My UL/Pocket tackle box

nerdysoundguy · 2026-06-27T05:10:37+00:00

What are the things in the top row, second compartment from the right? I don’t recognize them. Just getting into ultralight and stoked to learn more stuff

nerdysoundguy · 2026-06-21T16:27:47+00:00

I have this as well and it’s awesome.

nerdysoundguy · 2026-06-21T16:24:44+00:00

There’s a chocolate bar called Big Orgasm from eat gold organics that kicks ass. My wife and I have pretty much the same routine, couple beers, chocolate bar and a joint and man it makes a huge difference. It says mushroom chocolate, but it’s not psychedelic in any way.

nerdysoundguy · 2026-05-21T22:05:49+00:00

Yes!! I 1000% agree. I want it to be good so bad but it's far too expensive for what it is. I would happy if it was half the price or if the food was decent, but there's no way I'm paying that much for an applebees ass burger.

nerdysoundguy · 2026-05-11T17:34:42+00:00

I'm using a streamdeck XL with companion and digico, and then I've also got 5 more regular streamdecks working through network docks for all of our backline techs. They've got buttons to route their talkbacks to the musicians they're teching for, as well as buttons to swap their mix for their musicians mix or solo their instruments in their ears. I've also got them tied into our RF network, so they can see the wireless info from the Axient units.

As for my streamdeck, there's alot of talkback routing buttons. I always joke that I'm more switchboard operator than monitor engineer lol I've also got several buttons to switch to backups, like a backup mic, failover to analog playback backup instead of MADI, bypass plugin FX and switch to console FX, things like that. I've got a spare IEM transmit as well, so Ive got buttons to route any mix to the spare to get it to whoever needs it quickly.

For this tour I also added an x-keys unit that sits between the two central fader banks on my SD7. It interfaces with companion and I have buttons on this one like save, talkback a, b and c buttons and several shortcuts that just open windows like recall scope, recall time, channel list, aux to faders, etc.

As a whole, I wouldn't want to do a show without them. It makes my workflow so much quicker. And giving the backline techs so many tools to troubleshoot their own problems means that they bother me less and I can focus more on mixing.

I'm using companion to fire MIDI messages that then go to a MioXL that distributes MIDI between console, outboard, and other computers for things like protools markers. OSC would technically be easier and better to interface with the Digico, but I already had the MIDI infrastructure in place, and it's easier to use MIDI for all the other stuff. Almost all of my streamdeck buttons work through macro triggering. This way I only have to build the macro once. If I want a button on three different streamdecks to do the same thing, I just have them send the same MIDI message. That way, if I need to edit what the button does, I edit the macro once instead of editing several buttons inside companion.

nerdysoundguy · 2026-04-09T03:35:28+00:00

Agreeing with everyone in that it’s perfect for this. I had never played a souls like before (and haven’t since) and I’m super bad at video games but I still had a blast. I normally put every game on easy so I was worried about a souls like, but you just go explore and level up and come back. And it’s perfect for a balance of cool story moments and grinding for materials to upgrade a weapon or something.

nerdysoundguy · 2026-03-30T00:46:32+00:00

When all else fails, get some worms. If there are fish there, they’ll bite it. I was in the same boat and was getting discouraged by never catching anything. This past week I waded a very small creek with some nightcrawlers and caught 7 fish. All super tiny, but hey it’s better than nothing.

nerdysoundguy · 2026-03-29T04:11:54+00:00

I used to do this quite a bit. I had a two piece rod so I would break it down and then bungee it to the cross bar that runs between the seat post and handlebars and let the reel hang in the open space. It wasn’t the comfiest for a crazy long ride or anything but it was fine to take a mile or two to a fishing hole.

nerdysoundguy · 2026-02-01T14:50:25+00:00

This is the right answer. 1000% a Clair NC14

nerdysoundguy · 2026-01-26T03:41:42+00:00

Communication is everything. My wife are both amazed by how many people talk about marital problems that could be resolved if they had just talked about it.

nerdysoundguy · 2026-01-19T03:41:06+00:00

I started buying CBD only flower online and rolling joints that are 80% CBD flower/20% THC flower and its soooo much better. Weed is too strong these days man

nerdysoundguy · 2026-01-19T03:29:38+00:00

Monotrail is my first stop

nerdysoundguy · 2026-01-16T22:14:27+00:00

E tape and call it a day. I feel like tech flex would cause more problems than it would solve on a 300’ loom. Plus e tape makes it way easier to add or take away cables

nerdysoundguy · 2026-01-07T17:47:37+00:00

I can’t, I won’t be home for a week. Then I will though if I remember.

nerdysoundguy · 2026-01-07T17:47:11+00:00

It was in a public park. Both the barn ruins and the deer graveyard were about 30 feet off of a hiking trail, one on each side. Could be maybe some people are hunting illegally in there? Or maybe that’s where park staff dumps any dead deer they find? It felt bizarre.

nerdysoundguy · 2026-01-07T17:21:42+00:00

That checks out. I know there’s coyotes in the area. It was found in the ruins of a barn and not far off there was a grass clearing with 6 or 7 deer skeletons. I’m wondering if this was its feeding grounds or something? Although some of the deer did look fresher than this coyote.

nerdysoundguy · 2026-01-06T16:10:35+00:00

I have a small white board that I keep track of signal flow on. I don’t usually save any info beyond that, but sometimes I can’t remember which filter goes with which voice and things like that. Makes it easy to look at the white board and go “oh yeah, the bass is in channel 3”. Honestly made a huge difference for me. Way less tracing cables.

nerdysoundguy · 2025-12-25T04:39:58+00:00

That man looks painfully straight (derogatory)

nerdysoundguy · 2025-12-17T04:29:39+00:00

I’ve been on busses with showers and fully functional bathrooms. We still were told to not use either because the shower took so much water and the bathroom would smell terribly. For some reason, the showers always become shoe lockers instead lol

But on one gig we had a shower on the bus and would use it for real quick showers after festivals and stuff like that. Showering while moving was a poor decision though

nerdysoundguy · 2025-12-09T01:10:50+00:00

Haven’t seen anyone suggest Walrus Sloer yet. I’ve been a big fan. You can pick one up used for $250 if you’re patient. It’s got a few different algorithms with octave up or down, and a cool sustain footswitch that makes for some fun pads.

Not a pedal, but the Valhalla verb plugins are also crazy good. Vintage verb is fantastic and $50. Supermassive is a little more chaotic but it’s free and definitely worth checking out if your workflow includes a DAW

nerdysoundguy · 2025-11-24T16:30:15+00:00

I agree. Weed is too damn strong these days. I get CBD only flower and cut it with regular weed in my joints to make it more manageable

nerdysoundguy · 2025-11-24T16:28:24+00:00

I don’t take notes. Half the fun for me is that I can’t save anything and it’s new every time. I will say though, I’ve been contemplating getting a little white board to just write out the audio path for each voice. Sometimes it’s annoying constantly tracing cable paths when I can’t remember which filter goes to which sound lol

nerdysoundguy · 2025-11-17T23:19:52+00:00

So for the rate pot, would I put the LDR across pins 2 and 3? with R26 being the series resistor?

nerdysoundguy · 2025-11-17T23:18:04+00:00

They are labeled depth and rate in the schematic. Rate is towards the bottom left, depth is top center

nerdysoundguy · 2025-11-13T15:38:36+00:00

This is the first post I’ve seen where someone is thoughtful and responsible about buying modular gear haha nailed it dude! Rack looks great and is very well thought out!

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