badass-weed/bagitup[/url] Might have worked in last month's comp as well. I must apologise for the lack of any melody, just a single riff and key!

PC only... Still not sure about EZ Drummer; would I be better spending the money upgrading to Ableton intro for the extra tracks and sequencing capability? And there's always Looperman!

Tempted by a Novation SL 49 key - I doubt I'll need the full concert keyboard!

Perhaps I need to upgrade to the full Ableton, as editing is a bit limited on the Lite version - or maybe I just haven't learned how to do it yet. Cut'n'paste copying of small sections of a track seems to be not possible! I'm also tempted by a keyboard as well, simply to add other instruments without relying on a laptop keyboard and to enter drum patterns.

I'm going to stick with Ableton for the mo as I don't want to learn another programme - my upgrade to the full version. And I thought EZ drummer was £90ish? Do you need a special input device or does it have presets you can add to? What about makes of keyboard, especially with sequencers on board? Would I be better off just getting a drum machine?