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[quote name='keefbaker' timestamp='1462284184' post='3041738'] Where you are makes ALL the difference and informs you of some of the music you'll find. I used to live slap bang in the middle of Liverpool and Manchester and you couldn't throw a stone without hitting another musician. Then Leeds which has a jazz college so there's TONS of musicians, and now I live in Cambridgeshire and there's..... frankly.... hardly a damn thing. So yeah, it's far from "just London" but I suppose if you've never lived up near the Leeds/Liverpool belt you'd never know. [/quote] there are loads in cambridgeshrie.... most of them are either in bands, given up or lacking in certain skills or requirements

line 6 gx, if the still make them are pretty handy and portable

[quote name='sunburstjazz1967' timestamp='1462273744' post='3041579'] Symphonic metal? Whatever next, lol. [/quote] [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1462274213' post='3041583'] Yeah, it's a thing apparently... [/quote] It's been a thing for the last 15/20 years at least. wouldn't knock it, some of it is pretty darn good

sounds to me like an issue with memory and that the laptop isn't powerful enough to do what you are asking. I suspect if you push all your buffers up, the clicks will stop on playback but you will have latency when monitoring recording. im no expert on these, but they are primarily a handheld recorder rather than an interface, so they will be a lot less forgiving towards latency etc, so if asio4all hasn't helped, unless you can give the laptop more power to make up for the zoom, you will probably need to just settle for a higher buffer size and get good playback but suffer with latency on monitoring. i would echo what dad has said above but other options to consider are. 1 - is the laptop plugged in at the mains, by default it will revert to "power saving" mode if running of battery. when recording i always have mine plugged in and ensure the power settings are set to "performance" mode. 2 - i remember in windows 7 you can allocate some space on your harddrive to act as auxillary ram. im not sure how well this would work, but it is worth looking at if all else fails. 3 - muting tracks and their plug ins will improve the amount of memory used. FWIW, i think spending out on a dedicated interface will give you a lot more pleasure and a lot less hassle. i used to get lots of issues like this on slightly bigger projects, in the end i just bit the bullet and upgraded my rig to suit my needs.

i was considering doing this (space allowing) once i move house. did you get proper studio stands or just bog standard ones? i found i got a lot difference by decoupling from the desk with a sponge pad.

hopefully once ive moved i can find more time and desire to give to these challenges... at the moment all my gear is in boxes waiting for a move date... real shame cos i could work with that image

my reasons are generally 1) the band is going nowhere 2) the project holds no enjoyment for me anymore

because it's a song that is known universally, some of his music can be down to taste. its the song that will get said covering act the most exposure.....

[quote name='Sammers' timestamp='1461620604' post='3036272'] I think they may have parted ways now, I had JB tickets brought for me for a gig in March and it wasn't Carmine playing. Was a bit gutted as that was the only thing I was looking forward too. [/quote] i think it depends on the material he is playing and scheduling as well. he has a couple of go to bassists and drummers that seem to rotate in and out depending on what material he is touring. that said, i hadn't seen Rojas on the recent stuff so wondered if he may be off doing other things now. **doing some more research it does appear that he finished his run with bonamassa last year**

he is mainly playing with bonamassa these days. saw him with JB twice over the past couple of years, wonderful player and tone

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1461157062' post='3031950'] The trouble with rehearsal rooms is that the first thing you see when you walk in is everything you need to play Hyde Park ... a 16-channel PA with a pair of powered 1x15 cabs and four 1x12 foldback monitors, two Marshall stacks for the guitarists, and (usually) an Ashdown or Behringer rig for the bass player. [/quote] not in any of the rehearsal rooms i have been to. you get a 4 channel PA with 2 wall mounted speakers, if you are lucky a semi working monitor speaker..... all any amps you may hire would be combo's at best. the problem with using rehearsal money to pay for soundproofing is musicians. if they are forced to pay a studio they will pay it, but i have experience of being shafted for spending money on practice or recording treatment.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1461151688' post='3031871'] I can set up or break down my rig in under 5 minutes. If I was auditioning band members I'd be looking for people who aren't going to spend ages faffing about with their gear trying to remember which order their pedals go in etc. The quicker you can set up at a rehearsal the more music you get to play. The quicker you can set up at a gig the less inconvenience you are to the pub. [/quote] true, as can i, but if you allow 5 minutes to set up, 5 to break down, that leaves you 20 minutes to get to know them and jam with them. if i was auditioning someone i'd want to minimise the amount of time wasted setting up.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1461119452' post='3031628'] I would never join a band that was paying for rehearsal space unless they were making big bucks. [/quote] if we had that attitude over here the majority of us wouldn't be able to be in bands.

lozz has covered it for me, i would be concerned about only having a half hour slot. are you expected to set up and break down your rig in that half hour? i would ask the question as to whether there is an amp provided as there is a lot that needs to be done in not a lot of time.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1461057070' post='3030939'] Does anyone rehearse at someone's house? In the 80s we took it in turns to rehearse at each other's houses. We even managed to hire a school classroom as our guitarist worked for the local council. By the 90s small rehearsal studios were becoming more widespread and affordable. Up to then I think most were dedicated recording studios and too expensive to use as rehearsal rooms. Although I could be wrong and it may have been we were earning more money by then. [/quote] i used to in the early/mid 2000's becuase i thought that was how you did it back then... now i am just too damn loud

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1460992143' post='3030451'] I don't think any band is traveling, setting up lights and sound, playing from 9:00pm- 1:00am then tearing down, selling a ton of alcohol for the owner and getting home at 3:00am for free. I hope not. [/quote] agreed there, but this is what i would refer to as a "working band" as opposed to a "hobby band"

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1460988284' post='3030406'] There's no shame in getting paid for your trade. [/quote] certainly not, but at the same time, there is no shame in not getting paid for it if that is your choice. i'm sure we would all love to be playing music we love and getting paid for it and fair play to you for being in that situation, but it's not always an option

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1460741820' post='3028429'] If your really "in this" compromise comes into the picture. If I restricted myself to only the music like, I'd be broke and bandless. Blue [/quote] i'd much rather play stuff i love and not get paid for it, than play stuff i deeply dislike and get paid for it. but then i don't play music to make money, i play it because i live and breathe it. if i make any money then it's a win win. if i played music as my job, i'd grow to hate it.

i always found muso finder to be pretty shocking for finding muso's

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1459941763' post='3021043'] Can you get a Road Worn Ferrari? [/quote] i saw one last year, brand new but all the alloys had been custom relic'd on a kerb somewhere

this old chestnut again, i own expensive basses and don't play gigs anymore..... the reason.... because i want to if i want to play "teenage kicks" on a £40,000 diamond encrusted bass made of compressed unicorn hair I will

an engineer will have his ways of doing things, but a band will have it's sound. if you bass has to sound a certain way to fit your bands sound and fit in the mix, then you should be open with the engineer. unless he is a top producer who is helping you create the songs, he is really there to produce (within reason of course) what the band wants, so never be afraid to say you want the bass to sound like x and the kick drum to sound like y etc. obviously there will be some give and take to achieve the overall balance, but your sound is your sound, so don't be afraid to ask for it.

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1459871318' post='3020448'] As a post script. It so happens one of our guitarists has previous contact with one of the MDs of Greene King at some company MD's jolly or other and sent him off an email. The brewery looked into it and everyone concerned has acknowledged that it was completely out of order. The policy should be that if a band is booked then it stays booked - that is how it is going to be in future. Apologies were tendered all round for the way it was dealt with on the night, an offer made of £50 towards our petrol plus guaranteed gig later in the year. If we want it, of course, which is currently being discussed. [/quote] it's not much, but at least greene king bothered to get involved, shows there is at least some willing from them to support bands.

[quote name='4stringslow' timestamp='1459858458' post='3020280'] I'm beginning to think that the monitors themselves are less important than listening to lots of commercially recorded stuff through them (a tip someone here told me). Find recordings with a mix you really like and listen to them lots through your monitors so that you get a feel for what sound to aim for. It's working for me [/quote] there is very much an element of this, in fairness monitors are only really as good as the room you are in. i've spent 6 years on my monitors, 4 in the current room so i'm used to their quirks etc now. as an upshot from this, ive decided in the short term at least to get mine repaired, once ive moved house i may invest in new ones, but i will do this in conjunction with some room treatment.

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1459860944' post='3020313'] A couple of the US bases, even had chicken wire around the stage. [/quote] that's much like the fens.......