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The Sound Guy is always the last to know...
Mike Sokol:
--- Quote from: Frank DeWitt on December 21, 2013, 10:30:51 AM ---Another problem solver I carry is a cheep cable tester rewired to parallel all the connectors on one side and bring then out to binding posts. same with the other side. With this box I can connect anything to anything even if they are wired wrong.
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That's a great idea. I have a dead cable tester in my mic cabinet that's a perfect candidate. :D
Tommy Peel:
--- Quote from: Mike Sokol on December 19, 2013, 01:25:02 PM --- However, states like Texas (with 80 MPH speed limits) said it was unconstitutional to force them to a 55 MPH speed limit.
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Driving across Texas at 55mph would suck.... Even at 80+mph it takes forever. :)
--- Quote from: Mike Sokol on December 20, 2013, 01:54:13 PM ---Mike Sokol's Live Sound Rule #1: The Sound Guy is always to last to know...
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The church band I mix for is always like oh yeah(5 minutes before we start, no sound check), we're going to use *insert odd instrument* today for 30 seconds during one song.... Is that a problem?
Or my favorite: After getting all the drums, guitar amp, bass, etc.. mic'd up and ready to go they arrive(20 minutes late for practice and right before church) and are like "we're just going to do an acoustic set this week" with cajon, acoustic guitar, and ukulele(and so the hour+ you spent getting everything ready is now null and void). >:( :-X
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Mike Sokol:
--- Quote from: Tommy Peel on December 21, 2013, 03:45:18 PM ---Or my favorite: After getting all the drums, guitar amp, bass, etc.. mic'd up and ready to go they arrive(20 minutes late for practice and right before church) and are like "we're just going to do an acoustic set this week" with cajon, acoustic guitar, and ukulele(and so the hour+ you spent getting everything ready is now null and void).
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As I said... Mike Sokol's Live Sound Rule #1: The Sound Guy is always the last to know...
Anything else could cause a rip in the time/space continuum.
Tommy Peel:
--- Quote from: Mike Sokol on December 21, 2013, 03:54:17 PM ---As I said... Mike Sokol's Live Sound Rule #1: The Sound Guy is always the last to know...
Anything else could cause a rip in the time/space continuum.
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Guaranteed. And rule #1 directly relates to rule #2. ;D
Mike Sokol:
--- Quote from: Tommy Peel on December 21, 2013, 03:58:16 PM ---Guaranteed. And rule #1 directly relates to rule #2. ;D
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Mike Sokol's Live Sound Rule #2: It's always the Sound Guy's fault...
You KNOW it's true. At the little play/musical I did last week my FOH amps lost power sometime during intermission. So going into ACT 2 there was zero sound from the main speakers. Of course I'm running up to the other circuit breaker panel behind stage and find the breaker is off/tripped. A quick flip to ON and the system comes back to life halfway through the fist song. Of course, everyone gave me the stink-eye as I came back to the mix position, and the director had a few choice words with me about how I nearly wrecked his show. However, the next day the show's producer asked me if he had accidentally "powered off" my amps while he was turning off the backstage lights. The mystery of the tripped breaker was solved, but he never did fess up to the director, and everyone in the audience was sure "It was the Sound Guy's Fault". Geesh!!!! >:(
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