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[quote name='Ancient Mariner' timestamp='1428147003' post='2738466'] Is music an olympic sport? I'm very much of the mind that if the most important requirement were to perfectly reproduce a piece of music then it would have been better just to use a CD instead of having a band. It's often the small variations, changes, even 'mistakes' that make hearing a live band pleasureable and worth the time. While there are a small number of people (outside the bass community) for whom perfection is a basic requirement, they are a tiny minority. [/quote] I agree. Music is an art form not a science. I want to hear music breathe and have it's own energy. I gave up critiquing either my own band or any band I was listening too. It was just sucking the enjoyment out and not productive at all. Apart from note perfect sterile soulless function bands. I don't want to pay big money to listen to that. The audience enjoy it. Work out why they enjoyed it, why you enjoyed it and why listening back has made you now not enjoy it. Take a photograph of something and show it to a friend who wasn't there. They're only ever going to see what's in the frame and from that one angle.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1428498213' post='2741821'] That's probably reasonable if a 13A fuse blows before the tripping of a 16A circuit breaker. I'm not that much of an expert, but from what I see published as performance figures, it would seem that a modern CB would trip much faster than a fuse. Depending on the overload, a fuse can hold up for up to an hour before melting. Under those same conditions, a CB would last only a few minutes. For outright short-circuits, too, the CB wins each time.Fuses are a rather clumsy method, after all (which is why CB's were developed and adopted for domestic protection...). I'd be more convinced if there was a CB in the plug, rather than a fuse, but that would be too expensive, I suppose. Still, as long as Albion has its citizens protection at heart, all is well. [/quote] Yes. But we have 3, 5 and 10amp fuses as well. It means you don't have to wire a table lamp with 2.5mm2 wire and then your 40w table lamp bulb isn't backed up with a 16amp breaker.

You'll probably find two types a 5A one and a 13A one. They have different cables but the IEC plug socket is only rated at 10A. Work that one out. Anyway, you might need a 13A one with a 10A fuse depending on your amp power and whether it has a 'soft start'. There's a grey area between 300w and 500w amps as to whether the manufacturer fits a soft start. Essentially you could have a 500w amp that randomly blows 5A fuses when you turn it on.

Superb! How did he explain to the kids who they were?

Yes. Same happened to me on an Ibanez. They're cast aluminium. Rubbish. I ordered a new one but they come in packs of 4. I'd offer to send you one of my old ones as I swapped them all out but I suspect they're different. PM me if interested and you want to try. Don't think they were expensive anyway.

I doubt he came with the express intention f nicking something. More like it was opportunistic. Best case he took it down and left it by the car and someone else made off with it (I bet that'll be his excuse anyway). A good reminder not to trust people you don't know. I don't let audience members onto the stage or help pack away at end of gigs.

Check if the footswitch has an audio function. Looks like an ideal solution. It'll control the pan and tilt of the headbangers as well as the RGBW. I just have 4 PAR 64s and set them to auto/sound. We also have a laser and smoke machine. It's all just auto at the moment. Unless you program something very clever, not many people will notice for a band situation. DMX comes into play if you're doing a stage show. In a previous band I used to have 6 different 'mood' programs based on colours but run them from sound. Even the band wondered what I was doing with all the cables. I left the band and they still have the fixtures and controllers. For £85 though I might have another punt with the new band. Especially as we have the smoke machine and laser which are DMX.

[quote name='lollington' timestamp='1428274704' post='2739909'] Ah, it's only channel 11: http://www.soh.cz/data_images/Image/pronajem/manual/headbanger.pdf ... [/quote] Those headbanger units will still work in 8 channel mode though. I suspect you can emulate the strobe function through programming the controller. Do you use it a lot?

Post a link to your DMX fixture. Do you mean Chanel 11 on your fixture is strobe? Seems odd unless it's a 16 Chanel fixture. In which case I think you can usually fiddle with addresses and fool the controller into controlling it by using channels 1-8 on one address and 9-16 on another address. I'm not totally sure about that though.

Actually things have moved on since I last looked. Foot switch and DMX controller all in one £84. I think I need one of these. https://m.thomann.de/gb/stairville_led_foot_8_dmx.htm?ref=mm_a_15

Really the best way to approach it is DMX with a mixer and a midi foot switch. It's expensive. Each par can is about £50, a controller about £120 and a midi foot switch another £150. But you can run whole sequences or individual scenes very easily using that method.

[quote name='Cameronj279' timestamp='1427974574' post='2736502'] ... I have noticed that I seem to walk a step back and then forward again quite regularly...no clue why though. [/quote] Add in some side to sides as well. Never mind the shadows, just makes you look bigger and more interesting on stage.

Credit card or similar plastic card?

Having speakers side by side will give the audience different levels, because depending on where they stand in the audience they'll get different amounts of sound from each speaker. This may sound silly because the speakers are practically right next to each other but the sound waves from each speaker 'interfere' with each other and the sound is 'reinforced' and 'cancelled' at different frequencies which compounds the effect. Google Young's Double Slit Experiment. Stacking vertically does the same but up and down but as your audience is across the stage it shouldn't notice too much. Unless you're playing a theatre with banked seats. Also think of the sound as the beam from a torch, spreading out. The high frequencies are more directional and bounce off objects and the beam is narrow - you can hear this by walking across your cab the high frequencies become more noticeable directly in front of the cab. Your ear is more sensitive to the higher frequencies and it will seem louder when you're standing directly in front. The low frequencies are dispersed in a very wide bean and will travel around objects.

Yes. Stack them vertically one on top of the other with the label the right way up and the feet at the bottom. So you have a two cones wide by four cones high configuration. They're not ideal anyway because you'll have two speakers side by side which will cause combing. From an audience point of view the bass will get louder and quieter and louder again as you walk across the hall. Putting the cabs side by side will give you much more bottom end but you'll not be able to hear the mids because the higher frequencies will be beamed past your knees. Coupled with the increased bass it'll sound awful. I use 2 2x10s so I have one cone wide and four cones high. Sounds great.

[quote name='Jazzneck' timestamp='1427222910' post='2727550'] ... The reasons that made me spit out my dummy have nothing to do with the WPD epic but were caused by two antagonistic members who did not / would not see further than the ends of their noses in any discussion. I actually met one in real life and he came across to me as being as arrogant and cutting as he did with some of his OT topics and posts on here. Rather than ignore him and his views I argued, got nowhere, was wound up and publicly stated that I was off. ... So I am now sitting back, watching and keeping quiet. I will keep well clear of OT, I will not post anything that [u][b] I [/b][/u]think of being humorous and stick to commenting with what I know to be fact. ... [/quote] That's a real shame. OT isn't that bad. At least I don't think it is. We all seem to get on quite well from what I can see. There's the odd strange comment and disagreement but don't think there's any lasting feuds going on.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1427218673' post='2727446'] If you think that Facebook members are all using their really names and the photos are of themselves then I'm afraid you sadly mistaken. There is nothing stopping anyone starting a Facebook account using any name and and image they choose. If Basschat decided that your user name had to be your real name and your avatar had to be your photo how could they tell that the information you has supplied was real? Besides in a community where a great number of the members are easily identifiable through the bands they perform in, having a silly user name and avatar doesn't afford much anonymity. [/quote] Nope. I've met pretty much everyone in my groups and friends. And they are all who they say they are.

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1427207369' post='2727150'] It's an interesting point made about alternative social media and if it becomes the standard practice in future for like minded folks with common interests to use stuff like facebook groups then ultimately the days of internet fora will be numbered. I think we're a way off that yet though. [/quote] I'm on several FB groups. You have an admin who can delete stuff and PM people but the big difference is there are a lot of meet ups and everyone uses their real name. Here there are many people I'm unlikely to ever meet and if I did I would meet them under their real name, not an alias. Do away with forum aliases and make avatar a photo I your face and a lot of the animosity (if there is that much) would disappear overnight.

[quote name='lou24d53' timestamp='1427192142' post='2726859'] It was me who posted "relax people". As far as I can see - and not only on this thread - there are a lot of people on this forum getting worked up about stuff that generally isn't all that important at the end of the day. Everyone has opinions, not always ones that will agree with everyone else, but some people seem too quick to jump on the offended bus at the first opportunity. Really is one of the reasons why I generally don't post on here as often as I would otherwise as I can't be ar$ed with the potential fall out from someone taking umbrage to my posts. [/quote] Ah. Ok. To be honest, I think when I first came here I was a lot less selective which posts I read. I used to read nearly every new post. I'm a lot more selective now and can usually gauge which threads could be contentious and don't bother reading them. Unless something reaches 2 or 3 pages and that contradicts what I thought of it through reading the title, then I might have a read. Otherwise I just read posts that look interesting. There's enough of us here to keep the forum lively without us all answering the ohms question.

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1427190761' post='2726820'] That is my impression too. He pissed me off a few times with badly timed posts that were in bad taste, usually in threads of a "sensitive" nature... But hey - not everyone takes life seriously! [/quote] I'm guessing this is the most frequent problem amongst posters. Someone posted "Relax, people" above. I'm not sure who it's aimed at. As far as I feel this thread is just an easy conversation. In fact most of my posts are like that. I do wonder what is going though people's minds when they post strange comments. It's very difficult not to upset people who are looking for something to be upset about. As far as Wayne goes, he gave up work to stay at home to look after his young child. I can't imagine his posts where all done after a good nights sleep in an easy focussed frame of mind. That all I'll say on the matter.

It really depends on the band 'dynamic'. I've been in a band where I would expect the drummer to pay for hire of the kit. I've 'been in a band' where I've expected to pay for a rehearsal but the guys told me I was a dep so not to pay. I've been in a band where the band leader has paid. I've been in a band where the band 'treasurer' has collected our split down to the last penny. Very interesting dividing £40 out of a 7 piece. I've been in a band where if a member can't make the rehearsal we still met and they still had to pay (Not my descision!) I think if this thread is directed at a situation you have found yourself in and you or others feel you are being taken advantage of then you should ask the drummer to pay. It's all about getting on together and that's a two way thing.

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1427139802' post='2726369'] ... They don't know about the last bit, of course. That's not in the plan. [/quote] That's only due to a lack of a sarcasm emoticon.

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1427140554' post='2726396'] Slowly and with much deliberation. [/quote] Actually I realise after I posted. It's: "I haven't read any of the other replies but..."

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1427140554' post='2726396'] Slowly and with much deliberation. [/quote] Actually I realise after I posted. It's: "I haven't read any of the other replies but..."

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1427137792' post='2726324'] I quite agree! No need for anyone to wade in and point out that a thread on a particular subject was started by Bassfart in 2009. [/quote] I think that's another example of odd language. How can you wade in to a forum discussion?