[Rudolf Wagner]

I’ll have a look.

[Rudolf Wagner]

Lisa answered Daniels question but did not publish the answer. That’s why the 404 error appeared.

[Rudolf Wagner]

Finally, after month of trial and error I think we found a great hosting solution that is not only much faster but at the same time more economical and future proof. We are now hosted on a dedicated server (It’s all ours now – no noisy neighbors anymore).

I never thought that we can afford that but I was wrong. It is all in all actually cheaper than before and will stay so even with ever growing traffic to the website. Other hosting solutions often become exponentially more expensive when traffic increases. We had to learn that the hard way. That’s why we were searching for a

What does that mean for your browsing experience on the MLT site? Pages should load way faster, far less login problems, nicer shopping experience and smoother audio and video plays. As the whole Internet and also WordPress and it’s plugins are constantly evolving and updating hiccups will appear from time to time but I hope we will keep them at a minimum. What really helped a lot is that you were telling us when something seemed not quite right so we could fix it.

[Rudolf Wagner]

Yes we had that problem fixed just to find out that it continues on IOS devices (iPhone and iPad). We fixed that too and now it should work everywhere.

[Rudolf Wagner]

#Howard #Conan
Can you tell me when this error message came up? What did you try to do and when did it appear?

[Rudolf Wagner]

Hello Howard

I tried to see what you mean but could not replicate it. I can see Daniels question and Lisa’s answer below here https://test4.monalisa-twins.com/forums/topic/effects/
What do you mean by the reply opens to a 404 because I don’t see how you could open a reply. Do you see Lisa’s reply?

Sorry Howard, please forget what I just wrote. Lisa told me that she just forgot to publish her answer to that post after she wrote it. That’s why the 404 error appeared.

Effects.

[Rudolf Wagner]

I don’t have much to add to Lisa’s comment. Your left hand technique is one that when you practice a lot offers you great musical opportunities. Some bass players like to keep their fingers flat on the fretboard which gives them better damping opportunities and a more ergonomic looking style (Take a look at Paul McCartney and wonder endlessly about how he can play such melodic and distinct bass lines with this technique).

You are using your fingers more like a piano player (rounded) which gives you more flexibility when playing difficult parts. The downside is that this is more difficult and you can’t cheat as much as with the first technique. But you obviously seem to have mastered it, so it opens up a whole lot of opportunities with hammer-on and pull-off techniques.

P.S.: I really had to laugh when I saw the video and the camera going out of focus all the time. That was one of our biggest problems when recording live concerts: To find cameras where the camera optics don’t go ballistic when they get hit by bass waves. Must mean you played really loud 😉

[Rudolf Wagner]

Hi Jacki,

You probably mean the breath controller. It is connected to a keyboard. While you play the notes on the keyboard you modulate the sound with your mouth like you would with a woodwind instrument. It’s basically a small piece of plastic tube that you put in your mouth that let the sound of the keyboard react to all kinds of actions.

For instance the harder you breathe the louder and more aggressive you sound just like you would with the real instrument. The more you bite on it the more vibrato and so on. It also reacts to head movements on 4 axes.

This is an example that I found on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWujyb_Wgjs

We use it to work out demos and the exact lines for the real instruments. Normally, we prefer to replace them with real instruments later on. But sometimes we find the demo version so convincing that we leave it like it is, which saves time and money.

There’s another type of instrument your friend might have meant that Michaela once played: An electronic wind controller. You play it like a recorder (instead of a keyboard):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5u1GS4R_EfI

Maybe the strange thing about us is that while we adore the songwriting talent of the 60ies period we never regret living here and now with all the progress in technology. We love our computers, cameras, drones and what else just as much as our vintage instruments and the feeling of that period in time. For us it is about combining the best of both worlds.

[Rudolf Wagner]

Thanks Howard, for this explanation. Yes that is the way to remove items from the cart. We are working on a solution so you can clear the whole cart at once with one click on a button but in the meantime this is the way to go.

[Rudolf Wagner]

Glad it worked and we also wish you all the best for the holiday season!

[Rudolf Wagner]

Oh, I see. That won’t work. It’s 261 Mbyte. That is huge. I would recommend uploading it to YouTube or Vimeo if you have an account and posting the link here.

[Rudolf Wagner]

Jacki, do you know how big it is? Maybe I can raise the upload limit at our host. But I have to tell them what we need.

 

[Rudolf Wagner]

Hi Cal, I already fixed it earlier today. Thank you for letting us know!

[Rudolf Wagner]

Yes, it was not what we expected it to be. We thought it would be something like a personal messaging system which it was not and yet made the forum a bit slower. We decided to search for something more appropriate and better performing.

[Rudolf Wagner]

I think that is not really necessary because

1. Anybody can comment (“reply” – in forum lingo) after the twins answered a question and
2. Anybody can create topics in “General Discussion”

So if you like to discuss a certain aspect of a question or anything else feel free to open a topic in “General Discussion”.