Do you have the multi track for that? If so you could approximate it with a simple saturation plugin. Or I could "reamp" the bass track for you with a finally and let you see what you think.
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Do you have the multi track for that? If so you could approximate it with a simple saturation plugin. Or I could "reamp" the bass track for you with a finally and let you see what you think.
You could do what a lot of us bass players dread is (haha) and knock some low end of that bass in the mix and then bring up the volume. Should be more defined. Bit of gain though definately works though too. I love a 'dirty/clean' bass tone and that is what i go for.
(Disclaimer; Let me say though tones and mixes for that matter are completely subjective and no right or wrong. Your mix sounds nice)
It’s a studio outside Nashville but not really in a position to get the tracks. Still, thanks for the offer!
Well
Well, I'll see how well AI stems it out and give it hell late tonight. It obviously won't be perfect, but it'll give you an idea what it will do to a bass in the mix.
Yes I understand your perspective however Nathan is essentially a one man operation not a fully staffed factory.
He has to take care of himself and his family too. JMHO
I agree with the sentiment, and while more thorough testing helps reduce customer complaints and thereby increases customer satisfaction and company value, none of those things are why I do it. I didn't start building pedals because I wanted a successful business, I did it because music is important. I don't think of sales as numbers, because behind every sale is a musician. So I don't worry about repairs because of the extra work on my end, I worry that someone's gig was ruined, I worry that their tone on the recording won't be as good as they want it to be, I worry that technical issues will prevent someone's enjoyment of musical expression.
I will always appreciate everyone's concern for my wellbeing, I consider everyone here a friend and I feel like I have always been treated as such. I sincerely try to take care of myself as best I can (and my wife and kids are a big motivating factor there), but honestly I really like working on stuff. I like being busy, I like exercising my brain, I like learning and building and improving and just doing things. If nobody bought my pedals I would still be down in my basement building pedals, just not nearly as many, and I would probably get about the same amount of sleep.
I appreciate your philosophy, designs, and hard work Nathan. You're pretty damn awesome, man.
@Sushi Box FX knowing as much about you and your ideals makes me never feel guilty buying yet another of your creations. I can't say that about many of my other pedal purchases, that are all too often a bit Superfluous Expenditures.
Familiar glow in the back, looks like it hasn't been sent back yet and is getting more use:
Yup, we chatted for a bit and he actually asked if he could purchase it (he specifically said he wanted to pay full price) for a friend of his so it's not coming back to me. Super nice guy, I'm beyond thrilled that he enjoyed the pedal and he said he plans to hang onto it for a bit before sending it off to his friend.
So I think I found a contributing factor to why it seems like I have a lot of pedals coming back recently.
I've been building Finally v2 every day for the past eternity, and lately I've been noticing that more units than usual are failing initial play testing, about 25%, and they all have the same symptoms. Everything internally is clean, all voltages are what they're supposed to be, but the audio level is lower than it's supposed to be and there is some loss on the low end.
Today on a whim I swapped a tube from a pedal that passed testing into one of the failed units, and lo and behold it came to life. So I tested the tubes from all of the recent failed units, and every single tube tested bad. These are brand new JJ tubes from an authorized JJ distributor. This made me go through all the tubes from that tube order, and of the 40 tubes in the batch, 6 of them tested bad right out of the box. I have another order that just came in over the weekend, I'm going to test all of them and see how they look, then I'm going to have a conversation with the distributor on Monday. But I guess I will be testing every tube before it gets installed now.
The good news is I have four Finally v2 units that I thought I was going to have to debug, and it turns out they're actually good to go with a good tube now.
I've been building Finally v2 every day for the past eternity, and lately I've been noticing that more units than usual are failing initial play testing, about 25%, and they all have the same symptoms. Everything internally is clean, all voltages are what they're supposed to be, but the audio level is lower than it's supposed to be and there is some loss on the low end.
Today on a whim I swapped a tube from a pedal that passed testing into one of the failed units, and lo and behold it came to life. So I tested the tubes from all of the recent failed units, and every single tube tested bad. These are brand new JJ tubes from an authorized JJ distributor. This made me go through all the tubes from that tube order, and of the 40 tubes in the batch, 6 of them tested bad right out of the box. I have another order that just came in over the weekend, I'm going to test all of them and see how they look, then I'm going to have a conversation with the distributor on Monday. But I guess I will be testing every tube before it gets installed now.
The good news is I have four Finally v2 units that I thought I was going to have to debug, and it turns out they're actually good to go with a good tube now.
You can work out all sorts of technical issues and even design circuits while you sleep. Have a pad and pencil next to your bed for immediate documentation upon waking. As you fall asleep, think about the problem you seek to solve, and let your subconscious go to work.
Even if you don’t get more sleep, you’ll get more done.
Like most, I have also experienced "learning / problem solving" while sleeping, mostly incidentally. However, when I try to do that on purpose, I tend to sleep worse. For example, I played bass and sang today with our small choir in church and had to learn the bass voice for some songs in short time (I usually sing tenor, but several bass singers were not available today). So I practised singing and playing before I went to sleep yesterday, and although this somehow "works", the notes seemed to be very present in my sleep subconsciously...
So there might be a price to pay.
I agree with the sentiment, and while more thorough testing helps reduce customer complaintsand thereby increases customer satisfaction and company value, none of those things are why I do it. I didn't start building pedals because I wanted a successful business, I did it because music is important. I don't think of sales as numbers, because behind every sale is a musician. So I don't worry about repairs because of the extra work on my end, I worry that someone's gig was ruined, I worry that their tone on the recording won't be as good as they want it to be, I worry that technical issues will prevent someone's enjoyment of musical expression.
I will always appreciate everyone's concern for my wellbeing, I consider everyone here a friend and I feel like I have always been treated as such. I sincerely try to take care of myself as best I can (and my wife and kids are a big motivating factor there), but honestly I really like working on stuff. I like being busy, I like exercising my brain, I like learning and building and improving and just doing things. If nobody bought my pedals I would still be down in my basement building pedals, just not nearly as many, and I would probably get about the same amount of sleep.
TL;DR. So you have based your company on your restlessness and try to monetarize your missing sleep?
funkybassplayer
Commercial User
Well that's wild! First full gig with my Finally v2 last night and it sounded amazing and worked perfectly fine as far as I can tell. If mine had a bad tube I guess I'd have been able to tell by now?
Yeah it seems like they start to show signs after an hour or so of use. If you've run it more than an hour with no problems you should be good to go.
Fortunately it only takes me 30-45 seconds to run a tube through the tube tester, so I don't need to add that extra hour to my process since screening the tubes woth the tester should catch these.
funkybassplayer
Commercial User
Right on. Yeah I've got prolly dozen hours on it so far and haven't noticed any changes. Thanks!
Do yourself and your family a favor, next time you see a doctor ask if you can have a prescription for a bottle of nitro.
I get very little sleep because my bone disease is extremely painful and it stresses my heart out so I always carry a bottle of Nitro-lingual with me, if you get a heart attack you just spray some nitro under your tongue and it opens your blood vessels up.
It's a cheap safeguard to have in your pocket, you don't realize you need it until you really do need it
The downside is it gives you a splitting headache if you use it, it's why miners in the old days had severe headaches when they handled nitroglycerine.
Your and your family's health should always come first, always.
