From: "Puppet People" <puppetpeople-AT-nycap.rr.com>
To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 13:51:25 -0500
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Sound problems, help!


We would get those problems too and then would get a new cd player, but 
finally switched to the mp3 player and it works great! No skipping if you 
jump and no glitches (thus far!) it's been over a year now.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brad Shur" <mr_utamaro-AT-hotmail.com>
To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 11:48 AM
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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