Ivan Beaver wrote on Sat, 12 July 2008 14:30 |
We had a music store in town that would "preset" your eq on a powered mixer for "free"
No kidding, they would adjust it for a perfect smile
Why? Because that is the way it is "supposed" to be adjusted.
OK then, why not just put a filter in there and not let the stupid end user "adjust" it?
There is no teaching some people.
Don't confuse me with the facts.
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I was mixing in a crappy bar once, and the singer of a band who'd never played in there before, using a mic of mine I'd brought, strode over to my (side stage) desk before the set (no soundcheck, he hadn't sung a note into the mic) and turned the bass and treble up full on the mixer, and the mid down to about 9.00. 'That's how my vocal works' he said. Needless to say I put it back to what I thought was appropriate.
At periodic intervals during his set he'd come over and without my permission twiddle a few more knobs on the mixer, then go and sing the next song when everything was to his satisfaction. Except as soon as he turned his back I'd put it back. His girlfriend was sat near me absolutely wetting herself ('oh, he always does this - and everyone reacts like you do'!)
On a side note I stopped his set early because he was swinging the (my) mic round on the end of the (my) cable, after asking before the set whether he could do it and being told no, asking again, and being told that if he did it his set would stop immediately.
I guess some people are just born to be rock stars