Members KeysBear Posted October 5, 2005 Members Share Posted October 5, 2005 I'm starting to prepare for a two week ten show road trip that will take us two thousand miles away from home. I'll be using two synths, two synth modules, and a midi controller. I'm taking the time to program each of the four sound units to be able to each individually handle every possible combination of patches I would need for the gigs using the first couple of dozen or so slots of user and performance memory. In other words, I'm being redundant and assuming the worst when it comes to equipment failures. Anybody else think like me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JacieFB Posted October 5, 2005 Members Share Posted October 5, 2005 Do it. Bad things happen on the road. And they will happen. I think your preparation is smart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr. Botch Posted October 5, 2005 Members Share Posted October 5, 2005 I always try to be able to duplicate most sounds on other keys if I need to. It's helped in situations where I simply couldn't fit all my keyboards on a particular stage, or one incident when some dummy didn't pack the wall wart for his Kurzweil (I won't mention his name). The tones may not be ideal (i.e. nothing gives me Strings like my Kurzweil) but they'll be close enough to get by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators MrKnobs Posted October 6, 2005 Moderators Share Posted October 6, 2005 When I run sound I have a work around planned out for any piece of gear that fails. I've had to implement those plans a few times over the years. My least favorite occasion was when the FOH board fried out and we had to mix the FOH from the monitor board. My most common occurence was a Peavey CS800 amp popping a fuse. With a power screwdriver, I could open the dead amp, discover which of the two sides was shorted, disconnect that side from the power supply, put a new power fuse in, and have half the amp back up in under three minutes. The only time I was completely stumped was running an outdoor show where a certified electrician had hooked up the AC power. The PA worked fine playing albums, but when the band started the sound would completely cut out. Turned out the "electrician" had connected the power to a street lamp with a photocell control. When the drummer kicked the bass drum, the voltage would drop and the crossover would think the power had been cycled and would mute itself for 10 seconds. Took me forever to figure that out. Terry D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KeysBear Posted October 6, 2005 Author Members Share Posted October 6, 2005 Originally posted by MrKnobs My most common occurence was a Peavey CS800 amp popping a fuse. Carry those CS800's around long enough and you'll pop a disc too. Heaviest danged amps I ever owned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators MrKnobs Posted October 6, 2005 Moderators Share Posted October 6, 2005 Originally posted by KeysBear Carry those CS800's around long enough and you'll pop a disc too. Heaviest danged amps I ever owned. One band I worked for had a rack with six of them in it, plus some other stuff. One night after a show all the roadies were standing around at the loading ramp and the crew boss showed up to see what the holdup was. Turned out there was like an inch lip on the exit from the stage to the loading ramp, and they were trying to figure out how to get the huge, heavy rack over it. The crew boss just swept them aside, muttered an obscenity, and jerked the rack up the lip by himself. We were all impressed and terrified. Terry D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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