Woodinblack

I like to watch the performance but in general you can only really see it through other peoples smartphones. As a result I don't really go to that many big gigs any more, I can listen to the music loudly and distorted and watch my own smartphone!

I have a friend who goes to a gig and then posts sets of photos (I think facebook has a limit of photos you can post) - she doesn't edit, she dumps everything she takes anywhere on facebook (so you have a lot of ones that should have just been deleted), Looking at the last set she posted, there are 5 sets of 80 photos (so 400 photos), and a load of videos, many of which are over 5 minutes. So much so that if you go through the photos fast (and note I doubt anyone has gone through the photos), they are almost movie like as there are only seconds between each one, so there will be like 8 photos of the singer walking across the stage). She also livestreams sections when she goes to a gig (which I find incredibly rude). That is how she experiences gigs, I guess that is how some people like to do it, experience it through the screen. I remember when I was a kid there was a whole thing about sneaking a tape recorder or camera in, and how security wouldn't let any of it through. I am a huge fan of having a camera I can take everywhere but do believe that in the process we have lost something, a forgettable memory.

Very confused about the dwarf the other day at a gig. I have an organ sound for chords in brick in the wall with a 12 step. Used it for many gigs. Changed to the patch to test it on the last gig, all fine, set up the levels, when it came to the song, changed to the patch, hit the chords and nothing, completely quiet. No idea why it was not responding. Will test it later as I have just had a new arrival for my pedal board! Almost forgot as I ordered this in June!

it does seem a bit much. I saw people checking messages and using their phone discreetly and security had no problem with that. It was holding your phone up to video that got you thrown out and I am sure that you can explain that easily without having an issue, if your wife doesn't need to hold her phone up above her head while videoing to check it, but whether you go or not is your choice. I am 100% behind their decision, it made the gig so much better for the rest

Not over enthusiastic - they tell you that is the rule, its written everywhere when you come in, and in the venue, if you break the rule, someone will come and tell you not to break the rule again. If you break the rule again, you get kicked out of the venue. That seems very reasonable. And as a result, having seen tool with my eyes rather than through a wall of other peoples phones, I realise how good it is, and how good gigs used to be

Yes, I have them in various shapes, steinberger, the dan armstrong, Billy Bo, Les Paul and flying V. I am sure there are more (or companies that do whatever shape you want).

Mine isn't my favourite, I wouldn't use it that much at home, but it has featured in every gig since I got it, so might as well do something with it!

They still seem to sell, for more than they used to. With anything over 10 years now seeming to be a classic and more expensive than newer ones, I guess the market carries on.

Basically the advantage and disadvantage of being one of those companies such as Gibson or Fender, is that everyone complains they don't do anything new, and if they then do anything new, people complain it wasn't like the old things, and why the hell are they changing things. TBH, I am not sure why purists even accept the truss rod in a fender! On the other hand, they can just churn the same stuff out and people will buy it.

Depends if you paid or not! What might not be clear in any of the previous posts to people who have not been to a bash before is that you can either pay on the door or you can send a message to @scrumpymike and ask for his paypal address and then send £13 to it by friends and family, in which case it is paid and you are then on the list, where you will be allowed through the security cordon as an express VIP * Failing that, just send a message saying you are definately turning up and will pay at the door. * some of that might be overhyped

I remember being at a placebo gig in newport, and the support comes on and the bass player has a US standard Jaguar, I thought that looks nice, wonder what it sounds like. I will never know, as I imagine the much would have sounded the same if they took the jack out of the bass and just put their finger on the end of it - the same mushy drone.

Almost certainly better than the 215. I have a set of 215s as a backup in case all else fails

They made an improved volute that wouldn't break when dropped and noone would buy it as it didn't feel as narrow as the old ones

I had some of the worst rumbling bass on saturday, it was so loud, but turned out in the crowd it sounded perfect and the guitarist couldn't even hear any bass

Good luck with that one!

I had to use a pick the other day as I had blistered my fingers so much. Then the next gig I didn't have a pick at all, so decided to use a coin - unfortunately in my hurry I picked a £1 - not the best choice! Turns out I need a pick for 3 or 4 songs, and can't use a pick with 4 or 5 songs, so I should just keep some spares!

Can't see why you would need any subs with that, its way more than we have. I have a sub, a small one that I bring out for outdoor gigs only, that allows the speakers to have some of the bass taken out of it.

Mine still have the original strings, which seem ok at home, but on saturday, when I switched between the bongo (because I couldn't see the fretmarkers) and the acrylic, the tone was pretty weedy and rattly. I know, it isn't exactly a fair comparison as the bongo tends to out gravitas most things, but it was so weedy that I thought that maybe either it is because the strings were rattling - when I shimmed mine I had to raise the middle strings as they were rattling about the middle somewhere) or just the strings were no good. I should actually just put some decent strings on it really - I have played it at 3 gigs so it has earned me £315, which is £90 more than it cost, so I am up on the deal!

Used to use a sure PM58, which lacked middle, then a xm8500 which was ok, briefly used a SM58, then got a TC-Helicon PM85 and I love the sound of and really works for my voice. Thats all I use now (although the others are spare)

It is when they seem to now be £7 a pair in supermarkets.

We have 1 main singer and me and the drummer also have solo songs, so I change the faders for that (probably should automate that), but the XControl is good for the faders (and easier to use than a screen). Also some adjustments based on feedback.

My microphone stand isn't that high! I have an iPad pro, which I don't use live (but in practices) and that has a battery life of for ever, and I had an iPad air 2 that had a decent battery life when I was using soft synths. However that one died (not live, it just one day was dead and refused to charge), so I got a cheap on off ebay but the battery isn't great. But I don't use soft synths any more and I don't use it that much on the mixer app, as I have the XControl. I use it for setup, then mostly it is lyrics, but I do go to it from time to time. Performance wise it is good, not sure whether to get something else later, or just stick another batttery in it. Maybe after a year or two I might update my iPad Pro and use that one live - I bought it as it was the last one with a jack socket for audio.

That is audio background mode, which an app can register at, such as a music player or youtube pro. There is also timer access, periodic network access and map update. These are a specific type of app, they cannot choose to run in the background. Its not a tit for tat discussions, I am just saying what it does. Personally I was wondering why A&H don't appear to be able to do what behringer do, because its not like behringer are a beacon of app design. What I see of their app looks really good, but that seems a huge drop off in functionality, unless you are expected to have a device dedicated to it.

They tried - for all that people moan about it, noone will buy it

as previously mentioned, the app doesn't run full time in the background, so it isn't a resource hog. Because my iPad is old, if i use the X-Air app full time on the screen for a whole 3 hour gig, chances are it would be dead before the end of the gig. But I don't, because I switch away from it. Ah, ok so you are talking about the processing of the iPad. Almost certainlyt he client device is a combination of streams and request / responses. I would not only argue that there is no point keeping this going when the UI isn't presented, I would absolutely believe there is no reason to show this when the UI isn't being presented. But this is the iPads job, not the mixers job - you can send what you want to an iPad, if it has put the application into the background it isn't getting much time and it sure as hell can't make an interface update. However, the second it does come back, it can. And this is what the issue is for me. Absolutely it can't, because apple have taken care of that and it has nothing to do with the app design. You can't app design your way out of that one *. Again, this is a misunderstanding with what you said, I assumed you were talking about the mixer, as the iPad client software is netiher here or there from a power or processsing point of view. What I want to know (and I haven't used this mixer), is why cant A&H design an app or interface to their mixer that is at least as responsive to the users requirements as behrnger did a decade ago? I mean, the fancy stufff looks good, but if when I switch away from the app to a lyric app and then switch back, I have to reconnect somehow in a way that people are suggesting, then it is for my use case, and most other people I have seen using digital mixers who don't have a stand alone mixing guy, completely useless. * actually you can in specific circumstances, but this is not one of those.