lurksalot

Welcome Kev I am just up the 51 from you, not too far the other side of the Tar You might enjoy it here , loads of great advice and one or two characters , some quality SOH makes too many threads unmissable , Enjoy your stay

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1367571544' post='2066986'] I think the ideas can come reasonaly quickly but, like someone said, its 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. I get a melody or chored sequence or some other concept going (a riff, a theme, a rhythmic idea etc) and then, like clay, start moulding it. The first bit is easy, the second bit is where the real work takes place. Sometimes it comes easily, sometimes it is like pulling teeth. I have read a lot about composing and most composers say the same. Some things just land in your lap, other things take forever to come together. [/quote] I have only just started to record , pretty much for the BC competition , and thus someone else provides the clue for the inspiration bit so its 99.9 % perspiration for me

Brilliant , let me know the next gig details and I will pin it on the map

[quote name='steve' timestamp='1367595741' post='2067416'] I have something bubbling too, everything hinges on getting my daughter to sing it tho [/quote] I have might have something Buble-ing as it happens My singer of first call is my daughter , but she was too embarassed to contribute to the jiggy bugs theme

20 posts about looking for a blues mouth organ player , and no-ones mentioned our Monica . TAXI

Second set normally for me , as I do the sound and lights aswell . We have a bad habit of rushing a sound check, though we are alawys close , but some rooms we play are difficult to set to. the last gig was in a restauarant that couldnt give us the stage untill 9.15 when we were billed from 9.00 . we play more melodic first half and getting it going drags my concentration everywhere , but by the second set I can let go and enjoy it .

My creative process starts with picture on the monthly composition thread I have got loads of song writing ideas and a few lyrics that have been written at times that I needed to write them, but they will always remain that way I guess , but give me a reason to make it happen , I can normally do something.

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1367449629' post='2065972'] aim for something 'jazzy' and 'urban'... once I've decided on what those words mean [/quote] Ah, I think you will be sticking a pin in the dictionary a few times , listing the words you pick, then rapping them with a few friends alternately....... at a random time signature

I feel I should edit my previous post, but WTF , I wouldnt know where to start ed to add maybe that is just Jaaazzzzzz Niiiice.

<p sab="2175">[quote name=&#39;Bilbo&#39; timestamp=&#39;1367417790&#39; post=&#39;2065388&#39;] Interesting images but one thing I have noticed on here is how important backbeats are to most folk. If one tries to create a Jazz feel, it is harder because the level of playing s is higher and getting a jazz feel out of sequencers and midi is nigh on impossible . We shall see where this takes us [/quote]</p> <p sab="2176">&nbsp;</p> <p sab="2177">I dont know jazz AT ALL , but having done a bit of research , could I describe it as a sonic version of artists throwing paint at a canvass , in&nbsp;turn ,&nbsp;while the others hold the canvas &nbsp;,&nbsp; with a &#39;this is my colour ......splat&#39; , and see what turns out ?</p> <p sab="2178">&nbsp;</p> <p sab="2179">I get there are some &#39;tunes&#39; but do they ever get played the same way twice ?</p> <p sab="2180">&nbsp;</p> <p sab="2181">Not dissing it , but is there anything to get apart from everyone having a good splat ? ( and obviously enjoying themselves )</p> <p sab="2182">&nbsp;</p> <p sab="2183">Because I fear I may have some fun with this one <img alt="" class="bbc_emoticon" sab="2186" src="http://basschat.co.uk/public/style_emoticons/default/laugh.png" title="" /></p> <p sab="2184">&nbsp;</p> <p sab="2185">&nbsp;</p>

Well done guys , great tunes , that is a top call about the linking the competitions in the sigs I will do that next time

I will try and spark up something for this one , it might be a bit odd again , but hey ho [quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1367417992' post='2065390'] I thought you'd be finished by now Bilbo.... [/quote] quality [quote name='RockfordStone' timestamp='1367425595' post='2065531'] can i just steal your idea and pass it off as my own.... would really improve my chances [/quote] I could remix it , it would be unrecogniseable then

download Reaper , I already mentioned it , 60 day free evaluation of the FULL package , and it works , even for me ed , you even quoted my reco back in post #61

I fear that logic is waaaayy beyond me, as it sounds a bit like pro , even at 1, never mind 9 ed but it doesnt do VST from a quick google . what that means in the real world , someone who knows sh*t will say

Sorry Milt , I missed the course bit that you have signed up for , yeah , do that , it will start to put lots of your ideas into perspective .

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1367365146' post='2064855'] Here's a visual example... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeE4mjS1BKM[/media] [/quote] Total overkill , but awesome , next is to maybe introduce some of that skill into one of the comps , when I can use it, I will demonstrate a practical understanding and application , and I fear that bit will take some time

Its simple , just download the VST ..... just a thought .. do you have a DAW that doen't do VST ? or Download Reaper , then download the VST , it is purely to level out the mixes so that volume is not an influence of the quality. this is a 'never mind the width , feel the quality' kind of competition

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1367361573' post='2064830'] Cheers for the viewpoint, Lurks! Yeah, I get that it's a learning curve, but it is kinda the direction I want to go in, so if I spend some time and money now, and decide that it's not for me, at least i'm not shelling out and wasting years on a course I won't ever use, if that makes sense? I reckon I likely will like it though. I've kind of jumped the gun too and bought Logic Pro 9 (I got loads of iTunes gift vouchers for christmas and my birthday so used them on that). Maybe I will get involved in the mixing comp, but I never really intended on mixing and mastering my own recordings, just recording them and farming off the recordings for somebody else to work their magic on. I reckon that would be worth whatever it costs, rather than trying to fluff my way through it. I'm guessing the mixing comp has closed for this month anyway, eh? [/quote] NOOOOOOOOOOO Do it Milt ( This month is still OK , it is running over ) You HAVE to understand the process , if you are no good at it , get someone to do it , but you dont need to do a course , just get involved , you have great confidence in all the reviews you do , just apply a bit of yourself . I love the way you would pass off the mixing and mastering to someone else with the confidence that the recording is totally in your control and sorted, it kind of has a really sweet naivety to it . ed for sp

the word is that active monitors are the way to go , for your budget there should be some quality to be had , there is a very recent [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/204271-best-value-for-money-studio-monitors/page__hl__monitor"]thread[/url] on this. I am on the monitor hunt , or will be soon

Milt , I have just been through this thread , and I think the advice and the input has been awesome , I really do , these guys really know their stuff , and no disrespect either way , but I don't think you understand the advice and that it will NEVER kick in until you gain the experience of trying the sh*t out , I bought a home recording kit 2 years ago and fluffed it from the off , firewire ports ......to a PC ..... etc etc etc , so I sold stuff on cos I was a total numpty , I still am , but its not until you try the kit that you get to the bones of it , I reckon that half of the advice on this thread will take at least a year to understand for me , and I am starting to get it Join in with the mix and composition comps , you WILL learn shedloads and quickly , you will probably win one before I get a vote , but the learning curve is awesome , and when Si discusses something with those who also knows sh*t , and you actually understand it , it just feels great . What I am saying is, dont fret over the minutiae of your masterplan , get Reaper, a Focusright Scarlett 2+2 , a cheap mic and record the world when you've done that you can tailor the advice because it will start to make sense in a practical way HTH ed to change the word stuff , I use it to much, WTF , sh*t is probably a better word , I was even going to change the word fluffed , because it rhymed with stuffed ...............................but I didn't

The output signal you refer to is possibly part of the effects send return chain , normally a Y lead which has a stereo plug goes into the 'insert' on the channel and splits so that the signal can leave the desk to an effects unit input and the output returns the signal back to the desk via the same stereo plug , I guess you could check the manual get a load of leads made up and try it , but would reckon if you have that sort of mixing capability can you not get the sound right through the desk and use the stereo outs to a 2 channel interface ? it might not give you the DAW mixing potential but it might give you a few clues about the process .

good on you guys . [url="https://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?msid=210691614987351235849.0004d5f2ff114291042ee&msa=0&ll=53.13359,-1.845703&spn=2.939953,7.822266"]the plot continues [/url]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1366456482' post='2052806'] Ideally you don't want to pitch convert or time stretch because that will result in a loss of quality. Because the audio is at the wrong pitch because the analogue tape was played at the wrong speed, you really want to do the same in reverse to the digital file by playing the same data at a slightly faster sample rate. [/quote] Reaper offers this with a soooo simple click , one click , to speed it up a touch , this will raise the pitch , adjust the speed to get the correct pitch. I used this trick for a vocal , I sped it up to deliberatly raise the pitch and because I couldnt vocalise quick enough with any clarity

[quote name='L_Bass_Dog85' timestamp='1367278243' post='2063716'] We do have a PA system but no monitors or mixer [/quote] If you cant mix or monitor .......you have no PA , you have to look at this from a different angle , what do the venues want , what have you got to offer , when the two meet all you have to do then, is agree a price

[QUOTE] I feel your pain My husband used to play the acoustic guitar most nights, which was fine as I could still do things I wanted to do without his music being too intrusive, we live in a small terrace with no room for him to have a practice space and with 2 dc asleep it meant he had to sit in the living room with me. However 2 years ago he switched to alto saxaphone, joined a jazz group and basically alienated the entire neighbourhood, and me! In the end we got electricity to the shed and he now spends every evening in there tooting away, and on a thursday he's out at his jazz class. So although the noise issue has been addressed I now never see him! he disappears to the shed the moment I take the dc upstairs for stories/bed, he's so obsessed with the sax, there is hardly any room in his life for anything else. It's taken me a while, but I'm fairly used to being a sax widow now though occasionally he doesn't come back to the house till gone 10.30pm, weekend that's ok, but mid-week I'm off to bed by then, so we don't see each other at all! [/QUOTE] I think I will have to follow Dingus over there for a while