iPod into a PA System?

[Sounds Great]

Originally Posted by Meriphew

I'd be worried about having a Hosa cable short out just from removing it from the package that it came in.


dfegad Hosa

Hahaha..

[Bloodsoaked]

I have a 1/8" to 2 1/4" jacks and they work very good in the practice room. Would most clubs be able to work with the 1/4" jacks or would I need XLR?

Peter

[Sounds Great]

Originally Posted by Bloodsoaked

I have a 1/8" to 2 1/4" jacks and they work very good in the practice room. Would most clubs be able to work with the 1/4" jacks or would I need XLR?

Peter

Any mixing board should have 1/4" line inputs. Should work fine.

[Bloodsoaked]

Originally Posted by Sounds Great

Any mixing board should have 1/4" line inputs. Should work fine.

There should be something closer or on the stage I can plug into as well correct?


Peter

[downrazor11]

that would be a direct box, or DI, and you have to bring that unless you have checked ahead of time to see if the venue has one you can use

[Bloodsoaked]

Originally Posted by downrazor11

that would be a direct box, or DI, and you have to bring that unless you have checked ahead of time to see if the venue has one you can use

am asuming I could buy something like this:
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/produ...Box?sku=182499

or this:

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/produ...Box?sku=180635

and this is a stereo one:

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/produ...Box?sku=336017

I do not need a stereo DI Box as my drum tracks are all panned center (mono). I see some that say passive and some say active, what kind would I need for my iPod to play through at a club?

Peter

[Birdi]

what about using a professional CD player, ie Tascam, Denon etc? or mini disc. CDs don't get speed wobbles. I'v mixed untold live shows with CD or mini disc play back: some I play back the songs for the performer from FOH, others the performer has the machine on stage. And the mono house mix on one side, click mix for monitors works ok too.

I think the key to playing to backing tracks is to have really well mixed tracks: making sure that the rthymic elements are really strong, and there is good harmonic definition so you are in time and in tune . And structrual clues so you know were you are: a statigically placed roll to get you back into the chorus etc.

And consistancy between the tracks. most people get the low end wrong: too much / too little and the relative levels between tracks wrong: too loud too soft. Good engineers adjust these things, but you have to anticipate for the times you will have a bonehead minding the board.

I'd not go with the ipod. every time I'v plugged one into a PA I'v been amazed at how horrible they sound.

And even if the PA is shit, you can still hear the shitiness. shit on shit if you will.

B

[Bloodsoaked]

Well, I finally played my One-Man show "Live" and it was great. Everyone said it sounded great!

iPod into DI Box, from the DI Box to the Snake on the stage and then into the Mixer/PA.

I just had the sound guy crank the monitors and since there was no drummer we turned what are usually the drummers monitors toards me and I was able to hear my drum tracks played from my iPod with no problem.

I just wanted to thank everyone that had input regarding the iPod and playing the drum tracks with it.

Check out the Pictures!!!


Peter - Bloodsoaked

[SnakeCained]

Originally Posted by Bloodsoaked

The iPod will not play wav files so I have the mp3s at 320kbps.

Peter

Errr mine plays wavs ok.........

Get the dock thing for -10 line level rather than headphone jack out.

A quick search on Google revealed a choice.

[MattiMattMatt]

Originally Posted by downrazor11

i would definitely not recommend using a cd if you are doing stuff that is time and pitch sensitive, like backing music tracks, as all cd players spin at slightly different speeds and there is considerable (measurable) effect on the playback pitch/time versus the original.

That's wrong. Playback pitch/time of CDs is consistent. Problems with the clock will result in other failures up to the thing won't work at all, but will not vary the playback pitch or time.

[MattiMattMatt]

Originally Posted by downrazor11

i would have thought that pitch and time consistency was one of the main advantages of the digital world, but when i was considering using burned cd's for backing tracks our recording engineer had said that pitch is unreliable with alot of the consumer cd players.

There are ways of messing up the pitch when you burn a CD, but there's no way of messing up the pitch during CD playback (unless the playback machine provides that function and you are engaging it on purpose). But absent that "feature," the CD plays back at the right key or it doesn't play back. You were right, he was wrong.

[Stevil]

If you are going to be doing this regularly, you may want to look into a direct box.

make sure it has the 'ground lift' switch. tends to help buzzing problems between PA & playback device.

[Bloodsoaked]

Originally Posted by Stevil

make sure it has the 'ground lift' switch. tends to help buzzing problems between PA & playback device.

The DI Box does have a ground lift swith but I did not use it the other night as there was no buzzing or humming. But at least it has a ground lift switch in case I need it.

What does the ground lift switch actually do?


Peter

[Stevil]

Originally Posted by Bloodsoaked

What does the ground lift switch actually do?

Groundloop problem solving: Ground lift circuits