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[quote name='escholl' post='382771' date='Jan 16 2009, 08:04 PM']Does it only happen with the pedal engaged, or does it happen in bypass mode too?[/quote] Both, as I recall. I'll try it again tonight if I get a moment. Cables and bass could both be an issue, but they're fine when the PD7 isn't in the chain. Cables are good quality though. Thanks for all your thoughts anyway. Regards E

[quote name='Maxcat' post='315426' date='Oct 26 2008, 10:42 PM']pitch black every time. Accurate great display and a great choice of visuals .can't go wrong[/quote] +1

Hi all, Yesterday I took delivery of an Ibanez PD7 bass overdrive. Love the sound, just what I was after. But I may have a problem; playing through the PD7 and my practice amp and headphones late at night, it was very noticable that I was picking up foreign radio stations. A bit of experimentation revealed the following: Bass >> PD7 >> Amp: radio Bass >> Bad Monkey >> Amp: no radio Bass >> Behringer Bass Driver >> Amp: no radio Bass >> Amp: no radio Bass >> PD7 >> Bad Monkey >> Amp: radio <unplug bass> >> PD7 >> Amp: no radio Bass >> PD7 >> Mixer >> Headphones: no radio The combination of Bass / PD7 / Amp seems to be the one that causes the problem. My concern is that this could happen at a gig (I wouldn't be using the practice amp, but I may not have choice over what amp I use, and if it can happen with this amp, I suppose it could happen with another) Questions for the panel: Do I have a faulty pedal? Are these pedals particularly prone to this problem for some reason? Do I need to get my bass properly screened? If so, why do I only have an issue when using the PD7? Does anyone else have a particular combination of gear that causes this? What fixes it - if anything? P.S. I also tried plugging in a guitar instead of my bass, with the same results Thanks and regards, E

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There's a video overview of this pedal at [url="http://www.bassplayer.tv/"]http://www.bassplayer.tv/[/url] Select Basses & Gear from list in left hand pane, then select "Multi FX Pedals" from same place: you'll see a list of compared multi FX pedals, including the Boss ME-20B Cheers, E

[quote name='Stingray5' post='355229' date='Dec 15 2008, 06:01 PM']For myself, I used to get the bus or tube and go 'up West' to check out as many music and guitar stores as I could in one day. Shaftesbury Avenue had the two-floor [i]Rose-Morris[/i] 'superstore'; [i]Guitar Village[/i] was opposite; down the street was [i]Take Five[/i] plus the dynamic duo of [i]Music City[/i] and [i]Sound City[/i] - not to mention their little brother [i]Drum City[/i] on Charing Cross Road where [i]Maccari's[/i] also still are today. Right around the corner on New Compton Street there was the small [i]Orange[/i] shop. Denmark Street had [i]Andy's[/i], of course, plus [i]Roka's[/i] and later on [i]Rod Argent's Keyboards[/i] and [i]Hank's[/i]. (Can't remember a couple or so others here!?).[/quote] Of course, when I was a lad it was all just fields. But try telling that to the young people of today....

Very good for sustain, apparently, but not as mellow a tone as Afghani black.

Visited the folks last weekend, and as usual took a bass over and had a session with my Dad (he plays the organ). Afterwards couldn't get "Getting Sentimental Over You" out of my head, so on Tuesday lunchtime popped out of the office in search of a Tommy Dorsey CD. Music shops round here are a bit crap, and I didn't find it. Instead came away with the new Bellowhead CD (Xmas prezzie for [s]myself[/s] my other half) and a Columbia Jazz profiles CD of Duke Ellington, which kicks off with a storming (1960?) version of "Take The 'A' Train" that I'd never heard before. So now I can't get that out of my head either. Rats.

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='342820' date='Dec 2 2008, 11:22 AM']If you feel the need to get signed, you'd need to accept the hypocracy that comes with it.[/quote] An old mate of mine used to say "Don't think of it as 'selling out', think of it as 'buying in'.

[quote name='Currrls' post='342365' date='Dec 1 2008, 09:01 PM']as much as i try i just can't ignore the name on the headstock lol. lets face it. half of the reason for buying this bass is so that i dont have to wear something that says 'squire' on it around my neck[/quote] If that's what's bothering you, spend a tenner on some fake "Fender" decals. (eg [url="http://www.axesrus.com/decals.htm)"]http://www.axesrus.com/decals.htm)[/url] Sorted. Then you've still got £490 to spend on crack and whores. (OMG I've been reading too many of BBC's posts)

This one might be a bit too close to call: CAR: 1991 Nissan Micra - v.tatty - approx 113,000 miles - cost me approx £3900 about 11 years ago BASSES: 2 * Peavey Milestone III (total s/h purchase costs including gigbags - £100 for the pair) The car MIGHT just edge it, but I'm really not sure.

[quote name='mcgraham' post='311321' date='Oct 21 2008, 02:06 PM']He's brought a fresh approach to gospel music and (IMO) breaks free of the more stereotypical cheese fest that gospel music can often turn into.[/quote] Blessed are the cheese-makers.

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='311126' date='Oct 21 2008, 10:57 AM']Like helping to spread AIDS in Africa and so on? [/quote] Well said. Remember kids, just say "NO" to god.

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='303874' date='Oct 10 2008, 02:18 PM']Nah, its bigger than installation issues! To give you an idea of how retarded I am, I pressed a button last night and the tool bar at the top of the screen dissappered. This meant I couldn't exit the program. I then tried every key on the keyboard to get it back, but this didn't work. So in order to close it, I had to switch my laptop off. I then switched it back on, and guess what? I'm still staring at that f***ing Ableton screen! At that point the whole thing nearly went out the window! There's just far too many options and buttons on the thing in general.[/quote] Hi BBC, I feel your pain. I'm afraid that if you want something to work simply and smoothly then in general, DON'T DO IT ON A COMPUTER. I speak as computer programmer of over 25 years experience. I hate the bastards. It may be a bit late now, but you might have been better off with something like [url="http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/en/zoom-/66381"]http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/en/zoom-/66381[/url] - not quite CD quality (uses data compression), but has a built in drum machine and a 'record' button. Good luck anyway. E

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='300596' date='Oct 6 2008, 04:24 PM']but the main thing is something that isn't a starter bass I want something I can gig.[/quote] One of the big changes I have seen in my lifetime is the narrowing of the gap between the 'cheap' brands and the 'name' brands - this has happened in many product areas, hi-fi being a prime example, but it is equally true of guitars and basses, especially as so many of the 'names' outsource their manufacture to the same or similar factories to those producing the cheapies. Don't assume that because a bass is a 'starter' bass, it is not a perfectly good instrument for gigging, recording or whatever - you just have to find a good example (quality control is one of the areas they skimp on), and give it a mild tweak where required. I think there's a lot of pointless snobbery about basses etc, which ultimately leads to people spending a lot more money than they really need to, because they feel that they somehow lack credibility if they don't have the right name on their headstock. My advice is not to play the brand-name game - it's not big and it's not clever; it's just a way of lining other people's pockets and keeping the insane consumer culture spinning. Just my 2p. Regards E

[quote name='noelk27' post='293567' date='Sep 27 2008, 07:27 PM']Making up a reference CD is a trick that professional engineers / mixers use. It's essential to help you dial into any equipment or space you're using. Be sure thought not to make up a CD of your favourite tracks, but ones that you consider good mixes. You should always include a few examples of tracks where you feel the mix has been pushed a little too far, to assist you in spotting when you might be doing the same. Mastering is essential, if just to attain the loudness that listeners expect from modern music. You should check out Sound on Sound online, www.soundonsound.com, as there's an Everest of information there that might assist you.[/quote] Thanks for that, though I'm not sure about the drive for loudness for loudness's sake (see the links I posted above).

Voted (I think - I clicked your "CLICK ME" link and it took me to the website, but I didn't see any confirmation that I'd voted). Good songs. Good luck.

I was/am a piano player first and a bass player second- guitar comes a very poor third (though I have a decent acoustic and a frankenfender strat I put together from bits). I think keyboards and bass are a good combination: the piano is a great instrument for learning harmony and theory generally, and I think that helps a lot with bass lines. There seems to be a bit of a tradition of bass players doubling on keys (though now I come to think of it, only JP Jones and Macca come to mind - surely there are others). I also very nearly took up the English concertina a few months back - but then found a band that would have me as a bassist, so decided I'd better concentrate on that for now.

[quote name='MuseMatt' post='277625' date='Sep 5 2008, 09:57 AM']How easy it is to read this as multiple orgasm jazz orchestra...[/quote] ..or, when mispelled as in the thread title, how easy to misread it as 'multiple onanism jazz orchestra' - which is probably worse... Great music though. Good job that man!

[quote name='Merton' post='292037' date='Sep 25 2008, 05:47 PM']Speak to SRT in Cambridge, they did our new album (linky in my sig!) and were brilliant. They even [b]dropped[/b] the volume level of our mixes a touch. It was about £1000 for a 4 hour session (we were present) plus 1000 CDs printed and "pressed". Damn fine service [/quote] Thanks Merton. Listened to some of your tracks - they sound really good. Is that a real horn section on Shoulder to cry on, or MIDI magic? I'd never heard of CD Baby before - how are you finding them as a way of selling your music?

Cheers Johnny, Here's a couple of links I've found that discuss the evils of modern mastering: [url="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/jan/18/pop.music"]www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/jan/18/pop.music[/url] [url="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2006/oct/02/cdmasteringis"]www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2006/oct/02/cdmasteringis[/url]

Hello everyone, Our band has a CD that's nearing completion - we're just tweaking the mixes at the moment. The plan is to get, I think, 500 pressed up and then sell them at gigs/via our website/give them away as Xmas presents to relatives we don't really like/etc. Although the original recordings were mostly made in a studio, the subsequent mixing has been done at band-members' houses, and listened to on a variety of stereos and headphones, none of which are of studio quality, and in environments that are not acoustically neutral. So, for example, a mix often sounds bass-light on one system and bass-heavy on another one. We've tried comparing with 'real' CDs, which helps somewhat. We are wondering whether it's worth while getting the final stereo mixes professionally "mastered" before sending them off for CD pressing. As far as I can tell, this would mean someone adjusting overall EQ, compression, stereo image, comparative loudness between tracks and length of gap between tracks. So my questions really are - 1) have I understood correctly what professional mastering would provide? 2) do any of you have any experience of using such services, and if so what are your recommendations? Many thanks for any help/info/off topic ranting you can provide. Regards Earbrass

[quote name='chris_b' post='290648' date='Sep 24 2008, 10:31 AM']I agree with Bilbo's view of Motown's output. Great bass playing, but once you get past the hit singles the rest of the songs were very average.[/quote] Let's face it, even the 'hit singles' were just churned out by the Motown machine to a preset formula. They are to music what MacDonalds is to food, ie v. popular mass-produced crap.

[quote name='simon1964' post='286536' date='Sep 18 2008, 11:58 AM']+1 for the Jeff Berlin. It would be ideal, and the one for sale on here is at a good price.[/quote] I did look into that option, but decided that 46lb + is just toooo heavy for a 9 stone weakling like me. Thanks for the thought anyway. And thanks to machinehead for the CMD 121P solidarity - perhaps we should start a club .