From: Debbie and/or Peter Allen <dlpallen-AT-grm.net>
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 12:48:25 -0600
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Sound problems, help!


Always travel with a Kazoo. Peter Allen

On Mar 5, 2010, at 9:34 AM, Widerman-AT-aol.com wrote:

> 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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