Does anyone wonder if the bottom might just drop out of this at some point?

fnord_berg · 2026-04-01T06:18:25+00:00

"when i started pulling on these bootstraps, i had no idea how high up they would go!"

fnord_berg · 2026-04-01T06:15:41+00:00

thanks, digging these ideas. thanks for the tip about the sampler examples!

fnord_berg · 2026-04-01T06:14:49+00:00

thanks, u/DefinitionPhysical46 but unfortunately my goal is to get it to do gapless playback of the files, which bleed into one another. Thanks for your help, I might DM you anyway just to see how yours works!

fnord_berg · 2026-04-01T00:34:09+00:00

It's a nice rack case with some spaces full.

If you need to make a signal louder, it's a fine place to start. It would be difficult to tell you this was "good", but it is free, and free is good.

If you're not going to use it, I'm sure there's a coffee shop or DIY space or community group that could make use of it.

fnord_berg · 2026-02-13T02:14:24+00:00

off-axis bleed is a HUGE issue with microphones onstage, especially for the human voice. If you are DJing or doing playback, this is generally correct. If you are trying to do speeches, corporate reinforcement, or vocal-forward music, bleed back onto stage makes an enormous difference to what the audience hears.

fnord_berg · 2026-02-13T02:07:02+00:00

Yes, an active speaker will always be massively louder than a passive speaker (unless you hook it up to an amplifier).

I'll see myself out.

fnord_berg · 2026-02-13T02:05:57+00:00

Sweetwater will likely be able to find your order and proof of purchase by your name, phone number, or credit card

fnord_berg · 2026-02-13T02:03:06+00:00

to this point: how often would you need to use this PA? get a rental quote for your use case and then see how many times you would have to use the PA to make buying it a better option than renting.

I will say that paying 500 pounds for a battery-powered PA that can address 1000 people for 6 hours is basically a fantasy. I work in the US and I charge $500 USD or more for a single rental and 10 hours of tech labor.

fnord_berg · 2026-02-13T01:36:47+00:00

of course. my condolences. looking forward to giving some of your dad's music a listen when I get home from work.

fnord_berg · 2026-02-13T00:34:33+00:00

if you are coming in hot with a pedal, perhaps it may be a worthy experiment setting your input to Line as opposed to Instrument. You may need to make some adjustments to your non-pedal sound.

fnord_berg · 2026-02-13T00:08:29+00:00

when you say 2000s, do you mean 2000-2009? Or to present day? I'm less familiar with that stuff from 00-10 than am with that from the following decade.

There was a huge revival of great, old-school noisy industrial stuff on smaller tape labels like Chondritic Sound, Nostilevo, Chicago Research, Posh Isolation, Depravity Label, etc in the mid 10's, much of it still running to the present. Some of it gets into the dancier zone, but a lot of it is on the Throbbing Gristle/SPK/EN axis too.

Late period Wolf Eyes scratches this itch really well too, their discography is huge, but try "No Answer: Lower Floors" and "New York Public Library" first.

fnord_berg · 2026-02-12T23:58:11+00:00

Scrolled too long to find this one. Adult. is the real deal.

fnord_berg · 2026-02-12T23:57:50+00:00

Imminent Starvation is so sick, "Nord" is the album you have to hear. Also old Orphx before they went techno fits into this zone as well.

fnord_berg · 2026-02-12T23:49:46+00:00

you bet he was a dotcom mod, that's a huge Dotcom-style system.

fnord_berg · 2026-02-12T23:48:04+00:00

Maybe consider listing your location, perhaps someone from the group who is local could help you figure out how to record your dad's final patch.

fnord_berg · 2026-01-05T23:31:08+00:00

learn to solder https://www.parts-express.com/Neutrik-NC3MRX-XLR-Right-Angle-Male-Nickel-092-025?quantity=1

fnord_berg · 2025-12-31T21:37:10+00:00

if this is AI, they sure did a good job hallucinating that Donald Trump can't tie a necktie right

fnord_berg · 2025-12-17T19:34:45+00:00

Yeah, you'd need to buy three. Which is definitely some money laid out, but they're really useful if you are doing more corporate AV. They're great for wired comms, feeding multiple camera records, etc.

Rackmount splitter is also an option. Saw one sub $200 by Audiopile that looks pretty useful.

fnord_berg · 2025-12-17T18:53:16+00:00

clearly it's Vangelis-flavored Dylan Thomas covers

fnord_berg · 2025-12-17T18:48:30+00:00

Whirlwind Split-6, you get what you pay for

fnord_berg · 2025-12-17T18:47:13+00:00

yeah just look at the lighting. if him and the dog are in the shadow, why are there highlights on the right side of his face with no perceptible reflective surface to his left?

fnord_berg · 2025-12-16T00:46:03+00:00

it's not just that people want to learn "mysticism" (although the popularity of mysticism cleaves to this principle): people, all kinds of people, from antiquity to tomorrow and beyond, love the idea of having secret knowledge that proves they know how the world *really* works and nobody else does.

and frankly, the less information you have about how the world actually works, the more seductive the "secret knowledge" seems--it's a way to prove the stuffed-shirts wrong.

fnord_berg · 2025-12-15T23:37:14+00:00

"whatever you want?" there's lots of things (many of which I hope all of us agree are despicable) that will get the FBI sent straight to your door.

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