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• Comment on Cody Creel's answer…

  0 0 Thanks Cody. We have always had our presets at consistent levels and have made minor tweaks along the way. I always write out exactly what we need with a stage layout. We bring our own di's. I do what I can to make it as easy as possible on the soundguy. I think I am going to give this stereo mix thing a try. Having control onstage of the levels is probably the best way for us to have more consistent levels. Whether I will bring on stage amps or not will depend on the logistics...but I think it's a good idea. It's hard not to get a bit aggravated when a soundguy looks at your input list and immediately starts giving you the attitude. I can usually settle things down eventually after they realize we have our shit together. joshuarule commented over 2 years ago

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  1 0 I will put in a strong word for The Pacific Northwest Film Scoring Program. Great place to learn theory and how to score films at the same time. It's a hard program for beginners but it's awesome. http://www.pnwfilmmusic.com/ joshuarule answered in Music Panel over 2 years ago Answer, comment & read 5 more answers »

• Comment on Jake London's answer…

  0 0 While I agree stereo doesn't make a big difference I still do believe that it does make enough of a difference to me personally (maybe to no one else though!). Of course this depends heavily on the club. Some don't even run in stereo. Amps have been a thought but definitely something I would look into after I tried other DI methods. First because of cost and second because of just about doubling the amount of gear to move. I tend to swing towards the idea of super clean and less mic bleed on stage We would also probably have to get a van. I'm not quite that serious yet! I appreciate your time in offering your possible solutions. It's definitely gotten me to think more about how to approach our setup. It's been some trial and error and probably will continue to be so for a while but we are having fun with it. If we change it up or find a solution I will post another message here. www.ilovecde.com joshuarule commented over 2 years ago

• Comment on Jake London's answer…

  0 0 We bring our own di's We are synth/pop band. 3 synths (1 in stereo) each synth with a different member of the band & drum pads with the drummer. Yeah I could figure out a way to incorporate a line mixer into my setup. In fact there may be a few other solutions with my I/O setup I could try. If I were to do the onstage mixer approach then definitely the rack mount DI would make sense. Cause I would assume you are saying that I shouldn't just be giving them a stereo mix of everything...and still should be giving them the stems. I don't think I can make this happen immediately but definitely something to look towards in the future. Yes when the onstage sound is off...our feeling onstage is pretty dead and with our style that isn't good. We have been through a lot of learning in the last year of performing. It's getting better but still not as consistent as it needs to be. joshuarule commented over 2 years ago

• Comment on Jake London's answer…

  0 0 Great answer. I am pretty thorough in how do our setup to minimize as much as possible. I have been toying with the idea of having my own mixer on stage and just send them some aux feeds. I just have enough equipment to deal with that I don't know if I want to go there quite yet. Plus I fear the difference of onstage sound to what the audience hears. As far as inputs it's pretty much as streamlined as we are going to get unless we start summing channels together. I don't feel 5 di's, 3 vox, and a guitar amp is too outrageous really...it's just most places are not used to it. I always go out of my way to talk with the sound guy before hand. I generally print out our input list. I do whatever I can to control our end of the sound. We even have played shows with our own sound man and even then we kinda get that "who do you think you are" attitude. I agree though with you Jake in that we are going to have to get better on our end...and I am going to have to get better with my communication with soundpeople unless I someday I can afford someone to run it. joshuarule commented over 2 years ago

• Comment on mammac's answer…

  0 0 I believe there is a fear of not getting booked again if you give negative feedback to a venue. Especially being a no name band which 98% of us are. joshuarule commented over 2 years ago

• Comment on Eli Anderson's answer…

  0 0 Thanks Eli. I agree with your statement. The Croc was probably the best place I have ever performed in terms of sound / stage help and maybe you are not the best to help to answer my question of how to start a good relationship with soundpeople at each show because of this. I know we are a "high maintenance" band. Because of our high input list we rely HEAVILY on the soundperson and PA. I know we are going a bit beyond what typical local bands are doing so it's important for me to communicate with the soundperson about what we are going for and need...but it usually just has us ending up sounding like we are assholes because we want more than 2 di's and some specific requests for levels. joshuarule commented over 2 years ago

• Follow Following 1 Band Vs Soundmen? joshuarule asked in Music Panel over 2 years ago 6 Answers by Jake London, Vincent Gates , Eli Anderson…

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