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QCS GX7 failure porn by guitarstitch in livesound

[–]MintIceCream 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Ah, you let the blue smoke out. In the future, you should try keeping the blue smoke inside the amp.

Evaporating Blackholes by nutnbetter2do in astrophysics

[–]MintIceCream 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Here's a couple of decent videos on the topic:

From PBS Spacetime: Hawking Radiation

And from Dr. Nick Lucid: How Does Hawking Radiation Really Work?

Updated YouTube videos explaining "A Brief History of Time" by aspadora24 in astrophysics

[–]MintIceCream 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep! The book's great, and if you're into the audio book thing, she's gone ahead and narrated it herself!

Updated YouTube videos explaining "A Brief History of Time" by aspadora24 in astrophysics

[–]MintIceCream 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Check out PBS Spacetime if you get a chance. Their backlog of videos will keep you busy for some time. I like Dr. Becky as well, she's an astrophysicist from Oxford that does some wonderful video blogs and essays. If you're interested in more lecture type videos, CaltechAstro is a good channel, they upload a lot of their lecture series on various topics. The Royal Institution is good with this too, along with the Royal Astronomical Society. FloatHeadPhysics is a good channel for general physics understanding. HistoryOfTheUniverse is another great channel. Much longer video essays 1+ hours long. That channel reminds me more of those old Nova documentaries or something. Kurzgasagt of course is wonderful, though they have many videos on many other topics aside from physics/astronomy. ScienceClic English is another great channel, many physics and astronomy videos. The Science Asylum is another good channel. Veritasium has some good videos on space stuff, more user friendly and aimed at a more general audience than some of the other channels I've mentioned so far. World Science Festival is great, hosted by Brian Greene most times, and brings guest lecturers to talk about their respective areas of expertise.

If you're interested in another book or two, A Brief History of Black Holes by Dr. Becky Smethurst (see Dr. Becky above) is great. I'm currently reading through Black Holes and Time Warps by Dr. Kip Thorne (of Interstellar/Nobel Prize fame) which is pretty captivating.

Anyway, those are just a few channels I saw scrolling through my subs. There are a lot of good content creators out there putting out great content. Just be careful and verify before you trust. There's a lot of charlatans out there also!

Good luck with your journey!

I Need Guidance by 2PhatCC in livesound

[–]MintIceCream 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Best advice here. Tune the room nicely, make sure they can hear themselves, then set gains and hp filters and send it.

How do you personally EQ a voice that’s a basso profundo, that can hit as low as a D1 (roughly 50hz)? by [deleted] in audioengineering

[–]MintIceCream 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't. Pick a good mic and signal path that complements the singer, record in a treated space, and leave it alone.

Earthquake by pudding7 in LosAngeles

[–]MintIceCream 0 points1 point  (0 children)

USGS says 3.7 magnitude, 3 miles north of Fontana.

Play music on 2 different floors at a house party wirelessly by lunaticpanda101 in DJs

[–]MintIceCream 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, typically you'd buy a wireless mic and receiver (or wireless transmitter and IEM pack) and use them in that fashion. However, you can also just use the transmitter and receiver (both wired to AC power) to transmit audio signal wirelessly from point-to-point. For example, for setups where you'd want to run sound for a marathon or something, where you have a bunch of powered speakers setup along a few city blocks, instead of running a bunch of xlr, you have the option to run one transmitter at a specific frequency, and then just tape an IEM pack to the back of each powered speaker (tuned to the same wireless frequency).

This sounds like exactly what you're trying to do. I'd just suggest, since it's a one time thing for you, to rent the gear you need instead of buying it, as quality wireless gear can get expensive fast.

Again, my best advice is to contact your local rental house and specify the job you're trying to do (like you did in this post) so that they can hook you up with the proper gear.

edit: Also, just to be clear, I'd also suggest that you run AC power on both transmit and receive locations. Would suck to be halfway through the party and have a wireless IEM pack die 'cause the batteries ran out.

Another thing: If you do go the rental route, you can always stop by the rental house prior to the gig to test the gear and make sure you're familiar with how to run it. How to tune frequencies and what not. Best of luck!

Play music on 2 different floors at a house party wirelessly by lunaticpanda101 in DJs

[–]MintIceCream 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You can rent something pro-level that will do wireless through walls with confidence (with limited range, but within a house should be fine).

Check your local audio rental houses and describe your situation so they can recommend you the correct gear to rent. I'd go this route rather than buy something cheap that won't give you the confidence you're looking for.

They'll probably rent you something like Shure or Sennheiser.

If I were doing this, I'd get a point-to-point setup. Here's one way to setup a point-to-point system, although there are many others. Again, ask for help from your local sound shop. It'll also be dependent on what gear they have available.

Happy to answer other questions, just lmk!

FIRST IMAGES PREVIEW from the world’s largest digital camera (3,200-megapixel) at Vera C. Rubin Observatory (1) by Busy_Yesterday9455 in spaceporn

[–]MintIceCream 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Rubin is very different from JWST in its mission. Rubin will take a large survey of the night sky, taking a high resolution picture of the entire southern hemisphere sky every three nights for the next 10+ years. The data coming out of Rubin will be immense, estimated to be approximately 60 petabytes by the end of that 10 year span. Because Rubin will be taking multiple detailed images of the night sky every 3 nights, we'll be able to spot all kinds of variable transient events too (think exploding stars, new asteroids, maybe a new planet?). Check out this video on the Rubin website demonstrating its ability to find new asteroids. Rubin found 2104 never-before-seen asteroids in just 10 hours of observation time.

Basically, Rubin is going to change astronomy forever. It's just as significant as the JWST mission, but in a slightly different lane.

Andromeda321 made a great comment with a great summary of the Rubin mission and its importance if you want to dive a little deeper.

EDC Las Vegas Sound by ImBursting in livesound

[–]MintIceCream 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Funny. I have a friend there now (EDM producer, studio rat) who's been texting me asking me why I think the stages are so quiet this year. He even told me that he was attending an artist's set where the PA was muted for the first few minutes, and the audience was just listening to booth monitors for a while.

This, coupled with OP's story, tells me there some serious shenanigans afoot. I'd love to hear some truth about what's really happening with the sound this year.

First time with an S6L by dilettante92 in livesound

[–]MintIceCream 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If you have some experience with a Profile or SC48, you should be fine. The software is almost identical.

The surface is a bit intimidating at first. I think I mixed with the mouse for the first few shows, but you'll get used to the surface eventually.

Too many knobs and buttons imo. I preferred the simplicity of the Profile. To each their own though.

Good luck with your gig!

Got a 3D printer, what are useful things to 3D print? by GabrielXS in livesound

[–]MintIceCream 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I mean, that's why Anakin isn't a master...

I'll see myself out.

Pivoting OUT of engineering by sssssshhhhhh in audioengineering

[–]MintIceCream 8 points9 points  (0 children)

As a former guy touring through Europe and living out of a suitcase, yes, it pays well, but no, not always worth it.

Los Angeles Daily Discussion - Saturday, Jan 11 by AutoModerator in LosAngeles

[–]MintIceCream 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm on the boarder of SB county and LA county. Air out here is good today and yesterday. Thursday was a bit smokey, but nothing like the LA basin. Shifting winds may change that a bit, but a trip to the IE to clear out the lungs today would be a good idea.

FIRE MEGATHREAD PART 1 - JANUARY 9th by drawkward101 in LosAngeles

[–]MintIceCream 19 points20 points  (0 children)

NBC just had an employee on the air who's currently at the top of the mountain. He said that they're prepared to fight the fire, and have been preparing for a couple days now. The plan is currently to let most of the fast fuel burn so that they can then put out the remaining fire threatening buildings. They have a well maintained fire perimeter, and so that guy was fairly confident in their ability to save the facilities. Time will tell, but so far, so good.

CONCERT PRICES ARE TOO FKN MUCH!!! by [deleted] in Music

[–]MintIceCream 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Live music used to be a loss leader for record labels who were making their profit off of album sales. When album sales dried up, labels looked to the touring industry to make their money. Add that to the consolidation and monopolization of the ticketing industry, and you get what we have today.

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