It's the "smooth polygons" setting that's giving your bass more volume :D Uncheck in the render settings or the props porperties panel.

Let me add to msg's answer. If you turn off smooth polygons in the render settings it will turn this feature off for the whole scene. If you select the bass object and turn off smooth polygon in the properties tab for the object, all the other objects will still render smooth (as long as the option is ON in the render settings).

oh..the electric penguin..haven't seen one of these in awhile..;)

thanks for the replies!! I will turn off smooth polygons just in the bass then.... hopefully no more vaccum cleaners for my musicians!! thnx again to all!

Musician??? I thought you said it was a bass player...

Message edited on: 11/23/2004 19:49

Riddle: What do you call someone who hangs around with musicians? A drummer.

What do you call a drummer with no girlfriend? Homeless. What do yoiu call a guy who flunked guitar lessons? A Bass Player. What do you call a guy who flunked music? A Drummer.

What does it mean when the drummer is drooling out of both sides of his mouth? The stage is level.

ya'll gots Benny Goodman rollin in his grave!

What do you call someone who hangs out with drummers? Percussionists.

How do you make a guitar player play silently? Give him sheet music.

What's the difference between a Bass Player and an egg? Eggs get laid.....

The young couple were honeymooning in Africa: the views were magnificent, and they watched a herd of wildebeeste moving into the sunset. It was perfect, and had the perfect accompaniment; a group of drummers playing somewhere just out of sight. In the morning, the drums were still playing. It was now beginning to lose its attraction. By the following evening, the drums had not slowed down or missed a beat. Exasperated, they called the manager. "Can't you make the drums stop?", they begged him, "it's getting a bit wearing." "The drums must not stop. The alternative is too terrible to comtemplate." "Why? Why must the drums go on? I mean sleep isn't an issue at the moment, if you know what I mean, but all the same..." "If the drums stop, the bass player will do a solo." :D EB - once a bass player...

Hey, as an ex-bass player myself, I resemble those remarks!

Actually, my wife (French Horn player)and I have that argument all the time - about how basses are the most versatile instrument, how you need them with every single genre but marching band, how her favorite musician (Sting) doesn't play a French Horn.....

Message edited on: 11/24/2004 11:17

dang..stole all my best lines..;) how do you know when a drummer is at the door?
a) the knocking speeds up, and
b) they don't know when to come it..;)

What's the differance between a drummer and a fat chick? A fat chick won't stay up all night to lay a drummer. Oooooo Ouch... LOL