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This was suggested to me actually. I know pretty much nothing about them, though. I must admit, the idea of using in-ear monitors really doesn't appeal to me.

Do any of you have experience of using them?

If you're only looking at having reverb in your mons to help with pitching then IEMs are the best option. Not everyone likes them though.

I assume this is for your solo work so a decent set of in-ear headphones would work, no need for fancy mouldings etc. since you don't need to block out various other noisy bastards.

Feel free to PM me if you need any technical advice.

I was hoping you or unbroken would reply to this. Thanks for your input.

Is it likely to be less troublesome if I leave behind the idea of looping and layering and just go with the general effect manipulation? I wouldn't change the settings of the effect much during a set, if at all.

The looping and layering would be easier actually. Putting on reverb/delay really needs ears out front because there's not so much room for manoeuvre.

Perhaps one way would be to split your vocal, send dry to foh and fx, then send the effected vox to foh as well. that would give the engineer some leeway as regards monitor, main level and EQ. For example, if the FX is feeding back in the mons, the engineer can take down the FX without reducing the dry feed.

I'm struggling to come to terms with the fact that there's so many rigs/engineers out there that aren't capable of doing a simple thing like chucking on a bit of reverb or delay. Personally I wouldn't go to the trouble and expense for something I'd expect the house/hire PA to be equipped with.

I am a big advocate of manipulating my vocals with some reverb and/or delay. Some of the venues I have played don't have the ability to make this work and I would like to bring my own set-up with me on tour, especially as I'm beginning to take my music a little bit more seriously. Plus, I want to start looping and layering vocal harmonies and use different effects on each vocal loop.

Am I being naive to think that all I'll need is my own delay or reverb pedals added to the mic set-up? Or is this bad practice?

It's fraught with technical difficulties. Loopbacks would need to be controlled by you and shouldn't cause too much trouble but adding (and having the ability to adjust) your own FX onstage means you need a monitor mix that's going to rival the FOH* and still not feed back. Good luck with that.

* otherwise you might have it sounding great on stage but it's a minging mess out front, and there's squat the engineer can do about it.

After listening to that, I think I'll go and buy a shedload of tomatoes, just so they're nice and over-ripe for the 30th June. I'll make a killing selling them outside Cab Vol.

Any attempts at weasel-punching, or hamster-slapping, will result in immediate retribution, I'll tell the house engineer you lot all said he was a wanker, just before you go on stage.

That's exactly what happens in The Northern Bar. If there are more than 20 players, any excess money from the 5 stakes is divided equally and given back to each player in change.

Someone's done their homework there then.

As far as I know the rules on poker in pubs, you might want to revise your plan. The Northern bar better take another look at the rules as well.

You can't charge an entry fee. Sure, you can charge for the poker school bit at the start but you can't charge anyone who turns up afterwards and wants a game.

Some other things you might want to know:

There's a 5 per head maximum stake per game.

There's a 100 limit per day per premises on stakes and prizes, no matter how many games you have. Beer vouchers will count towards that limit, as do any donated prizes.

The house isn't allowed to take a rake. All stakes must be paid out in prize money.

http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/UploadDocs/publications/Document/Advice%20on%20gaming%20in%20clubs%20and%20alcohol%20licensed%20premises.pdf

Although I'm not a fan of using video replays in-game, I'm all for using video evidence to throw the book (retrospectively) at cheats like Lafferty.

When the case is as cut-and-dried as that one the offending player should be on the receiving end of a big suspension, have a big fine equivalent to several weeks pay (money goes to a charity of the victims choice) and award the game to the team who were cheated.

With so much at stake in modern football you have to make the punishment huge to remove the incentive to cheat in that way.

Xlr .

footballing giants such as barnet

You'd better not be belittling Barnet or I'll become a Torquay supporter on the 17th.

I just found this on the BBC sport "Chants of the week" section.

"You're only half as good as last time!"

Scotland fans "taunting" the Dutch after conceding goal number three.

Not funny. Not even once. I keep giving it one more try but no, they're still shit.

really?? Weird, but then ive never tried to run this one without steam.

Yeah i wanted to go somewhere completely different where i didnt know all the good players worth signing. Eastern europe could be fun, i did toy with asia and amercia but neither really grabs me plus del tells me the laws regarding player transfer in america are a bit wacky.

USA does have weird transfer rules. They should really stick to rounders and netball.

did he manage to get past you? he sometimes has trouble with that.

I didn't actually lol, but I was damn close. Nice one.

After seeing the Chelski goals tonight, I have to agree that Collocini is mince.

Maybe it's just his flamboyant Valderrama hairdo that made me notice his awful positioning and the fact that he looked like it was the first time he'd ever seen a football.

a gene cleaner that retrofits people with adequate spelling abilities.

Perhaps it could also give them the ability to use their shift key.

i'm still in shock that emile heskey scored for england although a friendly against slovakia doesn't really count in my book!

Did you actually see the goal, poor old Heskey didn't have a clue where the ball was so it doesn't really count in my book either.

He's mince. Personally I'd send MON for a brain scan right now, I wouldn't give you my toe-nail clippings for Heskey never mind what Villa paid.

At the local level merely having the relevant details (where, when, how much) in writing is sufficient. Even an email or a PM etc is good enough.

Not so much for legal reasons but to prevent any misunderstandings later. If it's there in black and white no once can argue about who said what.

Based on your description I think you have occured the following problem.

When you cut in and out of an audio file. It must not be in the middle of a peak. Try to get it to cut in at something near 0 as as possible. Otherwise you will cause an error which causes this sort of clipping style noise. The alternative is to use some form of fade in but that is probably not necessary.

Also, I would suggest using a single reverb in an effects send as a general starting point. This tends to give the impression that the music is being played in the same room better than it does if you use a few different reverbs. You can automate it using envelopes etc. so you don't need to paste things onto seperate tracks although that still might be simpler in some ways.

That's ace. Exactly what I said but with much more words.

One possibility is that you've got a little overlap at that point. Zoom in and check it visually if you haven't already done that.

Also, it sounds like you've cut at a place with lots of signal, always try to make your cut points where there's minimum signal.

Of course, you could always automate the reverb to switch on/off when you want it to and not have to bother with all this cut/paste malarkey.

Both Tunnels plus their foyer area combined and would perhaps come to 175m2.

I know you really mean 175 square metres.

I have 2 wires coming out of the capsule (black & red) so I dubbed them + and -.

I tried putting a single switch to disconnect only one of the wires (so that only one of the wires would be diconnected when off), however this gave the same result: buzz when off.

*starts looking for beginners audio electronics workshop*

Sorry, I missed some vital points in your OP, like "self built" and "jack".

Are you using an unbalanced mic in a balanced jack input?

Try putting + and earth on the switch instead of +/-. The buzz is an earthing issue so disconnecting the earth should fix it. Be careful though, try it at low volumes first in case you get a pop.

Fucks sake...QoS last season, now Dunfermline.

I haven't been paying attention, did the SFA change the rules so that a 1st division team can't get into Europe if they lose in the cup final?

!

The change takes effect from next season, and isn't confined to lower league clubs.

Ian knows all about sounchecks from hell...eh bud...

Been there, done it, got the T-shirt.

Although there's no such thing as a great soundcheck there are hassle-free soundchecks, and I like those.

Very much.

I like a nice bit of spam in the morning.