From: Brad Shur <mr_utamaro-AT-hotmail.com> To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org> Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 11:48:55 -0500 Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Sound problems, help! It was a pretty fresh disk burned from my computer, and it had no problems before and after the actual show. I need to try out my mp3 player to see if it's compatible with the foot pedal. I'd like to switch anyway. B. Shur > From: Widerman-AT-aol.com > Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 10:34:09 -0500 > To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Sound problems, help! > > This really appears to be a problem with your CD disc or the player. > Often, players start skipping and gradually get worse before finally giving out. > Also, CDs get scratches. Do you have a backup copy of the disc? I switched > from CDs to i-Pod and have had far fewer problems, although there are > times when I miss the old reel-to-reel 1/4" tape for reliability. > > -Steven-> > > > In a message dated 3/5/2010 10:23:19 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > mr_utamaro-AT-hotmail.com writes: > > > I'm having an odd problem with my sound system. > On Wednesday and Thursday, when I started my sound from CD, it stopped and > started intermittently before it finally got going. It dropped a few other > times early in the performance too. > > The thing is, it never did anything like that before. I rehearsed the > whole piece in the same space twice on Tuesday and left it set up. I tested the > sound in the morning before the show and it played fine. I tested it after > the show many times, and then again Thursday morning- no problems. But it > happened again when the audience was there. That's the only difference I > can think of. > > Setup details. > I'm using a Harbinger PA system, powered mixer with two speakers and a > portable CD player modified to take a foot pedal as my only sound input. I > triple checked every wire before the first show and again later. > > The thing is, I couldn't even replicate the effect when the audience was > gone, I tried stomping on the floor to make it skip, even shaking the CD > player a bit didn't cause any change. I tried loosening the cables, I couldn't > make it do that. > > I've Just used the system a week and a half before, with no problems. The > only difference I can think of is that Wed-Thurs there was a very full > house. There's nothing wireless though. is there any way that a large number of > bodies creates some kind of... weird interference? > > I'm totally stumped on this. > > B. Shur > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469228/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit > Archives: http://www.driftline.org > > _______________________________________________ > List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit > Archives: http://www.driftline.org _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469227/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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