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hi rog, this is just a suggestion and you can shoot me down in flames if you like, but i did a paint job in the house where i had to strip down some old, dark paint which had penetrated deep. when i couldnt get it all out i painted a white matt paint and let that sink in, then stained. the result was...interesting!

phill

hi beamer,

i have an Alesis, it's an 8 track mini mixer which i bought new with a cheap price tag. it comes with a USB out put. that said   
it doesn't seem to work very well into the PC. i think roger has the best solution which is to take a pair of RCA's size down to a mini jack and there you go. MAKE SURE YOU DONT LEAVE THE VOLUME TOO LOUD ON INPUT.

4984mill,

go to the songwriting forum. at the top right you'll see "add a new topic" click that, then either type in your song or if you have it on word or open office high light it, click "copy" go to the open page and click "paste" then the song will magically appear.
check out the sticky as to how you work the "chopro" program, and your chords will appear "all purdy like"

phill

hi kajir, welcome to poems

i agree with BGD, that it's never a good idea to put your phone no on line, you could get bombarded with calls from spammers or even nut-jobs. chordie has an email service so members can email you while retaining your privacy, so i'd recomend you edit your no out and invite members to email you if they're in you locale.
now to your poem; nice work, deep yet vivid! i can see why it might be difficult to put to music, but you can invite attempts by other members to put music to it.

dont be a stranger, lets see some more

phill

i agree with jerry, yamaha's are good, they're quite cheap over here (UK). if you were thinking of getting a used one, i had a lot of trouble with the "midi out" connector. i had it repaired once then it broke again, so keep an eye out for that.

i think the term your looking for is "weighted keys"

tfsails,

i'm guessing that by bending you are referring to the practice of speeding up or slowing down a recording to (usually) make the vocals sound better? it's normally a tape thing that knocks the tuning out, i wouldn't have thought that with digital recording it would de-tune.

the beatles did a lot of that to either give a song more "poke" or maybe just confuse we strummer's who try to play along. whichever way you look at it, it's annoying. but it's their song and their recording....catch 22?

it would help if it still works...lol

but seriously, check for hums and rattles (that might make a great name for a cd?)

when you plug it in, touch the strings to ensure it's safely earthed (no shocks)

if you can, check there are no tears in the speaker cone.

i know nothing of crate amps, these are just basic checks for any amp you might want to buy.

phill

hi russ,

happy birthday my friend. sorry i haven't been in touch sooner, just got on-line.

70 orbits huh? were the dinosaurs really that frightening?

ann also sends her best wishes

phill.  xx

wales play france on saturday, should be a goodun. shame about england crashing out though (he sez surpressing a laugh) what's the betting for the final?

I think it's so sad that today's music makers are so besotted with rap! It's not enough that the rappers take the hooks from someone else's hard work, but singers feel the need to get some waz to rap where once upon a time you'd have a solo.
I do remember an article that said that by the year 1999 (or so) all available tunes would be used up....obviously garbage as proved above.

Today's music is all plastic, created on computers by the "producer" who adds a voice to get the human touch. but the voices are so over recorded with effects that they end up un-listenable (to me).

I have always been a heavy metal fan, and enjoy most of the names listed above, though you tend to feel that maybe most should have done the right thing and retired after 10 years? then just reformed after 2-3 years just to release a new album and do a short tour. Have Zeppelin got it right?

Phill