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Hi If anyone is interested in contributing an instrument specific article to Songstuff, please PM me or send a message through the Contact Songstuff link on most site pages! Thanks! John

Hey Did you get this sorted out? Cheers John

Hey RIAA win their court challenge... http://www.pcmag.co.uk/news/1156997 Cheers John

Hey Well, shit happens. John

Hey Somehow I think they're in the minority Nigel. Most people don't seem to give a toss. Call me an old cynic... : Cheers John

Hey I've not played a gig that hasn't turned out well, but there have been a 'few' dodgy moments: Picture the scene. Halfway through a set it's time for the slow thoughtful number. The song starts with a long-ish solo acoustic guitar, the tension builds, and then the vocals start. I'm half-way through the first line when ............................ the guitar strap breaks and the acoustic lands on the stage! It late in the gig, down to the last few songs. We decide to play 'House of the Rising Sun' , the song's going well, and the crowd are gettting in to it. I reach for my guitar ready to smoothly go into the next track. I'm still holding the mike. Unfortunately the guitar is sitting in a small pool of beer (roadies huh?) and while singing the final note I'm getting an electric shock.... at least I held on till the end of the note. Cheers John

Hey I forgot to say, the power supply to your amp should be filtered too. If you amp is vulnerable to mains noise (a lot are) then filtering it's supply will help. You can spot this easily. Try getting someone to plug in something in another room and then turn it on. You'll probably get an audible click through your speakers. Cheers John

Hey Dave Well, it can be a bit of hassle changing the power supply on your PC. So Dell say, get another power supply, and then we'll send you one. Do they expect you to have spare ones lying about? And if you get one, why would you need one from them? You can get 4 way gangs with power supply filtering at PC world. Of course, replacing the filter may reduce the need for it, but I don't think you can over filter the power supply! Cheers John

Hey Didier What monitors do you use with this? Cheers John

Hi Yet again, another interesting titbit from the Songstuff news streams: http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectI...5829FF45608071E Cheers John

Hey Didier True, but the Music industry is unlike most others. For a start, as well as the global trend where the average music spend is down, the industry is undergoing a technology revolution at the same time. The revolution is from distribution, to marketing to media. The availability of many of these features to smaller labels, publishing houses and bands and musicians is completely changing the business models throughout. Like the computer revolution, some lumbering giants adjust, some do not, and new front runners emerge. It's an interesting time to be a Musician! Cheers John

Hey My Composer Pro is great. It's flexible, easy to use and the quality is pretty good. But, I have to say the Ultrapatch is excellent for the money! It's so easy to configure. Cheers John

No, but it's still a fairly large loss.

Hey mooneyes It's that kind of technical analysis that's missing in the world today... Cheers John

Hey Dave! Great to see you back on the boards. Hmmm - Digital cross talk. You can get a similar problem with audio and Midi leads. Is the lead to your amp close to your power cable? It sounds like the Mains power circuitry is not well insulated from the digital signals within the computer. Solution: try and physically separate the power cable and the audio cable. It could also be leakage directly through the mains (digital noise spills on to the laptop mains, which travels through the mains circuit to the mains input on your amp). The best solution to this is power supply filtering on the lap top and amp. Cheers John

Hey I found this in the Songstuff news streams: http://www.asianage.com/main.asp?layout=2&...&RF=DefaultMain Cheers John

Hey Come on Steve. We're waiting... Cheers John

Hey Nice. It would save a lot of hassle. Cheers John

Hey mooneyes You mention several pros and cons. The trouble is that these things are pretty much a grey area. Fundamentally: For you: Is it just for fun, or a future career? For him: Is it just for fun, or a future career? If these answers don't match you will probably go your own ways eventually anyway. Only then you all resent each other. For either fun or future career you have to say, how important is playing gigs? Obviously if it's just fun it comes down to how much you want to play gigs. If it's a career thing, it has to come down to how important playing gigs is to your overall strategy. For the guitarist, if he wants a career, then he has to work out how he can play gigs, or work in the industry in a different way (songwriter/producer etc instead of performer). Anything else is not really being fair to himself or others. Is there a way you can do gigs without the guitarist? If you plan to get signed, put out CD etc, playing gigs is not really that important (I hear the traditionalists balk). Many artists have made it on the strength of their recordings. However, that mold isn't normally used for pop acts, unless they are primarily being marketed on their looks. So, for me it comes down to your purpose and strategy. If the match, great, if they don't, there's problems. Cheers John

Hey Indie labeles and itunes: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/?http://www.pcpro.c...ry.php?id=60380 Cheers John

Hey John Thanks. It looks good. I wonder if these guys would consider lettinf Songstuff re-publish this? Hmmm.... Cheer John

Hey I did find this list of reviews on the ION: http://www.harmony-central.com/Synth/Data/...sis/ION-01.html Cheers John

Hey Sorry mooneyes. I had a look around, found a couple of reviews on google, but no sound samples. Have you tried either synth yet? I'll keep an eye out. Cheers John

Hey All Thanks for your answers! Cheers John

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