TimR

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?

[quote name='bigjohn' timestamp='1427134166' post='2726245'] Yep. I've seen more aggression in a busy tea-rooms. [/quote] Quite. On one forum I said something that upset a feminist guardian reader. I still have no idea what I said that upset her but she marked my cards and then kept up her aggressive posts towards me on countless other threads. It was quite amusing. Well, I thought so. .

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1427118526' post='2725919'] [size=4][color=#373E4D][font=Helvetica, Arial,]Ok, membership around 32k, most of whom are inactive so some reports would typically say that 75% of a site content comes from less than 10% of active members..??[/font][/color][/size] [size=4][color=#373E4D][font=Helvetica, Arial,]so I'd say that looking at the post count of missing members is possibly significant . Not really wishing to stir anything up so much as i'd be pretty concerned about key or worthwhile posters going missing in such a short space of time. It doesn't matter so much what opinions they have as long as they have them and post, IMO..in a reasonable way.[/font][/color][/size] [size=4][color=#373E4D][font=Helvetica, Arial,]It is the lifeblood of a forum.[/font][/color][/size] [/quote] It depends on how much they're creating and how much they're just answering questions that someone else would have answered. Many times I've gone to answer something only to find it's already been answered by a prolific poster. Gaps open and are filled by new people. That's evolution.

[quote name='chaypup' timestamp='1427108724' post='2725756'] [/quote] There you go. Pretty much evidence that some people read some things one way and others differently. I completely missed that.