skidder652003

Axe and zoom b1 four into the PA if that was me. Punters wouldn’t know the difference

Yeah she is fine thanks. We played a fair few of those dives years ago when we were starting out and desperate for gigs. Thankfully we can be a bit more discerning these days, we wont be back.

Gig last night, rough old dive, bruiser landlord ( nice bloke mind), dodgy clientele etc. p1issed up girl decides to invade the stage several times screeching into the mic. Tops off the evening by jumping on stage and grabbing our singers head and sticking her tongue down our straight female singers throat ( not impressed) and to end a lovely evening, scouser crack head screaming at everyone to f@@k off for 10 minutes straight. Venue loves the band, wants to rebook in October… opinions? Happened really fast, our singers a tough old cookie and pushed her away calling her a dirty b1tch. In an ideal world I guess you would call the fuzz but it was 1am and she just wanted to get home. Dont think we will be returning to this particular Torbay establishment.

I cant believe Ozzy isnt already in it. Edit, he was in 2006 with sabbath, so his solo career then...mmm maybe not..

I think it that scenario Id be using plug in or VST type software for home recording rather than trying to cobble togeather my hardware.

we have been using moving heads for a few years now, they are great but quick tip, put them behind an amp as a backdrop light so they dont blind you or the punters. we also used to have a dmx footswitch but I only used it for blackouts at the end of each song. Once that died we didnt bother to replace it which was a shame IMO Now we just carry a large bag of LED lights and clamps and just attch them around the stage as appropriate with slow colour washes.

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extraordinary!

I was actually going to suggest giving the Laney pre a go, let us know if it helps.

whichever works best for metal.

Try and swap or sell it for the Boss LMB 3, a much better option.

This is one of the reasons we went for the zoom L20 desk, we record straight to an SD card in the desk, all 20 stems. Straight over into Reaper at home as 20 seperate tracks, piece of p1ss!

this..

is that where Laney are based?

I find it perfect for matching multiple cameras to audio very quickly. Its far more intuitive than say DaVinci resolve which I use for colour correction (if needed).

The video editing option in Reaper (as basic as it is although actually it really isn't) was what for me makes it the best vcalue out there. Plus the stock plugins are fine and the free JS plugins (which run into the hundreds) are excellent, and look better. Plus it runs on a fart and any old laptop or PC or 15 year old mac will run it beautifully, couldn't say the same for Logic X.

I had the markbass compressore (had a valve), TBH couldn't tell the difference between that and a few regular compressors I've had over the years, but hey thats's compressors for you. Never really understood them and again TBH I sometimes use them and sometimes don't and never notice much improvement in my sound.

It won't be me! Straight into the SSL desk! https://www.arefriendselectric.studio/

Whats everyone take on playing to a click track? At our last studio visit the engineer rather wished he had played to a click to make his life a little easier when overdubbing vocals ( I think thats what he said but I could be mistaken) We are due in next week and our guitarist doesn't want to do click as he says it'll take too long. We intend to only record one song for the day, like last time. we have recorded a whole album over 2 weekdns which we weren't particularly happy with as it sounds a bit rushed and under produced.

Headlining? travelling? Supplying own PA? I.d be asking a grand.

when the speaker stand from your PA falls on someones head then yes you will need it.

Lol, we did a gig like that last year. A social club with about 10 disinterested punters. At least you finished your sets, we got asked to pack up after the first set so they could put the jukebox on! Soul destroying...

not sure how the signal would be picked up from the bass to your DAW without a preamp?

So we are thinking of doing another run of 100 T shirts as we sold out the last lot. Colour design, complicated, I like the look of them, we are lucky that a pal is a graphic designer. So who uses who for their band Merch? Looking for the best bang for buck if possible, all suggestions most welcome, Thanks!