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[quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1432135838' post='2778498']
Kyle Eastwood - son of Clint
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He's playing at work this week have you been kiogon?

[quote name='ColinB' timestamp='1431019770' post='2767013']
Yep - that's the way.
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what he said

[quote name='Bassmonkey' timestamp='1431030571' post='2767195']
Any band attempting Livin on s prayer. Cue "Whoa we're half way there......" Holds mic to audience. Even freakin Bon Jovi can't hit that note. Please guys, please
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the bon jovi tribute i do make a pretty good job of it i even have to hit a 3rd above the note you're talking about

mine has to be noodling the song before playing the song irritates me no end

[quote name='Baxter' timestamp='1429799492' post='2755083']
I got a sound engineer to mic my cab the other night without looking at me like I'd sh*t on the stage
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most of us are nice and will do if it makes sense

some sound engineers just find musicians a bit inconvenient as in the whole gig would be a lot better if there were no musicians to get in the way of them setting up mics or ask for anything in their monitors.....

the sort code from the bank transfer will give you the bank branch that the account holder opened the account

which could give you a rough area in which they live

could be useful in finding out if the person in question is the same as the one that owns cartec audio

from the manual - Headphone Jack as Line Driver – On some occasions (such as high-volume or outdoor situations) it may be desirable to use the WT-300 along with an additional power amplifier and added cabinets. A standard shielded instrument cable may be used to connect from the headphone jack of the WT-300 to an unbalanced input of a standard power amplifier. This will provided a signal that is post EQ and master volume controls, allowing the entire system to be controlled from the WT-300.

very nasty thing to do frankly awful

was the audition at a rehearsal studio? cctv maybe?

although thinking about it its very hard to prove ownership of a bag full of cables unless you have receipts for them all
or physical proof of the guy stealing them

in terms of you GK fusion

its just a standard IEC cable or (kettle lead) most hardware shops will sell them i would assume that its a 13amp fuse as most amps are and should be fine

anyone else experienced this phenomenon?

some of my dep bands occasionally call me at very late notice so its useful to run the sets about once a month

however today i just can't seem to play at all

making stupid mistakes all over the place even though i know the material backwards

just not my day today

they actually make this stuff because WD-40 won't work

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and this stuff is also pretty hand to keep around

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[quote name='skidder652003' timestamp='1428075651' post='2737855']
I mean its probably cr*p right? But 100 notes?
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they don't have to pay a design team to come up with it (cos lets face it its basically a Chinese fake with a german badge on it)

and paying people 20p a day to make them helps

plus verrrrry cheap components

as has been said if you can get it past a month then its probably going to be okay

just don't expect much for your £100

tbh if it was me i'd save the £25 then if it dies within 3 years thomann sort it out if it dies after 3 years i don't know of many
shops that would offer a warranty longer

if you get the same warranty as a new one then why not

if it doesn't is it worth saving £25 if it goes wrong?

Whats the purpose of the recording?

I think what he means is you need a professional ..... frankly most engineers won't tell you honestly if they like your music or not cause its not in their interest to

you're paying them so they're gonna say they do even if they don't

pick someone with a good cv if you can afford them yes having someone who works in the same genre as you guys will help but its not the be all and end all

if they are "just demos" then they need to be sufficient to be able to play to clients/ management and be presentable

imho you'll get far more bookings from a decent video of you playing than just going into a studio and recording some songs
because frankly pretty much anything can be dusted with "studio magic" and made to sound passable with the right amount of
time and money

don't walk away ....... RUN A FRICKING MILE!!!!

its a room above a pub as has been said before

last time i played there the house drum stool was a beer crate rest of the kit was held together with gaffa tape with heads that hadn't been changed in my lifetime

Pa was ancient manned by an equally ancient engineer who struggled to hear me when stood 3 feet in front of him

in short i wouldn't travel from west london to gig in this place (i'm not going to call it a venue) let alone travel down from Scotland

i'm pretty sure you won't make your money back and any agency thats having a showcase there i'd have serious doubts about

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1427309727' post='2728749']
I went to see a music show last Friday, That`ll Be The Day, was my Mums birthday present. And the sound-man must have been a drummer, as it was without doubt the best miked up drum sound I`ve ever heard. Crisp, clear, no boom, every drum/cymbal clearly identifiable from each other. Made me wish for those types of sounds at regular gigs. And that`s not all, this process also applied to all of the instruments and the vocals. But for me, the drums just sounded so unlike a nowadays miked up kit, it was just great.
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I'm interested as to why a sound engineer "has to be a drummer" to be able to get a good drum sound these days?

[quote name='scalpy' timestamp='1424200357' post='2693814']
Digital desks play a part I'm sure. The sound man thinks, here's the preset for kick eq, compression is a memory bank away and voila! I'm going to really light the blue touch paper now and suggest the lack of bass is due to them insisting on a pre eq send.... Stand well back!
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you've quite clearly never worked with a sound engineer who knows ANYTHING about live sound because i can assure you that most presets in digital desk (i'd be interested to know which ones you've worked with) are total rubbish and pretty much unusable.

as for the pre eq thing thats been well done already and everyone has their own opinion on it

some are right some are wrong most are misinformed

i think the only person who actually came out with something sensible was BRX

[quote name='zero9' timestamp='1424200963' post='2693824']
The current crop of sound 'engineers' haven't got a clue IMO. They all seem to get a sh*te sound. Must be something they're taught at college.
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thats a very sweeping statement. What about the ones who don't go to college and learn from experience (of which i am one)

i don't believe you've ever heard me mix so i'd quite like an apology please

[quote name='Mornats' timestamp='1426892940' post='2723306']
I've not read the link Dad posted but I suspect it's bang on the money. Anyway, this bit of what you said caught my attention:



Copyright is automatic. As soon as you create something original (photograph, painting, song) you own the copyright to it. I believe the tricky part comes with trying to prove that you own that copyright if contested.

Back to the topic though, I'd have thought that yes, the BBC would indeed need to seek permission before using someone's original work. I'd look into it if I were him as there may be some compensation due perhaps? Worth reading up on at least just in case!
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problem being that it's not his original work its an arrangement of a previously copyrighted piece of music

Its a very complicated subject but heres what it boils down to

- if you have the original copyright owners permission to create an arrangement of their song (lets just define this is an arrangement which is known as a derivative work) then yes you own the copyright to that arrangement and the BBC would have to ask your permission to use your work

- if you DO NOT have the original copyright owners permission to create an arrangement of their song then the copyright defaults back to the original copyright owner/ their label as this is copyright infringement on your part

in this case i would imagine that the BBC has an agreement with Daft punk's label and so will check with them about copyright issues,
and i would also imagine that the original arranger has not been given clearance to create this arrangement (i'm making a big assumption here in the absence of facts)

unfortunately there have been a couple of cases like this in the last few months the other one that springs to mind is the band Post Modern Jukebox
who had their arrangement used by the voice recently with no credit to them

nothing wrong with the PG series of mics

used one of the drum sets before for some recording (the pg56's and 57's are the same capsule as the 58's)

and they sounded great just make sure you use a registered shure dealer there are a lot of fakes around at the minute

mainly sm58s but they're now starting to imitate the entire range

I use AKG D5's quite a lot with various function bands and they sound okay for the money.

They feel a bit cheap to me and are subject to A LOT of handling noise so they're fine to keep on stands

but i wouldn't give one to a lead singer

Hi guys

strangely enough have been in contact with this seller as the cab is listed on gumtree

according to him its 8 ohm

and he's unable to take photos due to being out of the country on tour

hope that helps

oh and enjoy the free bump

fair enough sounds like a win win then

yeh just remember that doesn't include delivery and is only one day

but if a mate has a decent size car (estate) it'd be cheaper to drive up and hire from a local hire firm

where abouts are you based?

a friend of mine in Brighton will

hire you and ampeg svt 2 and 8x10

for £60 a day


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the Joint in london will hire you an ampeg 8x10 plus an svt 3 for £40/day

and audio hire in kilburn will hire you an SVT2 plus 8x10 for £65

obviously that doesn't include delivery

but is it worth risking your rig for so little money?

[quote name='jonnythenotes' timestamp='1425843863' post='2711409']
Thanks guys.... Still not to sure if one is a preferred method of creating playing volume though. If I wind my pre amp control upto an almost clipping point, and then use the master output gain to control the volume, I seem to get far more string noise...zinging etc....than using the other method. It seems the higher the pre amp setting, the more it imports the unwanted signals into the amp, yet using a lesser pre amp signal and the master volume almost on full, you get less of these unwanted signals, but is this detracting from the sound being sent to the amp by the bass. Sorry if it sounds a bit messy, but I don't have the tech talk to explain myself in simpler terms.
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okay ......

in very simple simple terms pre amp gain affects how much noise your pickups will "pick up" if you imagine a ball around your pickup is the area it can hear sounds and as you increase the pre amp gain the ball gets bigger thus the quieter sounds (string noise and zinging) can be heard

master volume is the total volume the amp will output so all you're doing is turning the signal that the pickups create (via preamp gain) up or down


sorry if this is a little simplistic but that in essence what both knobs do

N.B. if you play in a band and have a mixer for your PA most will have a gain (or trim) knob at the top of the channel (the mic replacing the pickup) and a fader which is in essence volume it works the same way

Edit: theres no right or wrong way to get the sound you want really (as long as you're not clipping the preamp) for example the conventional wisdom for bass amps is that you turn up the gain until its just below clipping and then set master volume to taste.

this is so that you have maximum potential volume there should you need it and the sound will stay roughly consistent as you change volume, if you change the gain on your amp mid gig and you have D.I.'ed from the back of your head you will increase the signal going to the sound guy as well

however in mixing bands you're taught to set the fader at zero and then gain up the channel to the correct volume
because that way you're only amplifying what you want to hear from an individual mic

so it depends ......


hope this is helpful