IsildursBane

Cool. Well I can't wait to make a trip to some music stores to check out some nice speakers! Unfortunately it's a good 2 hour drive to any place that stocks this stuff

That's what the internet is for. You'll have to pay for shipping for the things you return, but you'll get a wider selection and a greater length of time to check them out.

-Dan.

If he can't even make edits w/o pops & clicks, chances are most of his other edits are lousy, too. Get the original audio project/OMF and do it right. Drawing a new fade takes 2 seconds. Trying to find a click can be a PITA.

-Dan.

You can't hear up that high, so your focus on 50K vs 40K vs 20K is a bit misguided.

The main "benefit" of having such an extended frequency response is that it generally means that the response of top-end that you can hear is fairly smooth/flat.

Frequency responses are generally listed having a range of something like +-3dB. If a piece of gear is described as having a response extending all the way out to 50KHz (which is only an octave above 25KHz), then you can be fairly certain that it's response through 20KHz is smooth. Whereas a piece that is only listed as going up to 20KHz may have a rather precipitous drop above 18KHz.

Of course, all of this assumes that the figures and charts are accurate and that the marketing dept. hasn't massaged things...

-Dan.

No - thankfully! I'm not a big fan of figured bass because it's not relevant today. Sort of like learning Latin.

IMO, it's a usefull tool for forcing you to recognize the way that different chord inversions work together.

-Dan.

I decided to put my scanner where my mouth is, so to speak. Here is the Back Chorale I mentioned earlier (175 KB GIF file) : Bach Chorale #8 Analyzing this piece was one of the most productive homework assignments I ever had in music school. The task is to identify every chord, understanding that the chords change at each quarter note. There are passing tones on many of the eight note beats, but they don't count for this assignment. So anyone who wants to learn harmony - and I mean really learn harmony - should download and print this out, then write the chord names (in pencil!) over each quarter note chord cluster. I wonder if I should start a new thread inviting folks to write the chords they hear at each beat, and upload their version for critique and further discussion? --Ethan

Did you have to write out the figured bass notation, too?

I was good through about 3.5 semesters of theory; It got kind of ridiculous when we started charting out 12-tone 20th century pieces on a grid.

-Dan.

Really? I always thought the MSDN library stuff was pretty good, albeit a bit tough to navigate at times.

-Dan.

What amp do you have? What guitar do you have? What do you want them to sound like?

-Dan.

About me: I'm a 24 yr old software engineer-turned-audio guy. I don't own any gear aside from a 57, some headphones, and an RNC, but I work for a regional provider.

The Gear:

A-RIG:
Vertec 4889s
Yorkville LS1004 subs
Crown MacroTech amps
Driverack 480
Midas XL-200 (FOH)
Midas XL-250 (Mon)
K-T graphic EQ
ART & DBX comps
Drawmer gates
Lexicon PCM 81 & 91
TC Electronics 2290
some other fx, I forget

B-Rig:
A-rig speakers, amps, & processing
Midas Verona (FOH)
Midas Sienna (Mon)
K-T graphic EQ
DBX comps
Behringer gates
Lexicon PCM 91
TC M-One & D-2

Monitors:
Yorkville TX2M w/ QSC power
Ashly Graphic EQ's

Sidefills:
Yorkville TX8's w/ Yorkville power

Racks: New stuff is all R&R - great racks & caddies that truck pack nicely and are practically indestructible. Old stuff is a mish-mash.

Cables: Whirlwind snakes, miscellanious cables - we've pretty much sworn off custom-built stuff from CBI. Too many incorrect & poorly-built shipments.

Bar rig:
JBL 4732 tops
Yorkville LS1004 subs
Yorkville amps (4040 & 6040)
Behringer comps & gates
TC M-One & D-2
Alto graphic EQs
Mackie 24-4 or 24ch Yamaha M3000
JBL XR-100 or Mackie SRM-450 monitors

Other stuff:
A&H ML-5000
Yamaha M-3000A
Yamaha M-2000

Opinions: It's hard to complain about the expensive stuff. It sounds good and it works. I doubt that a line array is the best solution for all of the shows in which we employ them, but we don't have anything in between 4732's and Vertecs, and having only one system that's scalable makes it easier to keep things straight in the shop.

The Verona & Sienna are both brand new, so I haven't had any trigger time w/ them. The Verona seems to have a few quirks - all channels look the same, but some are stereo and some are mono.

Regarding the bar stuff... The boss doesn't spend much money on outboard gear - his attitude is that if he can get it to sound good with a certain rig, then that rig should be enough for anybody else. I can't say that I disagree with him, but it would be nice to have some better eq's. Those alto units are shit.

Wishes: Most of my wishes deal with the organizational side of the business. I realize that rock-n-roll has an inherent amount of flying-by-the-seat-of-your-pants, but I think we take that a bit beyond what's necessary.

For gear, I'd like a digital console to replace the 24 ch M3000, which is used with only one band. There's 10 of them and 8 have IEM's, so we need something with enough auxes.

Such as?

-Dan.

That's how the military does it.

-Dan.