I'm still hoping for a bass that doesn't take up half my car.
Oh, wait...
Oh, wait...
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Class D - What's next?
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I haven’t heard it, but as with the expensive AER combos, an $1800 combo without reinforced corners doesn’t add up. Additionally, I/O jacks are on the top of the amp, so cabling sticks out and flops over. If your 1/4” cable gets yanked the connectors gonna bend as opposed to popping out of the input.
I think we're close to the point of diminishing returns when it comes to output per cubic foot. Physics will only allow so much to be done. What can be done today in small packages costs a lot more than a typical amp and cab.
Affordability of today's top of the line is the future. Hopefully.
Affordability of today's top of the line is the future. Hopefully.
Take like a portaflex and feed the power stage output into class D power. Lighter weight combined with the "dream" tube sound.
In fact someone should build a "class D magnifier", that can take speaker level output from anything (within reason) and make it bigger.
no FOH reminiscent of drive-in movies each table / seat will have it's own speaker, the tips can be paid, and requests for brown eyed girl and freebird can be made from a tablet with a credit card / touchscreen swiper like we are starting to see in restaurants.
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One possibility is replacing hardware amps and cabs with software sims and IRs. Maybe run off a hardware device or through a laptop into a PA.
everything old is new again...Are you saying that we're all going to become drummers in the future?
I thought most of us left that all behind us.
The likelihood of me being dead before a new tech for powering music systems comes out is higher than not, so I won't sweat it.
Great question. Actually, I think as far as gear goes, pretty much we got what we need. The problem is we need more creative musicians pushing the envelope. Much like my dad calling the Everly Brothers nothing but a couple hog callers, the bass parts for today’s pop music leaves little to be desired, either non-existent, or not much more than a sub sonic throb.
..and each patron's tablet screen will have its own mixer available, like what musicians use on stage nowadays for their own in-ear monitor mixes. Shaken, not stirred? "Mix to taste"...
Subsonic throb. That was my name when I worked in the adult film industry.
Mercedes beat you to it on both counts (the E Class and money).
Indeed, it has improved, performance is a million times better but it is still the same basic design. I'm talking about completely different approaches. Here's a quick example via google of one... I'm not thinking this would work for what we are doing, but it's thinking 'outside the box" : Invalid Link Removed
And an apparently older design, once again not for what we do but a very interesting approach to creating sound waves:
Eventually people will tire of and lose interest in all the sounds you're familiar with and we will stop trying to achieve them. Most people won't care to use tubes or to emulate their sound. People will become nostalgic for the sound of the cheap solid state amps they got when they first started hacking away in their bedrooms.
Eventually music will sound so different from what you can imagine that you won't be able to relate to it and you'll be angry (or angrier than you already are). You'll lose touch with any semblance of relevance that you may be clinging to and continue playing what has already passed from being dad rock into grandpa rock. And if you're still around, you will be a relic of a bygone era, uphill both ways reminder of a time when people weren't born into a world with computers that fit in your pocket.
Eventually music will sound so different from what you can imagine that you won't be able to relate to it and you'll be angry (or angrier than you already are). You'll lose touch with any semblance of relevance that you may be clinging to and continue playing what has already passed from being dad rock into grandpa rock. And if you're still around, you will be a relic of a bygone era, uphill both ways reminder of a time when people weren't born into a world with computers that fit in your pocket.
There have been many advances in modern speaker and amplifier technology but it seems that something has been lost. There is something about playing a tube amp that modern solid state amplifiers can't match. I can't even begin to define it and even if it could be defined, could it be replicated in a solid state circuit?
It's absolutely here.
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Metallica had this for some ticket packages on their most recent tour, and I participated in it. The setup is that you connect to a specific wifi network in the venue with your phone, then use the app to stream the audio into your headphones. I had the option of choosing the board mix, or the individual monitor mixes of the band members. I was using my Shure SE215's for this, and since they have a 20dB cut, I had both hearing protection AND excellent audio. It was hands down the best arena sound i've ever heard because of this. I can't imagine seeing a "big" show any other way; it's certainly a lot of additional work to set up for those running the show (and as somebody who works in IT support, i know it would require a whole bunch of additional infrastructure as well as support staff to roll out to a whole venue), but it's REALLY cool.
That sounds a little like the hearing aid loops used in churches and auditoriums. Those have been greatly appreciated by those folks who have ‘em. And they don’t take a tech support ace to install them and make them work. In a concert you’ll miss out on some of the ambience but I think the upside is pretty clear in your message.
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