Comments on: When your intro has to be your soundcheck. http://www.wiretotheear.com/2009/01/02/when-your-intro-has-to-be-your-soundcheck/ Mon, 20 May 2013 18:44:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: inteliko http://www.wiretotheear.com/2009/01/02/when-your-intro-has-to-be-your-soundcheck/comment-page-1/#comment-3195 inteliko Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:47:16 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=1860#comment-3195 Damm..on the bottom pic of this thread you look like Christopher from the Sopranos. Damm..on the bottom pic of this thread you look like Christopher from the Sopranos.

]]> By: Oliver Chesler http://www.wiretotheear.com/2009/01/02/when-your-intro-has-to-be-your-soundcheck/comment-page-1/#comment-3194 Oliver Chesler Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:41:19 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=1860#comment-3194 I have an LCD projector hooked up to my Macbook Pro. I dual screen (not mirror) and on the 2nd screen, the projector I have my video coming out of Ableton Live. I make it full screen by 2x clicking the title bar. Each song has its own video, sometime made a multiple video clips. Take a look at this post for some more info: <a href="http://www.wiretotheear.com/2007/10/25/the-best-codec-for-video-in-ableton-live-on-a-mac/" rel="nofollow">click here</a> I have an LCD projector hooked up to my Macbook Pro. I dual screen (not mirror) and on the 2nd screen, the projector I have my video coming out of Ableton Live. I make it full screen by 2x clicking the title bar. Each song has its own video, sometime made a multiple video clips. Take a look at this post for some more info: click here

]]> By: deb http://www.wiretotheear.com/2009/01/02/when-your-intro-has-to-be-your-soundcheck/comment-page-1/#comment-3192 deb Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:29:28 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=1860#comment-3192 HNY!! to one and all! question: does your video simply run from top to bottom of your set in ableton? ie do you set it up beforehand and just let your set play? or when you change songs does the video change as well? just wondering. HNY!! to one and all!

question: does your video simply run from top to bottom of your set in ableton? ie do you set it up beforehand and just let your set play? or when you change songs does the video change as well?
just wondering.

]]> By: Oliver Chesler http://www.wiretotheear.com/2009/01/02/when-your-intro-has-to-be-your-soundcheck/comment-page-1/#comment-3188 Oliver Chesler Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:52:36 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=1860#comment-3188 Hi Guly. Yes I like that Subsonica intro... that's the right idea. Hi Guly. Yes I like that Subsonica intro… that’s the right idea.

]]> By: guly http://www.wiretotheear.com/2009/01/02/when-your-intro-has-to-be-your-soundcheck/comment-page-1/#comment-3187 guly Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:23:43 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=1860#comment-3187 subsonica, an italian "electro-alternative" band, in an old tour (not sure if it's still the intro) used to start gigs with this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpHhqRnGwbc just the first 2minutes are relevant with this topic. they of course HAD a soundcheck before, but the idea is great and i always appreciated that. lyrics and written words are in italian but you easily can drop it down to google translator ;) subsonica, an italian “electro-alternative” band, in an old tour (not sure if it’s still the intro) used to start gigs with this song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpHhqRnGwbc
just the first 2minutes are relevant with this topic.

they of course HAD a soundcheck before, but the idea is great and i always appreciated that.
lyrics and written words are in italian but you easily can drop it down to google translator ;)

]]> By: mix architekt http://www.wiretotheear.com/2009/01/02/when-your-intro-has-to-be-your-soundcheck/comment-page-1/#comment-3186 mix architekt Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:52:53 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=1860#comment-3186 great stuff as always! just a quick question - do you run your visuals off of a separate computer or the same one you run ableton live off of? happy new year! great stuff as always!

just a quick question – do you run your visuals off of a separate computer or the same one you run ableton live off of?

happy new year!

]]> By: Teeth http://www.wiretotheear.com/2009/01/02/when-your-intro-has-to-be-your-soundcheck/comment-page-1/#comment-3185 Teeth Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:47:14 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=1860#comment-3185 Absolute gold advice. You=re right, that is quite obvious...once you said it :P I have my third live gig coming up in janurary, taking note of this as last set i thought it would be a good idea to go straight into the beat, matched from the previous dj. Bad idea, really needed the pallet cleanser. Ah well, early days, at least i have the great resource that is wire to the ear to point out those traps before i embarrass myself too much :P Heres to a mental '09 Oliver! Absolute gold advice. You=re right, that is quite obvious…once you said it :P
I have my third live gig coming up in janurary, taking note of this as last set i thought it would be a good idea to go straight into the beat, matched from the previous dj. Bad idea, really needed the pallet cleanser. Ah well, early days, at least i have the great resource that is wire to the ear to point out those traps before i embarrass myself too much :P Heres to a mental ’09 Oliver!

]]> By: Bradley Kirk Materewicz http://www.wiretotheear.com/2009/01/02/when-your-intro-has-to-be-your-soundcheck/comment-page-1/#comment-3184 Bradley Kirk Materewicz Sat, 03 Jan 2009 06:48:22 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=1860#comment-3184 Please post the soundcheck clip, I am curious as to what it sounds like. also, I think that pic of you is very funny; it reminds me when I was a very very young lad seeing Front 242 @ Medusa's in Chicago. Something about the sunglasses and the armband I suppose. You just need a catcher protector to complete the look, I suggest something like this, but in black: http://www.eastbay.com/catalog/productdetail.cfm?model_nbr=82011&sku=10050325&SID=8717&inceptor=1&cm_mmc=SEM-_-Feeds-_-YahooShopping-_-null You can cover up the Nike logo with your label logo of course... Please post the soundcheck clip, I am curious as to what it sounds like.

also, I think that pic of you is very funny; it reminds me when I was a very very young lad seeing Front 242 @ Medusa’s in Chicago.

Something about the sunglasses and the armband I suppose. You just need a catcher protector to complete the look, I suggest something like this, but in black:

http://www.eastbay.com/catalog/productdetail.cfm?model_nbr=82011&sku=10050325&SID=8717&inceptor=1&cm_mmc=SEM-_-Feeds-_-YahooShopping-_-null

You can cover up the Nike logo with your label logo of course…

]]> By: mr. tunes http://www.wiretotheear.com/2009/01/02/when-your-intro-has-to-be-your-soundcheck/comment-page-1/#comment-3183 mr. tunes Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:06:14 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=1860#comment-3183 happy new year oliver! i guess it's important to note that if you're a dj or live pa you have the luxury of using that first part of your set as a soundcheck. at a festival in toronto this summer there were two stages. i walked by the main stage where i saw soulwax was doing a full soundcheck - in a prime time slot. im not sure why this happened but i walked back to the other stage cause it was painfully awkward to stand around and watch these guys check, but it shows you they know how bad their sets can be if they dont do it. two other things - that first picture up there is awesome! the life man. second, that's very resourceful of you to use ableton's video function, instead of another laptop. happy new year oliver!
i guess it’s important to note that if you’re a dj or live pa you have the luxury of using that first part of your set as a soundcheck.

at a festival in toronto this summer there were two stages. i walked by the main stage where i saw soulwax was doing a full soundcheck – in a prime time slot. im not sure why this happened but i walked back to the other stage cause it was painfully awkward to stand around and watch these guys check, but it shows you they know how bad their sets can be if they dont do it.

two other things – that first picture up there is awesome! the life man.
second, that’s very resourceful of you to use ableton’s video function, instead of another laptop.

]]> By: Nathan http://www.wiretotheear.com/2009/01/02/when-your-intro-has-to-be-your-soundcheck/comment-page-1/#comment-3182 Nathan Sat, 03 Jan 2009 04:39:01 +0000 http://www.wiretotheear.com/?p=1860#comment-3182 SIBILANCE, SIBILANCE. PLOSIVES, PLOSIVES. One thing which your post reminded me of that I haven't experienced in a long time was venues/soundguys/etc who don't think its necessary for an electronic artist with a minimum of gear to sound check. Presumably it's because electronic music is usually seen as having fewer variables than electric/acoustic instruments, which is true in some ways. However, it's pretty obvious that being able to make sure everything works in the environment you're in and get comfortable with the PA. SIBILANCE, SIBILANCE.
PLOSIVES, PLOSIVES.

One thing which your post reminded me of that I haven’t experienced in a long time was venues/soundguys/etc who don’t think its necessary for an electronic artist with a minimum of gear to sound check. Presumably it’s because electronic music is usually seen as having fewer variables than electric/acoustic instruments, which is true in some ways. However, it’s pretty obvious that being able to make sure everything works in the environment you’re in and get comfortable with the PA.

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