File puptcrit/puptcrit.1003, message 140


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
> 
> 
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