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   Ouisie to Jim D   
   Re: a most bizarre conversation   
   03 Apr 19 15:24:59   
   
   From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "Jim D"  wrote in message news:2019040309532790834-Not@ThisAddresscom...   
      
   > Her and I had a day long session yesterday.  Redid the intros on several   
   > of the square dance songs and added on " normal " song that was a request   
   > of her.   Also went out for lunch during all that.  She wanted to discuss   
   > how the pa worked then.  Questioning my using compression on the mics.  I   
   > told her  I wasn't using anything like that on hers.  She threw a fit back   
   > when we first got the pa, sreiously over reacted to comp on her mic, so I   
   > turned it off ..... On Her Mic.  She ask yesterday if it was even possible   
   > to use compression on a mic live ?   I said, sure it is.  Said I've had   
   > some on MY mic since the new mixer ... so for most of a year. That   
   > surprised her.  Remember she has an obcession that my mic is louder that   
   > her's, so we're always having to A/B them at gigs ?   
      
   There's nothing like someone getting upset when they have no idea what's   
   going on in the first place.   
      
   > Yep, I said " you wanted all that shut down ... on ... your .... mic.  I   
   > never turned any of it off on MINE.  "   
      
   > So now she's open to letting me turn that stuff back on on her mic.   
      
   Gee, I wonder why ;)   
   ----   
      
   > been reading up on using comp on mic live ... big range of opinions.  Some   
   > people hate it, yet I keep reading what particular comp this or that big   
   > name uses ........   
      
      
   -----   
   JimD   
      
   Compression is a tool, and like any tool, needs to be used Properly for best   
   results.   
      
   I'd Love to have a stand alone dedicated compressor!   
      
   Ouisie   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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