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That sounds good, I'll give that a shot. Thanks. While I'm on a roll here, I just bought a new Martin HD-35. Would it be suicidally stupid and reckless to try and remove the pickguard? I've done a bit of investigating and it seems like a simple process involving a hair dryer. Has anyone done that before? stuart scott fucked around with this message at 23:02 on Aug 13, 2012 |
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stuart scott irl posted:What's a good way to mic an acoustic fretless bass? It has a pickup that I'm not too in love with. I have a stereo pair of condensers that I use in an x/y setup to record my acoustic guitar, but I can't seem to find a sweet spot for mic'ing the bass like that; it comes off dull and doesn't really cut through. Have you tried combined the signal from the pickup and the mics? Adding the pickup may give you enough presence to cut through.
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Aug 14, 2012 00:43
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Does anyone have any book suggestions for theory? In a perfect world it would have exercises or something. I really dislike having to look at a web page for this sort of thing. I guess if there is an incredible site with exercises or questions or activities I'd be interested in knowing about that too. I'm learning guitar if that matters.
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Aug 14, 2012 11:53
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moctopus posted:Does anyone have any book suggestions for theory? In a perfect world it would have exercises or something. For guitar-centric chord theory you can't do much better than Ted Greene's stuff. http://www.amazon.com/Chord-Chemistry-Ted-Greene/dp/0898986966/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344943192&sr=8-1&keywords=ted+greene and http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Chord-...ords=ted+greene and finally http://www.amazon.com/Jazz-Guitar-Single-Soloing-Volume/dp/0769209726/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1344943192&sr=8-3&keywords=ted+greene Ted Greene has literally forgotten more about guitar than most of us will ever learn. He's no longer with us but there's a website up with a lot of his lessons and stuff on it that is also very helpful.
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I want to learn how to play Banjo. What is a good first time Banjo and starters guide?
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Aug 14, 2012 19:37
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moctopus posted:Does anyone have any book suggestions for theory? In a perfect world it would have exercises or something. Mark Sarnecki's "Complete Elementary Music Rudiments" is terrific. It's a 300 page workbook of pure exercises (with explanatory material) to take you from reading staff notation through intervals, chords, modes, scales, melody, and cadences. Ricky Rooksby's "How to Write Songs on Guitar" is also great. It's guitar-specific, aimed at pop/rock players (in terms of examples), and focuses on how chords and chord progressions are constructed, scales, and general discussion of songwriting. The Ted Greene books that butros recommended are excellent but HARD. They are aimed primarily at jazz players, they are awesomely chocked full of info, but they are extremely rigorous and challenging.
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This is probably a dumb question, but is it possible to control MIDI based VSTis with a regular rear end electric guitar? I know you can get a MIDI pickup, but I can't afford to be buying any gear at the moment. I've been getting into electronic stuff but I can't play keyboard with any sort of confidence, but I'm a decent guitar player. I like to improvise a lot too and guitar is my instrument of choice for that. I mean, I have a MIDI controller, but I just plain suck at keys.
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Thanks for the help!
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Aug 15, 2012 12:03
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cat doter posted:This is probably a dumb question, but is it possible to control MIDI based VSTis with a regular rear end electric guitar? I know you can get a MIDI pickup, but I can't afford to be buying any gear at the moment. I've been getting into electronic stuff but I can't play keyboard with any sort of confidence, but I'm a decent guitar player. I like to improvise a lot too and guitar is my instrument of choice for that. You can with this http://www.sonuus.com/products_g2m.html The problem is that it's monophonic so you can do chords or even double stops.
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Aug 15, 2012 14:20
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So I'm wanting to start the process of creating my own album. The problem is I don't really understand how to edit sounds and stuff in my DAW I guess. I can use their stock sounds, and pan stuff around to create a semi horrible mix but that's about it. Where do I start to figure out how to create the exact bass sound I want or the synth sound that I'm looking for in Logic Express 8? I want to do mostly everything midi except for strummed guitar parts which I'll have a buddy record for me. So yeah, any help? I'm not really sure where to start.
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Aug 15, 2012 22:50
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HollisBrown posted:You can with this http://www.sonuus.com/products_g2m.html Probably better to just modify one of my cheap guitars with a midi pickup then.
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Aug 16, 2012 03:12
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http://www.ebay.com/sch/Guitar-/3858/i.html?_nkw=rock+band+squier You might be amazed how cheap a Rock Band Squier Stratocaster is these days. Fully functioning MIDI guitar.
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Warcabbit posted:http://www.ebay.com/sch/Guitar-/3858/i.html?_nkw=rock+band+squier I have Rock Band 3 so I guess it'd be cool to use it with that as well! Anyone have one of these things? Do they feel cheap? What about the action? I hate lovely cheap guitars with high action. Not that I'm saying all squiers are like that though.
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Aug 17, 2012 06:38
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cat doter posted:I have Rock Band 3 so I guess it'd be cool to use it with that as well!
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I just bought my fiancee a ukulele and it's not staying in tune. I play guitar, but steel string, and her uke is nylon strings, so I'm not familiar with how they behave. Is it normal for nylon strings to take more time breaking in before they'll hold a tune consistently, or do we have other problems? Is it possible that it's how the strings are wound on the pegs or the bridge? I don't think the tuners themselves are slipping, but I'm not sure.
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Aug 26, 2012 20:22
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Yeah I have nylon strings on my acoustic and it can sometimes take a few tunings before you get them to stay in tune.
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I'm looking for a non-leather strap that is built like a leather one (with no plastic/metal bits). Basically, I want to leave the strap on when I put my bass/guitar in their case and don't want parts to scuff/dent up the instrument. I have some leather straps but I find them a little too short and grippy on my clothes, so I would like to try a nylon or whatever one, but I can't find any at all.
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Did you try turning your leather strap around so that the slippery side is against your clothes?
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muike posted:Did you try turning your leather strap around so that the slippery side is against your clothes? Yes, one of them does have a slippery side and it does help with that. I am trying to get into the habit of using strap locks more so I want to get a few more straps to keep with specific instruments, I'm just hoping to find some non-leather ones that meet my needs.
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If I'm not worried about a strap looking stylish, I'm happy with a basic polypropylene strap: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/accessories/ernie-ball-2-poly-strap
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I bought a pair of M-Audio BX8a's, and am experiencing some very faint static which I believe is from AC interference from my power source. I've read a bit about AC sound filters but don't really know what exactly I should buy. The sound persists whether or not the monitors are plugged into a sound source. I can't hear it unless i put my ear right up next to the tweeter, but I'd still like to get rid of it if feasibly possible. Some googling lead me to this: http://www.amazon.com/Behringer-UCA202-Audio-Interface/dp/B000KW2YEI Would it solve the problem I'm having? Other suggestions would be great.
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Sep 2, 2012 22:40
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h_double posted:If I'm not worried about a strap looking stylish, I'm happy with a basic polypropylene strap: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/accessories/ernie-ball-2-poly-strap
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Sgt. Slaughter posted:I bought a pair of M-Audio BX8a's, and am experiencing some very faint static which I believe is from AC interference from my power source. I've read a bit about AC sound filters but don't really know what exactly I should buy. The sound persists whether or not the monitors are plugged into a sound source. I can't hear it unless i put my ear right up next to the tweeter, but I'd still like to get rid of it if feasibly possible. Not really. That unit's not necessarily intended for that purpose, and Behringer gear generally introduces more noise in my experience. What are you outputting from to the BX8s? Do you have an audio interface? I have some 5as and have never really gotten rid of this problem, though using a power strip that does line isolation and delivers a consistent voltage helps. I also drive them through a PreSonus audiobox, which seems to be really susceptible to RF interference, so depending on your source you might be getting noise from other sources than the speakers themselves.
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Sgt. Slaughter posted:I bought a pair of M-Audio BX8a's, and am experiencing some very faint static which I believe is from AC interference from my power source. I've read a bit about AC sound filters but don't really know what exactly I should buy. The sound persists whether or not the monitors are plugged into a sound source. I can't hear it unless i put my ear right up next to the tweeter, but I'd still like to get rid of it if feasibly possible. Definitely make sure you are are using an audio interface or mixer with balanced outputs to feed the monitors (that Behringer does not have balanced outs), using balanced (XLR or TRS) cables. You might want to look into a power conditioner (Fuhrman makes several, I personally use one by Alesis); if you get one, try to get one locally from someplace that will let you return it if it doesn't do the trick. Also, google "ground loop isolation" and do some reading. h_double fucked around with this message at 05:58 on Sep 3, 2012 |
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Sgt. Slaughter posted:I bought a pair of M-Audio BX8a's, and am experiencing some very faint static which I believe is from AC interference from my power source. I've read a bit about AC sound filters but don't really know what exactly I should buy. The sound persists whether or not the monitors are plugged into a sound source. I can't hear it unless i put my ear right up next to the tweeter, but I'd still like to get rid of it if feasibly possible. Is it a constant humming or a high-pitched beeplybeep, a bit like a dial-up modem in the distance?
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Why is it that when I listen to the sound of the microphones through the interface, the sound is slightly different when recorded on the DAW? Using SONAR by the way...
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Hammer Floyd posted:Why is it that when I listen to the sound of the microphones through the interface, the sound is slightly different when recorded on the DAW? How is the sound different from one to the other? Are you listening to the same sources through the same outputs in both cases? Headphones or speakers? Often it's got something to do with either your interface or your software's AD/DA conversion. Most interfaces send a fairly passive analog signal to the speaker and headphone outs, while converting to digital to send to your DAW. Usually the quality of the AD/DA converters can be a major price point factor with interfaces, so depending on how good your interface is that could definitely be a potential reason.
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Comfortably Numb is in Bm, and seems to switch to D major for the bridge (which goes D - A - C - G). Isn't the C sharp in the key of D major? Why can we use a natural C?
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Colonel J posted:Comfortably Numb is in Bm, and seems to switch to D major for the bridge (which goes D - A - C - G). Isn't the C sharp in the key of D major? Why can we use a natural C? Do you mean the C chord or the note C? If you mean why is there are C chord in the chorus, well the chorus just changes key. The D and the A are in D the C and the G are in C and you just have to change with the chords.
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HollisBrown posted:Do you mean the C chord or the note C? If you mean why is there are C chord in the chorus, well the chorus just changes key. The D and the A are in D the C and the G are in C and you just have to change with the chords. I meant the C chord in the bridge and chorus. All these key changes confuse me a bit but I'm getting the hang of it slowly. edit: Playing it right now I'm not less confused. The chorus goes code:Colonel J fucked around with this message at 14:00 on Sep 7, 2012 |
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Sep 7, 2012 13:47
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Colonel J posted:I meant the C chord in the bridge and chorus. All these key changes confuse me a bit but I'm getting the hang of it slowly. The G makes less sense to me, C would be a vii chord in the key of D, which makes sense to resolve to D, but since it goes to the G first it's a little odd. Though writing this out reminds me that we talked about something like this in my music theory classes in college, something about relative keys?
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Epi Lepi posted:The G makes less sense to me, C would be a vii chord in the key of D, which makes sense to resolve to D, but since it goes to the G first it's a little odd. Though writing this out reminds me that we talked about something like this in my music theory classes in college, something about relative keys? Cm Would the vii not C maj. It basically just modulates down a whole step, there's not really a whole to "get" here. The G chord is the maj IV which makes a ton of sense. The G to D isn't really meant to be a resolution as the phrase doesn't really end there, but if you wanted to think of it as a resolution IV to I is called a plagal cadence. The G chord in this tune is in both keys so it can serve as place to move between the keys, but you don't really need to, just use a D major scale over the D and A or hell even an A major scale would work, then move everything down a whole step to a C maj scale. If you transcribe his solo you can see that he's basically just playing the notes out of the chord with some passing tones here and there. Edit: You got me all hosed up. There would be a C#dim chord in D not Cm. Hollis Brownsound fucked around with this message at 17:03 on Sep 7, 2012 |
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So to summarize: there's a key change in the chorus, but only for one bar, when they play the C chord. That's it?
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Colonel J posted:So to summarize: there's a key change in the chorus, but only for one bar, when they play the C chord. That's it? No I would say for 2 bars. The G is the V chord of C, you could treat it as the IV of D but it will sound better as related to C.
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HollisBrown posted:No I would say for 2 bars. The G is the V chord of C, you could treat it as the IV of D but it will sound better as related to C. It's all my bad, for some reason I was thinking G was VI and screwing myself up. And then I wrote minor 7 chord instead of major. Looking at it again, wouldn't you say the C is fitting into that rule where you can substitute VII chords for V chords? In that case, it isn't really even changing keys. gently caress, I can't remember how it all works and it's only been a year since I took a theory class. I need to brush up.
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Epi Lepi posted:It's all my bad, for some reason I was thinking G was VI and screwing myself up. And then I wrote minor 7 chord instead of major. Looking at it again, wouldn't you say the C is fitting into that rule where you can substitute VII chords for V chords? In that case, it isn't really even changing keys. gently caress, I can't remember how it all works and it's only been a year since I took a theory class. I need to brush up. Son, you are waaaaaay over thinking a rock progression. Also there wouldn't be a substitution since he is already using a natural V chord. I'm not saying there aren't other ways to think about this, but for improvisational purposes I think thinking about it in 2 keys going I-V, I-V is the easiest.
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HollisBrown posted:Son, you are waaaaaay over thinking a rock progression. Also there wouldn't be a substitution since he is already using a natural V chord. Thanks a lot Hollis, you've been very helpful! I didn't know changing keys like that right in the middle of a chorus was A Thing. I thought key changes were a bit more, "static" or predictable if you will, like at the start of a measure or something.
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Colonel J posted:Thanks a lot Hollis, you've been very helpful! I didn't know changing keys like that right in the middle of a chorus was A Thing. I thought key changes were a bit more, "static" or predictable if you will, like at the start of a measure or something. Well you just have to remember it's rock music, so the "rules" are practically nonexistent. Also that song is suuuuuper slow. If you had that same progression going by at 180 bpm I would approach it differently. It's all context.
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Would a djembe or bongos be better for jamming with an acoustic guitar?
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HollisBrown posted:Well you just have to remember it's rock music, so the "rules" are practically nonexistent. Just out of curiosity, what would it change for you?
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