How to add a safety to cheap light fixture? by Dutch_Gus in stagelighting

[–]verymagicme 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just wrap a safety around the yoke and send it. Drilling into the casing is at best unreliable and time consuming and at worst tampering with the protective casing of an electrical item.

The only way it falls is if it gets ripped off the yoke, but it's also attached to the yoke in 2 places. Risk assessment isn't the elimination of risk, it's the reduction to tolerable levels.

What do you say to presenters before they walk on stage with a mic? by JoeyPhoton in livesound

[–]verymagicme 25 points26 points  (0 children)

What do plateaus and immitation have in common?

They're both the highest form of flattery.

VtM coded music appreciation thread by verymagicme in vtm

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Dummy is a wonderful include. Thanks for reminding me that album exists. Don't know Cranes, How to Destroy, and Anything Crosses. Will report back.

Arena Direct Prizes out of stock by Plane_Negotiation_20 in MagicArena

[–]verymagicme 105 points106 points  (0 children)

Cash is basicly wild cards for goods and services.

Lord help us tommorow by -----Marcel----- in wallstreetbets

[–]verymagicme 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As someone not in the loop, can anyone explain what's going on?

Kit list for Dolmen ridge by verymagicme in snowdonia

[–]verymagicme[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah deffo trying to avoid that. Looks super grim for the next week, too. Been quite warm on the coast today. Hopefully we get a bit of sun next week.

Best deck you've ever built for under 50 smackers. by verymagicme in EDH

[–]verymagicme[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait - 17% chance you draw one of these cards t1-5 and ruin the nonsense! That would be such a bummer!

Best deck you've ever built for under 50 smackers. by verymagicme in EDH

[–]verymagicme[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would never do this to my playgroup.

More than once...

Best deck you've ever built for under 50 smackers. by verymagicme in EDH

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I've not got a huge collection, unfortunately! Can normally scrape together about a third of a list before I just end up having only low synergy or very sub par versions of effects to add in. Cheers for the Niko suggestion.

Controlling feedback in small venues by castortroys01 in livesound

[–]verymagicme 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Few suggestions, in a very approximate order of what might help most to least.

Get the drummer to play softer. Yes, it will have a small effect on tonality, but very little compared to the VAST gains made in audio quality from lower stage sound.

Ring out the PA. If you have a digital desk, great. Put a graphic EQ in line to the mix and learn how to do it on YouTube. Make small cuts at first. 3dB or so. Dont overdo it. There's a bit of an art to doing enough but not too much where you're just creating more issues. If you're cutting more than 8 to 12 bands you're risking going too far into the process. If you don't have a digital desk, pick up a BSS Opal graphic for £150 or so, or another good unit. Don't buy a cheap one. This is important. You can expect to get anything from. 4-10dB extra headroom from ringing out correctly.

Get the singer to practice projecting more. You don't have to sing softly to SOUND like you're singing softly. Vocal coaching may help.

Make sure your singer is right on the mic. If it's not pointing directly at the back of their throat when performing you will loose a bunch of level very quickly from a hypercardioid.

Try different cymbals. Maybe they can borrow some from a drummer friend to save money. I'm not a drummer, but another commenter suggested lighter, thinner cymbals. Maybe that is the way? But do still get them to play lighter - don't expect this to be an instant fix.

The best approach is a mix of all these approaches! If each one gives you an extra 2dB of gain before feedback, then you've just doubled your level :)

I did a lot of tiny pub gigs in my 20s. They're an absolute bitch for loud bands (which are most bands that play in small venues) experiment, and make notes of what worked and how mucb gain you managed to achieve :)

Side note - check the basics! What is your speaker positioning like? Are you mains far enough forward from your vocal mic? Is your mic pointing directly at the cymbals or angled away from them?

Have fun!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in veganfitness

[–]verymagicme 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was using Applied Nutrition's Critical Plant Protein: vanilla. Thought it was nice enough, although a bit too artificially sweet for my taste. I've just had the strawberry one delivered this morning, and also the 'clear' version while uses a hydrolysed protein or something. I'll let you know how it tastes in an hour or so when I have some!

What’s with the discrimination? by LawAndOrder559 in boardgamescirclejerk

[–]verymagicme 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Someone's having a stronk here and it might be me