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I guess if people notice gaps between songs, it's because no-one's talking to the crowd or making any noise. 10-20 seconds to tune is fine, but silence on stage mid set isn't... or at least that's what we've been told!

Latest experience was playing (as a drummer) at a festival yesterday. The supplied rig was some all valve ampeg thing and 8x10". It sounded great, but then our bassist always sounds great. He was grinning and clearly in love with the rig, but it sounded exactly the same as the TC 2x10" combo he normally uses, at least from where I was sat.

funky!

Because I'm putting off a job... darkglass is 30ma Cali76 is 78ma at 9V but you can run this at 18V if you want? Which would be 103ma DSM Omnicab - they don't quote the power consumption, but I'm pretty sure I read on here that it's all analogue? So 100ma at the most Korg quote 600ma for the pitchblack but that sounds over the top to me. From what I can gather you want about 300ma for the line6 So, in total, you want a 9v supply that can do up to 1200ma, probably more like 1500ma. I wouldn't have thought you'll have many problems with noise. IME daisychaining from one high quality PSU has been fine, but I know others like isolated outputs There are loads to choose from. I use a Godlyke Powerall with a daisy chain which is great. The two you've suggested should be fine, but the spec on the Voodoo one does seem a little underwhelming. If the "high current" sockets can really only do up to 250ma, the Pitchblack might struggle to work. It looks like they can both do 18V so you could test your Cali76 both ways

I used to do this with a bass combo and a guitar combo. Nowadays I really can't be bothered so just use a clean blend pedal and some EQ. This might be a more practical solution? Otherwise get a small 1 x 12" guitar combo, turn down the bass a bit and run your effects through that?

How did it go Lozz? It was my first time there and I was very impressed. Great atmosphere!

[quote name='NickD' timestamp='1470323767' post='3105152'] ...With very well known songs you can take huge liberties musically as long as the core melody and feel is firmly recognisable to the punter... [/quote] This would be the main attraction to me - see what you can get away with, push yourself

If you're not using any open strings it shouldn't make any difference. So, I guess re-learn the tunes without using any open strings, then it's just a case of "moving the shape" if you know what I mean?

ace!!

well just asking if you're using compression is a bit pointless. If they asked "are you using a slow attack compressor with low ratio?" or "are you using a fast attack compressor with low threshold?" or something, then it might inform them a little as to the shape of your dynamic envelopes, but not a lot.

very cool, great demo, thanks!

I actually only put my pedals on the board the day before a gig. I change them around very often, especially fuzzes

If you're not moving around while you're playing then the bassline is probably wrong

You can use a compressor in many different ways to shape the dynamic envelope of the notes you play (which reach the threshold). There are so many different ways to use a compressor, I find it crazy that people think they can summarise this whole world of possibilities with statements like "it kills dynamics" - well obviously, if that's how you've set it!!

A very weird venue in Nottingham - SUMAC Centre. It was like a huge living room. The crowd seemed to love the loud punk bands so I was a bit anxious about us going on with out "folk punk" (I don't hear any punk in our music TBH) but they seemed to love us too! Very, very warm and sweaty. Good fun!

cool! We're Headsticks. I'm on drums but we have a fantastic bass player Nick Bayes

I take the one that does the job properly, regardless of the cost. To some extent it's also regardless of looks, but I wouldn't own a bass I didn't consider to be good looking

[quote name='Muzz' timestamp='1469700237' post='3100383'] We encountered a new one (to us) last week - a compresser limiter: crappy down-pointing speakers over the dancefloor, and a PA set to squish and compress into mush anything over 90db. We made sure the B&G were aware of the limitations before we started, so they weren't upset with us, but it was a tiptoeing nightmare. Why some venues advertise as a live venue is beyond me...well, the money, obviously, but no-one enjoys it... [/quote] Surely a limiter on the whole mix is preferable to a cut-out system? I'd have thought this would work pretty well. I guess the threshold was just set too low?

yeh a phone wouldn't be the best. I wonder if there's a BCer near you with a recording setup?

I'm playing for the first time on the Sunday. I'll not be attending the rest of the festival, way too busy in the studio What's your band called Lozz?

I've not had loads of experience with 8x10s. I've played through about 3 different ones, Ampeg, Ashdown, Marshall, a total of about 10 times. Obviously they all sound different but are all very impressive. That said, the best sound I've ever had on stage was playing ampless with two huge 15" monitors pointing up at me. I much prefer this to the 8x10s I've tried, and would describe it as far more "punchy"... but then I do have a somewhat unusual sound

well if you've got a good audio interface there should be no difference between the sound of the tape and the sound of the tape recorded digitally. I'd have thought you'd hear some artefacts at 192kpbs though. I always go for 356 kbps

[quote name='deanovw' timestamp='1469534017' post='3099038'] I stack the 2x10"s either way depending on how much room we have. I don't notice any real difference in the sound. [/quote] I would have thought stacking them vertically would be more likely to give you the same feeling as standing in front of an 8 x 10", as (for me) a big part of the appeal is having speakers up near your ears

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1469533916' post='3099035'] 2. What these analogue purists don't tell you is the reason that they like the sound so much is (just like vinyl) tape distorts in a way that the human ear finds musically pleasing. However it is changing the audio. Just because the distortion is one that most people like the sound doesn't stop it being distortion and and change in the sound that the producers of the music didn't really intend. It's not "HiFi". [/quote] Very true and this is the point on which I often end up offending "HiFi Purists" who can't accept the truth

IMO you could get there with EQ and compression and/or drive, but I think most people will disagree with me. How are you stacking the 2 x 10"s?