mp3jrick
Composure, that's what it takes to make all this work when things go wrong.
So here's the short of the long from this weekends double karaoke gig.
The first thing that went wrong was I had the time wrong.
I was going by the last two years and planned on starting at 1pm.
So I am slowly getting gear moved and set up for my 2nd gig which is adults only and one flight upstairs.
As I walk by I notice the activities schedule pinned up on the wall and holy shit, I start at noon.
Now i'm behind the 8 ball and running.
So I fire up, everything is fine.
I turn on the tv and nothing happens........
I try again, it comes on but only for 15 seconds.
In deep shit now, how do I do karaoke without a tv?
The monitor on the screen is too small to have people read off it.
So now it's getting late and I figure I better get some music up.
Do sound checks on the mics.
Load a track and with signal on the mixer I have nothing out of the right side.
When I move the mains I get this scratch/pop/scratch, pissa.
Break out the progold contact cleaner/lube, nothing.....screwed.
Here come the sweats, flashes and the brain is starting to lock up.
So now i'm thinking, great I am starting 1 hour early, I will gain the hour between sets and dope out this problem, but I gotta get it going right now.
So now I start to concentrate and try my secondary channel (line mixer).
Ok, but that channel drops the mic inputs on this mixer, screwed.
So I manage to find a sweet spot above the bad, and control with the line control, ok we covered.
Then I ran my ass off to find management who did in fact have a 13" set up for testing which just happened to have a video in.
It all fell together and what seemed like an hour was 1/2 and nobody really cared.
As I played I stumbled across a Shania Twain mp3+g that logged an error and played rough at one point.
I made a note of it on my note pad.
So then I set up and start the adult gig/karaoke talent show.
3rd singer looks back at me funny.......... I got a mic dropping out.
Still haven't figured that out, but I hardly ever use karaoke so it's not like I had a reason to suspect anything.
Sure as hell that dam thing dropped out all night, I think it's in the cord, the connections are new-tight.
So I am loading tracks like a furious fool and for sure don't you know I load up that same track.
I cross my fingers and it continued to play. Then all of a sudden I get a crash warning, the video stops but the audio continues. My singer was a pro and kept right on trucking covering my ass, as I load TM and ready to boot the program again the minute she finishes.
So how'd it go Rick........?
I got two gigs out of it and another 100 and for future gigs there, and they had an absolute blast.
The lesson here is when trouble comes, keep your head, you are hopless if you can't think straight no matter what the problem or how many (as you can see) pop up in your face at once.
So here's the short of the long from this weekends double karaoke gig.
The first thing that went wrong was I had the time wrong.
I was going by the last two years and planned on starting at 1pm.
So I am slowly getting gear moved and set up for my 2nd gig which is adults only and one flight upstairs.
As I walk by I notice the activities schedule pinned up on the wall and holy shit, I start at noon.
Now i'm behind the 8 ball and running.
So I fire up, everything is fine.
I turn on the tv and nothing happens........
I try again, it comes on but only for 15 seconds.
In deep shit now, how do I do karaoke without a tv?
The monitor on the screen is too small to have people read off it.
So now it's getting late and I figure I better get some music up.
Do sound checks on the mics.
Load a track and with signal on the mixer I have nothing out of the right side.
When I move the mains I get this scratch/pop/scratch, pissa.
Break out the progold contact cleaner/lube, nothing.....screwed.
Here come the sweats, flashes and the brain is starting to lock up.
So now i'm thinking, great I am starting 1 hour early, I will gain the hour between sets and dope out this problem, but I gotta get it going right now.
So now I start to concentrate and try my secondary channel (line mixer).
Ok, but that channel drops the mic inputs on this mixer, screwed.
So I manage to find a sweet spot above the bad, and control with the line control, ok we covered.
Then I ran my ass off to find management who did in fact have a 13" set up for testing which just happened to have a video in.
It all fell together and what seemed like an hour was 1/2 and nobody really cared.
As I played I stumbled across a Shania Twain mp3+g that logged an error and played rough at one point.
I made a note of it on my note pad.
So then I set up and start the adult gig/karaoke talent show.
3rd singer looks back at me funny.......... I got a mic dropping out.
Still haven't figured that out, but I hardly ever use karaoke so it's not like I had a reason to suspect anything.
Sure as hell that dam thing dropped out all night, I think it's in the cord, the connections are new-tight.
So I am loading tracks like a furious fool and for sure don't you know I load up that same track.
I cross my fingers and it continued to play. Then all of a sudden I get a crash warning, the video stops but the audio continues. My singer was a pro and kept right on trucking covering my ass, as I load TM and ready to boot the program again the minute she finishes.
So how'd it go Rick........?
I got two gigs out of it and another 100 and for future gigs there, and they had an absolute blast.
The lesson here is when trouble comes, keep your head, you are hopless if you can't think straight no matter what the problem or how many (as you can see) pop up in your face at once.
Posted Sun 25 Sep 05 @ 7:53 pm
Rune (DJ-In-Norway)
good report :) hehe
Posted Mon 26 Sep 05 @ 1:11 am
mp3jrick
So I start pulling my shit apart.....
Plugged in the tv, it started to smoke.
Fairly new tv, just my luck.
Pulled down the mixer right to the main board, washed, cleaned and treated all the wipers.
reassembled the whole thing, plugged it in, same thing, toast.
1.5 years old, just my luck.
The mic cord is open right at the xlr, probably from swinging the mic.
Oh well, time for new stuff I guess.
Going with a 5" lcd monitor, not sure on the mixer yet.
I hope to wait to see what shows up at the dj summit.
Plugged in the tv, it started to smoke.
Fairly new tv, just my luck.
Pulled down the mixer right to the main board, washed, cleaned and treated all the wipers.
reassembled the whole thing, plugged it in, same thing, toast.
1.5 years old, just my luck.
The mic cord is open right at the xlr, probably from swinging the mic.
Oh well, time for new stuff I guess.
Going with a 5" lcd monitor, not sure on the mixer yet.
I hope to wait to see what shows up at the dj summit.
Posted Mon 26 Sep 05 @ 1:24 am
acw_dj
Well , that risk "cames with the territory... " Good Luck Rick, I hope this could benefits you in other ways... sorry for your lost ;-)
Posted Mon 26 Sep 05 @ 7:26 pm
mp3jrick
Hey, it's all good.
Never been a good spanking that I didn't learn from.
Dealing with it is good conditioning, helps to build confidence that plan "B" works.
Never been a good spanking that I didn't learn from.
Dealing with it is good conditioning, helps to build confidence that plan "B" works.
Posted Mon 26 Sep 05 @ 9:57 pm
listen2
Great job keeping cool, never let them see you sweat ;) i think as a lesson to any pro is it counts to have a B plan, because what can happen someday it will.
Posted Mon 26 Sep 05 @ 10:28 pm
TileTom
Rick, please let us know which 5" LCD you go with. I'd like to switch myself.
Posted Tue 27 Sep 05 @ 12:59 am
lopez453
I'm interested in that 5'' too ;-) only i found was a tv monitor and quality thru TVout of my notebook was not good. I hope you found some with VGA cable and at least 640x480 resolution
Posted Tue 27 Sep 05 @ 10:55 am
mp3jrick
http://www.csnl.com/media/Karmon2sm.jpg
This what I had in mind. It's $150 US, which I thought was fair.
This what I had in mind. It's $150 US, which I thought was fair.
Posted Wed 28 Sep 05 @ 9:44 pm
acw_dj
Excelent!
Posted Wed 28 Sep 05 @ 9:55 pm
lopez453
do you know any details ? is it plugged just thru composite camble or VGA i did not find any close rinfo on www just:
Mobile LCD for Karaoke or DVD Viewing mounts direct to most mic booms, walls or counter tops!
Key Features:
5" widescreen color LCD display
two sets of audio/video inputs
high output - great viewing
Mobile LCD for Karaoke or DVD Viewing mounts direct to most mic booms, walls or counter tops!
Key Features:
5" widescreen color LCD display
two sets of audio/video inputs
high output - great viewing
Posted Thu 29 Sep 05 @ 2:20 pm
mp3jrick
I am almost for sure it's RCA/Composite.
The thing that I wonder about is the power supply for it.
The thing that I wonder about is the power supply for it.
Posted Thu 29 Sep 05 @ 3:21 pm
lopez453
hmm, I had such a tv, the resolution was not so good, vdj was blurry, If i could found an lcd with vga
that is small (640x480 for example) i can make a skin for it and all will be readable and usable.
But on tv/RCA out it's almost impossible to browse a files even with biggest font possible and
fullscreen browser only.
that is small (640x480 for example) i can make a skin for it and all will be readable and usable.
But on tv/RCA out it's almost impossible to browse a files even with biggest font possible and
fullscreen browser only.
Posted Thu 29 Sep 05 @ 3:25 pm