EBS_freak

Man alive. My vocalists don't even have mics, let alone a mic stand (with or without clip).

It's like 90s grunge all over again though.

Remember, if you're miming, mic up your nose.

So what's been determined then? Legal... or illegal?

Difficult question to answer... as I guess you only get caught out when you get caught out by something you haven't thought of. My PA has a certain amount of redundancy built in. One side of the PA (top and sub) is enough to support the band. I have a monitoring and foh mixing desk... so could afford to lose one. Both have routers attached to them although I only use one at a time... so I have redundancy there. I also have a hard wired kit for connecting to the mixing desk... so have a fall back plan if there venue is not wifi friendly. I have two iPads. I have more XLRs than I need. I have jack to jack leads. Spare batteries. Spare headphone amps. I have spare mics. I have spare mic stands. I have spare mic clips. I have spare power cons, I have spare IEC.... err... I have spare multigang plugs. I have spare DIs. I carry around a soldering iron and solder. I think I have everything that would ensure that the show would always go on. So what last caught me out? The big to little adapter for the IEM monitor for the drummer went missing on the gig before. Did I have a spare? Of course not. But then again, I'm thinking for the whole band when really the drummer should be thinking about their own setup and have such things spare.

BBNE2 - just because it's an awesome bass. There's nothing really Nathan embedded on it - apart from the 12 fret inlay. Which isn't cheesy, so I guess it passes ok.

Mine looked a bit like this -

There’s less cable length to pick up EM interference. (If you are looking at a bug system, we are probably talking a few cm at most)

I love the amount of monitor wedges they have... you know, just so they can hear themselves well enough to perform well.

Oh, that's sh1tty news. Get back to DR and say that the UK distributor aren't responding. I'm sure a message from DR would shake the distributor up a bit, afterall, nobody wants to use strings where the distributor is flakey.

Oh. Woojers are tough too. Backbeat has functional tough look though I guess... but both are up to the rigours of gigging, no problem.

I wear it under clothes so you can’t see it anyway.

Great mate of mine and listens to a lot of what I have to say - if you notice he has a tiny kit, including 16 inch bass drum. Small kits are great to mic up and process at the desk. Quieter, less ring, less flab and less problematic overtones and drones - and super tight sounding - let the PA do the work as I say. The drummer loves the sound of his kit through the PA rig - and despite the kits size, it sounds huge. You don't need a massive kit to sound massive, you just need a bit of PA know-how.

It can do... but the sensation through your bum hole is a bit weird... unless that sort of thing turns you on. The woojer has two transducers, which is why it's nice when it's sits on your left and right hip. Additionally, if its worn on your chest, you get sensation on both your back and your chest. It's all down to personal taste - both units have their merits and flaws... but both work - and it's down to personal preference to which you prefer.

You've hit the nail on the head. That's always the most difficult part. I organise and manage the gigs. I do all the PA movement. I do all the cabling. I do all the lighting, I do the MDing, I do the finances, I set up the cameras (although I brought my friend along with me on the one above to help me out as I knew I'd be pushed for times with the number of deps), I edit all the footage etc.. etc... Come to think of it, just pay for it. I'm stupid for doing what I do!

So two cameras with two perfect lenses. What you complaining about? 😛

That is literally the perfect video lens for FF. Get to it.

The waterproof stuff is a big positive I agree. I took mine diving - again, the lack of low light meant that it wasn't the best. Maybe I am just expecting too much out of it. I guess my phone has taken over from the portable camera need... and if I want to take a small rig, I can stick my phone on a osmo gimbal. Maybe I just need a killer application to justify buying one. Hmm... let me think. Those M50s are great. Well, if you ever see yourself selling off your lenses, let me know - there may be something I'm interested in. My mate picked up the 8-15L yesterday for 350 quid. To say Im a little jealous is a bit of an understatement... I've got a 14mm 2.8... but the AF and the extra wide.... argh. Next time.

I've got an old GoPro that never really cut it in the dark. I don't know what they are like now - I'm tempted to get another one, although I certainly haven't had the moneys worth out of what I paid for mine, so I'm more than a bit reluctant to splash out again... especially when I have a list of lenses I still want to get.

Interesting. I've been looking at the GoPro, seems quite an impressive piece of kit... especially if it can perform in low light. I've got a friend who does similar with a Mevo. Takes crops to get different angles, despite there being only one camera.

@stingrayPete1977 ^^ look at what you missed out on. The place was missing a stingrayPete in a morphsuit or something...

Here's my setup with a load of static cameras - with friend on monopod roaming cam. All set between 1.4 and 2.8. It's certainly a learning curve but a quite rewarding way to document gigs. Apologies for it being a bit rough around the edges... guitarist, keys, perc and female singer all deps... and this was after a run through at soundcheck when somebody came up to us asking us to play Timewarp... so we gave it a go... warts and all. It's all a learning curve. For this one... I learned that putting the wide high up on the balcony at the back of the venue in the cold leads to condensation on the lens...

@dave_bass5 - I'm sure that you've got enough on the camera front to sort out some proper gig footage? You've certainly got some fast enough lenses to cope with low light havent you?

Lighting is always difficult if shooting on (what I presume they are using) DSLR with 8 bit video. I reckon they made the right choice of advising against it because it'll look to be likely blown out and cheesy. Its one of the constant struggles I have when videoing my gigs. Anyway, this looks great - especially for the money.

Should only be a couple of weeks.