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Many thanks Douglas and also thanks to all who join in on the challenge.

I’ll sort a picture out this evening 👍

57 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

I've found the only fool-proof way to avoid latency is not use software monitoring, but to monitor via a mixer.

My monitoring always seems spot on , just the recording seems advanced like I was playing ahead of the beat. I suspect a latency correction somewhere that over compensates.

I reckon that I might find it somewhere , but in my small scale , simplistic approach , the workaround doesn’t stress me out too much 😁

2 hours ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

Although I'm afraid I don't have any experience with reaper, it is interesting that the issue you have described is pretty much the same as I experienced with Logic Pro X before I found a solution. Based on what I now know about Logic I'm wondering whether your issue has an equivalent cause, ie plugin(s) on existing tracks when you're recording a new one. With logic it seemed to be specifically a limiter plugin that had a lookahead element which caused the new recording to be offset from the existing tracks by a fraction of a second.

Could be , but I don’t really understand the intricacies of the software , especially the vagaries of the interaction between plugins, Reaper and of course, other plugins.

I just make sure to remember that I might need to reset a track occasionally and not beat myself up because my playing is ahead of the beat, because it isn’t 😁

My ‘latency’ is bizarre !

when I play along to a track, I monitor through the computer back to the interface so that any FX are sent back with the signal . 
it always sounds pretty tight.

when I listen back , the recorded track is always early and needs retarding slightly.

I guess there is a setting that auto adjusts the latency that overdoes it.

this is reaper as it happens though ! 

On 14/07/2023 at 18:15, Owno said:

New bass day! Hagström hIIbn from 1975. A thing of beauty and it plays great! Surprisingly resonant and light considering it is made of birch as well. Chords sound beautiful with both pickups engaged and it sounds absolutely massive cranked up. 

Lovely bass , but the window behind it has really got me intrigued 😂

the voting is up

 

Not only are the tunes and songs superb this month but the production on these entries is just getting better and better , It's amazing, fair play to all of you 

Welcome to the end of July folks!

 

We have another splendid crop of entries from the gang this month based on a phot provided by last month's winner @AndyTravis

 

He offered some words of encouragement with the photo ... "Taken a good few years ago, walking home from the pub in a storm.     Lightning and Street Lighting…"

 

 

Here are your entries this month , please vote for your favourite 3 

 

 

 

1  @Dad3353    A stroke of luck, a lucky strike...

 

 

 

 

 

 

2  @Leonard Smalls  In my ongoing series of Songs From The Shows, here's my version of Rogers and Hammerstein's classic from South Pacific, "Happy Talk", as done by Captain Sensible. The lightning dictated the use of a vocoder and hence, the slight title change...

 

 

 

 

 

3  @NickD   A tune about racing the weather home... probably from the pub.

 

 

 

 

 

4  lurksalot  A bolt from the Black , I'll never get it back, did I ever have it, yakkety yak . 

 

 

 

 

 

5 @xgsjx  I'm in.

 

 

 

 

 

6 @upside downer  Yet another drunken evening. It helps him to pass the time here. He's waiting for something, but what? He explores the skies every night but, so far, nothing. When will they come back for him? He waits and waits. It's all he can do...

 

 

 

 

 

7  @Doctor J  I couldn't shake off the feckin Street Lightning idea so tried to make it work. Conspiracy theorists wearing tinfoil hats and attracting sky-based electrocution was the best I could do. 

 

 

 

 

8 @AndyTravis   all I could think of was Ride The Lightning ....and then when I set about it, I realised I haven’t played any metal, let alone early Metallica for about 25 years.

 

 

 

 

 

9 @Wolfram   I thought I'd get back to bass-ics with this one. I present a haunting solo bass improvisation to conjure up a surreal, distant thunderstorm on a long, dark night.

 

 

well pick the bones out of that lot, I reckon you'll find it very difficult.

 

get your favourites down to 3 , then tick the boxes.

 

superb selection I reckon 

 

Voting will close at midnight on 31st July  

 

I'm in with lots of noise based on the photo from Andytravis.

 

A bolt from the Black , I'll never get it back, did I ever have it, yakkety yak . 

 

 

EZ drummer and  VGiron do the heavy lifting here , with lead guitar using Ibby 6er through Waves Gtr3 FX and my little 'Fleabass' stomping its way along the low end (warts 'n' all) .

All in Reaper

 

I tried using the Melda dynamicEQ from the free download but got lost in it., the 'tutorials' I found didn't really help me make any noticeable difference to the sound on mine , so it's probably just me 

4 hours ago, Count Bassy said:

Shame she didn't say "Yes", really.

That’s mainly it , she was being massively promoted on the radio while in obvious trouble with addiction and everyone just seemed to  ignore it . This song just seems to pretend that it wasn’t a problem, then it killed  her.

Amy Winehouse , Rehab , absolutely loathe it 

If you have a signal chain you like, put that into the interface , mine is a scarlet2i4 , but I tend to plug instruments straight into it and do the FX in reaper . 

Congrats to @AndyTravis on last month's success.

We start the second half of the year with a reminder of some of the weather that broke after the lovely June sunshine.

 

"Taken a good few years ago, walking home from the pub in a storm.     Lightning and Street Lighting…"

 

 

 

Simple rules 

✔️ Entries must be <5 minutes and recorded between now and the deadline.

✖️ No illegal samples, copyright infringements or other snide goings-on

✖️ Bagpipes. please no bagpipes, there wasn't a truce worth noting this month, and if there was, we probably missed it!

✖️ No voting for your own entry. We'll know. And we'll shame you..

 

Deadline wise , we will go for midnight on the 24th which means you'll probably have till tea-time on the 25th 

 

A line or two of blurb as well for the vote thread will be lovely. 

 

Have fun 

Well Done @AndyTravis well deserved , a worthy winner 👍

Used to play roadhouse blues, it was great to set the levels , bring the vocal in then play it through.

 

 

then of course the guitarist just turns every thing up for the set proper ! 

Congrats to @upside downer for a great win in May , and crazily we are nearly halfway through the year. 

 

So without further ado, here are the tunes inspired by the image ...

 

 

"These are troubling times. Let's all try to be a bit more like this happy, blissful soul."

 

 

Have a listen through and vote for your favourite 3 entries 

 

 

 

1 @Dad3353  Wanted, to Buy: Adult Trampoline. Mine was very recently stolen; urgently required as I'm coming down very fast now.

 

 

 

 

 

2 @AndyTravis  Lazy summer days, unplanned fun.

 

 

 

 

 

3 @NickD  It was an interesting journey... It was going to be a chilled Bossa, then it was going to be a chilled bossa with a lo-fi triphop thing going on, then I found a little loop that I really dug and started messing around with, and the Bossa idea went out of the window. It ended up as a kinda sparse, kinda brief, lo-fi ditty about escaping the rat race and running to the sun.

 

 

 

 

 

4  @Leonard Smalls    I felt the pic needed summery discofunk with a housey piano and lots of funky clav. So instead I did this experimental piece based on Derek Bailey and Steve Lacey's freejazz improv classic, Company 4.

 

 

 

 

 

5  @Tripehound Bit of an ambient feel as the subject matter is intriguing but also melancholic.

 

 

 

 

6 @upside downer   A pretty little ditty with a feel good vibe to make you want to forget all your troubles, jump up, kick your heels in the air and enjoy the simple things in life.

 

 

 

 

 

7 @Wolfram   It's been a long day, the beach party has been epic, and now with the last of the midsummer sunlight the DJ is chilling things down with some minimalist, ambient textures.

 

 

 

 

 

8 lurksalot      A bit of a noodle fest using garageband to show a happy ending

 

 

 

That's your lot

 

Enjoy the listen that is a pretty tidy bunch in there

 

and place your 3 ticks in your favourite's boxes 

 

voting will close at midnight on the 30th June 

 

 

I can't leave it any longer without missing my own voting thread !

 

 

any way , let me get collating the vote thread 

OMG 

 

I ditched the middle , I shortened the start and the end , I then joined the end to the start.

somehow it created a new middle …..with glitches .

it will now be a chilled sprint , and I’ll roll it in glitter (post it a bit late ) and start the vote thread in the morning 

 

Tv coverage 

 

FFS if I wanted to see lots of people , I can go loads of places , just show the bands , Joe Public looking apathetic or dad dancing is just crap 

2 hours ago, SteveXFR said:

 

He's really good. Seems like part of the band already. 

Anyone who's going to drum for Dave Grohl has to be really good.

 

I thought Daves daughter gave a pretty solid performance as well. 

I thought she was going to 5hit herself , twitching with the ‘in ears’ on the harmonies, but found her feet at the end when on her own , then they couldn’t stop her 😂

 

 

but what a craic to play to that crowd duetting with your daughter , dream stuff 

6 hours ago, Leonard Smalls said:

Tonight, in Sheffield. Our singer and rhythm guitarist can't make it so they've been replaced by sample triggering DJ. And it's click track!

We've got a cardboard cutout of the singer to front the band...

Good can on ya bud , I’d like to hear the story of how you nail it 👍

I’m nearly ready with mine there are just 3 things that I don’t think are quite right yet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the start

the middle

and the end 

 

 

 

On 11/06/2023 at 21:07, tegs07 said:

Then try Wage price Spiral (symptoms of inflation) and find out what the MPC is, what their remit is and what factors they are targeting. (attempts to ‘cure’ inflation). Wage price spiral is a contentious topic but nevertheless it’s something the BOE have said they are targeting on several occasions.

One thing I don't understand is why wage increases to doctors, nurses, police and fire brigade would increase inflation, there wages don't get charged out to consumers and the Govt could just print more money to pay them, It might sound daft, but I've seen a few argue this.

We are set to go ...

 

 

Congrats to @upside downer for a great win in May , and as if by magic we have got to June already 

 

So without further ado, here is a note to accompany the image ...

 

 

"These are troubling times. Let's all try to be a bit more like this happy, blissful soul."

 

 

Simple rules 

✔️ Entries must be <5 minutes and recorded between now and deadline.

✖️ No illegal samples, copyright infringements or other snide goings-on

✖️ Bagpipes. please no bagpipes, there wasn't a truce worth noting this month , and if there was, we probably missed it!

✖️ No voting for your own entry. We'll know. And we'll shame you..

 

Deadline wise , we will go for midnight on the 24th which means you'll probably have till 9.00 on the 25th ...though I might be a bit later than that if I am away on the Saturday... Mrs Lurks has the diary !

 

A line or two of blurb as well for the vote thread will be lovely. 

 

Have fun 

Well done Upside downer , great stuff!

 

if you PM me your choice of picture I will start up June.