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    Glastonbury Festival

    in General Discussion

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    On 16/06/2022 at 09:20, Cato said:

     

    Bloody hell.

     

    I was listening to most of those headliners 30 years ago during my teenage metal years.

     

    I'd heard that no bands had come through to join the big boys for a long time, but that really brings it home.

    Rectal smegma and Brutal sphincter would be on my must see list...

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    Controller Keyboard to use with Logic

    in Recording

    Posted · Edited by skidder652003

    I got my lad the Arturia minilab. I know you don't want small keys but I believe they do larger ones as well.

    Apparently the keys action is better on the Arturia range ( so i saw on Youtube FWIW)

    He's blown away with it (he's into electronica and dance music and studying a degree in MT at Bristol uni)

    I gave him my old M Audio controllers and the the new Arturia and Novation stuff blows that out of the water

    Do any of the new controllers still have MIDI DIN?

     

    https://www.arturia.com/products#hybrid-synths

    Getting pub gigs?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    wrong time of year, most pubs around here start booking for the following year this September

    you'll need youtube video links of past performances if possible. Failing that, record some rehearsals so they can see you can play to a decent standard.

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    Public Liability Insurance and Pat Testing, Needed?

    in General Discussion

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    4 minutes ago, mrtcat said:

    IMO al bands should have PLI that specifically covers the activities of the band. As soon as a band is playing in a public space then there are endless eventualitites, no matter how unlikely they may seem, that could see the band and its members liable for damage to people or property.

    Completely agree.

    Our guitarist and singer haven't got much money or property if we were to be sued.

    It would all come down on me and the drummer.

    PLI is essential IMO

    Basic Lighting for Gigs

    in Gigs

    Posted · Edited by skidder652003

    We've had loads of different lighting setups over the years. 

     

    Now we have it down to a bagful of something similar to these

     

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154899833612?hash=item2410bfe30c:g:kdsAAOSwWMBiL~6O

     

    with spring metal clamps so we can attach them to anything, usually the support poles for the FOH speakers and angle them how we like, at the singer, the guitarists fingers (!), angle up at the drum kit, on the back band logo etc. We also put a few behind the band on poles. Whole thing takes 5 minutes. I also put a couple of these behind the band (as they're so bright) 

     

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363806226888?hash=item54b48a79c8:g:TnsAAOSw-zxiXTDf

     

    I'm not a fan of sound to light ( a bit school disco!) so fades are better, but to be honest we just leave the colours static now and let the moving heads to all the work. I've got enough to do playing the damn bass! 

     

    A small haze machine also adds to the effect (if you're allowed to use one by the venue)

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    Strange studio vs camera audio issue

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    Video editing in Reaper is way easier than iMovie and I've used both and DaVinci Resolve.

     

    If you keep it all "in house" in Reaper it will save time and agro with sync issues.

     

    I remember having a similar issue and solved it by adjusting the movie playback rate in Reaper.  As I recall, I right clicked on the movie file that was on one track, selected item properties and adjusted the playback rate until it synced up with the audio track. I'm sure there's a YouTube video explaining it .

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    Power Supply for Pedals - Differences?

    in Effects

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    I got one of these from Amazon, seems pretty popular, £33

     

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Guitar-Pedal-Power-Supply-Overcurrent/dp/B075ZT7B5F/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=Pedal+Board+Power+Supply&qid=1648712806&sr=8-5

     

    I don't think its truly isolated (at that price) but my board is truly silent. Before I daisy chained and it could get noisy but this works really well.

     

    I have on it as follows: Boss TU3 tuner, Laney Digbeth Preamp, Boss LMB3 compressor, Pearl Phaser and a 15V Digitec JamMan looper. They all work fine. My guitarist also uses one.

    Did you ever buy a bass you'd previously overlooked?

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, 40hz said:

    P-Basses. In my younger days, I'd always shunned them totally for being so boring (as I saw it) and common, preferring flashier basses with more bells and whistles.

     

    I then bought a Classic Series 50's and realised what all the endless clichés are about, with regards to 'sitting in the mix perfectly' and  'sounding great with no tweaking required'. They're ubiquitous for a reason and it took me near 20 years to show them some respect.

    This exactly.

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