TimR

This is usually the sticking point for a lot of bands. The other is getting the middle aged blokes with instruments to believe in the end product. It's frustrating if the end product is slick, but is let down when the drummer has a scowl on and is thinking his time would be better spent drinking pints of Carling down at the Spoons. Personally I would do a dry run. Get a mate to come to an rehearsal room. Get the band to wear what they're planning to wear. Video a 'live' warts and all performance. Mistakes don't matter. Then watch the resulting car crash back and work out how to improve it. At this point aforementioned drummer will realise how good even a rough video is and get his wife to iron his best shirt. There is nothing worse than looking like a bunch of misfits having paid a lot of money for the privilege.

I wouldn't have used the word shocked. I would have said surprised. A lot of the Artists they have on are not musicians. They play bass in bands.

Mostly it isn't the sound guy based on the antics of primadonna (inexperienced) bands that I've seen. We played a local pub 'festival' for several years, the last one the local 'famous' band had been relegated to support. Speaking to the sound guy (line up organiser), he was less than complimentary about them, their lack of professionalism and level of expectation. He said he'd put us as headliners as we just "got on stage and played". It was quite painful listening to band after band "soundcheck" throughout the day. We should remember that the sound guy is often the person who will report back to the venue organiser and recommend whether a band comes back and plays a more popular night, or never returns. There are more bands than venues.

I've scrolled quite a few pages. Is the Lekato wifi what a lot of people are using to power their IEMs?

One is from up north. One is from across the pond. It's probably that simple.

I'd contact them, as new batteries every 8 weeks seems wrong to me.

Yep. That's the norm. I'm impressed that you can do it with just one listen through though, without ever hearing the song before. Generally I give the song several listens and then pick out the chords while playing along with my bass as reference. Not do it all by ear.

Battery drain in passive mode: Some East UK preamps draw power from the battery even in passive mode. This is a design feature to avoid loud thumps when switching between modes, but it means the battery will drain regardless of the selected mode. Make sure the black battery lead terminal has only one wire connected. Always remove the jack plug from the instrument when not in use, as inserting the jack activates the battery connection. Use a new, high-quality battery for best performance. Check that the jack socket is not touching any wiring outside of the preamp circuit, as this can cause unnecessary power drain.

That's confusing. Do you sometimes leave the bass plugged in for days? Unplug whenever you have finished playing. Other than that, check your jack plug isn't shorting and if it's not factory fitted, that it's wired correctly in the first place.

This was the first I saw of her. She can play!

People will not have heard of her before. People will have subscribed to her. There is no such thing as bad publicity.

There is a separate thread about AI, probably loads of Rick Beato content. But she is right, not because it's better, but because it's easy for people to use than spend a lifetime becoming an expert musician. It won't matter because pretty soon music tracks will all be 30 seconds long in the same way as songs reduced down to 3 minutes in the 60s. And when no one knows how to play instruments we will be worse off. Demolition Man stops being another dystopian Sci-Fi film.

If it's the same as this you can have 14 and 26 channel mode and/or trigger the differenent built in chases via DMX. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://avs.2dimg.com/resources/1738244068_865.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjI9s6tyrqRAxVTWkEAHdsTK544ChAWegQIUBAB&usg=AOvVaw2IPYtO95mlcMgVXo0YnZT0

Are the 50 channels fixed or can you set each individual lamp to an address. You could perhaps have every 5th one the same address and then just have '4 fixtures' per bar that just repeat.

Repetition, tension and release. That's all music is. Next time; increase and decrease the volume and get the drums to go with you, miss the riff and sit on the root for the same number of bars the riff is. Add a gliss. or an octave. They'll lap it up.

He's obviously not a serious Bass Player, even SD has posted on this forum. Well, in two threads anyway. 🤣

Anyone knkw where I can get these cheaper than £20? One at £20 is fine but think 3 is starting to stretch my budget. https://amzn.eu/d/5YMSWkE 4way IEC splitter.

The static wash they use at every gig looks good.

I mentioned this in the DMX thread. Although I have 4 par cans that are 4 chanel so I can run all 4 off two pages of faders by setting adresses to 1, 5, 9 and 13. My mini spots are 5 chanel? Go Figure. To keep the desk simple I program 1, 9, 1, 9. Losing about 12 channels, but I don't have hundreds of fixtures and multiple universes. This is where software comes in handy. Useful to have a cheat sheet printed referencing each page, fixture and what chanels you're using. In case you want to alter lights on the fly instead of using programmed scenes. Essential when programming anyway.

Each data packet is 512 bytes and it runs at a baud rate of 250kbps. What issues are you encountering at 2.4GHz?

Its always gone on. Sponsorship, not necessarily signature instruments, that's a more recent phenomena with mass production making it simple to do a run of 1000 instruments all exactly the same. Certainly bands sponsored by strings companies, some BassChatters have got free strings for tours etc. I imagine Paul McCartney got given a fair few basses.

One tip is not to have bright lights pointing out at the audience from the stage. It makes you difficult to see. If you're going to have lights for the dance floor, have a good think about their location. If lights are to light up the band, they need to be at the front, as high up as possible, down onto the band. Side fills are ok, but they will put the band into silhouette if there's nothing from the front. You're not a disco, people want to be able to watch you.

Don't overthink it. I left a band because people who knew my situation were too immature to recognise how it was affecting me mentally, even when I told them to cut me some slack. If you are not aware of things going on in his life that are preventing him from picking up the phone you can't temper your response accordingly. If he has always been rubbish with comms, that may be why A wants to get rid of him. If it's a new new thing then it probably needs a chat, or he will walk anyway.

Yeah, but what's with the thumb over the top of the fretboad? Everything else pales into insignificance compared to that heinous crime. Even the faux leather engine driver's hat.