HI Rob
From what I can recollect:
Whilst Gavin says Richard did something to the bass head, that whatever it was may not have been the reason.
It could be the bass speaker being so close to the front of stage, which could’ve amplified or extenuated the low frequencies perhaps.
Gavin’s bass being semi-hollow could have a bit of feedback loop happening, given the previous 2 bass players had solid body basses.
Even after unplugging the speaker mic the problem was still present on stage and FOH.
I was with Billy trying to resolve it at the desk however nothing jumped out for either of us there and then. He had levels of everything cool and on some even down to negligible input level.
My thought is that Richard before he left early for the day, right on queue for you starting, had a low pass filter incorrectly set on the desk which stuffed up ampliifying the lows of bass frequencies, causing a feedback situation, and being a digital desk, was not obvious. The reason being that no matter what Gavin played in volume or notes were sufficient to be input, basically the bass, not Gavin, was the time bomb.
How this happened or if it was the cause I can’t say from a layman’s point of sound mixing, but from my knowledge of electronics and stage experience only; and, how shall I put it, not Billy’s fault.
Moving forward the Gallery & Front bar have an analogue desk which simplifies things.
Given you will be there on the 25th, perhaps get more of sound check(s) until more at confidence of set up before starting.
PS Yes we have 3 bands now and Dave will email you later today.
Steve
> On 12 Feb 2023, at 8:02 pm, Secretary, SALMC wrote:
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> G’day Steve
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> I’m pretty stressed over our set at Club Cool today – it was far from an enjoyable experience for any of us and I suspect the audience found it substandard.
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> It’s really hard when you are on stage to “troubleshoot” issues and I was wondering if you had any insight into why we had the booming “feedback” from the bass. Also the foldback speakers did not appear to be working – or at least, none of us could hear each other.
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> I’m starting to wonder if it’s something we are doing – we invariably have audio system issues at The Gov that other bands don’t seem to experience.
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> Any advice you might have would be much appreciated.
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> Cheers
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> Rob