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    Anyone else just ready to give up?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I first started playing bass (About 2016) as a member of a ukulele band.  Loved it!

    Playing a ubass evolved into playing bass guitar (Sub short scale) and I was off.

    Sadly in early 2023 'artistic differences' led to me leaving the band (They booted me out ... still not sure why)

     

    I'm trying to start a new band but it is not going well, just two of us at the moment.

     

    Once a month I do get the chance to join in a local jam group where 15-30 folks uke to the max and it is fun, but I really miss the buzz of gigging.

     

    I am finding it so hard to practice without having an aim, a gig.

     

    Sam x

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    Feedback for Dodgnofski

    in Feedback

    Posted

    I bought a Ibanez GSRM20 from @dodgnofski early this month in december.

    Just as he described, it is in perfect condition, I could not see anything different from a brand new bass, in fact it is better than the brand new GSRM25 I bought early 2023!

    Communications with Tim were excellent and his packaging was par excellence!

    A Sam rating of 12/10 ... I would happily deal with him again!

     

    Thank you so much Tim!

     

    Sam x

    The Continuing Story of Problem Bandmates.

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    27 minutes ago, TimR said:

     

    We are continually told one of the most important aspects of being a pro musician is you have to be able to get along with musicians. Word gets around and the difficult or snide types don't get offered work. 

    +1

    I have found that the most important aspect of any environment where one is engaging with others is that you can get along with other members of the team.

    Sam x

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    2024 Gear Abstinence Thread

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    4 minutes ago, Downunderwonder said:

    Nothing on my radar. In.

     

    Exceptions for anything DIY built?

    I'm in a similar situation.

    Would the following fall inside the 'rules'

    • Self build bass for which I've got all the bits, but might need to buy some sandpaper, TruOil, etc.
    • Self build multi-fx pedal for which I've got most of the bits, but might need to buy some connectors, wires, etc.

    Sam x

    Trace Elliot tuning port rings? (Or anything that'll fit!)

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted · Edited by SamIAm

    Looks like a job for 3D printing! 🦸

     

    In fact, this chap has uploaded a design for something similar.

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    https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4406135

     

    I'm in the process of trying to get my 3D printer up and running again and would be able at that point to help out.

    @rwillett might be able to help also.

     

    What are its dimensions in mm?  This will help determine if it is of a suitable size for the printer I've got.

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    Sam x

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    Who is this SamIAm ...

    in Introductions

    Posted

    16 minutes ago, SpondonBassed said:

    Best wishes Sam.

     

    (I bet you've been extra careful not to get up any of your colleagues' noses for the last few weeks.)

    As it happens, I work at Worthing Hospital, live near Brighton but will be a patient in Haywards Heath (All are in the same trust, but ...)!

    Sam x

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    Who is this SamIAm ...

    in Introductions

    Posted

    9 minutes ago, Chienmortbb said:

    Hospital food?

    I hope not!  I'm due to go into hospital on Thursday for an op that requires me to stay overnight, I hope the food is edible!

    I've heard nurses make bad patients! 🤷‍♀️

     

    Sam x

    Expression / Volume Pedal - Zoom FP02

    in Effects

    Posted

    I've just had a play and can confirm that a Sonicake Volwah pedal, connected using a TRS cable from the Volwah expression port to the Zoom control port, does work as an expression controller for my B3 (even tho its circuit is different to the one I posted above)... I would expect it to also work on a B3n.

     

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    https://www.sonicake.com/products/vexpress

    £36 from Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B077PVVC38/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

     

    Sam x

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    MOD Device (Dwarf/Duo/Duo X) owners' club - Tips, Ideas & Patches

    in Effects

    Posted

    1 hour ago, MrDinsdale said:

    All feels like a really long way off achieving something as complex as that give how thinly stretched they are.

    Sadly that is my perception. A paradigm shift to leverage the OSS community could help resolve this… there seem a fair number of skilled and interested folks on the MOD forum … just need some QA oversight in place to make sure it doesn’t get messy!

    Sam x

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    MOD Device (Dwarf/Duo/Duo X) owners' club - Tips, Ideas & Patches

    in Effects

    Posted

    I agree @MrDinsdale, even if the onboard display could not express the richness of a fully wired Web built pedalboard, it could at the very least support less complex networks, or even just being able to select a plugin and change it (There are i/o issues here that might mean some restriction/simplification like mono vs stereo).

    The ability also to scroll all the plugins on a pedalboard and tweak any of its parameters (without having to in advance assign it to an onboard knob/switch) would be great ... and should be fairly straightforward to implement in a metadriven fashion using the LV2 config files.

     

    Fundamental (I feel)  to any of this is the need for the current HMI logic to be exposed as a documented API to allow access to some of the current stuff as well as more basic graphics primitives, the capability of the actual onboard display is nicely illustrated in the new tuner code that Brummer implemented ... just need to expose that to code living outside the propriety MODos stuff.

     

    Royal Mail promises to be delivering my Pi5 tomorrow, so I might even have another go at a Pi/HiFiberry system. The PiStomp has what it calles deep plugin editing and it is basically an add on to the MOD OSS stuff.

    Sam x

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    MOD Device (Dwarf/Duo/Duo X) owners' club - Tips, Ideas & Patches

    in Effects

    Posted

    2 hours ago, MrDinsdale said:

    That’s super handy @pslh!

     

    I really liked the Tim Ray, it works great with the OCD copy and the Boobtube plugin (despite the cringy name). In fact the OCD (OJD?) was one of my faves apart from its high CPU usage, I suspect it’s a poorly optimised port. 
     

    Super impressed with the Dwarf. I think one of the biggest issues is the ecosystem, effects are really missing ratings and categorisation so it’s so hard to find what you want. Theres a lot of time investment in trial and error before you can really get anywhere. I was trying to find a RAT style drive and ended up having to audition 20 drives to find something close.

     

    Also a simplified board that could be edited on-device would help too!

    Totally agree with this!

    Dox on plugins could do with much improvement!  There seems to be a code stream that will allow drag and drop replacement of plugins which will ease picking from the potential candidates with reduced effort, fingers crossed it drops soon!

    For me the biggest missings are

    No support for any form of pedalboard editing on the device, as you say even a simplified capability would be a huge win.

    WiFi hotspot support.

    Audio interface support.

     

    Despite all of this, I am getting great results from my Dwarf and am fiddling more with modelling as I recently acquired and amp with direct line in to the power amp section.

     

     


    Sam x

     

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