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@@jfrohne I can get everything set up in around an hour +/- with this band as far as time goes. The PA tune is an often debated subject with my videos. The trick with people in the room is to listen to music very softly so you can get an idea of where frequencies in the room are at. Next I stand with my back to the PA with a flat channel EQ and flat PA EQ’s and make clicking sounds with my mouth. This excites the higher frequencies in the room. It’s the same as the “teeth” part of “two” when saying “check one two”. The “squirrel noises” are a little less distracting than saying “check two”. That lets you get the ringy/squealing/howling noises in check with steep narrow notches. The music portion will let you make the speakers sound “flat” ish. Then dial in your vocal sound at the channel level. We very rarely ever get a real sound check. The first time I hear the PA is the vibe set followed by introductions followed by the first dance. The first time I hear the full band with a quiet room is the first dance which is a great way to get fast as solving problems!

@@billylaguardia wow, one Hour is quick. A similar setup usually takes me 2-3 hours. The „squirrel Noise“ is a great Idea. I sometimes do a „whistle sweep“ a little like smaart to excite all the Frequencies. That pretty distracting for others though. Thanks for your in-Depth Answer btw

Jon is the man. Truly one of my favorite drummers. Can confirm, he is still rippin!

Awww thanks! There are a lot of people who really don’t like the way I do things. But I will say I’ve probably done 200 or so gigs with this band and the methods used work. They have to play a variety of rooms that aren’t designed for music. It’s always a challenge acoustically: big boomy rooms where the band needs to remain around 95db. To add to the complexity, people generally will give speeches in front of the PA. You can dial the EQ back a bit once you are in a music venue, but the methods hold true regardless of venue.

@@billylaguardia one more question, how did you convinced those bands and players to switched from having amps to completely digital and go direct to the house? I would surely show these videos to them and have them see these band settings. Thanks again for sharing

@@hsa579 you can ask as many question as ya like! The “no amps” was a dictate from the band owners to make sure stage volume is as low as possible. It’s been that way since day one with this band. As a mixer, it’s a dream. No one really seems to mind as long as their IEM mixes are good. I hate amps on stage. They look cool. But they really muddy things up on stage in the wrong musicians hands.

I completely agree, I will send this video to them, let them watch and see if they would agree with me,, thanks again

@@hsa579 the amp modelers win based on the stereo outputs alone. The guitar players can have those sweet ping pong delays! “Lush” choruses. “Dense” reverbs. Etc…

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Hey Jamie, that band has a very basic Linksys router. I carry the same model as a back up with my rig. I use a little more advanced set up with my rig consisting of an Luxul ABR4500 router, unifi long range access point and a POE switch. Here is a video showing the network rack I carry. I’ve upgraded the AP to the LR model since that video came out. czcams.com/video/JUuwvFkfUIQ/video.htmlsi=tFwBhY72ym5pDPVF

@@billylaguardia thank you very much

Awwwwwww thanks! 😘😘

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You don’t think we tried that?

@@JoeGraziosi Hey, it's youtube. If the video doesn't show you trying it, it never happened!! :)

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Ditto!🙏

@@Rickpr8nu7px8v the speaker bags are RCF. We just leave them on so we don’t have to store them as “dead space” is always at a premium. The logo mesh covers are screwed in over the grills using the grill screws, they are separate from the RCF bags. Where we got them? I have no idea. The band owner bought them.

No problem! Thanks for watching! We have 12 mono IEM mixes with this rig. Below is a video on how I generally tune a room. Be warned, the comments section is spicy on that video. They think I am the EQ Antichrist 🤣🤣🤣 czcams.com/video/nQxRn6jE5H4/video.htmlsi=Yxb1s0bMfp3D1gOD

@@billylaguardia Enjoyed that video as well. Thank you. Do you set up "Room" mic's for the IEM's?

@@dodo13500 I don’t with this band. Since the stages are small and the singers are right up front, you don’t really need them.

@@billylaguardia Thank you. 🙏

Ahhhh. Nice! Thanks for that!! 🙌🙌

99.99% of people will install these with Hue’s cables. I think those people can probably figure out the T junctions and cables that come with the lights.

I was right there with ya! That’s why I made the video to help out my fellow sound humans!

Yes indeed.

@@billylaguardia i watched your video only one time but I get the feeling you should make your Apolo the master clock and run all other gear as slave and have the h9000 feed the audio in and out via ADAT.... Did you try that?

@@lachopakapura Hmmm… never thought of that. There is only 1 ADAT port. I just assumed it was “in” only vs bidirectional

@@billylaguardia you get 8 in and 8 out on a two optical cable... I say give it a try🏆

Did you watch the whole video? I showed the room, the speaker placement and 4 singers standing in front of the PA. I gave reasonable and logical explanations of why I was doing what I was doing. Assuming I did EQ with my eyes, wouldn't my EQ be flat to appease the comments section? I am not the singular authority on sound. However a wedding band with 12 people crammed into a corner in a country club with people singing and giving speeches in front of the PA requires different methods than a club, theater or arena show. If you have any suggestions that would help a room / set up like this sound better, I would love to hear them. In fact, I have 2 shows in 2 similar rooms this weekend. I will gladly employ any and all of your suggestions and credit you in the video.

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They are separate…but not “that” separate.

@@billylaguardia I don't understand your design. By using normal outlets, the faceplate screws MAY connect their grounds together if the faceplate screws bite though the paint on the panel. With isolated ground outlets, the mounting strap and the faceplate screw are insulated from the protective earth connection, which would maintain the integrity of your isolated ground wires.

@@timothystockman7533 You are correct, however assuming that all grounds go back to the same buss bar in the panel/main distro we dont generally need to use iso outlets. That being said, we build everything per order. Happy to use iso outlets if a customer requests them. Most people dont want to spend the extra money for them just to isolate the outlet straps from the panel chassis. These Socapex distros are commonly used for lighting applications where ground loop noise is less of an issue than for audio.

No LPF or HPF. EQ as needed.

You absolutely can (and should) EQ your subs. I I was a guest at a wedding with 800 people tonight. The band had a Martin rig with a QL5. The double 18 subs sounded awful. A steeper LPF and a couple of dips would have tightened everything up. Hugely expensive rig that sounded terrible. Feedback the whole night. Perhaps an EQ that didn’t “look great” may have solved the problems….

@@billylaguardia ​ That's the other part of it too. A lot of folks think that all they need to do is spend a lot of money on a rig, and make it go really loud. Meanwhile, someone else spends 1/4th that amount, and knows how to eq and place their speakers properly (not even getting into dynamics and effects), and can sound WAY better.

Extracting the audio isn’t the issue. My problem is that I need the TV’s remote to attenuate the volume of the system. The extractors only give you the full volume PCM audio. The TV can not attenuate the PCM audio which is the problem. The Sonos AMP and Bar read the IR signal from the TV’s remote and attenuate the volume.

@@billylaguardia volume control is dome via CEC. And not via copying the ir signal. Look into the tv’s settings and make sure that it’s on. Each OEM has their own name for CEC. With the OREI box that I’m telling you it can be done. I have it with my LG C3 via EARC and you can control the volume with it. We deploy this all the time. The Orei box will appear as a visio sound bar that can do atmos. With the Orei box you can get rid of the sonos amp and go straight to the driverack and to studio mons and subs. Like what you always do. You’ve been missing out on EARC and CEC. With my explanation to the older video the problem with CEC is sometimes decides it won’t work anymore. But with my LG C3 it does work. I even have an older LG tv coincidentally that I control the volume from my apple tv because of CEC. Below is a list of CEC names from OEM’s. AOC: E-link Emerson: Fun-Link Funai: Fun-Link Hitachi: HDMI-CEC Insignia: INlink ITT: T-Link LG: SimpLinkSimpLink Magnavox: Fun-Link Mitsubishi: NetCommand for HDMI, Realink for HDMI Onkyo: RIHD, Remote Interactive over HDMI Panasonic: VIERA Link, HDAVI Control, EZ-Sync Philips: EasyLink, Fun-Link Pioneer: Kuro Link Roku: 1-Touch Play Runco: RuncoLink Samsung: Anynet+ Sharp: Aquos Link Sony: BRAVIA Link, BRAVIA Sync, Control for HDMI Thomson: T-Link Toshiba: CE-Link, Regza Link Vizio: CEC

AVB protocol is designed to work between manufacturers. MOTU and Presonus play nicely together. I have a few videos on this topic. Here is one as an example: czcams.com/video/ybluc8VhiYY/video.html

Thanks for the kind comment! Just keep soldering, things will neaten up after solder joint 1 million!

You leave all your faders at unity when the console is powered off?! You’re a mad man… 🤣🤣🤣

Hey Bill. Thanks for the comment. I totally agree. I would prefer to have a system processor. I used to carry one to every gig, I just found for this band, I could achieve similar results with the console’s matrix eq. Again, you don’t get as steep of filters or delay, but its fine for what the gigs are. The videos that cause the most comment section ire are a stick PA with a 12pc wedding band shoved in a country club. In that case, you gotta do what you gotta do. I agree with using your ears. I think if any commenters saw what a Pultec boost curve actually looked like - they’d faint!

The flat vinyl siding piece was luckily already installed. Any hardware that you see came with the lights.

Haha yeah… Tascam DM3200.

But it has what plants crave!!

@billylaguardia Stop it! It's been a while since I've seen the movie so my qoutes are not up there. But it's a classic and I am pretty certain that it's also a pretty accurate prediction of where mankind is going.

@@Richard1977 haha to be fair, I just watched it the other day. So the fresh quotes are flowing freely. Also…can confirm…Idiocracy hits a little too close to home in 2024.

@billylaguardia Unfortunately yes. I am mid fourties and have always stayed childless for several reasons of which some are in the beginning. But now trying to co-raise a 10 year old I really feel for the kid. She doesn't know any better but man, I wish she would have the opportunity to grow under the same conditions I did. It wasn't easy back then but just stepping out the door makes cringe and hold my breath when I see other people's kids. OUR future! Not saying that every kid is bad but let's say that a certain type of parent produces a certain type of kid and that I see more and more of them. Not even mentioning or thinking about all the global problems we have like global warming, the environment, micro plastics and a several million more problems.

I have a switched 58. It was with my router that was also not pictured at the time. I was going to add a text note to the video 🤣🤣🤣

I feel like drummers are doing that now because sticks are so expensive. They just spec em to steal em!

No. You microphone requires a balanced input. Also, your 1/4" input on your speaker is probably line level (+4) vs mic level (-10).

Haha! I look forward to actual comments and conversations! This is a male/female cable. The connector is female and the cable end is male.

I don’t do the drugs. So it’s a “diet coke nail” only used for cable making and for pointing at stuff.

@@billylaguardia haha. Just be careful with that thing!

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Thanks so much for the quick reply and the link! I use a vice which works well. Still just curious no matter what one uses, can the slight movement when one is holding the wire to let it cool possibly cause a cold solder joint? Thanks!

@@billguitarvin Depending on what you are soldering - try to use more solder. I try to use as much as possible. If the wire moves a little it will be more forgiving since its completely enveloped. Using the XLR connector in the video as an example, all the cups were as filled as they could be. Helping hands are useful as you can hold the wire in place with the helping hands. The problem with doing it bare handed is that the wire heats up. I solder by hand every day, so my hands are used to the heat so I dont have to use the helping hands in this way.

Once again, thanks Billy for the quick reply! Thanks too for the tip about filling the soldering cup with solder so if the wire wiggles a bit, the joint will be more forgiving. Also thanks for the helpful tip to have one helping hand hold the wire and another helping hand hold the XLR, eliminating the need to have one hand holding the wire. I’ve wondered how people can hold the wire while soldering because, like you mentioned, that wire gets hot. Ouch! Thanks for answering that as well. All the best to you and take care!