Hi Mac,

Thank you for your quick response to my query. I did what you suggested and listened to the bass tracks on Real Player and the noises which I was referring to are present there as well. They seem
to be much more to the fore on the "Paul" tracks as opposed to the "Ray" ones. As a pianist, of sorts,
I use BIAB at home along with a piano-sound from my keyboard/SD2 to give me a bass and drums
backing and obviously these "other" sounds are more noticeable without any frontline instruments to
cover them. Obviously something just to accept and live with. Just for interest I auditioned the
bass tracks on some of the PG Jazz Multitracks and the "slaps" when they occur are much less evident.

What I have been using along with my piano sound is 397 Bass Paul Sw140 along with real drums for
the slower tunes and 400 Ray Sw 160 along with real drums for the faster tunes. In your opinion is
this the best set-up for a jazz trio please?

Re the Buick, as I am resident in England I don't recall seing one of those fine cars for about sixty
years. When I was a schoolkid a builder who lived across the road from us had a lovely Packard
saloon, but the Income Tax People (IRS) caught up with him and he had to sell it along with everything else. My parents went to a fire-sale of his possessions and made a successful bid for
his piano and the rest is history as they say.

Many thanks,

Ken