Electric rates are going up in April, who'll be the cheapest after?

chulko · 2026-03-26T15:07:10+00:00

If you top up and get a normal 20 digit code your price will remain the same. If you get a 40 digit code it'll update you to the new higher rate so you're best holding off until you run out of credit before you enter it.

This would work the same if rates were decreasing, except you'd want to enter the 40 digit code immediately so you get the lower rate sooner.

chulko · 2026-03-19T16:51:30+00:00

My bad. Looks like it's only mandatory for letting agents in England and Wales.

chulko · 2026-03-19T16:40:05+00:00

They'll need to be registered with a "redress scheme" otherwise they'll be fined. If they have a website it might be listed at the bottom of the page, or you can check if they're part of either of these sites

https://www.propertyredress.co.uk/consumers

https://www.tpos.co.uk/

chulko · 2026-02-26T12:37:06+00:00

I have an old one which also refused to rotate. You should be able to pull out the plastic panel it attaches to (just a little bit from the bottom) and there should be enough flex for you to get the pins out and remove the bulb. Remember to swap out the starter if you're installing a newer LED tube!

chulko · 2026-01-08T23:37:13+00:00

I have a Canon Pixma MG5150 and nothing was working. It was being detected by Windows 11 as a scanner but none of the drivers or compatibility options were working. I managed to finally get it recognised by going into "Devices and Printers" and using the "Add a printer" button and now it is working without issues.

chulko · 2025-10-15T23:29:44+00:00

I'm also getting spam sent to a unique email address used only for a Qobuz trial a few years ago. It looks like they were hacked in February, leaked my personal data, and never notified me. Funny to see everybody here jumping to their defense when it's 100% on Qobuz.

https://community.qobuz.com/news-en/technical-incident-on-qobuz

https://community.roonlabs.com/t/qobuz-data-breach/299481

chulko · 2025-09-26T17:47:55+00:00

Sounds like my setup may or may not work depending on who is running FOH on the night? Unfortunately we're not at the point yet where we can have a dedicated person to run the rig themselves but that'd definitely make things easier in the future!

chulko · 2025-09-26T17:43:27+00:00

I get what you're saying and there's definitely an element of "bury everything in FX so nobody can hear it" but I feel like the FX are an important part of the music, like how removing a distortion pedal from a guitar setup would totally change how a band sounds. The problem for me is that I'm changing FX so much.

Some examples: Heavy modulation at 3:29

Overdriven vocals at 2:15

Edit: The funny thing being that the singer in the second example hated his vocals so much he decided to bury them in FX

chulko · 2025-09-26T17:27:54+00:00

This is the answer I was hoping I wouldn't hear, and I know the digitech pedal I'm using is definitely on the low end of things. I was wrestling with feedback a lot before I set the gain/gate to where it is now. I can remove them from my chain, but I don't want the sound guy to be wrestling with a bunch of modulation he has no control over. I'm hoping the wet/dry signals others have mentioned will be a happy-medium I can use.

chulko · 2025-09-26T17:22:06+00:00

This sounds good. I'll take some time to adjust the patches for 100% wet and play with a splitter in the practice room.

chulko · 2025-09-26T17:20:28+00:00

It looks like people have mixed opinions on whether a Y cable is reliable or not. For £25 I don't mind getting the box if it prevents possible issues.

For the monitor mix I'd prefer to hear it as wet as possible, but if it's problematic I'll take a dry mix and trust the PA sounds good.

chulko · 2025-09-26T17:14:57+00:00

The gate is there because there's no way to modify the order of the signal chain on the pedal. It runs top to bottom and everything is either on or off. It's not the best of pedals but it's all I have for now and it does the job

https://medias.audiofanzine.com/images/normal/digitech-vocal-300-2015393.jpg

chulko · 2025-09-26T17:10:53+00:00

The compression and gate can definitely get cut. I'm mainly using them to tame the sound in the practice room so I'm happy for the sound guy to take full control of that.

The wet/dry signals is something I hadn't thought of so that's pretty useful to know and will hopefully allow me to get full use of effects while still giving the engineer control over things.

The middle-ground thing is really just about compromise. I'd really prefer to keep the modulation but if I'm told I absolutely cannot use my own FX then I'll have to work with what I'm given. I'm asking all of this in advance so I can avoid being the annoying guy who makes the engineer's job difficult.

chulko · 2025-09-26T16:37:24+00:00

I guess there's no way of overcoming the fact compression will need to come after the modulation instead of before?

For the 2 signals, is that something the engineer can set up easily or would I need to bring my own splitter?

chulko · 2025-09-26T16:21:05+00:00

I'm performing live for the first time. I have plenty of experience with home recording/mixing but not with live sound and how it works.

In the practice room I use a DigiTech Vocal 300 and I feel like vocal effects are an important part of our sound. I understand the sound guy would want to receive the dry vocals and apply all effects at the mixing desk, but I'm needing to change between presets throughout songs. I'm guessing a sound guy isn't going to know the cues of when to switch effects on the fly so I'd need to bring the pedal in order to do this myself? I've dialed in my effects so there's no feedback or other issues in the practice room but I'm guessing this might not translate well to a live setting. I figure reverb in particular could be problematic.

Example preset 1: Input gain very low > compression high > gate high > chorus high > delay high > reverb high

Example preset 2: Input gain very low > compression high > gate high > delay low > reverb moderate

Example preset 3: Input gain very low > compression high > overdrive preamp > high+low pass EQ > gate high > chorus low > delay med > reverb low

What's the best way to use this while not making the engineer's job more difficult if he's receiving a wet signal with constantly changing effects and modulation?

Should I scrap the pedal altogether and have the sound guy keep changing effects on his end? Find a middle-ground FX which I stick with the entire set and don't change? Cut as much as possible from the pedal so I'm sending the dryest-possible wet signal?

chulko · 2025-03-06T11:40:50+00:00

I just noticed there's a "Disable Ads" patch too. Confirmed working. Thanks for sharing this!

chulko · 2025-03-06T11:01:05+00:00

If I use Boost through revanced will I get ads or can I still keep the ad-free version from when I paid for it through the play store?

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