dave_bass5

Why dont they know them? Asking for a friend 😎

We have our first NYE gig for ages this month. On the one hand I’m really looking forward to the money and it’s going to be an easy gig (another Retirement village), but because of where me and the singer live (my wife) we can’t get home in the car. We live right in the centre on London and just inside the restricted zone for the fireworks. Will be a long night.

This is interesting as I have the H4 Essentials and I can put it clipped to the drum kit and get a clean recording (once it's in my DAW). I think the mic's are rated a bit higher than the H1 as far as levels go, but ive been really impressed with how clean it can record. I also use it to send a feed to our desk for my IEM's. At rehearsals I just put it on a chair in the room facing the PA and get decent recordings. Never had any distortion. It takes one button to start recording and the same button to stop. Neve need to touch the menus. Much easier than the older H4n Pro. I had the H4n Pro pro while and liked it, but the Essential is cleaner (I read about the Pro's clipping at low recording levels, and heard it for myself).

Or even allowed to 😎

Loved the first film but I can't imagine this will be much. I listened to an interview with Derek Smalls (Shearer stayed in character the whole time) on the Rockonteurs recently. I didnt laugh once which was disappointing.

I wonder if the Aliexpress version is like the Gear4music version. I spent ages trying to get the stereo in on XLR working, brought new cables, even sent the first one back and got a replacement (actual they said to keep the first one as it wasn't worth the cost of sending it back). Neither seems to be wired, or at least working, for stereo XLR. The middle 1/4 works fine in both modes. SameXLR cables on the P2 work as expected.

Thanks. Isn't that PC only though? The cable I plan on getting is the Soundswitch. It comes with 3 months free use of their own software, with the option of paying £7.99 a month or buying it outright. I know nothing about these things but I was hoping there might be a freeware option or something cheaper if the cable is not bound to that software only.

Until recently we have always had our lights on some sort of auto mode, but I saw a USB to DMX cable that im hope got get for Christmas It comes with a tail of some software but for my needs I just need something simple and cheap. Not sure if i ll use it connected to my MacBook or an iPad. Probably MacBook. Any guidance, suggestions most welcome.

This is what I made up. Their leads are also colour coded and numbered. Still not enough for some though

What, at the same time? 😵‍💫😎

I was in a band a log time ago with a guitarist and bass player both using wireless. We used to play at the Roadhouse in Covent Garden quite a lot as the guitarist was also the house sound guy on the nights we weren't playing. I remember one gig where both of them went out in to the crowd (this was a sat night so it was packed). All of a sudden the guitar stopped and the bass player started doing a solo. Next thing I see is the guitarist coming back on stage carrying a try with drinks on it for us. Classic!!!

Yeah. Maybe why Sheldon started to put a DG module in them 😇 I did a gig years ago when a mate of mine brought two basses along for me to play. 1 per set and the 3rd set with whatever I wanted. At the time I was using a 4 string Fender (which I still use as my gigging bass). A Dingwall and an old Ibanez Roadstar. First set came and went. it was my first time playing a FF but it was ok, I didn't struggle much, not even with the extra string. He was a bit put out that I refused to use it again and did the rest of the gig with the cheap as chips Ibby. it has so much more life and presence.

When we got our XR18 I made up laminated A5 cheat sheets for everyone. Everyone was also colour coded. I printed out labels (in the corresponding colour) for the leads that go in to the XR18. I have numbers stuck on the XR18 under the XLR inputs. I really can't do much more.....and yet 😂 To be fair, although all the instruments go through the Mixer, most of the time it's for the IEM users rather than FOH. We still mostly only put vocals/keys and kick through it, but we also record multitrack off the desk and have had a couple of 'cut down' recordings where someone has used the wrong input and ive just left it.

Ive never owned a fanned fret bass, but I have played a few. I found them extremely easy to play lower down the neck, but not quite so easy at the top end. It felt natural at one end and very un natural at the other. What ive never got on well with are Dingwall's. Ive not found one that sounded like it had a soul in it. I guess ive only played about 4, and they were nice instruments, but sound wise very cold.

One good thing to come out of the last gig, I managed to get a keyboard working using a power bank, using bluetooth midi back to my macbook. I can now soundcheck from out front. Really happy about that as I dont trust the others to do it.

Ive been harping on at the band to do more up to date songs for ages, now we are asked not to play anything past the early 80's of these gigs. At least we have pub gigs to let loose. My wife is our usual singer, so she normally gets the PA and lights set up at gigs. We live on the 3rd floor and it all has to be taken downstairs and across the car park. We insist that everyone plugs themselves in etc, but then after it's all plugged in i still have to check that everyone can't actual count. There is always one that in the wrong channel. We do get help with loading in and out if there is anyone else there, but it's the setting up that seems to take some ages. I had the PA/lights/keyboard rig broken down before the bass player had packed his rig away (just bass/amp/cab and a cable). I get they aren't as experienced as I am, but it's just common sense. The drummer is the one that ends up sorting them out most of the time now. me and the wife used to take a big bag of spare mic leads etc, now I just take bare minimum for the PA and that's it. Now when any of them come up to me and says the lead they have isn't long enough, they get the standard 'this doesn't sound like a me problem so go and sort it'. Can't believe there are still calls of 'where do I plug this in to'? Dont get me started lol.

We have recently got a few gigs in Retirement Villages around the Southeast. We had the first on Sat. We didnt know what to expect but it was pretty obvious what not to play for these places. Only 2 x 45 mins sets and finished by 10pm. Decent money and a few free drinks at their onsite bar afterwards. Made a change from sweaty pubs and having to contend with drunks wanting to talk as we are packing up. We went down really well, and although it was a struggle to play a bit quieter than we normally do, it was quite fun and we all commented how much we enjoyed it. Of course i was at the back with full IEM's so to me the gig wasn't any different to any other, sound wise, but the others said playing quieter made them play with a bit more precision. I still have to wipe a few asses as far as setting up etc, but after having a bit of an outburst on WhatsApp recently I think some of it has sunk in. We are using a Dep singer at the moment, as my wife is taking a break, meaning I have to take the PA, lights, and my gear, and set it all up and break it al down without help. Got a bit fed up with this and made a few comments about it. Looking forward to to the very well paid NYE one. First time out on NYE with this band, and we are getting my wife to dep for the dep, which should be interesting. As we live right in the centre of London we have no idea how we will get home as the roads are shut until 6am.

Yeah. My keyboard is white and when i shine a black light at it it looks like it’s floating in mid air. My old drummer used to have the bands name painted on this bass drum skin in fluorescent paint. Looked very cool back in the day.

Yeah. I didn’t consider the Creator pack as i felt most of it wouldn't be used, inc the mic, but if you need that it’s worth it. I know that works in 32bit float so you probably wont get any distortion from it. I felt that two would be ok, but one might give a bit of a weird stereo image. The DJI Mic 2 gets really good review though.

This was taken from the other side at a different gig.

Not sure what you mean by 'second mic', but all the videos ive posted on the Bands FB page (and mine) that were recorded with the OP3 have just the original audio from the camera. It seems to handle loud volumes quite well, much better than my GoPro. This is one of those videos. Recorded from just in front of one of the speakers.

Yeah. It’s funny but in my 40 years of playing live, mostly small gigs with a self contained band it’s never been an issue. Now i know it’s happening it’s like the end of days 😂

Haha. Bloody predictive tax 😂

I find it not to work well. I guess it’s partly to do with the singers technique, to far away and they won’t open the gate, but needs a heavy gate to stop the noise etc. I also found that when the gate was opened for the voice the stage volume would also get picked up so it’s like a birth of volume. im sure those more experienced could set things up better, i have to do it from the stage while playing so cant ride the faders. I think all this might be a bit too anal for smaller pub gigs.

Same with two of mine. I now insist they leave them on and I’ll mute them if needed, which i never do for the reasons in my previous post.