On an island?

[schneider411]

I was wondering if you guys would ever play any solo david gilmour stuff. Particularly from on an island. I would love to see mark bust out castellorizon, i think that would be amazing to see live. Also for mark and jamie what amplifiers do you use and what tricks do you guys use to cut down on feedback noise, I would imagine there is alot with all the lights and effects?

Just my curiosity
Dave Schneider

[markbrennanmusic]

Hey Dave! I've been using a Mesa Boogie Mark IV...it's a three channel all tube amp...real versatile. The feedback thing is not really noise....it's a way to get continuous sustain from a note using the proximity of the guitar to the speaker. It can get out of control if you're playing real loud and standing too close to the amp...it'll start to squauk and squeal. So you need to control it with amp placement. The noise you get from your effects and the lighting is usually a buzzing noise and is somewhat unavoidable, but you try to keep it to a minimum by using a ground lift or maybe replacing a bad cable. Hope this helps.
As far as Gilmore solo stuff...I'm open for anything. See ya at the shows...Mark B.

[LightWish]

schneider411 said:

I would imagine there is a lot with all the lights and effects?

Hi Dave, David the Light Guy here.

Noise from lighting and other effects generally isn't much of an issue. The electrical services for audio and lighting / effects are separate for just that reason, to keep noise levels to a minimum. If there is an issue it ends up being because the power is all pulled from the same place, which is usually only in smaller clubs. Even when thats' the case, It usually causes more problems in the main PA than anything. Older dimmers are usually the assigned as the culprit, but more often it's due to faulty wiring somewhere in the audio system. If you ever have this problem here are a couple solutions that when announced will generally piss an audio guy off, but they are, none the less, correct.

1.) Unbalanced lines which have ground loops extending through the mains, picking up the dimmer noise as they go

2.) Mic lines with faulty or broken shield connections

3.) One or more of the items in your signal chain is of exceptionally poor quality design i.e. cheap processors.

Just make sure all the lines have good shielding. Especially if video is being used. I've had audio hums completely disappear by doing something as simple as plugging a video projecter directly into an amp rack. Yes, this made the sound guy squirm a bit, but when the buzz went away....

Anyway... Probably more info than you were expecting or needed, but I'm kinda bored, and a bit of a geek. lol

[Eroc]

Hi Dave, David the Light Guy here.

Anyway... Probably more info than you were expecting or needed, but I'm kinda bored, and a bit of a geek. lol

Hey, I only work with THE BEST Lighting Geeks!


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