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/dev/random / Re: Whatcha listening to?

« on: July 11, 2024, 11:24:23 PM »

Yes, I too, with age have grown to appreciate and enjoy music I dismissed in my younger stages. In the beginning, if it wasn't Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Judas Priest or the like, I had no interest. I won't claim it's just wisdom that grew over time, but more an open mind that allowed me to appreciate things I missed musically due to my ignorance in previous times. Maybe that IS wisdom.  i have listened and learned much thanks to the www.  I like my crow smoked and barbequed, thanks. 

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/dev/random / Re: Whatcha listening to?

« on: May 24, 2024, 08:06:30 PM »

Listening to or watching or both.....

Rick Beato scored an awesome three hour interview with Brendan O'Brien on his youtube channel.  A must watch for sure. Even though it's right at 3 hours long, I was so engrossed with the content that I have watched it twice!   

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/dev/random / Aurora Borealis sighting

« on: May 10, 2024, 11:15:09 PM »

from the National Weather Service:

Issued at 957 PM CDT Fri May 10 2024

No adjustments were needed to the forecast tonight. High pressure
at the surface and ridging aloft to our west are providing mostly
clear skies, though some mid to upper cloud deck has begun to
spread in from the southwest. Even where clouds are thin, the
drier air over the region is allowing for a spectacular rare view
of the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) driven by a "G5 Extreme"
category geomagnetic storm. Reports have come in even as far south
as the Gulf Coast tonight. /NF/

My son and daughter-in-law witnessed this phenomena and captured a couple of beautiful photos via phone.  North Mississippi.  If they saw it at this latitude you may also.  Get away from urban lighting if possible and look up toward the north.

Peace and love,

Krlll Mule

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/dev/random / I'm back for better or worse...

« on: April 25, 2024, 08:11:04 PM »

 

I recently got my password updated and have spent several hours reading old threads in sub-sections in which I used to post.  Man, it has been an entertaining trip down Memory Lane! Most of my posts were in the Outdoors type threads and if and when I get more active that's where I will spend most of my time. I have been a member since 2005 (?) but found myself too busy and frustrated with the forums to participate anymore. I even found a personal thread with Quadz (RIP) requesting he delete my posts. I don't even remember why.  I am retired now and spend my time doing family things and hobbies I enjoy. I have missed the tastyspleen family and am happy to see many of you still active in the community. I hope to converse with y'all again!

Peace and love,

Krlll Mule

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Quake / Re: Quadz, the Loquaciously Multiloquent Member

« on: September 17, 2021, 11:37:51 PM »

I have been a member here since April 9, 2005 according to the membership list. I have been out of the community for quite some time due to life changes and other pursuits. I think I logged in a few years ago just to say "boo" in a shout post.  For some reason, I felt compelled to log in today, only to find I didn't remember my password.  I requested an update opportunity and got it almost immediately. Looking at my messages I was informed by Focalor of the the sad news.

I can't say that Quadz and I were "friends", but I always felt like he was my friend.  So many people before me have said exactly what I would say about him and this site, so I won't try to improve upon it.  What a giving, selfless person he was!  His name will be remembered in reverence for years to come for all the right reasons.  The man was a living example of LOVE.  If we all could be remembered in that way, what a world it could be!

To his family and friends, I hope you read these comments and gain some comfort in knowing what an impact he made through a game, a forum, and a community he helped to create. My prayer for you is peace in a difficult time and those that will follow.

Peace and love,

Krlll Mule

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/dev/random / WOW

« on: May 13, 2020, 12:29:44 AM »

Good to see you folks are still around!  You refuse to let a great game and website die 

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/dev/random / Re: The Official 2015-2016 Football Season Thread

« on: January 18, 2016, 06:05:13 PM »

I... WAS... thinking Carolina was gonna take it all. But I ain't too sure anymore. I've said it before, that every few years theres one team that just has a magical season, where all the stars align perfectly just for them, where they always find a way to win. Pretty sure I said it back in 08 or 09 when Brees and the Saints finally snagged New Orleans first Superbowl win. Seems like Arizona might have that certain magic to them this season. I agree that they didn't look entirely outstanding against Green Bay, but then again, Carolina managed to pummel Seattle with 4TD's and 1FG to run upthe score 31 to nothing by halftime... and then couldn't do anything more in the 3rd and 4th quarters.

Carolina, just going by the numbers on paper, SHOULD win the NFC conferece championship. But it won't shock me at all if they don't.

Well put and kinda summarizes my thinking.  Carolina's defense alone could win any game for them, and Cam.... well I'm no fan, but appreciate his skills.  The best team in the NFL does not always win the Super Bowl.  This feels like one of those years.

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/dev/random / Re: Whatcha listening to?

« on: November 23, 2015, 07:25:08 PM »

If you're looking for an awesome flanger pedal, I'd definitely recommend tracking down an old vintage Morley pedal. Their old modulation expression pedals from the 70's are THEEEEEE SHIT. They ain't dirt cheap though. If you can happen to luck out and find one in a used music store, it could run you anywhere from 80 to 150 bucks depending on the condition or just how much the seller thinks it's worth. Most I've seen typically go for closer to 150 though. They're well worth it though. Nothing else modern will reproduce that completely authentic 70's flanger sound quite the same. I have one of the Morley phaser pedals from that same era, and I wouldn't part with it for all the phaser pedals in the world. Most flanger and phaser pedals just have controls for depth and speed of the flange effect. Usually these old Morley pedals have two knobs for fine tuning the top position and bottom positions of the sweep as well as one knob to dial up feedback. The pedals have an auto mode where the foot rocker controls the speed, or a manual mode where you can rock the pedal to control the sweep like a wahwah. And most of these one button stompbox flangers have the range of the sweep in only an area where the manufacturer thinks it will sound best. The Morley's have a bit of a wider range that can allow you to use more wacky over-the-top tones if you want.

They might not be as bulletproof as a stompbox though. They're made out of some decently heavy chromed steel, but the inner circuitry is a tad more vulnerable than solid state pedals. They typically use a tiny light bulb inside of them with sensors around it. As you rock the pedal, it changes the brightness of that bulb, and the sensors translate that into the sound of the effect. And that bulb, like all bulbs, won't last infinitely. Not too much of a problem though, the bulb can be replaced if it burns out or breaks. Also, it doesn't run on batteries. All the old Morley pedals used 2-prong AC cords.

As far as distortion pedals go, I fucking HATE the things. They're are useless paperweights in my opinion. Most amps these days come loaded with all the distortion you'd ever need unless it's one of those tweed covered "classic" things. I've got an old BOSS MT2 Metal Zone distortion pedal which is the gold standard of heavy modern distortion pedals and has been for the last probably 25 years. And I fucking HATE the thing compared to what my Marshall preamp does on it's own. It just sounds so stale and lifeless. Even when I try to dial it back and get a good mix of the pedal along with my all tube preamp and poweramp rig, it still doesn't sound as snarly as the Marshall by itself. However... fuzz pedals are a different story. The Big Muff Pi pedal has a great sound to it. Has a nice early 70's Black Sabbath sound. Supposedly those Fuzz Face pedals made by Dunlop (I think) are supposed to be decent, but from what I remember, the Big Muff had more aggressive fuzz to it than the Fuzz Face could accomplish when the knob was cranked all the way up.

As far as octave pedals go, can't recommend anything really. It kinda depends on what specifically you want out of the pedal. Some are just your basic old fashioned octave pedals, no frills no bullshit. Others have pitch shifting and harmonizing ablities too, and then with those you have a variety of pedals to choose from that vary vastly in price depending on just how much total control of the mixture and tonal options you wanna have. My personal preference, I don't and wouldn't use an octave pedal. With that type of effect, what I'd want out of it would be a nice crystal clean signal, and the best way of doing that would be through a rack unit. And usually the rack units that handle an effect like that will have tons more options for total control than any floor unit out there. Rackmount shit ain't too easy to find anymore though. Seems like less companies make rack effects now. These days, most shoppers want the easier to use and cheaper floor pedals I guess. You tap dancing monkeys don't know what you're missing with these fancy rack setups.

From what little I know about octave "pedals" though, probably one of the best and most flexible ones out there would be the Electro-Harmonix POG2. It's not cheap though, about 330 bucks. 4-voice octave pedal with a 10 preset memory. Pretty much everything and more you could want from an octave effect crammed into a floor pedal. About the only thing they could do to make this pedal more option-filled would be to add separate EQ's for each individual voice as well as 4 output jacks for each voice. If you want options that crazy though, you gotta get a rack unit.

I think my Digitech GSP2101 multieffects unit does shit kinda like that. I know it allows you to pan the 4 voices into 4 distinct signal paths, but then you gotta manually assign and program 4 separate EQ effects to each of the 4 outputs from the octave effect if that's the kinda thing you want to do. Actually... haha, no, now I think about it, I think my Digitech does 8-voices and can run individual output paths from all 8 voices. It gets kinda confusing. That's why most people probably opt for stompboxes. To create these elaborate 8-output multi-routed effects, a lot of times you gotta draw out a diagram on paper of what the routing should do before you sit down to program new effects algorithms. And not only that, but lets say you've already run the signal through a 2-output stereo chorus effect. At that point you can run each of the 2 outputs from the chorus effect into 2 separate 8-voice octave effects. That creates 16 signal paths coming out of the two octave effects. Yeah. It gets a little crazy. However, there IS a limit to the crazy shit you can do with this thing. Each effect modules takes up so many blocks of memory, and you only have about 256 total blocks of memory, so effects chains can't get infinitely elaborate.

Lots of good info.  Much thanks Focalor.  My post wasn't too specific.  I have two old 70 vintage Ibenez pedals: a Flanger and a distortion.  Like you, to this day I'm not too keen on using them much.  I have a 1969 Fender Deluxe Reverb amp that has been sitting around un-used because it needs some work.  I'm planning to put that puppy in the shop and get it back up and running.  The distortion I got straight off the amp was much better than what I can get now off a pedal; plus it just seems made for the strat sound. 

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/dev/random / Re: The Official 2015-2016 Football Season Thread

« on: November 22, 2015, 07:50:43 PM »

I hear ya regarding Atlanta, but imagine how we Aint's fans feel.  I gave Ryan a little slack the last couple of years because it looked like he was calling decent defensive schemes, but had players with poor execution of said schemes.  But after 3 years of seeing piss poor tackling and horrible angles toward the ball, I have to conclude that's terrible coaching.  The Saint's had a lot of turnover in players and have a bunch of young players on defense, but how do you get to the pro level and not know how to tackle?

College - Clemson looks to be the cream of the crop. I wouldn't be upset if they put a beat-down on Alabama in the playoffs or Championship.  Of course, the last few games of the season will have something to say about that.

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/dev/random / Re: Whatcha listening to?

« on: November 22, 2015, 07:24:45 PM »

Nice. But surely, as a bass player, you know he ain't hittin' those low notes. He's playing high notes while the bass is doing it's thing.  My guess: using triggers to produce the complimentary bass loop at the appropriate time.  Of course, also my guess is you are being sarcastic. 

It's sounding to me like an octave pedal is in the mix. (live-doubling his playing an octave below)


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Yea, I think you're right about that.  After about 20 years of just playing bass and acoustic guitar, I bought a new electric guitar and have been having a blast.  One of the pedals I'm thinking of buying in addition to an old pair of Ibenez flanger and distortion pedals is some type octave pedal.
Suggestions on brand and type would be appreciated.  I'm playing a 50's Vibe Squire Strat that sounds darn good for what it is and mostly playing clean.  I'm also trying to learn more chords and scales....or better put...the name of things I've been playing for years without knowing what they actually are called.    Playing just by ear is fine if you have the gift, but if you can't communicate with fellow musicians by using the chord/scale nomenclature, it's a handicap.

Peace and Love,

Krlll Mule

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/dev/random / Re: The Official 2015-2016 Football Season Thread

« on: October 26, 2015, 06:02:15 PM »

Nice to see your insightful and very funny analysis again, Focalor.   

I don't know what to make of Ole Miss or the Saints this year. Up and down and headed nowhere, I guess.

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/dev/random / Re: Whatcha listening to?

« on: October 26, 2015, 05:54:09 PM »

A one man band.

Wow, just when i was reaching peak annoyance with his stupid hipster moustache, he comes in with the full sound...

http://www.npr.org/event/music/447200083/folk-alley-presents-the-suitcase-junket-earth-apple

not freakin bad

(wonder how he gets such a full bass tone out of those strings)

Nice. But surely, as a bass player, you know he ain't hittin' those low notes. He's playing high notes while the bass is doing it's thing.  My guess: using triggers to produce the complimentary bass loop at the appropriate time.  Of course, also my guess is you are being sarcastic. 

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/dev/random / Re: Whatcha listening to?

« on: October 26, 2015, 05:25:01 PM »

Jeff Beck's Blow By Blow (1975) via LP on a new but less than high quality turntable...still rips CD's a new one....haha try 'Scatterbrain" next time you get bored on the guitar

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/dev/random / Re: im drunk

« on: July 24, 2015, 11:15:52 PM »

Came late to Breaking Bad, but I was impressed by the realism and fine acting. The chemist guy was also really funny in "Malcom in the Middle". Sometimes, I need brain-dead entertainment.   

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/dev/random / Re: The Official 2014-2015 Football Season Thread

« on: March 08, 2015, 12:08:58 PM »

Saints sign Ingram for 16 Mil for 4 years.  I wonder what Adren thinks of this deal 

I'm not sold on Ingram yet. He looked pretty good last year.  Makes me wonder if he was playing for a contract or is just now adjusting to the NFL.  I've heard that he was injured most of his previous seasons. Who knows? Regardless; Thomas is the most complete back they have had in a long time. Pay that man.