RD Jones wrote:

Another tip when using a snake, if it's not obvious:
I carry a 100 foot 12-3 AC cord so I can take power
from the same place as any band PA I connect to.

Great point. There's a nearby venue where the donly good power is one
duplex outlet under stage left. There's another outlet right where folks
usually set up the FOH console. Too many unsound guys come in there and
power their stage area kit from the under-stage outlet, and then hook
their console rig to the other outlet. Hum is more than just not knowing
the words.

I figured this out during setup for my first gig there, and do as you
suggest, and I also telescope the shields/grounds on the snake returns
to the Meyer processor and mon amps.

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ha

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(hank alrich) wrote:

RD Jones wrote:

Another tip when using a snake, if it's not obvious:
I carry a 100 foot 12-3 AC cord so I can take power
from the same place as any band PA I connect to.

Great point. There's a nearby venue where the donly good power is one
duplex outlet under stage left. There's another outlet right where folks
usually set up the FOH console. Too many unsound guys come in there and
power their stage area kit from the under-stage outlet, and then hook
their console rig to the other outlet. Hum is more than just not knowing
the words.

I figured this out during setup for my first gig there, and do as you
suggest, and I also telescope the shields/grounds on the snake returns
to the Meyer processor and mon amps.

--
ha

Of course this won't work as well when half the stage quad outlet box is wired
out of phase with the other half. We really encountered this on a gig many
years ago. Found it the hard way.

-Jay
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On 2005-04-19 said:
writes: I would stick my own mics on the
instruments (I'm pretty much talking only about rock bands) and
either split the vocal mics, or run them into my Fireface and
send the output ("0 latency monitoring) to the house.
I don't know of a house engineer anywhere who would trust that rig,
at least not until he had an opportunity to try it out and knew you
very well.
I resemble MIke's remark. NO computer interface or any other kind of
interface is going to stand between the microphones and my rig if I'm
providing sr. IF you want me to do anything but give you the bum's
rush show up with a transformer isolated split. I'm the guy with the
egg on my face if a glitch in your system causes me to have no vocals
or whatever you're feeding me with your computer interface.
In the live sound game you're only as good as your last bad gig it
seems and I wouldn't take a chance.



Richard Webb,
Electric SPider Productions, New Orleans, La.
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bar when the storm hits.

RD Jones wrote:

Another tip when using a snake, if it's not obvious:
I carry a 100 foot 12-3 AC cord so I can take power
from the same place as any band PA I connect to.

hank alrich wrote:

Great point. There's a nearby venue where the donly good power is one
duplex outlet under stage left. There's another outlet right where
folks
usually set up the FOH console. Too many unsound guys come in there
and
power their stage area kit from the under-stage outlet, and then hook
their console rig to the other outlet. Hum is more than just not
knowing
the words.

I figured this out during setup for my first gig there, and do as you
suggest, and I also telescope the shields/grounds on the snake
returns
to the Meyer processor and mon amps.

When I was 'on the road' my snake and AC line were
tied together, so they got unwound, setup, and put
away as a unit all the time.

rd

In article unb9e.56133$lz2.44750@fed1read07,
"Bob Savage" wrote:

"Jay-atldigi" wrote in message
...
It lives about an hour northwest of Boston.

If you meant where does it park for gigs, it depends. If there's a back
alley with a stage entrance, that's best, but it sometimes goes out
front on the street (permits sometimes required depending on where and
what you're doing), sometimes a side street, sometimes a parking lot...

Hahaha, sorry man, I have a bad habit of not putting smiley's in when I'm
joking. Actually, I have a problem with that in "3D" too because I often
don't smile during moments of joking and sarcasm.

Ah, as in, "where do you leave the keys?"

However, thanks for the info on where you park during a gig, very cool! How
do you get the cabling inside the van, or do you just leave a door cracked
(I'm doubting that, considering the way the inside looks).

There are two separate little locking aluminum doors on the lower right
corner of the back of the truck. You open one and there are several
multi-pin hookups for audio, and some video inputs. You open the second
and there are a couple big power hookups. The snakes for each attach
here, and inside there is basically a little closet with the power
isolation transformer and the beginning of all the wiring harnesses that
distribute everything where it needs to go.

--
Jay Frigoletto
Mastersuite
www.promastering.com

So impressed with the advice on this post. Now I know what to buy,
what to expect at a gig, and how to drum up some business. Can't ask
for more than that.

Thanks all, for taking the time.

Darcy Gordon

Darcy Gordon wrote:

Now I know what to buy,
what to expect at a gig, and how to drum up some business. Can't ask
for more than that.

Sure you can - a good insurance policy covering your stuff
and all the possible contigencies if somebody gets hurt or
something gets damaged by, with or around you or your stuff.

Don't leave home without it.



TM

In article .com writes:

Nice rig, sharp looking crew, but just one little bitty 15" G4
Powerbook?!?!?!

That's because he's smart enough not to depend on a computer for his
primary recordings. g


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"Jay-atldigi" wrote in message
...

Ah, as in, "where do you leave the keys?"

Exactly!

There are two separate little locking aluminum doors on the lower right
corner of the back of the truck. You open one and there are several
multi-pin hookups for audio, and some video inputs. You open the second
and there are a couple big power hookups. The snakes for each attach
here, and inside there is basically a little closet with the power
isolation transformer and the beginning of all the wiring harnesses that
distribute everything where it needs to go.

Awesome, thanks for the info.

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