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Depends whether you're looking for compression or limiting. A limiter will not affect your sound below a certain threshold level but will prevent it from getting any louder than that threshold. A compressor will squash dynamic range over a range of levels. A compressor with a good range of controls (especially threshold and ratio) will allow you to achieve either.

[quote name='alstocko' timestamp='1358017046' post='1931974'] Hey guys, bare with me for a minute[/quote] Neck pickup, roll off treble and mids, flats? The portamento is a problem unless you're playing fretless.

This deserves to be here - Fokus Pirat (Czech) [IMG]http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u493/dincz/pirat_zpsf5347e6b.jpg[/IMG]

I don't believe mp3 or any other compressed data format deserves the bashing it gets. In the early days, 128kbps mp3 was promoted as "near CD" quality. That's obviously rubbish, but high bitrate mp3, e.g. 320kbps, is to the vast majority of listeners indistinguishable from a CD. After all, the mp3 algorithm was developed AFTER listening tests determined what part of the audio signal could be thrown away without noticeable degradation. And the more moving parts that can be eliminated from sound recording and reproduction gear the better. Who really misses wow and flutter, scratches and pops and tape hiss?

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1357410725' post='1922357'] Only if you are submitting set lists to the PRS after each performance. [/quote] I'm ignorant about this. Is it optional or a legal requirement?

If you're downloading songs to learn for a covers band, it could be argued that the performing rights royalties will give more back to the songwriters than they would have earned from a single download.

[quote name='bassman344' timestamp='1356127391' post='1907325'] Dung. Avoid due to awful necks. Any cort i played was dreadful. Anything other than cort will do. Curbow shape looks good though, shame. [/quote] Wow, I've never heard that about Corts before. Don't know about Curbows but the neck on my cheap Artisan was what made me buy it.

A simple example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3Lszt2HPK8&feature=player_detailpage I can't do the count 1,2,3,4 or even grunt on the beat while playing a syncopated bass line although my foot has no problem tapping on the beat. Why is my foot so much better at this than my mouth? On the other hand, over a line with regularly repeating 8th notes, I have no trouble singing a syncopated vocal part. Yes, I'll keep practising, but any clues to this neurological mystery, and is this usual?

Ah, so signal cables rather than speaker cables. 1 earth, 2 hot, 3 not should be fine.

You really need to look at the cab's connections or check with a meter. Different cabs used different pins.

Vox Cougar - Not a great bass but I couldn't bear to part with it after 42 years. Not my photo but identical to this: [IMG]http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u493/dincz/VoxCougar.jpg[/IMG]

Meanwhile down at the cheap end, a Behringer EPQ900 1U power amp: [IMG]http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u493/dincz/P1010228.jpg[/IMG] Amp board: [IMG]http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u493/dincz/P1010232.jpg[/IMG] Power supply board: [IMG]http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u493/dincz/P1010231.jpg[/IMG] Note the relic'd heatsinks!

I wouldn't say Behringer gear is necessarily not repairable. I recently bought one of their power amps and it appears to be simple to repair - doesn't even have surface mount components. You'll find the schematics here if it's any help: http://elektrotanya.com/behringer_bx1200_sch.zip/download.html

[quote name='BassPimp66' timestamp='1353962732' post='1880355'] Can you damage an [u]amplifier[/u] when pairing a small wattage amp with a big wattage cab? YES/NO I am not mentioning speaker damages here or tales from 60's. Just asking about damaging the amp. [/quote] No, and just to be sure, no again. The amp's power rating tells you how much it can deliver. The cab's power rating tells you how much it will accept - just like maximum speed ratings on tyres, there's no problem for the car or the tyres if you choose to only drive slowly. By the way, it was the same in the 60's and in the 20's for that matter.

[quote name='WinterMute' timestamp='1353874040' post='1879266']The Behringers are a good bet if you can get over the name and the fact they weigh nothing, just don't trust the posted number on their outputs. [/quote] To be fair to Behringer, they do list both RMS and peak power figures - at least for their power amps, but not for guitar/bass amps.

Driving at 30mph on tyres rated for 150mph is equally dangerous - i.e. zero danger in both cases.

In a previous life I must have replaced hundreds of valves in a variety of broadcasting and telecoms gear. In some cases, we'd select the best one after testing their characteristics but testing was not usual and brand was certainly never an issue. The gear had to meet tight specs and performance was much more critical than is the case in a MI amplifier. The valves at that time all came from the traditional manufacturers e.g. Mullard, Brimar, RCA, Telefunken etc. I wonder what's happened in the past couple of decades. Has quality control slipped, or is it marketing bollocks and snake oil that's led to the current navel-gazing over valve brands? I'm particularly intrigued by claims that one brand is "bright" or "scooped" or whatever, while another is .... (you name it). Any thoughts?

Emphysema?

If you want an instrument, take one with you. Check the Oz prices to see why.

Is light weight important?

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' timestamp='1353626255' post='1876851'] Does the amp manual state what the voltage swing is for both configurations? And does the cab manual state what the maximum displacement limited voltage swing is? If so the user can make a well informed choice as to how he should run the amp. Now try and find any amp manuals that state the former, and any cab manuals that state the latter. The product of those two figures will be [i]exactly [/i]zero. [/quote] Sensible precautions, but the amp's voltage swing is equally important whether it's coming from a single amp/channel or a pair of bridged amps/channels.

[quote name='Musky' timestamp='1353613827' post='1876664'] The problem is when the user doesn't really understand what's going on [/quote] Fair point. A Bridge Too Far in that case. What prompted my previous post was the blanket instruction "never bridge".

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' timestamp='1353554461' post='1876045'] Never bridge. It's not about watts, it's about doubling voltage swing, which quadruples your chances of blowing a driver. The only exception is if you have a 16 ohm cab, which can actually make use of the higher voltage swing. [/quote] And presumably: never buy an amp that uses a pair of bridged power modules for each output? My point being that if a speaker is being driven with, let's say, 40 volts RMS, it doesn't matter whether that 40 volts is being delivered by a single power amp channel or by 2 channels each capable of 20 volts. The speaker doesn't know or care - it's still 40 volts RMS. I don't understand this thing about bridging being a bad thing. It's simply a matter of sensibly matching the power ratings of amp and cab.

BDDI and VT Bass should take care of the tone. Just add a lightweight power amp.

Had mixed results with the cheap ones common on Ebay - worked on one PC but not on the other. Now using M-Audio MidiSport and it works everywhere.