Richard R

I quite liked the blue - what are you going to replace it with?

We have the same mixer - mainly because I saw yours 😄 What we've done is to set the desk so that the post-fade mixes which go to L/R also feed individually to Group 7/8. What this means is the following: If you switch to Group 7/8 and set all the faders to 0db then Gp 7/8 will exactly track whatever changes you make to the main L/R mix. However, if you push the fader corresponding to (ooo, let's say the BASS!) up to +10db on the Gp7/8 mix, then it's increased by 10db relative to whatever it's set to on the FOH. FOH is the same, but on YT it's now higher in the mix to compensate for the tiny speakers. The FOH remains the master mix, but the recording/livestream/YT mix comes from the Gp 7/8 outputs. We also include the congregation microphones on Gp7/8, but not on L/R., and some compression and limiting so as not to overload the OBS input. All credit to Jamie on our team who sorted this out and has put the time in to make it work. My original version was much simpler, and I intended to refine it and use the desk properly. Then someone on the other side of the world ate a dodgy bat and I got distracted. (Note for non Qu32 users. There are lots of mixes and groups on the desk. Four mono mixes Mx1-4, three stereo mixes MX 5/6, 7/8, & 9/10, plus four Groups that can either be groups or mixes. We have them all set as Mixes, and use them as foldback except for 7/8 as above. It is a fabulous desk) .

We now do this, one of the other FOH guys finally had the time to sort it out, and then to make it simple. It's a vast improvement for the YT. If anyone wants details I'll start another thread as it's a major derail. One thig we do find though - when we compare a local recording of the sound sent to YT with the actual YT sound there is a definite difference. YT does some strange stuff. If we ever have the time we want to actually analyse what they do and figure out how to compensate. It's good enough now, the rest is just intellectual curiosity.

Paging @knicknack - are you still looking?

So I lose my bet that you would keep it long enough to brung it to the Midlands Bass Bash 🥲

£80 - that's a very good deal. What was the damage that made it B-stock?

Welcome aboard!

Now that is an excellent video. Thanks for posting. 👍

Oh that's excellent! Great music to work to. And to walk to - if you're prepared to do that 1970' slight swagger!

We practiced with a click in Friday. It's a very odd sensation.

Our service this morning took a left turn during the semon; a lot of folks then came up for prayer during the subsequent hymn and a very reflective and prayerful feeling settled acoss the whole church. Our planned final song ("Come set your rule and reign ") would have been completely inappropriate, so the WL quickly picked another. Unfortunately but the only thing most of us in the band picked up from his hurried whispers was that we were doing something in A. We each quietly joined in as and when we cottoned on or found the music, but our frantic faces must have been completely at odds with the mood in the church.

I only play 5 string basses, not well!!

I am nothing if not predictable. 😑

We had a full practice last night for tomorrow, which is great. Unfortunately I was so tired I was almost asleep between songs so I have no idea what I'm doing tomorrow. We play stuff in Eb and randomly change keys. I cheat by using a 5 string and getting the chord charts with Nashville numbers. This makes me a bad person.

Absolutely this. ^^^

Good advice in general. However in this case the point is not about ability but intent, and doesn't rest on my proficiency, experience, or otherwise. Regardless of ability the band is there primarily to serve the congregation. My response was to the suggestion that we should not focus on playing correctly but on our personal worship. Which I maintain is a flawed view as it has the priority in the wrong place. Happy to have a further debate, but it is independent of ability.

I should have said sing or play.

This is fundamentally flawed. The point of worship is to encounter and glorify God. If you're involved in leading, singing, tech, or anything such as that then your first priority is the worship of the congregation, not your own. You are serving, not worshipping, you are Martha, not Mary. Now if you are good enough to sing and play and be able to worship and encounter God as well, good for you! (I'm not yet). But even if you are, then the priority is the congregation, and the whole band has to be as good as they can to help the congregation to worship. So by saying "focus on your worship" the leader is failing to understand the job the band is there to do. It's the same with FOH sound or livestream cameras - it is work and service to be done to the best of one's ability. Which means not usually joining in but making sure the best possible sound or visuals are presented to those who receive them, to aid their worship. Whether you call such service "worship" is a another question, but it's clearer to use a different word.

I have to be in Manchester later this month, with an evening meeting followed by a whole day on site. I had cunningly planned to take the prior half day off, so I could drive up at lunchtime then mooch around Johnny Roadhouse Music and spend some money. Now some bright spark has arranged meetings so I can't leave the Midlands until gone 2pm, which seriously limits the mooching time ☹️

I suppose none of the above is actually in the signal chain except the XLRs, and cables and leads might be considered as consumables. I would say you're in, but I refer to my previous disclaimer 😁

Have added Nottingham to the title. Hopefully it doesn't actually put people off!