It's going to be a lovely weekend weather wise.
I may put on something floaty and wander along the canal bank on Saturday and check out the brightly coloured barges.

(No strikethroughs leaving the words anal please).

Anyone else going anything genteel this weekend?
( girlinthehole, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 14:31, 104 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

barges bargees.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Thu 22 Apr 2010, 14:32, Reply)

That's what you get from an Indian takeaway.

( girlinthehole, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 14:34, Reply)

Really though.
With any luck I'll be celebrating something wonderful.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Thu 22 Apr 2010, 14:34, Reply)

Christ's birth was a few months ago.

( girlinthehole, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 14:35, Reply)

2000 years ago shurely?
No, if this comes off you will be well impressed, it's definitely genteel. If it does i'll post it to you to play with.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Thu 22 Apr 2010, 14:36, Reply)

I'm not playing with anything that comes off you.

( girlinthehole, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 14:37, Reply)

Yeah. Miniature ain't much fun.

(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Thu 22 Apr 2010, 14:38, Reply)

Well, "anal bank" would just sound weird.
My band is finally getting recorded! I know I've mentioned it already this week, but sod it, I'm excited, and hopefully the rest of you can feed vicariously off my excitement.

I am less excited at the prospect that I may well be going through a Pod rather than a proper bass amp.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 14:34, Reply)

Rock and roll music is hardly genteel.

( girlinthehole, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 14:35, Reply)

This is true.
But I think of us as a blues band. Not that that's much more genteel. I'm just not very genteel, on the whole. I must try harder.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 14:36, Reply)

I love the blues.
You now have my interest. Let me know how it goes.
( girlinthehole, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 14:38, Reply)

Oh, don't worry
I probably won't be able to stop rabbiting about it on Monday.

It will be a shame to miss out on the beautiful sunny weather we're supposed to get on Sunday, but hopefully it will be worth such a sacrifice.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 14:40, Reply)

in all the studio work I've ever done
we've never put a bass through an amp. it's always D.I.'ed. you'd never know.

just to reassure you, like.
(beanojam isn't really Ricardo Flange, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:00, Reply)

Yeah, having read some positive reviews of this pod, I'm less worried
But still sceptical.

Basically the sound I want is something similar to John Entwistle's sound on the The Who's Substitute, but then I've played through plenty of bass amps which are designed not to distort and found them equally frustrating, so I'm probably getting unnecessarily het up about this.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:04, Reply)

line6 stuff is the shit
honest. although i can only speak from experience with their guitar stuff...
(beanojam isn't really Ricardo Flange, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:10, Reply)

Really?
Our guitarist went through a Line6 Spider once and it sounded fucking terrible. The clean sound had absolutely nothing going for it.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:12, Reply)

i don't know about live
but their pedals are good, and for studio use they're very handy.

i used a line6 PODxt before (the rack version) and that was awesome.

Having said that, Meshuggah use Line6 racks going straight into a PA live, and they sound fucking immense.
(beanojam isn't really Ricardo Flange, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:53, Reply)

Line6 are all about effects
not clean sound

for clean you need valves. fact.

I've used the pod for effects on the guitar before, and never really found it that satisfying. Better distortions from my marshall, or my boss pedal, delay isn't quite right etc.

can't help much with bass recording though, we have a double bass and used DI from the piezo pickup and two room mikes.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:55, Reply)

I use guitar rig at home
that's pretty damn good at everything except really distorted stuff.
(beanojam isn't really Ricardo Flange, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:59, Reply)

I suspect that my issue stems from going into the pod
and then into the mixing desk, rather than experiencing the effects through an amp or PA. I could never get it sounding meaty enough.

The phaser/flanger and all that work nicely, but the rest just didn't do it for me.

I'm not big on using effects other than distortion and delay for the most part though (using them myself that is, I like to listen to them)

I've gone old school now and use a fender valve amp, a boss blues driver and a boss delay pedal. glorious sounds!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:02, Reply)

i concur
although i'm lacking in funds for valve amps at the moment. spent all my money on bass stuff!
(beanojam isn't really Ricardo Flange, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:06, Reply)

it's unbelievable how nice the clean sound on a valve amp is
well, a decent one anyway.

I run an american Strat through a fender blues junior and it sounds beautiful.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:08, Reply)

an american Strat through a fender blues junior and it sounds beautiful the B3ta bumlords club - would you care to join?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 17:08, Reply)

I feel somewhat maligned on the bass guitar
Probably from my bad (and very limited) studio experience when the 'engineer' clearly couldn't be arsed and just plugged me straight into the desk and compressed the sound to fuck. Supposedly this Pod models amps, so if I can talk it into modelling a slightly overdriven bass head through a couple of nice 15" speakers, we'll get along fine. If not, I may have to have a massive flounce.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:01, Reply)

edit: what I put here before was wrong. what you say should be pretty much achievable but
you might be better off getting them to model an amp in the mixing software, that way you can record a dry signal and then piss about with it more in production.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:03, Reply)

This is true
Although it may be a little off-putting if we're recording 'as live.'

My main concern is the song in which the bass is the lead instrument, but maybe I'll just to have to ask them to turn me up in the monitors and then, as you suggest, piss about with it afterwards.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:05, Reply)

I did it with my guitar last time we recorded
DI into the desk, through a hastily chosen, but suitable amp model in Logic, so I could hear it in the headphones/monitors, then ran the signal back out through my real amp afterwards.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:06, Reply)

This is also an option, I guess
We're planning to blitz through everything and take it all home to mix on our drummer's computer, so I could always just get a decent take of everything and then run the signal back through my Laney afterwards.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:08, Reply)

it's definitely worth considering
although you would need to get at least a couple of mikes on your amp to make sure you capture it nicely.

means you can loop it back through your amp and fiddle with the settings while it is playing which is pretty handy.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:09, Reply)

Normally with a bass amp
I believe it's enough to get a mike in front of the speaker and probably a line out from the preamp. Might try and get a room mic in place for the solo though!
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:15, Reply)

yeah, that sounds good.
there's nothing worse than recording and not being happy with the sound, which is why I recommend recording it DIed. Gives you more options after the fact
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:17, Reply)

I couldn't afford the Line 6 one
I had to go for the Behringer Bass V-Amp. It's pretty good, but I imagine that Line 6 is so good it sucks you off while you're playing.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:13, Reply)

my experience is that the behringer and line 6 stuff are much the same

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:03, Reply)

behringer stuff is arse
fact.
(beanojam isn't really Ricardo Flange, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:06, Reply)

I bow to your superior experience
as mine is limited
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:07, Reply)

It's not pro equipment I'll give you that
and their monitor speakers were shit compared the Fostex ones I ended up buying. BUT. For a very basic home studio set up it sounds good and is a fraction of the price of other equipment.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:10, Reply)

did I get you to listen to the stuff my mate and I recorded a while back?
and if so, or even if not, did you see that I posted a link to the second part?

would be interested to hear your horrible abuse on the back of it
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:12, Reply)

send me a link to both parts and I'll listen to them now.

(Bazongaloid, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:16, Reply)

only got one online at the moment
as had to use yousendit due to the size
link

edit: stupid https

this is part 2. It's a mere 27 minutes. part 1 was 38 I think.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:18, Reply)

Are there websites where you can host mp3s in the same way you can host photos on flickr?

(Bazongaloid, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:24, Reply)

like myspace?
indeed, but the files are too big because it's 27 min piece of music
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:26, Reply)

I meant something better than myspace
is that your only option?
(Bazongaloid, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:29, Reply)

Who played the drums?
or did you use a machine?
(Bazongaloid, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:30, Reply)

I'm glad I saved the money then

(Bazongaloid, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:07, Reply)

you'd be amazed
what sort of good stuff you can pick up second hand these days. my housemate is continually buying and selling new bits of PA equipment when better stuff comes along.
(beanojam isn't really Ricardo Flange, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:29, Reply)

on reading this
I had a horrible flashback to that awful show Little Britain with the two transvestites insisting they were ladies
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 14:35, Reply)

Yes! that is kind of what I'll look like in something floaty.

( girlinthehole, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 14:36, Reply)

I'm sure it isn't
depends what kind of floaty though. Even the smallest and thinnest of girls can look strangely like trannies in some clothes
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 14:40, Reply)

Pimms
and punting on Sunday
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 14:35, Reply)

I've only tried Pimms recently.
It was lovely. I must get some for the summer.
( girlinthehole, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 14:37, Reply)

Pimms is really nice
and drinking it on a sunny day in a punt is pretty much happiness
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 14:38, Reply)

They do a winter one too.
It's quite nice but always needs more rum.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Thu 22 Apr 2010, 14:38, Reply)

they mix it with warm apple juice though
:(
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 14:40, Reply)

warm apple juice hot yellow piss
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 14:42, Reply)

Mix it?
What's that? Pimms and rum. Winter warmer to die for.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Thu 22 Apr 2010, 14:44, Reply)

Proper Pimms recipe
Pimms
Lemonade
Ginger Beer
Gin (very important)
Apple, orange, cucumber and mint
much ice
profit
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 14:39, Reply)

Tangerines make me fart

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 14:36, Reply)

Your new sig ^

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 17:11, Reply)

My parents are coming to visit because it's my mum's birthday
and then they're going to go on their canal boat for a few days. I might join them on Sunday for actual Pimms and punting. Except canal boats have engines, so it would be pretend punting and would probably just get in the way.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 14:38, Reply)

I'm going to sit by the river and fill up my spank bank.

( Crap Little Monkey Deathstar, so good they built it twice, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 14:40, Reply)

With fish porn?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 14:40, Reply)

Not sure about the weekend
but i'm off to the opera tonight, that's quite genteel.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 14:42, Reply)

going to the beach but it's going to be shitty fucking weather
as the days go by the predictions get worse *sad face*
( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:00, Reply)

and there isn't going to be anything fucking genteel about it
shots, dancing, shots, dancing, other craziness that cannot be shared here
( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:09, Reply)

Why not?

( girlinthehole, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:19, Reply)

because I don't know what's going to happen yet
it will probably involve lesbians, a big black cock and a hotel
( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:22, Reply)

Fucking VooDoo Lesbian Orgy!
Spray that blood, spit that rum and screw those animistic demi-gods. Magic!
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:24, Reply)

is this a song lyric or lolrandom?

( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:28, Reply)

Triggered by the big black cock. (Normal sacrifice).

(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:56, Reply)

Aw man!
*jealouses*
( girlinthehole, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:32, Reply)

I don't think it's going to be all it's cracked up to be

( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:43, Reply)

Choosing lighting and electrical sockets
and hopefully drinking a shandy, maybe even A WHOLE PINT OF SHANDY.

Not remotely genteel but I might wear a dress tent.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:06, Reply)

Aw! I love shandy.
And for some strange reason I now have the urge for Dandalion and Burdock.
( girlinthehole, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:11, Reply)

oooo, that's good stuff. That can be my follow up.

( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:13, Reply)

I fucking love Dandelion and Burdock
all my friends think I'm weird when I bring it to BBQs
(Bazongaloid, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:14, Reply)

D&B is pure evil sugar

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:15, Reply)

And sarsaparilla. Or however the fucking stuff is spelted.

(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:18, Reply)

When you visit Bristol I'll have some Dandelion and Burdock for you.
In my new kitchen.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:20, Reply)

Awwww, can I have the baptism wank in your sink?

(Bazongaloid, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:22, Reply)

Yeah, if Catface doesn't beat you to it
to it off
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:24, Reply)

It is quite possibly the best drink on the planet that isn't alcoholic
Quite hard to find the good stuff in any appreciable quantity though.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:40, Reply)

are you shaped like Mr Greedy yet?

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:25, Reply)

Yeah.
I has a bit of an Internet pregnant fatty wobble the other night when I got upset about having no tops that fitted me anymore. My lovely ma pacified me, went online and ordered me a dress.

Do you make corsets for the third trimester?
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:27, Reply)

Bloody hell!
I've just realised you're due in June aren't you? That's not far away now.
( girlinthehole, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:37, Reply)

I though of maybe a B3ta sweep but it's going to be a zippy birth isn't it?

(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:39, Reply)

*Imagines Rainbow puppet in surgicals*

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:43, Reply)

early July...
but both me and my dear ma were born exactly a month premature, so there's form.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:46, Reply)

Awesome things happen in early July

(Bazongaloid, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:51, Reply)

June 6th
So you can call the baby D-Day.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:52, Reply)

errrrr
I'm not sure encasing the baby in boning is a good idea, it'll come out all funny shaped, like Stewie.

I'm currently learning how to do smocking though so at best I could make you a poorly constructed stretchy top. I do have some awesome cat newspaper fabric which is begging to be used.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:40, Reply)

Sounds quite cool.
I've had my sewing machine out this week, channeling my inner Molly Ringwald, altering voluminous dresses from the charity shop into somewhat more pleasing tent shapes.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:48, Reply)

Did you hold your lipstick between your boobs and then put it on your lips?

(Bazongaloid, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:51, Reply)

If I tried that it would probably go up my nose

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:58, Reply)

sewing is underrated
it's great to see a dress on TV or somewhere and then make a replica. And like when you go shopping for a special occasion and you have something in your head but nothing in the shops is quite right.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:00, Reply)

I'm quite good at sewing.

(Bazongaloid, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:00, Reply)

Stitch that you cunt!

(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:11, Reply)

encasing the
in -

(Sorry, I couldn't resist it...)
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:03, Reply)

my dad
learned to swim in that there canal.

although i am sure many of his stories are apocryphal!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:38, Reply)

swim shag
in on the banks of
(Bazongaloid, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:40, Reply)

Did he use a dead rat as a float?

( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:43, Reply)

float condom
(Bazongaloid, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 15:46, Reply)

hahaha

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 17:15, Reply)

I have tomorrow off but will be working as we are now down to 2 people from 5
doing 30% more work, sigh.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:10, Reply)

Highly unlikely.
I'm hoping for an early one tomorrow, childcare Saturday morning and then my chum's coming to visit and we shall like as not get fucking LANGERED.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 17:15, Reply)