From: klb52@gmx.us   
      
   On 2016-05-08 09:49:05 -0500, JimD  said:   
      
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   >> You have to translate drummer speak.   
   >> "Your guitar is too loud in my headphones" means   
   >> "my drums are not loud enough."   
   >> His drums sound muffled because he is hearing the "live" sound through   
   >> the open air headphones, also means "my drums are not loud enough."   
   >> Neil   
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   > Yes. The problem is, tho, that by the time his drums are loud enough to   
   > suit him, my ears hurt.  Not " gee, that's kinda annoying " hurt, they   
   > PHYSICALLY hurt. I can hear and feel small muscles in my ears " popping   
   > " as they try and limit the sound. After a very loud sound, once it   
   > quits, I can hear my ear " releasing ". It's some muscle refex in   
   > there. And after a few 10's of minutes of drums, my ear on whichever   
   > side the drums are hurts, physically painfully hurts.   
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   > We tried letting him use one of those Galaxy Audio Hot Spots as a   
   > monitor. Head level, about 3 feet from him ...  I maxed out one side of   
   > a PV 1600 watt power power amp into that.  Nope, not even close what   
   > he's looking for.  To be fair, Hot Spot vocal monitors aren't made to   
   > do bass. I knew that, but he basically doesn't believe us.  It   
   > surprised me 800+ watts didn't fry the thing.  We only tried it for   
   > about a minute. That is wasn't gonna work was obvious. So what would   
   > work would be some big, 15 and a horn, and put that right head level,   
   > close and pointed at him.   
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   > Problem is, and you all know, he'll just play louder then.  Then the   
   > bleed from that monitor will completely wreck the stage levels.   
   > Remember, we don't use any on stage amps. All we hear is the actual pa   
   > mix, done by carefully placing the main cabs where we too can hear   
   > them. Not out front so we're looking at the back of them, but about   
   > half way back on the side of the stage and angled in. More like how   
   > you'd set up Bose L1's.  Same principle, actually.   
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   > This is an interesting topic. Years ago, we'd all just play as loud as   
   > we could get our amps to go, and actually believed that was how it was   
   > supposed to be done. What can I say ?  We were young and stupid.  Now   
   > tho, we can't use the young part of that excuse. If we still want to   
   > play like that, then " stupid " is the only part that still applies.   
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   > Almost.   There is a new aspect.   Now, it really seems to me that many   
   > of my musican buddies are showing noticeable effects of hearing loss.   
   > They make arguments about not being able to hear monitors and stuff.   
   > Singer girl pointed out that when she started out, we didn't bother   
   > with " monitors ". People played at, apparently much lower levels.  Two   
   > points there. One, the amps were far smaller. 12 or 24 watts or on the   
   > max side, 60-ish  watts ( for an old Twin ).  Bass amps were 50 watts.   
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   > Try that now and you're not even in the game volume wise. I know that,   
   > I still have those old amps around to try.  Got a black face Bassman   
   > sitting right across the room ( 50 watts on a good day ). There's a "   
   > screamin' " loud 12 watt '69 Princeton at the end of the couch I'm   
   > sitting on.  Black face Twin behind a couch in the living room. Could   
   > we use those live now ?  Well, mic'd, maybe. But once the drums kick   
   > in, forget hearing them.   
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   > So why did they once work just fine ?   How about this, it was because   
   > we all had better hearing then.   Yep, I suspect as people age, their   
   > hearing goes away. And when that happens, they start turning things up.   
   > Tv's, radios, and .... wait for it ....... guitar amps and monitors.  I   
   > believe a lot of the issues I'm seeing are due to my aging musician   
   > buddies ( any myself ) losing our hearing.   
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   > We compensate by cranking the volume, buying bigger amps, cranking   
   > more, and mostly ... complaining that the monitors aren't lound enough.   
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   >  Jim   
      
      
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   > I may have mentioned this but I was in a band fairly recently that   
   > played 50s-70s, for "animal" clubs Moose, Eagles, Elks etc and we had a   
   > drummer who was amazingly talented and yet no volume control.  These   
   > were older adults we were playing for and it was HUGE problem.  We were   
   > at an Amer Legion and the first set I just stopped playing to see if he   
   > would notice.  I was the only lead guitar... Not a bit.  At the break,   
   > a patron came up and said to us "All I can hear is drums!"  Now you   
   > might think, why didn't I say something myself.  Simple> he would go   
   > ballistic anytime anyone suggested being quieter...  I told the leader   
   > of the band that night that I was through - I told him I would finish   
   > any jobs he needed me on but he needed to start looking.  The bass   
   > player told him the same thing the next gig and the band is now   
   > defunct.  I think it is such a shame that this tremendously talented   
   > drummer killed a band out of his own ego...   
      
   > Louise always disses tracks but when you play for adults, volume is a   
   > real issue and tracks can be controlled.  I would NEVER choose a drum   
   > track over a talented, aware, cooperative drummer but I would choose   
   > one over that type of drummer every time.   
      
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   I probably should say this, but Jim, you may have to think hard about   
   the drummer you are using.  Not trying to be a buttinsky but...   
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