lurksalot

I bought one second hand a while back and all has been fine until last night , subtle cutting outs and and db drops that I knew were happening, very irregularly but they were happening and really distracting . is this the sign of death for this amp ?

I am not listening in just yet , I have my ideas planned, but not started recording yet , so i wont listen to others till I'm done , but B*****y H**l Dad , you are going to be sitting around really twiddling those fingers for a whole month again waiting for the next one

It sounds like one of those rooms that you can just write off to experience , we have played village halls and the the sound just bounces around them making it enarly impossible to get clarity with any volume , especially on a boomy stage to boot . you will also find small function rooms that look tiny , and with only 80 people in, suck the sound out so much you cant turn it up enough !

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1388658902' post='2324388'] PS : my tip for this month would be to not get bogged down in a literal interpretation of each image. The images are meant to be a starting point for your music - the aim is never really to capture them precisely (like a soundtrack), but to produce something inspired by them. For example: from Smokey & The Bandit it could be a country theme, 'driving music', perhaps a sense of action/chase. From the Escher picture it could be something technical (even techno!), repetitious, or ascending/descending as already hinted by Douglas. And much more besides. You get the idea... [/quote] I guess you have already heard mine then , a repetitious country driving song , It takes the surprise element away though

Both great photos but took a bit of tying together, but I think I have an idea for this one now, it could get messy

Fantastic job gents , it was a superb competition and really exciting to the end

Aha , it all becomes clear now many thanks , I guess its just the same with a bigger number . But I got to find out what VST means

what is a VST3 , is it 2 better than a VST ?

Say thank you for your interest and find something to adjust/put away / re-tune/wipe down, anything to make your excuses and get away from guy ,

I am just about to download the Mixing files , I will try to play with these things in the process this month , I recall downloading lots of bits of kit that Si recomended , but I am not sure that my brain works in the right way to appreciate what needs to be appreciated to get the benefit from them.

[quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1388319427' post='2320654'] [/quote][quote name='OldG' timestamp='1388321158' post='2320679'] [/quote] My Mixing/ listening skills are just not up to picking a lot of this sort of thing out , and the amount of differing kit and the subtleties they all offer appears mindboggling ( ) , let alone finding out that all the efforts I have been trying with till now is only the first half of the job , And I dont even do that very well yet .

[quote name='OldG' timestamp='1388317898' post='2320638'] The Reaper plugs are designed for clean,artifact free work - for initial mixing,correction etc... if you add the EQ I mentioned above (after ReaEQ has sorted out all the unwanted stuff) you can add sparkle,grit,warmth,fairy dust and all sorts of sonic loveliness.... same goes for compressors ,limiters etc. 'clean' and 'character' plugs have their own place in a mix imho. [/quote]

I have been doing a bit of looking myself though I am not sure what benefit all the differences with a lot of the kit is . I have reaper and in amongst all the boutique looking free stuff I keep seeing reco's for the Cockos stuff I already have however if virtual free GAS is your thing, and some of the kit looks very nice have a look at this [url="http://www.meldaproduction.com/plugins/product.php?id=MFreeEffectsBundle"]http://www.meldaproduction.com/plugins/product.php?id=MFreeEffectsBundle[/url] it is a while since I went through the thread and if I missed a link to this may I apologise most humbly

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1388231560' post='2319691'] Close call, huh..? Who'd 'ave thought it..? [/quote] Well, when there are T-shirts up for grabs it looks like you get focused

[quote name='Horizontalste' timestamp='1388179360' post='2319283'] Loved all the entries but Lurksalot just got it, I did love Leonard Smalls entry too. Made me think 'techno punk' Well done to all [/quote] Woohoo indeed , many thanks for that ,

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1388186566' post='2319371'] I see what you did there. You'll just have to be Kev instead. [/quote] So will I

I thought I would reciprocate with my bottle of Penderyn

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1388070662' post='2318271'] I'll have a go at 'bumping' the vote thread, to see if it's merely a question of visibility. Every hour or so, if it's down the page, I'll give a nudge back up to the top, hiding any previous bump so as not to have a whole string of 'em. We'll see if that brings it naturally to folks attention. [/quote] interesting plan Dad , good idea I nearly didnt recognise you with your new shirt on

[quote name='SteveO' timestamp='1388012183' post='2317920'] Some very cool submissions guys. One of the tracks captured the mood of the picture perfectly for me, so that gets my vote Am I right in assuming that we refrain from discussing the tracks in detail until after voting is closed? [/quote] Welcome to these threads Steve ,there is no real etiquette for the process but I would agree with your assumption in general , I think it fair to allow the entries themselves to 'speak' to the voters , and then discuss them at your leisure after the event . That said, I do sometimes post comments on the soundcloud pages of the entries , nothing insightful you understand just comments

I have voted , you lot are a tough act to compete with , I think I step up a notch on my skills and ..........WHAM..... everyone else steps up 2 notches . superb stuff, absolutely superb.

I got a Mic shield and a peavey ampkit for the phone , both doody bits of kit

best wishes all, hope you have a good christmas and hears to great new year , if you wish you may take a tipple from my secret santa present , cheers [url="http://s86.photobucket.com/user/anti-barbie_2006/media/lurksalot_zps69b82e83.jpg.html"][/url]

[quote name='Leonard Smalls' timestamp='1387562032' post='2313450'] The boys have been busy - better but probably still not completely finished: [url="https://soundcloud.com/dredd-and-the-badass-weed/bedtime-latest-mix"]Dredd & The Badass Weeds latest[/url] [/quote] thats great fun bud , I like it lots , it brewing up to be another quality field again this month

Back at ya

[size=6]RESULT [/size] [size=4]Great news , I have sussed it .[/size] [size=4]Stupidly, I misunderstood the terminology of the USB cable , the midi plugs were labelled in and out , so I plugged the midi 'in to in' and 'out to out' [/size] [size=4]I now realise that the cable 'in' refers to in to the computer so has to go into the out on the keyboard [/size] [size=4]Many thanks for all your help guys but you will probably get more stupid questions thrown your way as t[/size][size=4]hat is the level of my (in)competence, but no holds barred any more , I have a midi controller [/size]