Rudi

John said, and I quote... You can do that huh? It sounds great, but it also sounds very ambitious. Does it actually sound authentic? Getting Drumtracks to do it sounds favourite at the mo

Ah thanks John! Sorry so late in getting back here. I would offer an excuse but I cant think of any at the mo. Rudi

We are still not all talking of the same thing. Steve, your tempo may be perfect and uniform, but your playing along to the metronome doesnt mean you are nailing the beat ON the beat. There will be a tiny accent (usually just behind). BS. Not sure how you'ld set that metronome up in the 1st place. It would need to be perfectly in synch with at least the 1st part of the song. Concidering tape decks and other media dont all play at the same speeds either, its kind of hard to fix a stake in the ground. I agree in principle with what you say, though Im less convinced it is quite as prevelant as you suggest. Any hint of ralentando will twart the metronome, so certain types of music are not suitable for this kind of tempo test. I'll keep it in mind though.

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Dont know about retrofitting. Actually its not something I could afford to indulge in now, but theres a keys-man who expressed some interest. I've passed on your comments. YES! LOL !

Hey BongStuff, I saw a card on the `for sale' board at work (& I thought of you!) . Its a Rowland SH101 mono synth, he wants £320. Hes got a bunch of other stuff too but the synth is the star. Any good dja think? Hey Steve, I think I found your head a couple of months back at the Bishopstoke Workingmens Club. It was quite hairy (& chewingummy) & damp. When it fell off did you notice which way it went?

Sorry man, I ment two say monotremata Led Zep & funk ? I asked the chilli peppers like you said but couldnt hang about long for a reply (my head was getting cold in the fridge).

Well I know just as many ways of creating tracks as I do pleasing women. So stop stalling you coy sensitive artistes, spill it! (women or tracks, Im not fussy)

just a minute, all humans play a tad off time. THAT IS NOT THE SAME THING AS LETTING THE TEMPO RUN AWAY!, its part of what the `feel' thing is. In a TV interview several years ago, Mick Fleetwood & John McVie (drummer & bassist - Fleetwood Mac) were asked if they `knew what their sound was'. They did, they said that Mick played a little in front & John a little behind and that they `meet somewhere in the middle' (though you would have to be brilliant to discern this). Computer music is perfect. Now that we are accustomed to it, we can recognise that perfection aint all its cracked up to be. The human bits are where the individualty comes from. & If you are lucky, the magic too.

I see what you mean. Not much to go on. I'll ask around. R

I take it the jx10 is not black & white then? (sorry, I thought I was on darkroomsRus.com for a minute.) Rudi PS BS do you mean monaural? Sounds quite a beast. thanks for the Lowdown!

Boss GT-5 custom patch. WAREHOUSE `A’ WAREHOUSE `A’ It sounds like a some 1950’s Chicago blues lead guitar in a big boomy room (hence the WAREHOUSE moniker) recorded with a little too much gain (teasing in & out the red). Its low, mean & cuts the air like a hammer throw. This is an early patch I did. It has endured & sounds like no other I’ve made since. It sounds different because the effects chain is ordered ALL WRONG. I corrected this after about 18 months but it then sounded bland. I quickly reverted to the original chain. Doing it the wrong way is not too good for clarity, tonal balance etc. but it sounds like it actually should. Obviously it ideally needs a single coil pickup & a clean amp channel. The amp should be slaved to the GT-5 using the effects loop. This means using at least 4 instrument leads. Although, this patch is pretty tolerant of humbuckers and other corruptive hardware. The Expression pedal will accentuate the dirt and add some volume, so that’s good for lead breaks. The patch uses = overdrive / preamp / delay / reverb / pedal assign overdrive/dist ----------------- TYPE crunch DRIVE 50 BASS +14 TREBLE +44 LEVEL 20 preamp --------- TYPE clean twin VOLUME 30 BASS 36 MIDDLE 32 TREBLE 36 PRESENCE 65 MASTER 80 BRIGHT off GAIN high delay ------- NORMAL = dly TYPE = tap DLY TIME 30 ms TAP TIME 50% FEEDBACK 0 DELAY HOLD off DELAY SMOOTH off DELAY HI CUT flat EFFECT LEVEL 70 DIRECT LEVEL 100 reverb -------- ON = P10 TYPE room 1 REV TIME 1.6 s PRE DELAY 5 ms LOW CUT 110 Hz HIGH CUT 8.00 Hz DENSITY 5 EFFECT LEVEL 30 pedal assign ---------------- EXP PEDAL (on) DD: e.level MIN 100 MAX 0 CTL off ASSIGN 1 on ASSIGN 1 TARGET DD : d level TARGET MIN : 0 TARGET MAX: 100 SOURCE exp pedal SOURCE mode normal SOURCE act range Lo : 0 SOURCE act range Hi : 127 ASSIGN 2 TARGET ON : on / off TARGET MIN : off TARGET MAX : on SOURCE CTL PEDAL SOURCE mode toggle

No he doesnt! For pitys sake dont mess with him. I didnt know synths that old had customisable patches. It must be monotone surely? R the D

Didier, KillerJoe, I stayed out of this as I have NO idea who makes Gibson Strings, nor do I use them. I have custom sets made up from Ernie Ball stock packs & occasionally a Rotosound top E to complete it. Didier, what are Gibson strings like? Are they flatwound? special alloy? There must be something about them that gives a clue. Rude One

I no longer (personally) know any bassists that use fingers, even accomplished players that were dedicated to finger style now use picks. All of them endorse what has been said here, its for the sound (and definition) not technical reasons. Many pro players have made that change too, Phil Lesh being an obvious example. Offhand I can only recall Conrad Lozano as keeping the faith as a finger stylist / purist. I wish the bassist in my band would give up picks, or at least give up using MY picks.

John, I see. Makes perfect sense now, thanks. Well I'm going to check out the spec of the current models and cast around to see what the 2nd hand availability is like. Could be a while before I commit though, - have to either save or ram-raid the villiage Post Office on pension day. atb Rudi Do you concider the mastering capabilities of the VS-880 (& VS1680) adaquate on thier own?

Why thats outragous! BongStuff, dont let him get away with that !

Groups ? How does one define a group in a mixing context ? Ru???di

Im no bass player, but I know a few. Apparently Trace Elliot has folded or been bought out. Now the bassist in my band BlownOut is thinking of trading his in because of lack of co. support. Seems an odd attitude but they may be more affordable now. I think every Trace E Ive heard is excellent, though they do tend to be a little `topy' and most strangely of all, they appear uni-directional compared to other makes.

I dont know what these are. I am terribly ignorant I know, but what else you say sounds encouraging! Thanks v much John. atb Rude One

John, Not as such. I had a Zoom 3030 for about 2 weeks. It was fine in operation but I was worried about its light build. Then I took it to a recording studio and the engineer had a problem with its signal. He produced a Boss GT-5 and so we used that. I then went and bought one, mostly because its built for gig-abuse. Boss have replaced it with the GT-6 now, which is cheaper and I have still yet to try. I liked the sounds of the Zoom, but if I were to look afresh now, I would try and find a GT-6 to test drive. Im not much of a tech-head, but I have created custom sounds that come damned close to what is in my head (even it it meant linking the effects chain back to front and inside out). I dont use anything else, but you need an amp with a proper effect `bypass' loop, and a clean channel too.

Didier, My pleasure. I for one would be interested in what picks impress you or settle with (I cant seem to find the old triangular Gibsons anymore). Good luck

You bet! It does make me wonder though, surely a `proper' drummer could produce a realistic kind of track, even if it meant faffing around with the time-placement of certain sounds (playing off time) for improved feel. In the dim past I have attempted this sort of thing but I am not a drummer. The results were ok but a bit hit-n-miss. I didnt intuitively know how to get what I was after.

Absolutely !

John, Did you ever get another unit? If so what ?