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Post by ericn on May 9, 2024 20:48:34 GMT -6
No not the body style. You can not trademark a physical design if you did not design it in the first place. T funk already have the term Ela M trademarked but this challenge is coming from a much larger entity. It was applied for the same day that the U47 was application was renewed. The plot thickens…….. That is is sad, hilarious and intriguing as hell all at once.
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Post by ericn on May 9, 2024 16:36:49 GMT -6
Got a Text today from a friend who worked at Ho Chunk Casino for years ” Who will miss Steve more the casinos or the music Biz” I'm sure the Chicago mixed game guys will feel this loss pretty hard. But so will the DIY musicians. There were benefits to being being a skort detour from his route from Ho Chunk to home, you always knew he had a good game.
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Post by ericn on May 9, 2024 13:24:56 GMT -6
Got a Text today from a friend who worked at Ho Chunk Casino for years
” Who will miss Steve more the casinos or the music Biz”
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Post by ericn on May 8, 2024 20:30:08 GMT -6
Mics are stored in Ziplock bags with a moisture absorbing packet in each ziplock, they all live in matching Seahorse cases with cut foam.
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Post by ericn on May 8, 2024 11:25:56 GMT -6
Awe man, only met him a few times but if you knew your stuff and got to know him he was a great guy.
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Post by ericn on May 7, 2024 17:48:32 GMT -6
I'll be honest - I don't understand the purposes of these devices. It seems to me to be guaranteed worse noise performance than a mic pre with sufficient gain and the correct input impedance. Granted getting the pre right from the get go is optimal, but I get it having one or 2 around for a quick boost of gain is handy. Won’t lie I have considered picking up a pair used to throw in the gear bag, but I think these have become the an easy affordable solution for lazy gearpimps. It’s easier to sell a booster rather than remind the client “ remember I warned you that the SM7B needs lots of gain” the other thing is a really simple concept add another piece to the simplest of signal chains and your going to have to reduce the gain structure.
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Post by ericn on May 7, 2024 17:39:22 GMT -6
Also wondering what people think about upgrading mid project? Working on an EP right now, not sure if I should mess with an upgrade until that’s completed. I would wait, nothing worse than slowing everything down because Apple or who ever decided to change the workflow that you have become accustomed to.
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Post by ericn on May 7, 2024 17:22:09 GMT -6
I was talking to a Warm dealer a while ago and he pointed out that there are to distinct groups of Warm buyers. 1. Guys who have never used but listed after the real deal based on folklore, who love the fact they can afford their white wales. 2. The guys who know the real deal buy the Warm, left craving the real deal and driving up vintage prices.
So yeah for the price it would be nuts not to give it a try, but you’re most likely going to end up hunting for vintage.
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Post by ericn on May 7, 2024 17:06:25 GMT -6
It like so many tape substitutes wows at first, but after a while you realize it’s just saturation and distortion. You put it next to the Ampex and realize it’s not really the sound of tape.
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Post by ericn on May 6, 2024 20:30:08 GMT -6
Anyone popped in to see if there are any good deals in the liquidation sale? Went to the Nashville store and guitar amps were marked down 5% (no joke) and nothing really caught my eye. They had an old Acetone Top 1 organ but wanted $1600 for it...which is $1000 more than it's probably worth haha. Yeah been watching a couple of used pieces on line, no big discounts yet, now if you’re friendly with any of the staff you might be able to find out when the discounts are coming and when the doors close.
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Post by ericn on May 6, 2024 17:51:26 GMT -6
Similar to what someone said earlier, what I'll miss is another brick-and-mortar nearby who might have an extra mic stand to get me through a gig when I suddenly need another unexpectedly. What I won't miss is that those brick-and-mortars used to actually carry K&H or something similarly high-quality, but for the past few years, those brick-and-mortars seem to only carry pseudo-house-brands that suck. There are an increasing number of items that Amazon will ship to me "Same Day delivery," but not enough yet to replace local stores. Plus, how many Post-It notes does one man need to get over the $35 Same Day delivery hump?? Seriously, I'm in Durham, NC - lots of access to stuff. But I recently needed Martin guitar strings on a Thursday. Sound Pure (8 mins from me) doesn't carry Martin, as it turns out. The GC closed a couple years ago and moved to Cary. And High Strung Violins and Guitars were just not open for a few days for some reason - as a mom-and-pop, they do that kind of thing there. Got the strings via Amazon overnight. What really killed your modern MI dealer isn’t the rise of the internet though it didn’t help and was contributing factor it was the adoption of MAP that was meant to protect them and Manufacturers like Peavey and the brands of ST Louis music dropping their protective no mail order policies. How did MAP kill mom and pop? We were all told the whole point was to protect them? Well it protected them on selling price, but it killed them because let’s say you were a Small MI dealer in Middleton WI, approximately 1.5 miles down the road from Full Compass, let’s say you bought another MI dealer with a more pro audio dealer because they had JBL and all the other Harman lines and you bought them for those lines ( even though the rep or Harman could have ended that with 30 days notice). So someone wants SRX series, no problem technically we have to advertise at the same price and should sell at it, but if the Ma & Pop wants a pair ASAP, they are paying freight and about 5 percent more than Full Co because of the volume. So the little guy was protected on price but not Margin. When St. Louis music ( pre Loud / Mackie) started opening up Major Mail order for SKB they gave us access to everything, these brands were great at keeping bid packages written by local dealers because the big boys couldn’t supply what was spec’ed so you either had to no bid or substitute and on some bids that was a lot of work. Since the local dealers acted as the consultant they could quash any substitutions. Most of the majors were opened up by Peavey for local contracting ( install ) of Media Matrix Peaveys specialized install line that honestly had some very cool unique products. The reps got greasy and would let you sell but not advertise Peavey and eventually after we all “ accidentally” put it on the line card, advertised or put it in catalogs or on the web, they liked the $ and just opened us up. Suddenly these lines you didn’t have to worry about getting beat up on were open season. GC and for a bit MARs dominated large markets with Mail order like inventory and selection Ma and pa just couldn’t compete. Mark the trick for consumables is to make friends with the Local SR guys who also provide back line.
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Post by ericn on May 5, 2024 21:49:53 GMT -6
Little Labs Monotor to take to the studio to use with my Audeze LCD-5’s…and for clients so they don’t have to check mixes on the Hearback mixers (not the greatest) For fun sometime, take that Little Labs to the local high end consumer shop with a big emphasis on headphones. They will either love you or bar you from within a 1/4 mile, that thing slays almost everything out there.
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Post by ericn on May 5, 2024 21:45:08 GMT -6
Even in big cities not the LA, NYC’s to an extent Chicago GC pretty much wiped mainstream MI stores out and pro audio specialist disappeared ( ask anyone in Houston other than GC best Proaudio inventory is a Pawnshop #4 US market). Proud to say that while there were a TON of GCs in Chicago, there are a few remaining stores like Chicago Music Exchange that are absolute treasures. There’s no walking in there and wondering if you know more than the teenager you’re talking to like GC Yes but what about pro audio? Is it wrong to say I miss Gand, as a Fullco Alum.
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Post by ericn on May 5, 2024 21:16:39 GMT -6
Mic choice.
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Post by ericn on May 5, 2024 21:07:17 GMT -6
damn all mine are gone because I always eat them It explains the dry wit😁
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Post by ericn on May 5, 2024 21:00:41 GMT -6
I suppose until Amazon has drone service and handy products in every community, from a mere need perspective, I find it important to have brick and mortar stores all over. Many times, I have needed a cable, tuner, strings, or some equipment, while at a gig in an out of town city. Finding out that there is a Guitar Center nearby has helped. Obviously, if this could be accomplished by local shops, that would be great, but it is not realistic any more. Of course, I could always plan better, but still something seems to fall through the cracks, or something is broken, etc. Fortunately, bigger cities also tend to have nice rental places too. Meanwhile, if I knew the best drone stock to invest in, I could probably fund all these stores myself or at least care a little less about it all. I can see drones delivering light items like mic clips, strings, and more. I suppose, it might be dangerous for a drone to deliver a PA or keyboard though. Even in big cities not the LA, NYC’s to an extent Chicago GC pretty much wiped mainstream MI stores out and pro audio specialist disappeared ( ask anyone in Houston other than GC best Proaudio inventory is a Pawnshop #4 US market). Funny story when Mars opened up in Milwaukee 2 of their execs walked into Ward Brodt Music Mall and said to a couple of employees “ in 2 years you will be out of business and working for us.” Well Brodt is still going, Mars went the way of Circuit City. The thing was they didn’t understand Brodt wasn’t really about the customer who walked in the door, the majority of their buisness was outside sales to schools and rental contracts with schools. Unlike Mars 60 percent of what they did was in back in offices service and the warehouse. Being huge is less important than knowing what it is that really pays your bills.
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Post by ericn on May 5, 2024 18:18:47 GMT -6
The Eventides was our pitch correction for years try it sounds awesome but a hell of a lot of work. The sound of any old school digital box is as much about the Analog stage, Converters’, processing format and the tricks they did in the programming to overcome the limitations of the processing chips and conversion. So a true duplicate port if possible is not going to sound like an H3K. Honestly I have always wondered why a Company like lexicon didn’t try to sell a specialized dedicated AD/ DA box that sounds like the real box.
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Post by ericn on May 5, 2024 18:09:25 GMT -6
They need to do a special Dave Hill edition where the background is one of Dave’s Favorite Hawaiian shirt prints.
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Post by ericn on May 5, 2024 18:07:46 GMT -6
You know I don’t think I ever felt like I had to compete with Sam Ash or lost a deal that I can remember to SA ( there was one in Green Bay). We all kind of new the days were numbered when they started locating in malls ( if your not an anchor your paying a lot of $ to be an impulse purchase by someone buy underwear at Macy’s). I have heard stories of great service in the old days of Sam Ash professional, but when B&H and all the other 47th st photo shops got into to video and pro audio that was done. While most MI is strictly consumer, pro audio if you want to make $ is B to B, consumer, loud guitar dude trashing Smoke on the Water for 2 hours is a great way to send Institutional customers elsewhere. The other thing that Sam Ash and honestly most MI chains and every other retailer trying to do Mail order / internet sales using multiple locations to house inventory requires a huge digital and inventory control investment.
If anyone wants to know GC’s biggest weakness, walk in and calculate the $ hanging on that wall ( figure 40 percent of list), now in your mind pick out 4 of the most expensive guitars hanging there, see how long it takes for them to sell. That’s someone’s ( GC? The Bank? fender’s?) money just sitting there looking cool.
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Post by ericn on May 5, 2024 17:42:42 GMT -6
Just changed mine.... Put new desiccant packets in with your condenser mics cheers Wiz Why I use the color changing packs, the thing with going by the calendar is you have absolutely no clue how long they sat on the shelf.
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Post by ericn on May 4, 2024 16:53:37 GMT -6
View AttachmentOk, my Jet. The top is a drum wrap. Also the little one watt Marshall head I picked up only has a 16 ohm out and my cabs are 8 ohm. Most things I have read suggest running it into my cab shouldn’t be a problem. Not ideal perhaps, but probably won’t blow it up. Thoughts? Cheers, Geoff It shouldn’t, speakers rated impendance is always “ nominal” the actual load is all over the place depending on frequency. So a nominal 8 ohm speaker is all over the place. Decent amp and transformer designers take this into account, so the 16ohm tap on a particular amp may in fact be a better choice for a nominal 8 ohm cab depending on design choices and the actual load.
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Post by ericn on May 4, 2024 13:20:09 GMT -6
Love factory preset videos…cuz it’s just how Johnny would use it! Lol Everything Dan says is true the original didn’t quite nail the H3000 sound, but damn if it wasn’t 1000 times easier to program!
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Post by ericn on May 4, 2024 13:17:18 GMT -6
Hello I'm trying to buy audio gear from a US second-hand store, but the people there won't send to Europe, as they told me, europeans are thieves. Things escalated, & now a sale ain't happening in my wildest dreams. But I need the gear. I thought that maybe someone in the forum could help me, by having the gear delivered to their place, & then send the gear to France. I'd send the money prior to the buy and the shipment of course and would make sure 50$ goes her/his way, as a sign of my gratitude. I won't go with a brand-new low-message-count RGO account, but I get the sense that RGO regulars are great people. If someone feels like helping, please send me a PM ! Many thanks in advance ! xxxxx Cheers Louis Damn. That was odd hill for dude to die on. Continent hate is a new one. “Stupid Europe with all those dumb peninsulas and old buildings…” Every dealer has a horror story about their first couple of non domestic sales and losing money because of customs, shippers, taxes etc. The problem is the little guys see it as a pain, don’t care to learn how to do it. I would like to say it’s as simple as calling your UPS or FEDEX rep to walk you through it, but the biggest hurdle there is if your not doing a million dollars in shipping costs a year getting the call back.
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Post by ericn on May 4, 2024 13:10:15 GMT -6
On that score the other day I saw Rode Podcasting gear at Target, we are all heading there. I mean, once upon a time, Sears was a go-to spot for buying your kid's first guitar, so in a way, I guess an argument could be made that we're really heading * back* there. I'd rather see the budget entry-level stuff in stores like Target anyhow; put entry-level music-making in 'every day' places where parents can easily buy in, let it get re-normalized, and then maybe (just maybe) there's an eventual demand for higher-quality instruments that specialist mom n pop shops can sell, just like the ol' daze. Wouldn't that be swell? From a traditional MI perspective, absolutely, from a tech perspective, it’s the after sale support that matters exponentially more with new users ( exhibit A all the UAD support complaints as they move down market). Remember Sears never sold Multi tracks😁 Now one of the traditional reasons for MI coveting entry level instrument sales has always been that while these sales didn’t mean much for the bottom line, but the lessons these sales generated were a cash cow. GC has suddenly discovered this strategy over the last 6 years, but a Music store here in KC where one of the instructors was having inappropriate relationships with minors may have saddled that cash cow with a whole bunch of liability insurance costs and the need for increased supervision.
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Post by ericn on May 4, 2024 10:19:55 GMT -6
Good riddance. The music instrument equivalent to Walmart drive the proper mom n pop stores out of business. Let them rot. I hope the local shops make a come back. I want to buy from people who give a damn. On that score the other day I saw Rode Podcasting gear at Target, we are all heading there.
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