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    This inspires a lot of confidence in the quality...
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    In general it's the same for me, my only real gripe is that "new" Teams really hates meeting links created in "classic" Teams, to the extent that I've very nearly missed important meetings through being unable to get into them. Other than that it just does what it does.
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    The functionality isn't quite as good using the web apps though, otherwise I'd agree. The other main reason we keep Windows around is for my 7yo who is learning on computers at school. I'm sure there are Linux distros that are kid-centric but would be too basic for me, and I haven't had the time to go into researching how to set up locked-down child accounts on a regular one. The Microsoft Family Safety stuff is something I'd like to keep as well.
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    Honestly having Office 365 is one of the main reasons my home computer is still Windows, because if Microsoft developed a Linux version I'd happily move over completely; as it is I have a 21 year old laptop running Ubuntu out of curiosity more than anything. I imagine most applications where there isn't a Linux equivalent I could run in Wine or something though.
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    Usually I stand stage left, but I generally arrive to load in after our guitarist so end up standing on whichever side she isn't
  6. asingardenof
    Nice one! My first gig with the band was at Venue 23, we even got use of the plush headliner room at the back even though we were second from top of the bill 😂
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    After doing some reading around the subject and looking into posts on Talk Bass, it seems that the issue I'm having with my Elf is that I'm just playing too hard and making the amp overheat, as it only really becomes an issue when I go hard playing with a pick, and in particular when I'm using my P-bass which has a much hotter output from the ceramic pickup than my Sire with Alnico pickups does. So it looks like the Elf will be relegated to a backup and rehearsal amp only, which is a shame as it sounds great. 

     

    What's that you say? Just play softer? What kind of madness is that?

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    2. asingardenof

      asingardenof

      No worries, and sorry if I was a bit brusque. It is a bit dissapointing, my P sounds great through it but it can only be used in stints shorter than a typical set or where the risk of me playing too hard is low, so if I'm going to use the Elf live I need to use the Sire. That also sounds great, but it's annoying to have that limitation on using it.

    3. BassApprentice

      BassApprentice

      Well, there's an easy fix for this.

      Buy another one (or two!) one for each section of your sets 😅 But that's an unfortunate trade off for the small footprint.

    4. asingardenof

      asingardenof

      In the interest of saying I'd tried absolutely everything I turned the gain down to about 9 o'clock, had to all but max out the volume, and turned the amp off during breaks to give the fan a rest, and after all that I only had one minor blip in today's rehearsal.

       

      I don't think this is a workable arrangement to enable me to use the P-bass and Elf as the starting rig for a gig, but at least I have settings that seem to work in rehearsal and should work in a pinch in the the event I have to use it for a backup on a gig. Just have to hope my ABM can keep up now!

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    Dave definitely seems a good sort, and is one of the reasons I'll stay an Ashdown player.
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    Limited experience playing my Sire through @Merton's and a Barefaced One10 but I remember it sounding lovely.
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    It gets bonus points over its guitar equivalent because it has a DI out, the lack of which is very annoying in the event we ever have to use a PA at a gig because of guitarist can never remember the way to get a signal out of it.
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    I've gone myself listening to a lot of 6 Music recently now my car has a DAB radio. That Craig Charles gets about, doesn't he.
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    Learning Halo by Texas, which I'm finding tricky because the bass is buried in the mix and I can't easily pick it out. Not that it matters because it's got the band and our singist is male, so I may not be able to go low enough with a 4er anyway. Such a shame I don't have the money for a 5er as we seem to be finding more songs that would be better in a lower register so singist can actually sing it.
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    No, lowest line = lowest note string, n'est-ce pas?
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    Nice! I have a fiver version of this in my sights, the distance it's within keeps changing though 😅
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    Lovely! If I hadn't got my Sire when I did then I'd have been all over one of these.
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    Or just use a 4-string and conventional music paper but ignore the bottom staff line.
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    Any modern single cut bass, for example: These just remind me of a beluga whale.
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    I was just about to say I find these hideous, but you do you!
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    I use the Windows camera app, with my computer's webcam used to record the video and audio using my Focusrite Scarlett as the "microphone" with the bass going straight into that. Then I use Lightworks to combine and sync the video with the two audio tracks (me playing and the original track), topping and tailing it to remove me getting ready and starting/stopping the recording, to produce a final video file ready to upload.
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    Just remembered this from rehearsal a week yesterday. At the rehearsal studios we normally frequent we're normally tucked away upstairs, but last week we were downstairs in the room next to the main area, and where you can see into the room from outside. It was a good rehearsal overall, we dropped one track because it was pretty dull and had a quick run through another we wanted to introduce, so we now have a slightly revamped setlist for our first gig of the year in May. I was made to run through Two Tribes three times in a row at tempo, after which I left the guitarist to work out her part while I regained consciousness. We were outside having a break when someone from another band who was there, who had been similarly breaking while we were playing, made a point while taking his gear to his car to tell us how good he thought we'd sounded. Which was nice.
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    Late to this topic but the Elf is definitely worth considering, I think it sounds great DI'd because you only get a post-EQ signal.
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    I've just realised this colour scheme reminds me of a fungal nail infection.
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    I had piano lessons when I was about 9 or 10 which were more useful than school music lessons, but I still didn't get a huge amount out of it.
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    I've only ever seen good reviews of that series so I doubt it'll be terrible.
  25. asingardenof
    Yeah, he's concentrating on writing and performing music so video releases will be less frequent.
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