soundian

Originally posted by ghost:

Scott - 8pm is probably alright for a pipenslippers case. Your chances of me attending have increased!

Chris - No probs. Glad you like it.

First bands normally on at 7.30. Don't forget to change out of your slippers before running for the bus.

Go to Argos, I'm sure they've got multi-voltage, dual polarity adaptors, much cheapness.

Originally posted by Dave Foyer:

Although it's a much smaller event for this year,

Just thought that might help out huntedbyafreak.

Originally posted by Ibid:

Q being a measure of the resonant properties of a filter. In other words, the higher the Q, the more resonant the filter and the narrower the range of frequencies that are allowed to pass.

I prefer to think of it simply as bandwidth. I know resonance is a term frequently used but it only really happens with high Q values.

Originally posted by texjamm:

What sort of amp are you talking about? The eq may be parametric - this means that you have 2 knobs / sliders for each bass, mid and treble. One of the knobs controls the frequency you want to boost / cut and the other controls the amount of boost / cut thats applied.

Mike

That's not a parametric eq. It's a common misconception but a parametric eq requires a Q control as well. What you've described is a sweep filter. These are also sometimes called semi-parametric but I would reserve that term for when you don't have full Q control, just a switch.

Originally posted by Bob:

You mean, like the entire music business?

No, just the whinging motherfuckers.

Normal EQ is bass,middle and treble. If you understand that it's easy, they've just divided up the three into more parts.

Eg if you have 6 'levers' the first two will control bass frequencies, the second two mid etc.

If the buzzing disappears when he touches the strings/any metal part it's more than likely an earth problem on the guitar. A missing/cold soldered earth wire is prime candidate. Most probably the one on the bridge, that's the one that normally goes. (this should be attached to the outside of the pots as well, one of these missing wil confuse electricity and make it run back and fore 50 times a second trying to find a home, producing a 'buzz').

Originally posted by sludge:

yehh i heard about that. i would say it was me if the reward was free booze but im afraid to say it wasnt. any chance i can get a reward anyway?

It sounds like he fully intends to give the perpetrator a 'free drink'.

Originally posted by Paulscoconutass:

The only thing i'm worried about is that it might reduce the things that make an amp an amp, as i dont think i'll be able to test out a 'combo' like this? Wandering about things like feedback, i'm also sure that you can change the volume and save the patches??..

As David said, you can set the levels on each patch, but my point is most people don't seem to bother.

The amp sims, if they work properly, should simulate feedback as well otherwise it's not really simulating the amp. I think they're a handy tool in a home recording studio where loud amps may not be possible but pretty redundant live unless you had in-ears and no need for a monitor/amp. I could see the point then.

Originally posted by Paulscoconutass:

I was informed that it would be cool to play it through a Keyboard amp???

It would probably reduce the effect that the amp tone would have on it, and i assume it could go loud enough for live venues.... also saves having to rely on the venue having a good p.a.

You were informed correctly. Keyboard amps are pretty much mini PAs and are designed NOT to shape the sound. Guitar amps have to cos guitars sound shit without an amp (or an amp sim).

I've never figured why people use guitar amp sims through guitar amps.

At the end of the day, playing live is much more about your stage presence and your songs than the small difference one of these things will make to the sound of one instrument. It may make your sound slightly better live (room acoustics, band dynamics etc will kill most of the perceived improvements) but it won't make people like your band any better.

Multi-effect pedals are more trouble than they're worth IMHO, unless they're in the hands of someone who understands how a band sound works, not just one instrument. I always get more unexpected volume jumps/drops with a multi-FX pedal user than someone with 10-20 seperates.

Originally posted by Ibid:

I find it incredible that bands after putting in so much work and heartbreak are being paid a measly 10 or nothing at all. These venues are raking in a fortune and getting what is basically free entertainment.

If I send a band or act to Aberdeen, I won't let them get out of bed for less than 200-and that's for a solo or a duo! Agents in Aberdeen frequently get their acts twice this and more depending on how popular the act is.

It's exploitation. Of course I'm talking pro acts here, but even young bands, playing part time and writing their own material should be getting half decent money. Frankly, I'm appalled.

The venues I work in certainly don't rake in a fortune. Most venues who put on local bands doing their own stuff teeter on a knife edge financially. If bands got paid more, there would be no venues for them to play in. Once a band has proved their pulling power the money they can ask for goes up. That's how it works.

You must have this image of hundreds of screaming fans at every gig and the promoter sitting in the corner counting his loot. Believe me, it's completely different to that.

Originally posted by David:

for computer recording they are great, havent tried one live but again, i know of people who have done this regularly and its worked great. plug it into the pa and get all your sound through the monitors (not an onstage amp)

What if the venue doesn't have good monitors? I've heard enough horror stories about venues with little or no monitoring that I would never be comfortable without an amp.

I also find that the levels on the patches varies wildly when I DI these things. I don't know why, maybe the levels have been set on headphones?

Originally posted by Graham:

Thanks for the info! Its a bit clearer now.

I hope your not talking about Spellcheckers post. Confused the fuck out of me.

Originally posted by Graham:

Just wondering if anyone could explain MIDI for me? Like what its about and what it can be used for. I noticed that my sampler has MIDI ports on the back of it and I'm also getting a Microkorg synth in the next few days and I think its MIDI compatible, but I was wondering what this will enable them to do? At college we did some basic MIDI stuff but it was just recording a song using a keyboard and cubase, but I'm guessing there is more that can be done with it.

If your samplers got a sequencer you can play the keyboard with that, leaving your hands free for other musical mischief. Your manuals for both the sampler and the keyboard should have some basic info on how to hook it up.

The Foyer is running a basic MIDI course soon. There's info on a thread on this forum.

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Fat Hippy Records - Aberdeen's only real record label.

Originally posted by Bob:

Carjack, Lithium, Tam O' Shantie even. DDGRecords looks like it may get its ass in gear very soon.

Well maybe that's maybe the case.... maybe.

I thought Lithium was defunct. Since DDGR hasn't got it's arse in gear that's two, not lot's. Although even the existence of one is enough to prove the claim wrong, which was your point I think.

Re: Re: Re: Re: Fat Hippy Records - Aberdeen's only real record label.

Originally posted by Bob:

Was it not you that did the sound on Quik's "Here Comes the Fall" as released by Carjack?

"Who gives a flying fuck" was my initial reaction too. One thing that does puzzle me is that when Fat Hippy started part of the concept was, I believe, to release CDs from different bands and to rarely, if indeed ever, release two things from one artist.

I think the concept was to re-invest whatever money came back into different bands all the time and to give everyone a chance.

But then came 2 F19 EPs and after Funktree and Karloff both having released EPs I now see they are doing albums too.

So that part of it seems to have fallen by the wayside a little.

It was the' lots' part I was wondering about.'Lots of other labels...'

Maybe these bands you mentioned have put enough money in the fat hippy coffers to justify a second release. Maybe they've made enough to fund a debut release by another band as well. Maybe the bands like the label and want to stay on it. Maybe inflexible business plans are a bad idea. Maybe these second releases will sell well and provide money for several bands, instead of just one or two.

If they'd stopped releasing stuff by new bands I would worry, until then it's still close to the original concept.

Re: Re: exotic scales....?

Originally posted by Rob Karloff:

As used by Metallica in "Wherever I may Roam", unless Rob's ears and fingers deceive him....

Great feel to it, eh?

Try chucking in the 3rd fret on the E string as well. Instant pink panther.

Compress before distortion. I'd compress before wah as well unless it's multi-band compression. The bassier notes/sounds will get compressed more otherwise.

I'm sure a poll entitled 'sexiest member of teh weapin' would've sparked an intense musical debate.

Re: Re: Fat Hippy Records - Aberdeen's only real record label.

Originally posted by Bob:

There are lots of other labels in this city that are just as "real",

Are there?

I'd phone up PA hire companies. They're the most likely to have one lying about not doing much.

Try concert systems or bonza (I can't rmember the addresses but a search will find them easily). They've got a decent turnover of second-hand gear.

Originally posted by =ShaunF=:

Ok, thanks for all the help.

Check your 13 amp please. I've been paranoid about this ever since I was the first bass player to play a venue after the last one died on stage. They never told me until 5 mins before we started. Bastards!

This was before the days of RCDs, but nevertheless, check your plugs.

(I love RCDs, they've saved my life at least twice, all hail RCDs)

Originally posted by =ShaunF=:

So my best bet is to take it to a tech?

I reckon.

The only other thing I can think of is it's maybe a bit of wire which feels a bit like a shock when you touch it. It's a long shot but I've seen people fooled before.

Originally posted by =ShaunF=:

Yeh, it has a battery and I usually get shocked when it's not plugged into my amp.

That's weird. 9V DC shouldn't be giving you much of a shock, as you'll know if you've ever put a 9V battery on your tounge.

Check the 13 amp plug on your amp just to be on the safe side. My first thought was a dodgy earth.