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Baer Amplification Megathread!
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Wish the stack got some screen time, but it's not like the alternative is bad.
That was freaking killer!
...Wish the stack got some screen time, but it's not like the alternative is bad.
Great video, Jason. I really dig your band! And no, I wouldn't have wasted any camera time on your amp either. Great job!
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In Memoriam
Wish the stack got some screen time, but it's not like the alternative is bad.
Fookin' awesome bass tone!!! Good luck in the contest.
Tech derail (sorry!) Were those Telefunken mics used on all the vocalists?
Wish the stack got some screen time, but it's not like the alternative is bad.
I could actually hear REAL people singing and playing instruments....imperfections, perfections, everything! Your track needs more AUTOTUNE and PROTOOL edits so it sounds like robots and machines are playing/singing the music.
Hey guys, just wanted to post a pic of the LeFay basses that the Dobbratz brothers built for the NAMM show. We are in booth 4158 in Hall C. If your'e at the show, be sure to stop by and check these out. Pretty awesome instruments!
I like the extended highs that tweeters produce, but I agree with you about speakers handling high-mids better than horns. With speakers, I find that the high-mids are usually tighter and smoother, whereas with horns, they can sometimes be a bit too ganky and brittle.
A question for you Baer users. My main band runs bass through the FOH so my amp is just a monitor (if I use a cab at all), but I'm now playing in a second band with no FOH support, so I need to think about a "big rig" for the first time in a while. (I started a separate thread about this, but this question is just about Baers.) I was thinking about getting two ML112s and stacking them with my Streamliner 900 on top. Is this likely to produce enough volume to handle, say, a wedding reception with 200 people in a medium sized hotel ballroom, without FOH support? I'd like to go with two 112s but I'm worried as to whether something larger is needed.
Don't take my word for it, as I don't own that setup, but I'm pretty sure that will produce more than enough volume. The first time I ever auditioned a single ML-112, it was so loud that I thought it was actually two, so when I got the dealer to hook up another one, I was even more impressed!
EG
I own that setup. There's not much doubt in my mind that you would be just fine in that situation!
I sometimes use a Streamliner through my ML112s. It sounds great and can get really loud, with volume to spare for my shows w/o PA (usually small/med bar or record store, loud 4-piece). To experiment, I played a show in a small bar (maybe 100 ppl) with just one. It was perfectly audible, just wasn't able to do that and have good (any) low end. You know, physics.
Number/type of other instruments will surely make a difference. I do consider my band "too loud" most of the time.
Number/type of other instruments will surely make a difference. I do consider my band "too loud" most of the time.
The VTI is real, and strong, and it's my friend.
The VTI is real, and strong, and it's my friend.
Nice fanned fret Le Fay Pangton Jason.
I had practice Monday with a brand new project. I was therefore concentrating more on the songs than my gear, but I was pushing my cabs at full rock volume for the first time at length. I hadn't played through the rig until today. Holy when-did-these-cabs-break-in, Batman! I've never really experienced that before. I really liked the cabs before, now they are incredible. Almost like the woofer and mid driver had to talk over their differences for a few weeks before they truly got along. So awesome!
The current drivers use a very stiff surround material and that can take quite a few hours to really loosen up and settle in. I used to work with one electrical engineer who had a great theory that once an amp is built, it is very important to play music through the amp for the initial start up. He would say that all the parts go through a break in period where they all settle into their new existence as an amp and learn to be part of the whole. He didn't believe in making the first signal come from test gear as he felt it important for the parts to learn to be musical from the very start.
Maybe there is something to that? Kind of like a luthier building an instrument. I definitely believe that part of that person's spirit remains with the instrument forever. Maybe when you break a cabinet in, all the parts need to learn to be happy making the music together and once the cab is happy in it's new existence, it just sounds better.
