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It's making me ill now, thinking of how loud and distorted you had them poor V1's, shouting "Come on I wanna hear you !!!" down the mic, awful lol.
Good to see you didn't permanently damage any punters though Charlie, chin up, on wards and upwards mate.
You actually need these nights as part of the learning curve.
When I first started I thought I was invincible....
Until I turned up for a Wedding with only Amplifier!!
The rest is History.......and still part of my worst nightmare.
You'll identify the problem....and you'll make sure you never make the same mistake again....hopefully!!
It wasn't actually a 'mistake' as such, but I was at a gig - had set everything up and was ready for a sound check.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarZSoundS
The venue in question is pretty tatty, and after looking at the power points was glad I wasn't using subs as it looked like if I did use them, the main venue lights would have gone out!
Anyway - started the sound check then all of a sudden the Mackie's cut out... So I though ahh :Censored: there's not enough power getting to them! Anyway, 20 minutes went by of running around finding different power points, changing cables etc. Finally, I checked the back of the cabs to find that someone had pressed the timed cut-out button :bang:.
Once worked in a venue that was "Pre-facelift". ;) ;) ;) ;) Five 13amp wall sockets, but none with any power! :bang: :bang: I had to share with the one armed bandit. :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by OllieJames
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Originally Posted by OllieJames
The problem is for a lot of people in that situation all rational thinking goes out of the window!!
The symptoms are...
Profuse sweating,short temperedness and your bum-cheeks clasped so tight together you couldn't get a fag-paper between them!!
I'm getting the wave of nausea again....just thinking about it.....
That sounds pretty accurate, Martin ;) :DQuote:
Originally Posted by StarZSoundS
So the sound was that high-pitched/distorted that it made people feel ill... yet you had a full dancefloor? Doesn't add up.
Just a thought, Was the Contour button on the back of the speakers pressed in or out?
CONTOUR EQUALIZATION
Adds a gentle (3dB) boost below 100Hz and above 12kHz. It's handy when the SRM450 is used as a recorded music playback device. In live applications, it also provides extended bass and high-frequency performance without requiring you to excessively increase SPL levels.
That may help.
I'm assuming you bought the new V2 Mackies, did you realise they have 2 switches on the back, one is a 'conture' switch that boosts the high and low frequencies to 'brighten' the sound, the other is a low pass cut, it cuts the very low frequencies, have you got these set suitably?
Should the buttons me out or in? I had them out....