From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2018012900303831355-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > Ya think ?   BTW, those guys just bought 4 more floor wedges. Seriously,   
   > four, 12 and a horn each Peaveys. Like they don't already have enough   
   > stage level.   
      
   Sounds like someone want's to play 'rock star', even Deaf 'rock star',   
   rather than be Serious.   
      
   > Don't get me started. I am ABSOLUTELY FREEKIN' amazed that so many of my   
   > friends can't seem to work the doors on my Honda.  It's kind of   
   > astounding. Electric sliding side doors, ah, but they have some sort of "   
   > idiot " protection thing with the car's computer.  If you try to open them   
   > while the van is moving, they lock. And they stay locked until I put the   
   > car into Park.  So, how to deal with that ?  Easy, don't be messing with   
   > the door handle while the van is moving.  Otherwise, it " child proof "   
   > locks the side door in question. Won't open until I stop the van and put   
   > it in park. Period. Just coming to a stop won't do it. Has to be put into   
   > Park once you trigger the safety system.   
      
   Now that's something Dangerous, as in if you have to exit the vehicle   
   quickly, like perhaps in the event of a fire, you won't be able to because   
   you're LOCKED IN!   
   First thing I'd look into is DISABLING that STUPID invention!!!   
      
   Rather what I was referring to were simple manual sliding doors that young   
   kids are smart enough to figure out but that so-called 'adults' aren't.   
      
   > There is one other thing those doors do that I haven't totally figured   
   > out, but it's triggered somehow by messing with the outside latch as we   
   > load up.  Not sure, but gets the same result, the door closes itself and   
   > locks.  I have to reach in, manually slide the latch, then the door will   
   > open again from the outside. Unless again, you somehow yank three or four   
   > times on the latch :-).   To open the sliding side doors is easy. Just   
   > gently pull on the outside latch, then let go.  They will open themselves   
   > like magic.  To close, do the same, just pull the latch GENTLY, little   
   > motors activate and the door will close itself.   
      
   I wouldn't want anything like that for any reason - maybe pulling the right   
   fuse might fix it.   
      
   > Yet, that's apparently far too hard for some people to do. I think the   
   > concept that the doors have motors and do the opening and closing on their   
   > own is the foreign concept. People yank on them, pulling forward or back,   
   > and that triggers the safety system.   
      
   We've got some vans that do that - although they don't lock you in, unless   
   you manually activate the mechanical child proof locking system at the  rear   
   of the door, from the outside.   
      
   > It's a Sun Tzu reference to when troops don't obey commands. A general   
   > should first be certain the commands were clear, and correctly stated, and   
   > clearly understood.  I didn't take time to explain the monitor software.   
   > Though they could figure that out on their own.  I was wrong.   
      
   Best way to be sure is to explain and demonstrate it, followed by some hands   
   on practice.   
      
   > Just how the X-Air Q app works. And to look on the left, read where it   
   > tells what monitor buss you're messing with ... and keep it on your own.   
      
   Sounds simple enough.   
      
   > Yeah, I thought about the XR32, but couldn't justify that for our use.   
   > The guy who put me onto these likes the X32 console model.  You have to   
   > decide what it the right size for your situation. the XR18 was just right   
   > for ours.   
      
   The combination of huge capability and small size of the XR18 is what   
   convinced me.   
      
   > There's a thing called " more me ".   
      
   Yeah, "more me", and "less you", but Not NO YOU AT ALL!!!   
   What's the point of even having a band in that case?   
      
   > Why not ?  In my special case, since I'm also responsible for the overall   
   > sound, I do hear everything that goes thru the pa. But if I weren't doing   
   > FOH, I'd take a lot of things out of my monitor feed.   
      
   Why would it not be important to hear ALL of the band?   
      
   > Yes.  We're using that system to feed digital audio from the computer INTO   
   > the mixer. To also record out would take another computer. I might go   
   > there sometime in the future. Like, as soon as I find the time to figure   
   > it out :-)   
      
   Why couldn't you run record out to a recorder, like a Tascam DR-05 or   
   something like that?   
      
   > Right now I'm running the XR18 from onstage.  It's easy, just lay an   
   > android tablet somewhere and do it. We could carry that out into the room,   
   > but eh, ....  You know that might be a good idea. I'll give it a try when   
   > I can.   
      
   That's just got to be sooooo cool!   
      
   > The software allows grouping of channels so several channels can be   
   > controlled by one fader on the pad. I have one of those set up to adjust   
   > the volume of my guitar and keyboard.  There is also one that adjusts all   
   > the backing tracks ( except drums ). Another does the track drums. I turn   
   > those on on non solo gigs.  Then each mic has a fader. So in 5 or 6 faders   
   > I can adjust the entire system from the pad.  I don't have to look and   
   > dozens of faders, just the ones I might change at a gig.   
      
   It's an amazing mixer to say the least!   
      
   > Also, I don't see, and don't care, about everyone elses monitor mixes.   
   > They have control of those on their pads or phones, and can do whatever   
   > they want with them.   
      
   That's the idea! Less worry and less stress = better Vibe, and the sound   
   that results!   
      
   > It's really quite clever.  A lot better than I expected.  Plus each   
   > channel on the mixer has built in gates and compression and eq.   
      
   Jim   
      
   That part is Totally Awesome!!!   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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