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Reading some of the posts I feel there are some bass chatters here with a good knowledge of camcorders, and so any help here would be great. I know nothing of what cam to use and the whole issue of which one to use, bang for buck, is just a guess to me, there is so much info on the net all protesting this is the best, so thought it best to ask the people who use it for what i want to use it for. I would be using it for 2 reasons 1) to record live footage, this would be under stage lighting led par cans etc, but would want the best sound i can get for my cash, are there any with 2x jack inputs so i can attach 2 L+R good quality mics and get them wide also are there certain mics that work better with camcorders being a more compressed sound. or would it be better to record the live sound on a dedicated digi recorder then add later ? if so which digi recorder ?? Are the ones with the internal hard drives or sd card better ? Which are the best ones in price categories of say up to £300 up to £600 up to £900 i would not want to spend over this really but if combined with (2 ) below then ok 2) to record a band demo film using some live footage with daylight filming as well. Last but not least, easy to use editing software ? Sorry so many questions in one post, gives you an idea of how little i know, Thanks all, if you can help its very much appreciated.

To me L42 will always be boon, phil, mark and mike, i was shocked when the goulds left but after reading loads on it i understood why and you have to hand it them for sticking to there morals when the potential for them was huge, Phil and boon are great song writer's and penned alot of the early songs infact you can still hear these L42 qualities on phil's solo cd watertight. and also boons tin man and love kills overtime. if you read this mark (as im sure you will ) and to boon phil and mike, can we have another cd as the orig line up getting back to what you know you did best... Britfunk. comon its about time, lets have it.

[quote name='ead' timestamp='1375773568' post='2165294'] That's odd, maybe it's just me but I love going to see blues bands play. Don't seem to get enough of them in small clubs and pubs in the NW - unless I'm looking in the wrong places. Maybe you BCers could point me in the right direction? [/quote] Some very good blues venues in the northwest, a very good site dedicated to this is this, http://www.bluesinthenorthwest.com/ if you check out the map it will show you a good selection of the NW blues circuit. [u]REG Mixed names[/u] Blues has changed so much over the last 30 years the boundaries have been stretched by people wanting to hear and play different flavours to a format that was getting very tired and over done, there will always be a die hard "Blues" following who will sneer at anything that does not belong in the idiom. Altho the fundamental is still there Blues has come to mean different things to different people. and its not just a listeners perception of what this is, major Artist are contributing to this in a bid to reach newer age groupes and audiences, I for one am a huge Modern blues fan i love the funky and latin elements in it, i find england ignorant of the changes in blues where as in the usa modern blues is still has a huge following, i play in a modern 9 piece blues band with brass section playing everything from BB king, lloyd jones, lucky peterson right up to tower of power and i know when we play blues/jazz festivals people always same the same thing "what a blast of fresh air" so refreshing to hear a bit of life in the blues, and i can see that, while as said i love the blues and have a very good knowledge of its history and where it is going, i cant stand more than 15 mins watching an old style blues band just playing rehashed 145s badly. we are labeled as a blues/funk band as thats exactly what people get. I think a good post on old blues to modern blues would be very informative. sorry for digressing slightly

mmmmmmmmmm why show it in a case ect then say 1 and 2, if below 1 was true why not show just a pic of the bass, 1) "the pics are the same model as mine" 2) "email me if you want more pics its just pics from a phone it dos'nt do it justice"

Wal Cust Mk 1 G&L L2000E Double Bass Fretless acoustic Bass. 6 string fretted or fretless I have never needed anything else really other than to swap round and substitute for 1 of the above. They cover me for everything i have ever done in the last 30 odd years.

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1375396841' post='2160861'] I miss loads of stuff. Eastenders, my own birthday, the toilet seat. The list goes on. [/quote] You forgot larger oil pan under the car

[quote name='TomRichards' timestamp='1375380843' post='2160605'] [size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Hello Everyone![/font][/size] [size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Seems that some people here recently have missed my profile, so I'm gonna put all my info in this post. Please understand that I try to be careful with my posts, but from time to time I may stray given that I have significant relationships in the industry.[/font][/size] [/quote] Hi Not to sound bitchy but im not too sure what you are trying to say here ? are you saying that we should not have missed it for some reason ??

Hello Shane. Welcome, last time i did 5 gigs in 1 week was in the 90s am more likely to do 1 gig in 5 weeks at the mo

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1375277375' post='2159138'] Zoom. Just Zoom. I started with an H4, graduated to an H2 (I like simplicity), when that got nicked I bought another H2. For studio use, the R16 is almost unbeatable. Video? I had a Q3, then a Q3HD. Gave up on them when Digital SLRs recently overtook them in terms of bangs per buck. [/quote] Im not sure if there is but if not i think there should be a whole thread open to the discussion on camcorders. I for one am confused by it all, i have been told so many things about which is the best to get to record bands with stage lighting the best to get for sound ETC.. im now led to believe the best one to get is one with an internal hard drive and not memory ?... so what are the best ones to get within a couple of budget categories ??? and are there any with L+R jack sockets to att 2 mics so i can have them wide across a room ? worthy of a thread im sure

That leopard skin stool is real man cave stuff,

I was just reading a post where happy jack deard the word " Amstrad" i then got memories of all sorts of tac from the 80s, K-tel, Ronco, Commodore, Bush tv game ( blick blick ) binatone where they really did manage to bin all the tone. some tac here..... [url="http://www.tvfilmprops.co.uk/pages/154/The-Seventies/"]http://www.tvfilmpro.../The-Seventies/[/url] I was thinking how much recording equipment had changed from the 70s 80s. with not much money then i was trying out all sorts of ways to get my ideas down. my first was a bush tape recorder with a mic the, oblong hand held one, i was then given an old phillips 4 track reel to reel which did me quite well, i still have some of the tapes i then got an AKAI 4000D reel to reel which then i thought looked great because it stood up and looked pro. then a fostex 8 track reel to reel totally bypassing the portastudio as i had lent a friends and never liked the quality once you started bouncing tracks, but found it a handy all in one. my biggest breakthrough to quality came when i got my Tascam MSR 16s 16 track which i still have and i love it, in the time i have had the tascam MSR, digi recorders have come and gone Fostex DMT8 ETC Then came my software phase starting with Cubase, as much as i tried and worked at it i could not get the sound of my bass right on cubase it always sounded compressed to hell and as if the frequency range was cut off at both ends and the mix always sounded cluttered then there was the crashing mid track and freezing sound card probs and the bit i hated the most was having to change screens all the time just to change something small, i now only use cubase as a drum editor and the score is very handy, I then went to Protools 001 then 002 then just gave up as was having another set of probs It was only when i got my Mackie D8B and HDR24 that i really felt at home and then it became a pleasure to get my ideas down, its such a great bit of kit, the sound is stunning and im again in love. I still have my Tascam MSR16s its great for getting ideas down fast then if any good al then do it on the mackie, Does anyone else use a Mackie D8B ? ? it was a long road and a great learning curve its amazing how much you learn and then realise how much time you have spent getting there, From this... [attachment=140277:tape.jpeg] to this... [attachment=140310:phill reel.jpeg] and the nice looking AKAI [attachment=140311:Akai_4000d.JPG] Fostex R8 [attachment=140312:r8.jpg] to what i have ended up with.. [attachment=140273:IMG_4303.jpg] [attachment=140274:IMG_4304.jpg] [attachment=140275:IMG_4305.jpg]

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1375190636' post='2157881'] Try watching them on an Amstrad ... [/quote] WOW that just opened all sorts of tacky memories. i remember my mate getting one of these, cus he thought it looked good on a wall i really cant tell you how crap it was. was ANYONE really looking at the stereo ! [attachment=140266:recordplayer.jpg]

Yea its a great promo vid, you have just made me revalue the way it should be done. there are so many band promo vids on a stage miming to songs with no audience. you get a real feel of the characters in your band this way, so much more personal. well done it inspires me with ideas for one for my band. the first thing that got me was i really thought that was one of my old dub's, i had to check the reg, nice.

I love Bowie and after buying this single with the pic cover when it came out ( still have it !) i have always since had ashes to ashes in my top 10 best ever songs. I think this was the turning point in his career and delving deeper into it, it has alot meaning for bowie. some intresting views here http://songmeanings.com/songs/view/16865/ after listening to a number of versons i have this as the best, you can see it on bowie's face he loves this ending anyone got a better version ? your thoughts ? [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwJNMwykLf8[/media]

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1374582137' post='2150424'] I recently bought a pair of these. I'm very pleased with them but the speaker stands that I use for my Mackie SRM450s don't fit them - the poles are too large in diameter. I thought the 'top hat' sockets on PA speakers were all the same size, but obviously not. The Wharfdale ones also seem to he hexagonal. Do I need a special sized speaker pole for these or are there adapters available? [/quote] i did not know this, as all my wharfdales are floor monitors they dont have top hats. strange as you say that they should be a different size, i know you can get tophats on ebay to replace them, cus i had a pair of opus tops that had smaller di tophat and so had to replace them to fit my poles.

[quote name='njr911' timestamp='1374577423' post='2150286'] I'm a Bass player, why I got lumbared with this i'll never know. We are currently using a old and unrelaible Peavey 100watt head and 2 passive Carlsbo spreaker (12" i think) It looks terrible, sounds worse with cutting out and feedback issues. It's currently only used for the vocals and at the moment just in small pub gigs playing rock and indie covers. From talking to a few bands they are always suggesting we get a much bigger powered PA. Monitors would be a help I think. So what to get ? Couple of active speakers ? What wattage ? Size ? 16 Channel mixer ? Small wedge minitors ? As I said, we're only doing pub gigs so don't make any money other than expenses so cost is important (ie I'll get stuck with the bill) Current thinking is s/h Behringer stuff ? Any thoughts or guidence would be greatly appreciated. Ta Neil [/quote] Neil keep your eyes on something like these,, [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wharfedale-EVP-X15P-Active-Speakers-PAIR-MINT-CONDITION-STANDS-CABLES-/190873770461?pt=UK_Sound_Vision_Speakers_Monitor&hash=item2c70f699dd"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item2c70f699dd[/url] i do pa hire and i use the the evp 15 400w powered monitors and they sound great i dont get any feed back from them, i have 5 of them 2 12" 300w powered ones. im very happy with them and so are the people who use them. and cheap enough to replace if needed quick. My main FOH pa is all HK actor, i dont plan on changing any of it for a good few years yet. if these are as good as the monitors then they will give you a good sound for small gigs for not much money. while you are doing the gigs save and get a pair of bins to add for bigger gigs. or as NORRIS said, if you have a bit more to spend then the Mackie thumps or SRM are a good step up again. and also as LES says the JBL are also good, its all down to £, ask the rest of the band to chip in ESP the singer !! If they dont want to help with costs then treat the pa as an active member of the band and it gets an equal cut,

Check this about the UB40 sax player Brian Travers playing in UB40 tribute bands... intresting and i think he is great doing it, well done Brian. [url="http://www.express.co.uk/news/showbiz/413350/UB40-founding-member-joins-tribute-band-after-being-declared-bankrupt"]http://www.express.c...clared-bankrupt[/url]

This is intresting.... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp1L-Vw0Ems[/media]

[color=#FF0000][size=6]F@&--#60;*%} BUGGER ! ! ![/size][/color] ,,,, where's that cat., im so p!@@£& off i missed that. T, tech is the band i always wanted to see next to tower of power and maceo parker......... URB and tayste_2000, your just going to gloat now ain't ya?.. ain't ya??......

got all Keb mo's cds, im mainly a modern blues fan, lloyd jones, lucky peterson, delbert mcclinton, colin james etc What keb has done is very clever, you get the feeling the roots of his music is triditional old school blues, he keeps this constant in his sound with the use of his steel national/dobro and an almost banjo type style and sound, through most of the tracks on his cd's but the drums and bass is upto date, feeling funky at times even pop. Very catchy, i think he is great. If you like a bit of funk in your blues check out also robert randolph and the family band, his cd " unclassified" i cant take off it really kicks ass, ... Enjoy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxcLNHasPx4

if i had to buy an expensive bass i would go and collect it, for two reasons, 1, to check it out 2, i dont trust any post. ( or sellers !!!) so... if i had an expensive bass for sale i would expect the buyer to do the same if he cant be bothered to do this and wants it posting then he can arrange that. why should i trust my bass in the hand of the post i would not use myself ??? if buyers want to trust them then thats their chance, if it arrives in bits he has only himself to blame providing the packing is sound, england is not that big and if it is something special then make a special trip.

Cant believe my fave is not here yet.... The strolling bones. It works on a few levels

If anyone is selling a GA24 please send me a pm.

Yes in active mode but there is a problem,.... i use two amps live, a small 2x10 swr redhead for smaller gigs, and a swr sm500 pro with a golly 6x10 for bigger gigs ( outdoor mainly) the redhead is a fantastic combo, the best 2x10 i have tried (and have been through most of them) with my wal and my other 83 G&L it sounds amazing, but.. it just cant handle the lows of the 2000E so i got a swr 2x10 ext cab and replaced the speakers with 2 x 500w 10" eminence Kappa, while it improved the o/p taking less strain off the combo it still struggled with the sub lows that the "E" produced so to use it well it was clear it needs big strong cab literage. so the only time i use it live is with the 500 and 6x10,,,, that knowing smile on my face before i play a note is not there for show, taking out the actives explains the reason yours has a lower o/p, the active preamp really does give it some power, to quote a remark by another l2000E "El tookay" user on the "basses by leo" forum [url="http://www.bassesbyleo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1280"]http://www.bassesbyl....php?f=4&t=1280[/url] "Fats is correct...to a point. At the start of the BBE era, the preamp was changed to Version 1.0, then again to version 1.1 around 1997 (Brad, corect me if I'm wrong there...). Both revisions were to improve battery life and lower noise. Also, there are some of us GLeeks that can hear subtle differences in the Ver. 1.0 and 1.1's, those being the 1.0 is more modern and clean, while the 1.1 comes back to the E series preamp. ...and thats where it gets interesting. The first E's had a preamp that did not allow the treble knob to function when the bridge pup is solo'ed. This was due to the early E preamps' chip not being able to handle the hard transients generated by the MFD's. The second generation E preamp was slightly tweaked with capacitors, and allowed the treble control to function in all positions,including the bridge pup solo'ed. E's and later L2000's all used the same preamp from early 1982 to 1992. Sound differences? Second-gen preamps sound clean and deep, adding big lows and highs that are not harsh or tinny. The bottom end on first-gen preamps can knock down buildings. Nothing sounds as mammoth as a first-gen E in OMG mode, and add in slot pole pickups, you can adversely affect the sperm count of the first 20 rows . My 81 E makes my son's crappy Kustom practice amp sound like a dimed SVT at coliseum levels. I have an early 1983 L2000E fretless with the second-gen pre, and I actually prefer that pre for the fretless, a little more versatile, a little more transparent high end. That one sings better, but the 81 is first-call for all-out seismic disruption."