Recent content by IronSpatula

Incorporating open strings like that on upright is very common and a good practice. I find on upright and even EUB the open strings sound more like the fingered notes than on fretless bass guitar, so I use them more frequently. (I think it's something to do with the nut and fingerboard being the...

Making an out-of-tune note in-tune can be done musically and is part of the fun of playing fretless! That skill will also at least partially transfer to other fretless instruments like upright if you ever decide to make the leap. I generally avoid open strings on fretless due to the greater...

I was just looking at them used and was surprised how much value they hold! $400 or more for a beat up one, plus shipping... 😅 I guess they do offer quite a bit of value even at full price, considering how powerful and flexible they are, but still...

"10+ musicians" 😂 Unless they're happy with their current coverage, seems like they would seriously benefit from offering more than a month of free trial until they get their weight up. 🤷🏻‍♂️ I think Planning Center is in a great position to pull something like this off. Like a "Find a...

Great review. Their implementation of two different compression circuits in parallel is quite intriguing, and your description of their behavior makes it even more so. Sounds like it could be great for virtuosic metal playing a la Jacob Umansky. Although there's not room for much of that in my...

He certainly has an engineer's obsession with workflow and details. Though it makes his videos a bit long it's not a bad thing, and it's all well thought out. But I do think his preference for a single preset that uses up scenes or snapshots for a "layer" to dial in a room is just that, a...

Is that an optical illusion, or do I see a Cirrus headstock set up for octave courses in the back?!

All Sufficient Merit would be great on fretless! Might have to try that next time we play it...

Haven't heard of these. I'll be looking into them!

He's more machine now than man...

Bingo. I'll write in note values for grooves and hairpins for crescendos and diminuendos. Sometimes (more often on guitar) I'll find space to draw five lines and actually write a hook out in standard notation. The pianists do that a lot, actually.

Of course! I think that's a healthy perspective. Many churches as organizations aren't exactly nimble in adjusting to things. Sometimes that can lend an element of stability. Other times it's just frustrating to see a path to improvement but not be given the OK to implement it. 😅 Our church...

Planning Center is great. You've already used it, and I don't want to get too redundant with good information that's already been shared, so I'll try to stick to my own experience with a couple of teams. Hopefully it's relevant! In my first MD position over a decade ago, I convinced the lead...

If I'm working with a less-experienced WL or MD I try to phrase any concerns I have as constructive questions. Like "If you want us to do X instead of the usual Y, what would you like us to do to keep A from interfering with B?" And if they don't have an answer ready (they might not if it's a...

Aside from the obvious approach of using the VT as the "amp" and DI after the HX, you could try putting it in the FX loop for gain/grit and using an IR in the HX instead of the speaker sim. That would also open up possibilities for parallel routing if you want to say, thicken it with a more...