djandydee Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 You do know you can put the hook clamps on either way round, right? yea but the centre of the pan travel is with the display stage right and a handle on front and back. If you and a buddy want to lift one directly onto a truss with the box lid hinged away from the truss then you both have to twist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ynot Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 You do know you can put the hook clamps on either way round, right? yea but the centre of the pan travel is with the display stage right and a handle on front and back. If you and a buddy want to lift one directly onto a truss with the box lid hinged away from the truss then you both have to twistEr, this MAY seem a little obvious, but just in case... What Billy Jim meant was that - in common with most moving heads - the Omega clamps can be fitted in two positions - one at right angles to the other, meaning if you fit them at 90 degrees to how you do at present then the clamps are where you need them to be.... Or is that not what you mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billy jim Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 For reference, yeah, that was exactly what I meant- cheers for clarifying my tired mumblings Tony! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulears Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 going back to mic stand adapters - why dont they put the slots on both ends? they ALWAYS get jammed in with the smooth end showing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billy jim Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Talking of mic stand adapters- why don't they just make one size stand/clip for all mics, so that you wouldn't have the problem in the first place?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Beech Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 As Doug said a while back. But I agree. It's just the age old fact that mic stands and mics, and clips last a long time and come from different areas of the world. so there has to be some method of adapting between old and new and what not. Annoying as it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Performers who dont undo the middle section of a mic stand they just pull it ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 The one thing that really bugs me ... on and off ... is sound equipment with no signal presence indicator. There is a fair amount of kit out there that can quite easily pass audio without giving any indication on the unit that it is doing so. And no, listening isn't the answer I want. I may want to know that a piece of kit is passing audio without people around me (the audience for example) knowing. I don't mind that meters only go down to -24, or -36, or whatever but it would be nice to have an LED that lit up from around -60 say, so that I need it was receiving signal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
widowgobo Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 singers who sway around the mic. KEEP YOUR FRIKEN HEAD STILL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightsource Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 singers who sway around the mic. KEEP YOUR FRIKEN HEAD STILL! Or the one I had a few weeks ago who threw an SM58 across the stage as his grand exit, and dented MY grille. Maybe I should have picked up one of his guitars up, and thrown it across the stage, to see if HE liked it. But on topic to the poor post I've quoted...... Singers will not usually remain in fixed position around a microphone, it will never happen. What's the issue anyway, no singer will ever be positioned in the same spot As the sound engineer (I assume that was your job), a compressor would helped you on this one, as would some other tools. Why should the singer KEEP THEIR FRIKEN HEAD STILL just because you are incompetant at your job. Maybe the one thing that really bugs me is the person who said " keep your friken head still" This person should really not be doing what he's doing.....but he is :P Edit to add...... And after checking the profile, Yup, he does pub gigs, well so do I, and I don't have a problem with them. as I take the correct tools for the job. And probably (maybe) know what I'm doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ynot Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 Ahem...Before Eric (JSB) pops up again to lambast the thread, can I point to the start of the topic which says quite loudly...(my bold & underline)THE RULE: For each post you may only mention one piece of equipment and the ONE most annoying feature of it (to you). :P ;) ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.elsbury Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 Zero 88 Frog range (and yes, I understand that this may have been fixed in future software releases)- the fact that the wheels can just take off if you give them too fast a spin, sending your intelligent light swinging wildly round the room...Thankfully, I don't normally have to use the Frog range much more than twice a year- so there's only a couple of opportunities for it to wind me up. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy MLS Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 Any nut, bolt, clamp, large power connector that no matter what I do, just won't come undone! Even worse when someone else tries and it comes apart first try for them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keqms Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 The isolution moving heads (I think they're the 150W discharge version) we've ended up with (not my decision...). Hired in some Martin Mac 250 Entours this week for a show and whilst trying to get some sort of consistent programming discovered that the isolutions don't actually have the colour red :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 singers who sway around the mic. KEEP YOUR FRIKEN HEAD STILL! Or the one I had a few weeks ago who threw an SM58 across the stage as his grand exit, and dented MY grille. Yes I know how you feel, working at my local theatre last week and one of the acts (she was 11) forgot here words and decided to throw the mic across the stage!!! It was a PG24 and it broke something inside. Technical Manager was not impressed!!! :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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