Mic ---> Boss DD-6 ---> PA Board: Damaging setup?

Spoke_Archive

Mic ---> Boss DD-6 ---> PA Board: Damaging setup?

johnnyshape wrote:
otisroom wrote:
That's the best DI story I've ever heard.

There were..... others?

there are a million DI stories in the naked bathhouse.

dugstar_Archive

Mic ---> Boss DD-6 ---> PA Board: Damaging setup?

i once mixed in a new venue that was having a 'test' gig before its official opening. i gave the owner a gear spec, then on the night turned up to find he hadnt bothered getting D.Is because 'there are jack inputs in the snake already'. the fully acoustic band i was mixing sounded like a swarm of angry bees. it was one of those gigs where the audience are looking at me intsead of the band all night. not fun.

johncasey11_Archive

Mic ---> Boss DD-6 ---> PA Board: Damaging setup?

13 by johncasey11_Archive

japmn wrote:Too often the "soundguy" at the bar is the same guy you fing washing glasses when no bands are booked.

Little story.

Me: I need 2 D/Is.

Asshole: Just plug in to the snake. (Points to 1/4" returns on crappy snake box)

Me: I'd rather go through D/Is incase of buzz, hum, whathaveyou. You know, not run unbalanced signal through 150' of cable.

Asshole: The D/Is are connected to those snake inputs on the board end.

Sure enough he had 4 D/Is connected to the fan side of the snake and had 20" mic cables connecting them to the mic inputs.

150' of hiZ unbalanced, cheep D/I transformer, 20' mic level to Mackey.

That's signal flow!

That's some crazy shit! The sad thing is it seems this same asshole is employed fuckin everywhere local bands want(ed) to play around my hometown. I don't realize how these guys got there jobs, let alone, maintained them.

japmn_Archive

Mic ---> Boss DD-6 ---> PA Board: Damaging setup?

14 by japmn_Archive

They get the job because they can mop and will work for $6 an hour.

johncasey11_Archive

Mic ---> Boss DD-6 ---> PA Board: Damaging setup?

15 by johncasey11_Archive

This is true, although, I think I'd take up a part-time mopping job if it means I get to fuck with some levels.

japmn_Archive

Mic ---> Boss DD-6 ---> PA Board: Damaging setup?

16 by japmn_Archive

johncasey11 wrote:This is true, although, I think I'd take up a part-time mopping job if it means I get to fuck with some levels.

It would be a great way to get a start working as an engineer, my point is that a lot of these bar sound guys know little to nothing about what they are doing but have a "this is my house" attitude and are unwilling to listen to anything you have to tell them. I mixed plenty of shitty blues and Bro rock for almost nothing in the old days. Nothing wrong with that.

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