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Post by stringdriventhing on Jan 3, 2021 12:21:35 GMT
I saw them twice - 2nd time was with The Jesus and Mary Chain, Dinosaur Jr and (inexplicably) Blur. That was a loud gig! I'm sure I read that for their reformation gigs a few years back MBV were handing out earplugs to the audience! I think Mƶtƶrhead just pip Hawkwind for the loudest gig Iāve been to. No earplugs in my schooldays! I saw Motorhead a couple of times too... '79 and '80 I think. Yes, they were ridiculously loud. At one of the gigs they started a song and stopped abruptly about 30 secs in... turned out Lemmy and Fast Eddie had been playing different songs! It's no wonder really that my hearing is f****d. |
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Post by Onechordtrick on Jan 3, 2021 12:49:02 GMT
Think it was the 1980 tour I saw them on as well. The Bomber tour. Back in those days the New Theatre in Oxford was on all the tour schedules.
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Post by stringdriventhing on Jan 3, 2021 13:05:15 GMT
Yeah, it was the Bomber and Ace Of Spades tours I saw them on. I was only 14/15. Do you remember the daft plane thing they had above the stage that dropped bombs?
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Post by Onechordtrick on Jan 3, 2021 13:32:15 GMT
Yeah, it was the Bomber and Ace Of Spades tours I saw them on. I was only 14/15. Do you remember the daft plane thing they had above the stage that dropped bombs? Yes a mini Lancaster I seem to remember. |
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Post by cottonopolis on Jan 4, 2021 13:45:21 GMT
Pete i think i can hear something in the sound that maybe rattling at around, 1.30 of Roberta. Didnt put me off though, background noise comes aa standaed on old Blues recordings anyway. By the way, well played and sung.
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Post by PistolPete on Jan 4, 2021 14:58:29 GMT
Pete i think i can hear something in the sound that maybe rattling at around, 1.30 of Roberta. Didnt put me off though, background noise comes aa standaed on old Blues recordings anyway. By the way, well played and sung. Thank you . There's a couple of, umm, less precise chords at the end of the instrumental section that rattle a bit, but I don't think that's what the original commenter and jackorion can hear? I think they're talking about something like AC noise or electrical interference on the recordings. The fact that not everyone can hear it makes me think it's either too high for the ears of most of my audience, or there's something going on with certain systems and the audio sample rate (With my current set up I'm only able to record at 44.1k instead of the standard 48k for videos, although Premiere should be converting it to the standard I think?). If I turn my speakers up full and listen to the quiet sections I *can* hear some noise right at the top end above 5.5k , but it's so faint I'm genuinely surprised anyone else would have spotted it. I'll have a play with EQ & noise reduction on my next video and see if it's any better for those who can hear it, otherwise it's probably time to upgrade some of my gear, although without any gigs at the minute that might be trickier than usual. |
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Post by jackorion on Jan 4, 2021 18:07:16 GMT
Pete i think i can hear something in the sound that maybe rattling at around, 1.30 of Roberta. Didnt put me off though, background noise comes aa standaed on old Blues recordings anyway. By the way, well played and sung. Thank you . There's a couple of, umm, less precise chords at the end of the instrumental section that rattle a bit, but I don't think that's what the original commenter and jackorion can hear? I think they're talking about something like AC noise or electrical interference on the recordings. The fact that not everyone can hear it makes me think it's either too high for the ears of most of my audience, or there's something going on with certain systems and the audio sample rate (With my current set up I'm only able to record at 44.1k instead of the standard 48k for videos, although Premiere should be converting it to the standard I think?). If I turn my speakers up full and listen to the quiet sections I *can* hear some noise right at the top end above 5.5k , but it's so faint I'm genuinely surprised anyone else would have spotted it. I'll have a play with EQ & noise reduction on my next video and see if it's any better for those who can hear it, otherwise it's probably time to upgrade some of my gear, although without any gigs at the minute that might be trickier than usual. It's not rattle or background noise - it's definitely some sort of electronic noise... how high was the gain on your preamps? Any other electrical goods in the same room or near the mics? Or sharing the same socket? how about the camera? |
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Post by PistolPete on Jan 5, 2021 11:00:12 GMT
It's not rattle or background noise - it's definitely some sort of electronic noise... how high was the gain on your preamps? Any other electrical goods in the same room or near the mics? Or sharing the same socket? how about the camera? Are you looking at one video in particular? It might help me to narrow down what's causing the problem? To answer your questions: Gain is usually at around 60-70% as high as I can get it without peaks. Yes, there's plenty of electronic equipment around - Camera, PC, interface, two computer monitors (showing my DAW and the camera view), studio monitors running off an amp (usually turned off during recording as it it buzzes), plus two softbox lights. There's also a turntable and a printer nearby, but they are never in use at the same time I'm recording. Unfortunately, with this being an old house it all runs from two five ways off a double socket, which is also home to a broadband powerline adaptor. FWIW I normalised a few seconds of the noise from a live mic in a silent room and ran it through a frequency analyser to see what came up: I'm guessing the two spikes around 9k & 18k are what people are hearing, unless I was right in thinking it's somehow device specific.  |
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Post by Phil Taylor on Jan 5, 2021 16:19:39 GMT
My ears are poor but I've had another listen and the videos are what they are which is a guy playing great blues from his front room. I appreciate that you may want to sort out what others can hear (I can't š) but if I was you I'd be tempted to just say to him if you want to listen to something with studio quality sound then buy one of my CD's  Phil Ps could a broadband router noise be picked up by mics? I record everything with one in the cupboard behind me  |
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Post by jackorion on Jan 7, 2021 13:37:44 GMT
It's not rattle or background noise - it's definitely some sort of electronic noise... how high was the gain on your preamps? Any other electrical goods in the same room or near the mics? Or sharing the same socket? how about the camera? Are you looking at one video in particular? It might help me to narrow down what's causing the problem? To answer your questions: Gain is usually at around 60-70% as high as I can get it without peaks. Yes, there's plenty of electronic equipment around - Camera, PC, interface, two computer monitors (showing my DAW and the camera view), studio monitors running off an amp (usually turned off during recording as it it buzzes), plus two softbox lights. There's also a turntable and a printer nearby, but they are never in use at the same time I'm recording. Unfortunately, with this being an old house it all runs from two five ways off a double socket, which is also home to a broadband powerline adaptor. FWIW I normalised a few seconds of the noise from a live mic in a silent room and ran it through a frequency analyser to see what came up: I'm guessing the two spikes around 9k & 18k are what people are hearing, unless I was right in thinking it's somehow device specific. St James Infirmary was the main one I listened to... It's not a really obvious 'whine' or pitch to me - it's a bit like some sort of digital distortion/interference... |
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