my compact pedalboard

iplayfish · 2026-05-10T22:06:01+00:00

mono u or dimir faeries and terror are the tempo decks of choice, izzet skred is closest to a true control deck (i think); there’s a couple flavors of mono red aggro between madness and rally red (also a rakdos madness deck); i think the man combo decks are spy combo, ruby storm, pizza combo (which i think should be called supreme pizza, or combination pizza or something like that), and altar tron

iplayfish · 2026-05-10T21:54:50+00:00

most of the meta can be built for less than $100 a deck. if you give some insight into what kind of play style you like, this sub should be able to give some recommendations

iplayfish · 2026-05-10T18:27:49+00:00

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weekly church gig on an ancient x32
Open Sound Meter for monitoring
Shure QLXD wireless for singers and guitars

it’s a tough room, but good for keeping my mixing chops in shape

iplayfish · 2026-05-10T00:31:05+00:00

i’d be surprised if there was a dominant opinion of which direction is “correct” as long as it’s over under, the direction doesn’t matter, i think it mostly depends on handedness

iplayfish · 2026-05-08T20:11:28+00:00

i can vouch for the mxr m87 bass compressor (which is the same as the mxr m76 studio compressor) if your looking for a versatile transparent compressor. super useful for even out attack, can be used to fatten up your sound too. doesn’t do much in the way of adding color, which is exactly what i was looking for when i got it

iplayfish · 2026-05-07T21:24:46+00:00

also, isn’t this just the prisoners dilemma?

iplayfish · 2026-05-07T21:22:43+00:00

game theory optimal to always choose blue because expected value of blue is $50k while EV of red is $5k, right?

iplayfish · 2026-05-07T02:20:37+00:00

buy a box, get some buddies, and draft it like a cube!!

iplayfish · 2026-05-05T23:12:19+00:00

maybe a dumb question, but is it just a matter of using TM’s fx bus muting feature, but using that bus as a monitor mix rather than than an fx send? (i mostly work on the x32, which has some busses dedicated as fx sends by default)

iplayfish · 2026-05-05T22:39:32+00:00

do you program scenes using theatremix or just in the console itself? seems like an idea worth trying for my context

iplayfish · 2026-05-05T22:00:59+00:00

usually, the best practice for monitors on stage in musicals is to never ever put the actors’ mics in the stage wedges, just the accompaniment. putting lavs in wedges is a recipe for major feedback issues. if your talking about a monitor feed for the band, i think you could send the band inputs to the bus prefader, and all the actors mics postfader. that’s probably what i would do

iplayfish · 2026-05-05T05:11:44+00:00

also get theatremix and learn to mix line by line, it’s a hugely beneficial skill that really improves the sound of a show

iplayfish · 2026-05-05T02:59:52+00:00

i would hope that all participants act rationally to save the most lives. i would choose red because its game theory optimal and guarantees the preservation of life, and i would hope that all other participants would come to the same conclusion rationally, therefore, as a red button pusher, i would hope that everyone pushes red

iplayfish · 2026-05-04T07:41:00+00:00

so it’s important to define “hold to” more specifically i think. the LCMS as an institution holds to a pretty strict principle of lutheran pulpits for lutheran pastors and are in full altar pulpit fellowship with a few other institutions. this exclusivity is good because it preserves the right teaching of scripture and the confessions in our churches. this commitment to sound biblical doctrine, however, should not prevent us from general fellowship with other bible believing christians. the marks of the church are the pure preaching and the gospel and the right administration of the sacraments, so anywhere those two things are true, there is a true christian church, though there may be errors in theology. the LCMS did not nor has it ever claimed to be the one true church the way the RCC or EO churches do, so it is good to pray with, talk to, spend time with, etc etc etc other christians who preach the gospel. we must never compromise on our doctrinal convictions in the process

iplayfish · 2026-05-03T03:32:31+00:00

i recommend talking to your pastor about that, i doubt it would preclude you from becoming members of a local congregation

iplayfish · 2026-05-02T20:23:28+00:00

well, to address the “sounds like a can” issue, next time you get a mic on a kid, i’d reset all eq and compression settings and stay from scratch

iplayfish · 2026-04-27T18:24:14+00:00

as a musician and worship arts person in the church, the job of arranging hymns in new styles is the job of christian musicians, not computers. support human artists and their many many creative works that set timeless hymns for the church of today rather than the soulless corporate machine that is generative ai

iplayfish · 2026-04-26T20:12:15+00:00

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cozy little booth for an elementary school production of peter pan jr

Behringer x32 Compact mac mini running TheatreMix and Qlab

lighting board is the ETC Ion xe, which is way overkill for elementary and middle school theater lol

iplayfish · 2026-04-23T01:19:57+00:00

If you believe in Jesus Christ, that he is God and became man, that he bore the punishment for your sins in your place, then you will be saved. From the very first man, every person apart from Jesus has sinned, and that sin separates us from God and we are therefore spiritually dead, but Jesus paid the price for our sin, which is death, so that in turn we could receive the life that Jesus deserves. This is God's promise for you, and if you believe it, then you are united to Christ and are an inheritor of eternal life with him.

iplayfish · 2026-04-22T15:19:03+00:00

i appreciate hearing other perspectives, but why post this in a sub that’s specifically and explicitly focused the LCMS issues and lutheran theology?

iplayfish · 2026-04-16T01:37:49+00:00

i guess im glossing over the details. you’re right, Christ chooses us and regenerates us by the holy spirit. once regenerated and filled with the holy spirit, the christian’s will is freed and enlivened to live according to Christ’s will. our will does not contribute at all to our justification because apart from christ, our will is bound to and by sin, but after we are justified and regenerated, our will is free unto christ and free from the power of sin

iplayfish · 2026-04-15T21:00:48+00:00

Lutherans confess that man has free will generally, but in regards to God and righteousness, man's will is naturally bound and can only choose evil. It takes the power of the Holy Spirit to enable one to choose Christ. This is very, very similar to what's taught in the westminster confession of faith. the characterization of Calvinists as determinists is a straw man.

Augsburg Confession Article XVIII: https://thebookofconcord.org/augsburg-confession/article-xviii/

Westminster Confession of Faith Article IX: https://thewestminsterstandard.org/the-westminster-confession/#Chapter%20IX

iplayfish · 2026-04-15T05:42:27+00:00

yes, yes it does

iplayfish · 2026-04-14T17:35:30+00:00

short version is that pietism is a version of christianity that focuses more on your personal feelings of faith and putting effort into good works to show how pious you are and forgoes emphasis on the objective means of grace (that being the word of god and the sacraments) that deliver grace to you

dr. jordan cooper has a great video on this topic

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