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There is no additional risk of a feedback as the ambient mic won’t be going into foh. There’s no way the ambient mic will be picking up any output from the IEMs. To be fair, setting up an ambient mic is pretty low effort.
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To be clear - if the seal is broken, ambient or otherwise, there is a tradeoff in that you start to lose bass response. How much of that which is tolerable - but as a bass player, you probably won’t appreciate it. Best practice is to think along the lines, anything you want to hear, you pump in via the mix. There is a line of thinking that if you have a bass rig on stage, having that come in ambiently offsets the bass loss… but the goal is to keep stage volumes low so the mix the audience hears out front is better.
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Absolutely. I'll pull it from the same place she pulled her claim.
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A mime to Jeff Lynne's bassline! (who did the Wilburys bass work on both albums)
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Also the biggest lie that she hasn't heard that before.
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I doubt it. Mark King kept Status with an order list for years. As he did for Jaydee. Need a cash injection? Build Mark a new model... out comes the doctors and lawyers and their chequebooks.
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Not a signature model... but they did do this for him - (it's probably hanging off some lamp post nowadays)
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I've always had a soft spot for the violin bass. But not had the need enough to ever buy one. It would be an ornament. OK, I'd like that ornament... but you know, it's kinda a lot of money to have just sitting there. Not being 5 string rules it out. And it's not versatile enough for a one bass does it all for covers from various artists. For me, the J bass has always been the go to for that. Every other Hofner I've seen have been pretty meh, or just downright rubbish. And if you are going to do it, you're going to have to go German as opposed to the cheaper Ignition versions - which just don't look right compared to the flagships. Just been on Hofners site to read more about the Ignition basses... and had to smile when I read this - "Hollow body construction for the modern, deep-resonating Violin Bass sound." - Modern?! So when you look at it, pretty much the only thing going for them is the Macca link. Given Macca's age and popularity of that band - and fading interest (not saying they aren't popular, they just aren't as captivating to new generations), I'd say that if somebody hasn't bought a violin bass by now, they aren't. I hope they don't go under. But I do hope it gives them the chance the reinvent themselves to be more... vintage. How about a nice vintage 5 string violin bass? I'd be all over that. Anyway, have some Tom Petty pics -
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Have you read the opening posts and understand how much experience I have in this domain...?
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And there goes all your bass.
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They're rubbish!! or maybe you just don't like them
EBS_freak replied to police squad's topic in General Discussion
Completely agree. Apart from anything to do with Morrissey and The Smiths. -
There we go
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So don't then.
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Unlikely unless agreed in advance. Even if turning up with a split, depending upon your sound guy, they may not like that either. As always, communication is key... and the sound engineer. Alot of sound engineers are paid up to just turn up and do their thing on the day in a manner they know... things tend to go south when you tipple that norm.
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musicians for you.
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Yup. Stay away.
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https://amzn.eu/d/apS98Y0 - don’t guess. Get the actual figure. Ive found that the figures on the labels don’t necessarily represent real world figures!
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The problem - well, it's morally bankrupt. I always smirk when I see "that pdf" which shows all this top end equipment listed. There's always the narrative "top end system", "sounds amazing", "no complaints ever"... lies lies lies. Anyway, these "great" setups dont mean anything... pricey setups don't defy physics. I think the golden era of making a living via being in a function band is well and truly over. Or maybe it's just cos I got sick of it all... Dunno. But it was definitely getting less enjoyable every gig I did.
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In reality, most punters wouldn't know what a good or bad sounding band at a wedding sounds like. And if it sounds rubbish and the punters notice, they won't say anything - they are guests at a wedding and unlikely to have picked up the bill. Nobody will tell the bride or groom, cos nobody is going to be that person that potentially ruins their day... hence the problem goes unchallenged, the venue is paid, the band gets paid... and everybody is happy... kinda. Lets face it, for most couples and guests, it's a one off event.
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They are all pants. Hate them. For an insight into how some of these systems “work”, look up the Maxxbass plugin… the thing is, that still requires **some** bass to work. Not so hot when you’ve high passed all the bass out of your speakers already. Some venues just arent cut out for live music. What these venues should be doing is, is running a band through a silent disco setup and selling that as quirky feature. Neighbours not complaining about noise, the oldies can talk and everybody else can hear how your band doesn’t sound as good as the band thinks it does! 😛
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You can use y splits - but folk prefer not to because it can lead to impedance mismatch, increased signal noise but most notably, they don’t limit phantom power - which can have a habit of breaking things which shouldn’t be in the receiving end of it…
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That needed a dedicated Jeff cam!
