carlitos71

thanks for the heads up

Intolerant people

Welcome bienvenido!

Trust the force Luke…

15 hours ago, BigRedX said:

 

For me the recording process is all about making a finished product for public consumption whether that be vinyl, compact cassette, CD, or digital download/streaming, and therefore it always about taking completed songs rather than composing and recording at the same time. It makes no difference if it's a band or just me on my own, almost always I will have the vast majority of the composition worked out and rehearsed before anything is committed to tape or DAW. Recording can either be live (possibly with overdubs afterwards) or built up instrument by instrument - whatever works best for the song and the musicians involved in making the recording.

 

About the only time I have composed and recorded at the same time for one of the early composition challenges on here where I created all my sounds by using Audacity to open the inspiration image as waveforms and then edit them into chunks I could use to build up the composition. In this case because my musical palette was entirely subject to what Audacity made of turning a JPEG into a WAV, it had to be done this way. Although technically there was no recording involved in the process other than the final stereo bounce of the "in the box" arrangement of the audio files.

Interesting!

how did you turn image into WAV?

I’ve seen worst…

9 hours ago, MrFunkH said:

Hi guys! I finally solved my C4 MIDI issues. It was simple once I got a clear idea. I programmed on switch one of the Ampero Control a recall for the first preset of the C4, so I can always go back to square 1! (Mode: SIngle, channel 1, CC 104, Data 0). On the second one the increase preset (Mode: SIngle, channel 1, CC 106, Data 0). On the third the decrease preset (Mode: SIngle, channel 1, CC 107, Data 0). And on the 4th switch a tap tempo (Mode: SIngle, channel 1, CC 93, Data 0). I'm also using the Source Audio Dual Expression Pedal, straight to the C4 via the Control Input jack. As simple as that. I hope anyone can use this info. Enjoy!

Thanks for sharing

I was half joking.

Mastering is a dark art, good luck

Or get a mastering engineer who knows what they are doing! Just saying…

Hi, interested - is this still available?

Welcome!

GLWTS these basses are incredible, I have the fretted version and it is super playable versatile and superb quality

Welcome to the chat!

what sort of music do you play?

what gear do you use?

Thanks for sharing, great track

5 hours ago, hamfist said:

I have owned more than one bass for long periods in the past, but always have had a favourite and only really played that, so I decided so simplify everything and just have that one perfect bass.

 

You can't buy what I wanted, so I built it. As per the pic, although it now sports a perloid blue pickguard and jazz pickups.

I have no desire to play anything else.

 

I have some much admiration for people who build their own instruments! Nice work

I’ve had one bass (Warwick Streamer II) for almost 30 years - I did get a couple of basses shortly after joining basschat - but was not playing them and moved them on.

I understand people who collect basses but I don’t really see the point… I can get lots of sounds out of my one bass and really used to it - find it challenging to play any other…

Don’t really gig much these days but if I did perhaps I would consider a spare but…

9 hours ago, SumOne said:

 

Perhaps it's still the honeymoon phase as I've only had it for 4 days but at the moment I think it's one of the best music purchases I've made in a long time. This 'The MPC One Blew My Mind' review sums it up quite well. And I think that review was before it got a really good firmware update https://www.musicradar.com/reviews/akai-mpc-210 . It takes time to figure out the interface because there's a lot going on as a standalone unit - lots of layers of complexity and things are done a bit differently to the usual DAW interface, but in the space of 4 days I've figured out the majority of it.

 

I was expecting a good drum machine/sampler with good drum pads to play live and to record loops, but it also has good in-built synth and fx plugins and is a capable stand-alone DAW sequencer and midi interface. Being able to play the Bass live through it and add MPC effects (up to four at a time) is a bonus I wasn't expecting, I'll be selling a few pedals to help fund it.

 

It comes free with Laptop DAW called MPC2 https://www.akaipro.com/mpc-software-2  that's worth £200 if bought separately, it's basically what's on the MPC but with a bit more control, it's good for doing things like organising sample packs and finishing tunes- doing things that can be fiddly just doing on the MPC. I think you can get a free trial of it.

 

I was really into Drum & Bass but have gradually chilled out with age and am more into Reggae and Dub nowadays. The sounds that come pre-loaded with the MPC are best suited looped electronic stuff, there are a lot of Hip Hop/Trap and electronic dance music drum kits and synth sounds. I've loaded my own Reggae/Dub samples though and as you can sample anything and play individual hits with the drum pads so I think it could potentially work with any music but is best suited to 4/4 looped stuff.

 

The minor downsides I've found so far are registering it and the software and updating firmware and importing expansion packs took me a few hours and needing the help of youtube, all works fine now though. You need to transfer samples from Laptop > SD card > MPC (unless recording directly to the MPC) as it won't do that over the USB connection. Not all of the in-depth things are obvious, it takes a fair bit of learning. More input connections would be useful, and an in-built battery would be good. They are quite minor things though, overall I'd say it's excellent.

 

Cheers - I appreciate your comments 

and I hate you for increasing my GASsing!

2 minutes ago, SumOne said:

I'm quite amazed at how good the MPC One is as a live finger drum, drum machine, sampler, stand-alone DAW with decent plugins (including synths) sequencer. All the hardware controls (including touchscreen) make it much better for my workflow and more fun than using a Laptop DAW. 

 

Bonus is that I can plug my bass directly into it (it requires line level but my active bass goes loud) and play through it with no noticeable latency - can then add MPC effects like compression and para eq and modulation and overdrive. I'm tempted to use it to replace some of my effect pedals - it can act as a multi fx unit and simultaneously be used to trigger samples or play drum tracks. 

 

 

Sounds really good, been considering ONE for a long time…

What kind of music you play?

are you using software on a computer to manage it?

any other comments, tips, etc appreciated thanks

4 hours ago, borntohang said:

Heads up that our favourite scammer is now posting as James Smith. Still the same listings from the looks of it. 

 

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/profile/100029983509089/?ref=permalink

Reported…

SOLD

Bienvenido Salva!

On 19/01/2021 at 20:55, ambient said:

I’ve walked away from deals as a seller a couple of times. I know a few people who’ve been scammed when they’ve sold items. The buyer claims it’s faulty or not as described. There’s a thread on here somewhere from a few years ago, when someone tried to rip me off with a pair of studio monitors I was selling. I will accept PayPal, but not if they’re an absolute complete stranger i.e from gumtree or Facebook, where I can’t gauge their honesty.

Hi guys

I am currently selling a baritone guitar (here and on guitarchat) and been contacted by someone in America interested and offered to pay on paypal. I am concerned about bein scammed after delivery using the faulty item routine… what precautions shall I take if any? Any advice most welcome

Sold a pedal to Ped this week and it was really easy to deal with, great and clear communications, prompt payment and just they way all transactions you wished were like!

On hold

Thanks lowenders