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Best - I'd have to rank AWB at Ronnie Scotts as one of my highlights. I also enjoyed Suzanne Vega at the Fleadh - just her and a bass player, very engaging.
Worst - Steely Dan at Wembley Arena. A studio band in a big iron shed, with the usual crap sound: booming bass and icepicks-in-your-eyes bright guitar.
Cheers, Mike.
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2 hours ago, Garubi said:
I agree. It's very important.
We always send our channels list + on-stage positioning (I'm sorry I don't remember how do you name it in US or UK) when we have a third party sound company.
...and when possible... give them a phone call to be sure they have read it 😬 (and understood 😉).
I say "technical rider". But you've got me thinking if I'm using that term wrong!
Cheers, Mike.
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7 hours ago, MathOfInsects said:
We might as well lament the demise of the iceman or crank-engine cars.
Or (given the degree of craftsmanship required for both) wind-up mechanical watches.
Cheers, Mike.
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23 hours ago, Montunoman 2 said:
when I request that they run my keyboards in stereo, they make it seem like that's a major annoyance, saying their DI boxes are mono
That's bizarre. Just use 2 mono DI boxes, into two channels on the desk, panned L/R.
Cheers, Mike.
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Classic example of the songwriter/composer dichotomy is George Gershwin. When he wrote Porgy & Bess, the music press of the time was all "who does this Tin Pan Alley guy think he is?"
4 hours ago, Tusker said:The first person who comes to mind who might be both is Leonard Bernstein. I wouldn't think of him as a master songwriter except that I have encountered several of the artfully written songs in West Side Story.
Of course, Stephen Sondheim wrote the lyrics in WSS.
Cheers, Mike.
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Ugh, what was that? We complained about the Yamaha YC leslie (pre-OS upgrade), but it was light years ahead of what I just heard from this board.
Cheers, Mike.
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5 hours ago, Reezekeys said:
As has been mentioned by a few others here, take that "2000 watts" with a grain of sand. Whatever the true figure is, it's usually more than enough to fry the drivers, so needs some kind of limiting.
4 hours ago, AnotherScott said:Yes, often they're using a stereo amp that delivers the same power to each channel, I guess that can be more cost effective for some reason. I think I first saw that on the QSC K8. It was 1000 watts, bi-amped using a stereo amp that sent 500 watts to the LF driver and 500 watts to the HF driver... but in practice, the LF driver might have seen 500 watts, but the HF driver probably never saw over 50.
4 hours ago, Al Coda said:Yep,- and the woofer might be 4 or 8 ohms while the HF driver is 16 ohms.
It´s also possible these 1000 (or 2000) Watts PEAK power are into a 2 (or 4) ohms load,- so it´s the half into 8 and a quarter into 16 Ohms.
Now the "math" ...
1000W peak is about 500W continuous/program and about 250W RMS.
Now google and recognize how many measutring methods for RMS power rating are available out there.
There are several ...
A.C.
Which is why SPL is the more relevant statistic, rather than power output. Look for db (1W/1m).
Cheers, Mike.
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8 hours ago, Reezekeys said:
From what I've read, heard, and experienced first hand, a bank of small speakers can reproduce full-range sounds.
Bose 802, famously. Sounded nice if you use the accompanying controller.
Phil Jones is doing the "lots of little speakers" thing, as mentioned earlier in this thread. I wonder how this kind of combo would sound with keys? https://www.pjbworld.com/cms/index.php/product_suitcase_compact_bg-400/
Cheers, Mike.
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51 minutes ago, Reezekeys said:
How often are those of us with tweeter-equipped speakers blowing them out...?
Never since active speakers included protection circuitry.
I did blow the *woofers" in a pair of passive mid/top speakers, passively crossed-over from a passive sub fed from a separate power amp. But that was a geological age ago.
Cheers, Mike.
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2 hours ago, Brad Kaenel said:
Moogseum
I hope they pronounce it "Mogue-zee-um".
Cheers, Mike
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1 hour ago, benj2017 said:
Just to be clear, when using band helper you just use the spreadsheet to import your midi preset data or song data or similar type parameters. At that point you stop using the spreadsheet and it becomes saved to your user account.The app is pretty stable, and the developer is really responsive, however it is a one-man shop for the most part, so there is always the risk that it goes under for some reason.
Pricewise, it’s very cheap something like $15-$20 for a years subscription.
I’ve been using it for two years for weddings and it’s pretty great for calling up a song on the fly which is how pretty much all of the bands I play with roll.
+1 on BandHelper (or the non-subscription Set List Maker). Arlo Leach provides good support and I'm happy to pay him for that.
Cheers, Mike.
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9 hours ago, Dave Ferris said:
Still there's that attack and release thing for single note lines.
You've played with the Soft Release, obviously, Dave?
Cheers, Mike.
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9 hours ago, KuruPrionz said:
No more drummers, I want to find a percussionist that keeps their volume down.
The greatest drummer I worked with was like that. Every stroke was like a caress, or a line of paint with a brush. But also tremendous groove and sense of time.
He went for lessons recently and was told to hit'em harder!
Cheers, Mike.
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1 hour ago, ToddP said:
I'm curious about this. Is it in their power to dissent? What happens then?
In theory, yes. In practice it never happens - it would be a breach of protocol to deny the manifesto of an elected government.
Of course, it is entirely conceivable that those in power may breach the norms of their office...
Cheers, Mike.
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Compelling thread.
As a Brit, I will comment that not everyone in my country is fascinated by the Royal family. Threadslayer's comment about Americans being fascinated is enlightening - I suspect simply because of the "otherness" of it ("You mean your head of state ISN'T elected?"). And of course an American married into the family, adding to the interest.
I will say the late Queen was a wonderful diplomat and poster girl for the UK brand - and of course that doesn't necessarily follow for the rest of the family (anyone? York?). However, I don't particularly feel a tragic loss at the peaceful passing of a 96-year old woman.
8 hours ago, nadroj said:Personally I deeply admired Elizabeth for certain aspects of her character in the face of her public leadership, though I wasn’t particularly upset by her passing
Jordan expresses it well here.
8 hours ago, nadroj said:and I wouldn’t lose any sleep if it was announced that the Monarchy was being disbanded tomorrow.
I don't know how I would feel - neither birthrights or elected premierships are a guarantee of success and stability (insert illustrative country of your choice here).
Cheers, Mike.
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6 hours ago, AnotherScott said:
Nord [...] pianos that would be 60 stereo and 40 mono
Yeah, how does that work? Are they encoded M/S with the Sides channel at half the sample rate?
Cheers, Mike.
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2 hours ago, cphollis said:
Either, if they are heavily spring resistant. I like pushing/pulling against a decently weighted spring, and having it snap back
Like a guitar string.
Cheers, Mike.
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1 hour ago, Mighty Motif Max said:
Wheels but I love the joystick for pitch bend. Hate it for modulation.
This. Stick for PB, wheel for mod. A pitchbend stick makes it easy to perform guitar-style "up-only" vibrato.
Cheers, Mike.
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8 hours ago, Mark Schmieder said:
Cool. I've had Rockit on my rearrangement/covers list for some time. This one's pretty faithful though. I have more radical plans afoot. 🙂
Stoner Rock? Charleston? Baroque Concerto Grosso? Carnatic Raga? Enquiring minds want to know...
Cheers, Mike
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7 hours ago, justin_havu said:
I'm going out 4-5x a week, 7.5 miles twice, 5 miles otherwise, also mixing in some biking. So far, since stopping my antidepressant meds in august of 2021, and getting active 9 months ago, I've gone from 265 lbs to around 195, just 20 lbs away from my goal.
Impressive. I'll try and cheer you on as much as possible via the medium of a forum post. They say exercise is one of the best medications you can take.
Cheers, Mike.
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8 hours ago, miden said:
Yes indeed
Sold out
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38 minutes ago, miden said:
Just need MIDI Sysex out. No MIDI will be going in to the device as such.
I did look at the 3, however I am not a fan of the din to mini-jack device, it's just never struck me as overly robust.
Would you need the mini-jacks? As I understand it, the sustain pedal goes in the 1/4in jack, and the MIDI comes out of the (solitary) 5-pin DIN socket. Add power as required, ignore the mini-jacks, life's good.
Cheers, Mike.
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1 hour ago, Delaware Dave said:
Can't put my keys through the FOH because too many instruments going through the FOH reduces available volume to the vocals
Huh?
Does. Not. Compute.
Cheers, Mike.
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17 minutes ago, Delaware Dave said:
I asked her which instruments were causing the vocals to be drowned out, she said ‘the guitar’.
Common. Not universal, but common.
I gig with a one-guitar band, the guitar is loud, but luckily on the other side of the stage. Last night, he was unavailable, so we had two guitar subs - inevitably one on my side of the stage. Too loud for me without earplugs...
Cheers, Mike.
DI Box and other basic questions.
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Agree with that terminology.