The only “concept” is that you’ll get something unpredicted. To be fair, if the mains are sufficiently misplaced to give rise to an L-shaped piano, our (9-10 piece) band would be playing a pub gig or something close. Close being the operative word. At one such event, I was near enough to audience mem ...

Well, you wouldn’t expect me to be that consistent, would you?

I find keyboards generally sound better (sorry to use highly technical terms here!) in stereo, so I almost always leave them (and congas!) in stereo, even though the rest of the PA’s mono. Neither upsets the solid rhythm section or vocals, and everyone seems hsppy enough. When we have to set up with ...

And, to keep things simple and familiar, I prefer to always provide balanced mic-level signals to FOH... which means DI boxes for every connection. This. I find it horribly easy to forget what’s at line level, with potential loud consequences, so having everything at the same mike level is a boon, ...

Yeah, I couldn’t do it the standard way as I have windows down one side. They’re all curtained (currently a bit too light, but heavier ones will follow); the other side has tall bookcases filled with irregularly-sized books and stuff. Thick rug on the floor and the ceiling’s open to the pitched roof ...

Arp, I’ve only had them a day but think they’re tremendous, plus being a bit more sensitive than most I already have should be a bit better with the Zoom recorders in the field. I tend to use several sets concurrently (no, not on my head, silly!) so I’m more aware of the differences. But I can see me ...

Hugh - it’s a good while since I used any Dymo products; my memory of the metal embosser dad brought home from work occasionally was funny-smelling tape and either a firm bond that eventually went gooey or no bond at at to speak of. Kwackman - leccy tape will do for the moment; not sure if I should e ...

Well, I just treated myself to a pair of these headphones and I’m listening to them now (with a lightning to 3.5mm adapter/DAC) on my iPhone. That’s a Good in itself; they sound a noticeable degree more accurate than most of my other cans, another Good, and are pretty light and very comfy - still mor ...

Mine’s been in irregular use for over a decade with no issues.

Reading this thread reminded me of a friend, only about 4 years older than me, who used to maintain that cleaning jack plugs with brown paper was the thing. Haven’t heard that mentioned for at least 30 years …

Oops! Red face time again! Just a misleading series of searches on my part. Careless not to find it on the ART website... To be fair, they do hide it under the 'noise reduction' section which, while kinda relevant is counter-intuitive. Well, yes, they’re taking advantage of me not having much grip l ...

Oops! Red face time again! Just a misleading series of searches on my part. Careless not to find it on the ART website, though that seems to decide to show me stuff almost randomly, probably due to my limited computer skills dwindling further! I am a recent DTI convert, largely because I decided to ...

ART appears to have discontinued the DTI; I had one and have got another on order. Not sure what the best alternative might be, though from experience I’d usually want none, sometimes 1 or 2 and seldom, if ever, more. Nevertheless, me being me, I could use a couple more as the belt to my braces.

For concertina work, you can get the Uzi in .45 ACP. I always wondered why you’d want a .45 Uzi; now I know! I still have a couple of 190Es; I say that because “pair” seems a bit pretentious. I think work bought them for me, as they came from RS Components. Don’t remember using them much, although I ...

Hadn’t consciously come across the guy, but I’ll see for sure when jazz record requests finishes and I watch the ’toob. The gig that wasn’t happened yesterday and I’ll report on that later … Thanks to all for the comments through this thread; there’ll be more opportunities later, too, as you’ll read ...

I tried running Macs beyond obsolescence, i.e. the 7 or so years from new to unsupported. The first year or two was mostly OK but eventually I had so many things that wouldn’t run I decided to go new again. That was a lot harder than it should have been, going on to a 2015 27” iMac, so now I run fro ...

Nazard, I have a HOSA CD which is all Suffolk and Norfolk organs. So from my evidence it would appear to be local. I’d love to be involved in that area of things and I’m naturally inclined to smaller parish church organs than cathedral behemoths. I feel I need a bit (lot?) more practice before I lea ...

I fully understand those fears and sympathise with them, though I eventually realised I could get over them myself to a large extent. What annoys me a bit is the assumption we have to record all or nothing and therefore we go for nothing. I can leave the Zoom recorder on the console so players can ...

Thanks for the various comments on low end response in omni mikes. Clearly not an area where the particular needs of organ recordists in particular situations chimes with the normal run of things. Alas, for the moment it’s become an academic issue: they’ve decided they don’t want to record the gig be ...

Righto, I’m trying to get some more details of what’s being played.

Thanks for the kind offer, Hugh. I’m not sure a stand that tall wouldn’t just get the floor reflections but from the ceiling - not sure how high it is in the south aisle, but a cathedral it ain’t! I have several of the tall cast-iron-based K&M stands, some 1m extension rods and a K&M big tripod stand ...

Thanks, Hugh and Arp. I’m not in a position to get better mikes just now, and sticking to what I have at least I have sone idea of what they can do. Hugh’s somewhere near my thoughts in as far as they’ve crystalised. I’m not totally sure about anything as I’ve not heard back from the president since ...

Or behind …

I’m pleased to report that at last one of my cunning plans has worked out as I cunningly planned it. Having joined the local Organists’ Association to put myself forward for recording organs, they’ve asked me to record the members’ recital this year. This raises a couple of questions for me: the even ...

Ask your partners for an alternative take on weirdness. Mine thinks I’m weird, but watches Korean TV incessantly herself while I’m at my desk, out recording or watching old films.