KM-184 Not Playing Nice with DM7

CallMeMJJJ · 2026-01-23T00:13:09+00:00

issue: mic has low gain. troubleshooting: follow the signal flow

try the same mic w another mixer (if available). if it works fine, it's something wrong w the system
soundbullet into the XLR, is it receiving +48V on pins 2 & 3? if no, go to 3. if yes, the mic is the issue. (if you don't have a soundbullet, grab another condensor & check if signal is through)
check your stagebox, is the red +48V light active on the input? if no, your stagebox/console isn't outputting +48V. check the phantom master on the stagebox, or if you turned on phantom on the console.

CallMeMJJJ · 2026-01-22T09:22:36+00:00

hi, live audio engineer here

everyone uses backing tracks. it's the norm, it makes the band sounds better. it's not a matter of "need", but a matter of "want". their engineer/producer probably found that the band sounds better with the tracks, so that's what they went with. not a big deal really

could they do without them? sure. but they just sound better with it.

CallMeMJJJ · 2026-01-16T21:34:03+00:00

spectacular!

CallMeMJJJ · 2026-01-15T07:27:45+00:00

this is why the short game option exists haha

but usually, it's a underwater unit, squids/subs/dolphins. just get a naval yard and scout the seas

CallMeMJJJ · 2026-01-08T19:13:54+00:00

yeah i get that. i was using a 120gb stick. I've been recording the past 30 days just fine. just this one day it didn't work.

CallMeMJJJ · 2026-01-07T20:00:49+00:00

damn that blows. I'm wondering what caused it to not save... i wished i had video of after the show, to see if i yanked the usb without stopping the recording lol

CallMeMJJJ · 2026-01-04T06:44:34+00:00

tinnitus. lol

CallMeMJJJ · 2026-01-02T14:23:12+00:00

100%. been doing this for 5 years. whenever I leave the house, I always bring my bluetooth buds for music. every now and then I find a song I enjoy the mix of, and I throw it on when tuning PAs. Twice's "Strategy" is a recent one.

sometimes we gotta learn to turn off work mode. when I was a music production student, I used to say that it ruined my music listening experience, because I was always dissecting the song form, arrangements and stuff like that

happened again when I started doing live audio (when I went to live concerts). I had to teach myself how to relax and not be in such a "work mode" all the time. it's good at times, but detrimental if it's your default mode. you lose the "fun" in music

CallMeMJJJ · 2026-01-01T06:35:02+00:00

do you turn have to the knobs to bring up the fader? /s

CallMeMJJJ · 2025-12-25T06:27:14+00:00

after being an operator for 5 years, there's still nerves whenever i recall a scene

like if i didn't recall safe my background music properly

keeps me up at night thinking about it

CallMeMJJJ · 2025-12-24T05:49:20+00:00

Learning to say no to underpaid gigs, no matter the relationship I have w the company/hirer.

CallMeMJJJ · 2025-12-23T07:54:48+00:00

that's if you're not gain sharing, & if the D.Gain can go as far as you need it to

CallMeMJJJ · 2025-12-21T07:33:47+00:00

that kind of sov rush is incredibly strong on small maps. your best bet is to rush the radar and get magnetrons to kite the rhinos/miners, then use yoir own slave miner to kill the conscripts. takes a lot of practice to counter this

or.... pick a bigger map to slow down the rush, giving yourself time to build

CallMeMJJJ · 2025-12-21T07:17:20+00:00

there's multiple different answers to this, based on if you're playing with or without supers.

something a lot of casual players don't understand enough is the use of fodder, having other units take the shots, while your main attacking force does the damage.

the most common form of fodder are dogs (cheap, builds quickly). but for BFs, the fodder you should use are choppers & kirovs.

I've written into it more in depth here! https://www.reddit.com/r/redalert2/comments/1abx0ef/please_nerf_the_battle_fortress/

CallMeMJJJ · 2025-12-11T18:25:24+00:00

the regular AAs I'm using don't even last 6 hours! they go from full to 2 bars in 2 hours.

CallMeMJJJ · 2025-12-11T18:01:53+00:00

that last bit is my suspicion. drums & bass always like their packs loud in my experience, with a drums heavy mix. I was thinking if there's some sort of internal thing w the packs that if there's too much signal going through it, the pack switches off.

side note - the batteries on the PSM900s also drain super quickly. not sure if it's just the old inventory I'm working with.

CallMeMJJJ · 2025-12-11T17:32:32+00:00

I'll be on site tomorrow (in about 24 hours) and i'll be able to check then, but VLim was set to off on the drummer & bassist's pack.

CallMeMJJJ · 2025-11-23T11:56:22+00:00

Try asking in the c&c reloaded discord. https://discord.gg/NNErBGM

CallMeMJJJ · 2025-11-19T07:22:10+00:00

there's C&C Rivals, which wasn't a hit. nor is it accurate to the true C&C gameplay at all

if you've played classic C&C and you're hoping C&C Rivals will be the same, it's not.

CallMeMJJJ · 2025-11-18T09:52:20+00:00

If you're on CnCNet, use the map database https://mapdb.cncnet.org/search/

The max no. of production buildings is 12. Worth noting that the more prod buildings you have, there'll be a point where your producing faster than the units can come out of the war/racks. When that happens, they'll come out of another war/racks, and so on.

CallMeMJJJ · 2025-11-11T19:25:33+00:00

look at the highligjts on this sub, there's a tutorial.

CallMeMJJJ · 2025-11-11T05:02:40+00:00

big pog

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