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Starsky
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 4:42 am Post subject:
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Heres one.........
Whats the best practical joke youve played on a colleague?
I always find playing jokes on the lampies to be most amusing
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Joe Kesselman
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 4:42 am Post subject:
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Starsky wrote:
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Very slight delay between the announcer mike and the monitors... |
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Mike T.
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 4:42 am Post subject:
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On Sun, 02 Oct 2005 23:51:25 GMT, "Starsky" <fhfhjfhfj@fhjfghj@.com>
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| Quote: | Heres one.........
Whats the best practical joke youve played on a colleague?
I always find playing jokes on the lampies to be most amusing
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My fellow sound tech Sparky got tired of the incessant demands and
general shit from one primo donny punk singer. Sparky inserted a pitch
shift (SPX-90 Pitch Change A) on the lead vocal channel at the monitor
board, started the show at zero shift, then used the fine pitch
adjustment to gradually shift the pitch sharp. By the end of the set,
his monitor was sharp by a full semi-tone, and singer was a semi-tone
flat to compensate.
Mike T. |
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Rob Beech
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"Joe Kesselman" <keshlam-nospam@comcast.net> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Starsky wrote:
Whats the best practical joke youve played on a colleague?
Very slight delay between the announcer mike and the monitors...
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I suppose this is more than a practical joke. More revenge on a band.
After a "battle of the bands" contest (yeah yeah i know but it was local and
i had nothing else booked) a lead singer from a utterly shit band decided ti
woudl be a good idea to kick a pair of wedges off the stage. he then
proceeded to climb up 1 of 4 stacks of FOH (7 foot from floor climbing from
the stage) and siong from up there. after calling me a twat cos he coudln't
hear himself (stupid me i hadn't thought of putting a pair of wedges up
there) he proceeeded to through a beta 58 (wireless) to the floor. (no
damamge done to the mic or the wedges that were kicked off. but the
principle remains)
Not wanting to let them get away with it i decided that a semi tone shift
down of his vocal in the monitors only was necessary. Needless to say his
already pathetic excuse for singing got much worse.
and on teh side of practical joking. Its amazing what fun you can have with
a laptop linked up to a PM5D.... is the place haunted? no its just me
moving faders on dead channels from the laptop.
Rob |
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Mike
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 4:42 am Post subject:
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| Quote: | Whats the best practical joke youve played on a colleague?
I always find playing jokes on the lampies to be most amusing
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Best one I saw as a co-worker that was mixing a regular band.... Take
the snare, add 300ms delay and feed to drum wedge.
Mike Borkhuis |
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Gareth Magennis
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 11:31 am Post subject:
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"Starsky" <fhfhjfhfj@fhjfghj@.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Heres one.........
Whats the best practical joke youve played on a colleague?
I always find playing jokes on the lampies to be most amusing
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If your synth can produce a pure sinewave (like my old DX7's) you can get
sound engineers running all over the place trying to find the feedback.
Gareth. |
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Gordon 101
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 11:32 am Post subject:
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Starsky wrote:
| Quote: | Heres one.........
Whats the best practical joke youve played on a colleague?
I always find playing jokes on the lampies to be most amusing
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Condoms on the vocal mic's of three girls. The blond disappeared it,
the brunette used thumb and forefinger to pick at it like it was
diseased, the redhead tried to make love to it.
I can only guess what a lampie is ;-) but you could try slamming the
lid while their drinking.
Gordo |
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Ron(UK)
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 12:24 pm Post subject:
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Gareth Magennis wrote:
| Quote: | "Starsky" <fhfhjfhfj@fhjfghj@.com> wrote in message
news:1o_%e.8459$hP.1475@newsfe2-gui.ntli.net...
Heres one.........
Whats the best practical joke youve played on a colleague?
I always find playing jokes on the lampies to be most amusing
If your synth can produce a pure sinewave (like my old DX7's) you can get
sound engineers running all over the place trying to find the feedback.
Gareth.
I once babysat a gig with a polynesian world music band, and the house |
engineer was being an arse - he was just making life dificult for them.
During sound check he was having terrible trouble with feedback, from
the mons, foh everywhere, squeals of ringround that would build up
then fade away. It wasnt until he realised he was getting feedback even
with the mains and mon sends down that he twigged it was a guy in the
band doing it with his mouth - priceless.
Ron(UK)
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Pooh Bear
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 12:54 pm Post subject:
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Starsky wrote:
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You're not meant to be cruel to the dumb ! ;-)
Graham |
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Gareth Magennis
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 2:06 pm Post subject:
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"Ron(UK)" <ron@lunevalleyaudio.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Gareth Magennis wrote:
"Starsky" <fhfhjfhfj@fhjfghj@.com> wrote in message
news:1o_%e.8459$hP.1475@newsfe2-gui.ntli.net...
Heres one.........
Whats the best practical joke youve played on a colleague?
I always find playing jokes on the lampies to be most amusing
If your synth can produce a pure sinewave (like my old DX7's) you can get
sound engineers running all over the place trying to find the feedback.
Gareth.
I once babysat a gig with a polynesian world music band, and the house
engineer was being an arse - he was just making life dificult for them.
During sound check he was having terrible trouble with feedback, from the
mons, foh everywhere, squeals of ringround that would build up then
fade away. It wasnt until he realised he was getting feedback even with
the mains and mon sends down that he twigged it was a guy in the band
doing it with his mouth - priceless.
Ron(UK)
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When I used to gig, I had an F16 flyby sample in my sampler. In a quiet
moment, when there were a few punters in, I'd let fly at full volume through
the PA. People would literally duck, even though they were inside. This
worked best with military personnel.
Gareth. |
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Peter F
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 4:20 pm Post subject:
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"Mike" <no_mail@no_spam.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Best one I saw as a co-worker that was mixing a regular band.... Take
the snare, add 300ms delay and feed to drum wedge.
Mike Borkhuis
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Take one spx900 and its primitive sampler type preset .
Sample one snare.
Trigger snare sample from kick drum.
Apply liberally to drum fill.
If you have 2 spx's available repeat process, trigger and sample sources
reversed!
Peter |
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Robert McTigue
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 6:12 pm Post subject:
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Starsky wrote:
| Quote: | Heres one.........
Whats the best practical joke youve played on a colleague?
I always find playing jokes on the lampies to be most amusing
One of my favs .... ez to do ... not too bad. I ride down on the |
forklift taking the monitor desk off the stage (h3000 or 4k ... anything
big) I'm facing the driver with the desk between us (I'm standing on the
forks with my hands on the top of the desk). Then we get to the ground
and the forks touch the ground the fork driver knows he can back away so
I can move the desk so he can pull more stuff off the stage (heres where
the fun starts). I pick up my toe's so there touching the side of the
desk facing me (*now standing on my heels) and when he trys to back out
the desk moves WITH the forklift. The driver stops ... does a little
fork adjustment, thinking he is still touching the desk. We repeat the
process until the fork driver snaps. Other than wiping my ass on the
lampie's pillow on the bus thats the one for me. |
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Tim Scott
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 6:33 pm Post subject:
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"Ron(UK)" <ron@lunevalleyaudio.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Gareth Magennis wrote:
"Starsky" <fhfhjfhfj@fhjfghj@.com> wrote in message
news:1o_%e.8459$hP.1475@newsfe2-gui.ntli.net...
Heres one.........
Whats the best practical joke youve played on a colleague?
I always find playing jokes on the lampies to be most amusing
If your synth can produce a pure sinewave (like my old DX7's) you can get
sound engineers running all over the place trying to find the feedback.
Gareth.
I once babysat a gig with a polynesian world music band, and the house
engineer was being an arse - he was just making life dificult for them.
During sound check he was having terrible trouble with feedback, from the
mons, foh everywhere, squeals of ringround that would build up then
fade away. It wasnt until he realised he was getting feedback even with
the mains and mon sends down that he twigged it was a guy in the band
doing it with his mouth - priceless.
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Yean, I know a lampy (good friend of mine, and very good practical joker)
that can do a perfect feedback-whistle imitation at various frequencies - he
gets me every time, luckily i know him well enough to find it funny! |
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Chad Wahls
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 8:20 pm Post subject:
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"Starsky" <fhfhjfhfj@fhjfghj@.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Heres one.........
Whats the best practical joke youve played on a colleague?
I always find playing jokes on the lampies to be most amusing
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Gold Bond Powder in the Hi-Hat.
Chad |
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Michael R. Kesti
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 10:06 pm Post subject:
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"Ron(UK)" wrote:
| Quote: | I once babysat a gig with a polynesian world music band, and the house
engineer was being an arse - he was just making life dificult for them.
During sound check he was having terrible trouble with feedback, from
the mons, foh everywhere, squeals of ringround that would build up
then fade away. It wasnt until he realised he was getting feedback even
with the mains and mon sends down that he twigged it was a guy in the
band doing it with his mouth - priceless.
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This seems a good time to again mention the parrot (Or whatever kind of
bird it actually might be!) at Star Sound in Reno, NV that has learned
to produce a very convincing rendition of PA feedback. It even seems
to have learned to do it at appropriate times so that those who happen
to be trying out a mic/mixer/amp/speaker become convinced that it is
they who are responsible for the problem. It's always good for a great
laugh!
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