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Big fan as well, in fact i insisted we do two "Down to the bone" tracks in the funk band "Should've Been You" and "smile to shine" Check out the track on the "Supercharged" CD called Electric Vibes featuring the man Roy Ayers. great track..... now if only i can find a vibes player..MMMMMMMmm

[quote name='Number6' timestamp='1419511013' post='2640511'] Or possibly even Bumper Thumpers [/quote] AHHh but mine works if they all play fenders as well

[quote name='Eight' timestamp='1232324248' post='384566'] I don't know about Simply Red, but Moloko's Mark Brydon used to play bass and may have played on their tracks. Fine Geordie lad there - always did like that band. [/quote] Good Shout, Mark Brydon... if you have not got the CD by Cloud Nine, "Millennium" then try it, all mark brydon songs and playing, here you go For 85p.. [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B0000253RE/ref=sr_1_2_twi_1_olp?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1419509866&sr=1-2"]http://www.amazon.co...19509866&sr=1-2[/url] Reg Moloko, love or hate them they were ace to watch live.... Whats that synth voice saying.. you bunch of what ?? [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z06gUeqUpeo"]https://www.youtube....h?v=Z06gUeqUpeo[/url]

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1419436390' post='2639963'] I think if you sound good, playing with passion etc then you can play pretty much anything in reason and younger people will enjoy it. Ok stay away from the overplayed stuff. But its good to have a mixture. , but then again people when drunk love a bit of cheese. [/quote] THIS 100% To everyone that is staying away from cheese, ....thank you,, its kept me in ALOT of work over the past 30 years Merry Xmas to Yall..

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bass is fine dont worry about it, i like it, enjoy and move on, ,, unless you are trying to sound like someone . i do have a prob with the snare tho, did you want it sounding like the snare on the bottom was turned off ?? if not then my bit of advice is .. whenever you mic up the snare always mic the top and the bottom, at least you can mix in the amount of attack you need.

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1418466546' post='2630386'] Fascinating memories of VHS players but any thoughts on The Story Of Funk? [/quote] as said.......[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]good heads up im there also thanks[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] [/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]. i will report to you direct after i have watched it. [/font][/color]

[quote name='Leonard Smalls' timestamp='1417264058' post='2618666'] I've still got the Melvin Bragg Southbank Show and the Lernny Henry doc on The Funk on good ol VHS! [/quote] ahh but do you have a VHS to play it on ?? do you remember the ones with the big press down buttons at the front the top loader that came up with such force you would jump out of you skin and was capable sending a plant pot flying into the air. oh the joy good heads up im there also thanks.

Great news in the end, but unfortunately rare GET YOUR VAN CAR TRACKED FOR £20... Sorry about the shout but hope it caught your attention..... If you look on Ebay for 20 quid or even less you can buy a pay as you go sim 24 hour tracking. simple. its like a mobile phone with out buttons. pay the £10 payas you go hide it on the van. then when ever you call it it will send a tx back right away giving you its location. you can even track its route and follow it. or give the info to the police. look on ebay for gps sim tracker. you can use it for other things also..mmmmmmmm my bit of good advice..... no matter what alarm you have, take the fuel pump fuse out ! simple or for the more adapt of you put an inline hidden switch in. it may be enough.

Of the more expensive cables im Very impressed with the VTG i have and the ref labs cable, info here... good enough nile. good enough for me [url="http://www.referencelaboratory.com/web/index.php?mod=list&view=lc&lang=en"]http://www.reference...view=lc&lang=en[/url] Monster cable V a coat hanger ??? [url="http://consumerist.com/2008/03/03/do-coat-hangers-sound-as-good-monster-cables/"]http://consumerist.c...monster-cables/[/url]

all these makes are good, as well as VTG, evolution, ref labs, and good old whirlwind. and for live and studio i have some of each, but i have been well impressed with the livewires i have all of the PROEL livewire leads i have ever got i have not had one go gown ! i only now buy livewire, sound great, thick, does not leave twists inside, no taxies, great value, lifetime guarantee. im not sure where they are made now but all my old ones were made in Italy, and i still have the same 10 from when i got them years ago, i have loads of the newer ones from 1m to 30m as sold in the yellow packets, and for the cash i cant fault them. now i did get a few from ebay !!! and when you rub your nail over the print on the cable it comes off !! so sent them back. The jack plugs or the XLRs are not neutrik but are still good, certainly on cheaper leads you need the carefull with XLR esp female as the copper/brass grip inside that connects the male pin once used a few times can splay open leaving a baggy fit and so crackling or even o/s. the ones i have on the proel's are still good after all this time, Very impressed with the VTG i have and the ref labs cable,info here... [url="http://www.referencelaboratory.com/web/index.php?mod=list&view=lc&lang=en"]http://www.reference...view=lc&lang=en[/url]

Peavey pa gear agreed, its on the money ! A pair of xt bins can be had on ebay cheap and they are the dogs, light, powerfull, relyable a whole peavey pa with a good active xover like the behringer one, two power amps,and desk will sound good enough for most places. if you have a bit more cash ( and space) and want a bit better sound ( subjective ) with less hass, then look for an older HK actor rig About £1500 with covers for a tidy one. the great thing about the actor rig is all the boxes are powered so for small gigs just take the tops bigger gigs 2 bins two tops and bigger or out door gigs the 4 bins and two tops, with still only 2 leads from the desk feeding all combinations... i have used and hired out both for years, and not had an issue with either. to me the HK sounds better and so much easyer and quicker to set up and looks the part, but peavey gear i have been using since the 80s and has over the years been great if looked after, so thats just stayed with me, Regarding the "cheaper" wharfedale speakers, i now only have the powered wharfedale 400w 15" and 300w 12" monitors, .... only ever had 1 major problem with a 2nd hand one i got, but what a great sound for the money. a friend got some of the newer behringer powered monitors and have to say they sound good also for even cheaper cash.

a hard one, had a good think over this, so many. i got it down to papa was a rolling stone. if i had a back up i love "law of the land" by the temptations as well check out this great version by lee ritenour, using some great young tallent ,,, enjoy.. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUu0DNPlv5Y[/media]

Hello and again welcome, I was just thinking amp speaker wise for you, im guessing funds wise while you are finding your feet you need to be carefull, so ok, i think a great little combo for cheap money that i think most would agree as.. a work horse, reliable, tank built, moveable, is cheap ( see below) plenty around to choose from loud enough for small gigs without being di'd get good enough tones from slap to warm blues built in x over in case you want to broaden out the sound a patch loop for effects... (so you can set your tone from your bass via the eq on the amp before you send it to the effects, rather than have the effects in line (on the floor) before the eq on the amp so the eq then is messing with the effect sound as well !) has cct/overload protection so you wont (unless you try hard) blow the speaker which i think is why there is still alot around today is the good old underated peavey TNT bass combo. a preff for me would be too make sure it has a black widdow speaker in it, some do, some dont ( a badge at the bottom of the grill will tell you if it came from the factory with one or not. keep your eyes on local ebay gumtree etc, and hay when you want to upgrade sell it for what you got it for !! win win I think this will serve you well for a while, Good luck and enjoy the ride Info,,,, http://assets.peavey.com/literature/manuals/80370367.pdf some for sale http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR2.TRC1.A0.H0.Xpeavey+tnt&_nkw=peavey+tnt&_sacat=0 seen them sold as cheap as £43 !!! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Peavey-TNT-130-bass-combo-/191384785306?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item2c8f6c119a

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in my push for support for home grown brit funk bands, here are some doing the rounds in the uk. checkout also the great freestyle records, http://www.freestylerecords.co.uk/ Speedometer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wDI3Er-xs8 the fantastics.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAN2Bt7oLJA

Ernie mckone, ...............PUSH Galliano Richard Hindes...............Speedometer Lars Danieleson.............. Niles Landgren Magnum coltrane price..... Niles Landgren Julian Crampton................ down to the bone ( and every one else !) gary Crockett.................... sound stylistics, the perceptions, JTQ Chris Pedley...................... the Baker brothers Randy hope taylor.............incognito jerry preston..................... Maceo Richard Searle.................. Corduroy. just a few to get you going.....

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1413027454' post='2574271'] So much for my golden ears, then..! [/quote] .............................................................. yea nice tracks, i like 1. here is an intresting read on the come back of tape, http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1997_articles/may97/reel2reelroundup.html

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1411586513' post='2560990'] Guess which one was the tape! [url="https://jenthegents.bandcamp.com/album/right-now-ep"]https://jenthegents....um/right-now-ep[/url] [/quote] Im going for 3 as the tape one ?? i popped into 6DB studio in manchester yesterday, [url="http://www.6dbstudio.com/#/testimonials/4557413306"]http://www.6dbstudio...ials/4557413306[/url] they have some great gear in there and still uses an Otari 2" 24 track. i think "The Fall" are doing their new album there at mo.

[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1411292835' post='2558127'] agreed but then Ranscombe have purposely stayed analogue - im sure there are plenty of vst plugins to simulate all manner of old school analogue rack mount studio effects but then you wouldnt be able to have fun like this [url="http://www.ranscombestudios.com"][/url] [/quote] What a cool looking place looks like its not been touched since the 70s. i have the same recorder just finished replacing all the micro switches on the front and made a new pich roller for it, they are so well made i love it, great to see they are still being used, cheers [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1411291909' post='2558116'] 24 tracks across 1" of tape. Thats a narrow track width and not much better than compact cassette! [/quote] so imagine the Msr16 which is 16 tracks aross 1/2 tape ( thats like 32 tracks over the same 1" tape) but it still sounds good Voltage studios in bradford still use one.... http://www.voltagestudios.com/studio.html

[quote name='jensenmann' timestamp='1410987722' post='2555443'] Absolutely 456 is crap [/quote] Agreed, of the 456 tapes i have transferred to digi most of them are shedding to some degree. the worst ones i think seem to be the Ampex from the early/mid 90s as the worst ones were in the boxes that had the blue print on the front, see pic... [attachment=171997:IMG_4654.jpg] the first box left early 80s mine are ok abit hissy, box in the middle is 93, and the end right is 96 of the ones i have done and have it seems to be more around the 93 boxes that were bad i have non past 96 so cant say up untill quantegy took over, the earlyst quantegy 499 i have is from 2003 which is perfect. if you look on the side of the box there is a date tag with something like 93167 the first two is the year, but...... unless you know where the tape is from its a guess on the tape inside as being original to the box. i have always kept my old tapes well, in a dry place and i put a little bag of silicone in the middle (the type you get in shoe boxes) to soak up any damp, if any, which i think has saved some of my ampex. just in case anyone is using 1" tape, while looking for more zonal i found a chap on ebay that sells 1" zonal 675 on a 10" reel in a box posted and delivered next day (uk) all in for £18 ! ! yep £18. i have had 4 and they are perfect. used once and wiped, the ones i have had were used for book narration back up so not continuous used areas, for £18 its worth a try, even just to use to get ideas down. on the quality of these i am looking at a deal on 10. some info from cranford... Zonal 675 "Matt backed standard play, exceptionally low print. Low modulation noise, wide dynamic range, hardwearing surface. Designed for music mastering, broadcast, and archival applications. 2500 feet on 10.5 inch NAB hub, 1200 feet on 7 inch spool and 600 feet on 5 inch spools. Equivalent to the former Ampex 478." [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Zonal-675-Reel-to-Reel-Tape-Used-once-and-Wiped-1-034-tape-/221159551767?hash=item337e22f317&pt=UK_Consumer_VintageAudio_RL&quantity=1#ht_1853wt_738"]Zonal 675. Reel-to-Reel Tape. Used once and Wiped. 1" tape. | eBay[/url]

£9.2 million ming. post 62p ... 17 0ffers ..WTF say no more,,,, here it is http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Chinese-Ming-Chengzu-Dynasty-Zheng-Hes-Iron-World-Globe-/231069042570?pt=Asian_Antiques&hash=item35ccc9c78a#ht_18952wt_1599

[quote name='Leonard Smalls' timestamp='1410887394' post='2554364'] Many years ago I used to work for BBC Sound in the transfer and dubbing areas... We had Albrecht 16/35mm mag film bays, Otari and Studer 24track 2" machines, Nagra T and 4S 1/4" machines plus a host of video stuff. My personal record for sync was 19 Albrechts playing 16mm tracks onto the Otari, with 6 of those tracks also going to Nagra Ts, plus an Albrecht with film head playing pictures and 2 mixes from the 16mm mag tracks onto D3 and BetaSP video machines, and those pictures and main mix going onto a bank of 10 VHS machines. Took me 1.5 hours to set up - serious plugging job - but was a fine sight with all those machines playing and recording in perfect sync! [/quote] sounds like wiring hell, esp with a bloke breathing down your neck wanting it done in 30 mins here is a nostalgic trip for you. [url="http://www.filmhistory.at/e_magneton.htm"]http://www.filmhisto.../e_magneton.htm[/url]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1410799077' post='2553291'] (other than writing them all down on charts - including all the effects routings). ....... otherwise IMO you lose the whole point of using tape in the first place, as it's poor quality A/D conversion that lets down digital recording, not the fact that it's digital. [/quote] ah yes .. "writing them all down on charts - including all the effects routings" i still do that as much as i can, the habit now has crossed over even when using my digi ! as i am sending tracks as stem files to a friend in scotland who does the key parts that are beyond me. good house keeping i feel. i dont know how many times in the past i have made a great sound up using a novation ks rack and put it through various filters like the electricx filter factory or the tc fireworx and never wrote the settings down or stored it, it would take all week getting it back from scratch. never heard of the RME before, just had a quick look, looks intresting, [url="http://www.rme-audio.de/en_index.php"]http://www.rme-audio.de/en_index.php[/url] "poor quality A/D conversion that lets down digital recording, not the fact that it's digital" 100% agree. and then added into the mix poor quality recorded takes and using bad sounding gear the whole sh!t in sh!t out becomes very real DiceSociety.. a 1/4" 4 track was my first two recorders a phillips and an akai 4000d , and i still have the tapes, had great fun with them and some surprisingly ok takes, what is good about the old tapes is, it shows you ideas at that time, i found an old 3 part bass solo from must be 30 years ago, looking at it now.... i still like it.. and to me shows how much i learnt in such a short time.

[quote name='MacDaddy' timestamp='1410735658' post='2552660'] Funny that what with all the advances in recording technology, you can get software to model recordings made on tape machines. [/quote] yes you can, i suppose it was inevitable that was going to happen, some studios still use tape but charge a premium to use it, just the price of new tape to do this on now is expensive plus the process of them setting up and maintaining, and there are not many companies still making multitrack tape, RMG are still producing good tape. I do feel tho that tape has its place and some things sound good on it, so i want to try and sync both digi and tape together, I dont think a machine is being made now, maybe someone like behringer will knock one up in the future..... "I used to work with a 16 track reel to reel sync'd to cubase with SMPTE!" yes i can sync it that way but as you know you have to use the transport buttons on the tape as master control over cubase, you cant control the tape from the daw ( play, ff, rw, stop, rec, ect) as the tapes striped track 16 has no control over its own transport only as a smpte pulse output to cubase, at first i was striping track 16 using tascams MTS 30 midi to tape synchronizer then found out that this was not SMPTE but stripes the track with FSK so yes i can see where your nightmare begins. some tape sync info here if anyone is intrested... [url="http://tweakheadz.com/sync-mmc-mtc-smpte/"]http://tweakheadz.co...-mmc-mtc-smpte/[/url] Dad3353.. "Ampex, unusable now, as too brittle" some of my old ampex has not gone brittle but more ...soft, and is starting to shed, so when playing its coming off on the transport its more sticky and puts a load on the motors as ff play and rw slows right down as the motors try and drag the almost sticky tape. i think this is a big problem with not just ampex, so i offer a service to transfer old 1/2" 16 track and 1" 24 track tape to digi stem files, from the ones i have done Ampex is by far the worst, funny enough all of my 1" zonal 675 tape is perfect, ! There is an intresting comparison here on tape v digi and where to use tape today, http://recordinghacks.com/2013/01/26/analog-tape-vs-digital/