We're so old, we have dancing bananas and remember when they were funny
:banana-big:
Hell, I remember Peanut Butter Jelly Time
We're so old, we still have a pile of CDs in the garage (or shed, or storage container)
We're so old, we have vintage guitars that were new when we bought them
Quote from: Dante on March 14, 2024, 09:27:21 PM
We're so old, we still have a pile of CDs in the garage (or shed, or storage container)
I still listen to my CDs...
Yes, I'm very, very old... :headbanger:
Mmmm, I think I'm the oldest here @64 although happy to be wrong about that LoL.
I also still listen to CDs, but generally I rip them to .wav and play them from the confuser using the PreSonus I/O and studio cross reference monitors. The PreSonus does better D/A than the realtech chip IMHO. And it's much easier to play the tracks than load up my Nakamichi CD player (I also have a 3 head Nakamichi cassette deck which I still use, ahh waiting for the rewind lest we forget :facepalm: ). FWIW I use GoldWave https://goldwave.com/ (https://goldwave.com/) to play songs. It sounds better than VLC or Media Player.
Speaking of cassettes, have a listen to the 2 last posts in this thread/post https://adadepot.com/index.php?topic=3019.0 (https://adadepot.com/index.php?topic=3019.0). The live track was front house desk to cassette, and the other Tascam 688 8 track cassette to 2 track cassette.
Hey Richard,
You'll be happy to know you are not the oldest here.
P.S. I still have my TEAC 80-8, although it needs a little work on track 5. Not to mention a pile of tapes and cassette tapes that I've recorded on with various musicians
Whoo Hoo! I'm not the oldest either, a mere 58 trips around the sun
I still have a cassette deck in my Jeep (it's a 2001...pretty late for a tape deck). Just put a tape in there today, one of my all time faves....the Plimsouls - Everywhere at Once. I played that tape so much in my Fiat convertible, I'm surprised it still works.
We're playing an 80s party this weekend and Million Miles Away is on the list, that's on the tape, that's where it all started. Helluva guitar part in that song btw, not a shredding song, but damn busy (hope you like the Ricko Sound of the Rickenbacker), music starts at 0:45
Here's the URL if the YouTube vid doesn't work (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIxgBMNhsKU)
We're so old, we play don't play the heavy guitars so much
Quote from: Harley Hexxe on March 15, 2024, 01:01:36 PM
P.S. I still have my TEAC 80-8, although it needs a little work on track 5. Not to mention a pile of tapes and cassette tapes that I've recorded on with various musicians
Nice unit :thumb-up:
We're so old, I stopped using backline over 20 years ago ::)
Also still playing CDs and vinyl.
Still have a decent cassette player as well as a DAT player too.
Having a mobile phone that has actual buttons
Rather go see a (local) band than netflix
Turning only 59 coming summer. :banana-rock:
Quote from: rnolan on March 15, 2024, 08:53:07 PM
Quote from: Harley Hexxe on March 15, 2024, 01:01:36 PM
P.S. I still have my TEAC 80-8, although it needs a little work on track 5. Not to mention a pile of tapes and cassette tapes that I've recorded on with various musicians
Nice unit :thumb-up:
You can't beat the quality of the recording of that unit ;)
Quote from: Peter H. Boer on March 17, 2024, 09:02:32 AM
We're so old, I stopped using backline over 20 years ago ::)
Tell me you don't miss that.
Hey Harley, absolutely :thumb-up: The 80-8s were (and still are) a great deck.
@Peter - I can't imagine life without a back line (I get that that's they way it's become for some :facepalm: ). Not that I play out much these days, but in Australia, (mostly) having your amp set up is still expected and ok.
Richard,
Around here most of the places you can play live are too small for powerful amps. There are a couple of larger venues still around, but most have switched to DJs, or karaoke. I have to drive up into Cleveland to get to places that let you take amps to a gig. That's why I like playing festivals. Outdoor gigs are great for the huge backlines, unless it rains :facepalm:
Hey Harley, while I haven't been playing out here for a while, most gigs here still need an amp (albeit small footprint) hence me getting that 2 x 12 going, with 4 RU rack it's not much bigger than a 2 x 12 combo. (and should fit in my car boot/trunk).
I also like the open air gigs, they used to happen more way back when. Rain... we did 2 New Year gigs in a row outdoors and it rained :facepalm: . The the next (3rd) year we got an indoor New Year gig :whoohoo!: , I don't get wet... well not so fast, a fire sprinkler opened up right on top of me and my rig while I was setting up.... :crazy:
Quote from: Harley Hexxe on March 17, 2024, 11:28:10 AM
Quote from: Peter H. Boer on March 17, 2024, 09:02:32 AM
We're so old, I stopped using backline over 20 years ago ::)
Tell me you don't miss that.
My preamp flightcase with MB1, wireless receiver (bass) and wireless sender (inears), DHP-33, Tuner & Rolls PM 351 still weight a ton though.
But indeed, I do not miss lugging big bass amps and cabs at all O0
Quote from: rnolan on March 18, 2024, 06:47:33 AM
@Peter - I can't imagine life without a back line (I get that that's they way it's become for some :facepalm: ). Not that I play out much these days, but in Australia, (mostly) having your amp set up is still expected and ok.
I plug in (directly into the power amp or effects return) to whatever is available, if my bandmates need me to plug in (when no monitors are available to them) with the in-ear setup I can hear myself better than I ever did using a backline (which is great especially when I need to play fretless).
Richard,
I'm not going to ask what you did to set it off :nono:
Hey Harley, the lighting guy had the back truss right up to the ceiling tiles, so he got the blame, but he went either side of it so it wasn't the cause. It just went off, and covered me and my rack&cab with black slime that you can't wash out of clothes :facepalm: . By the time the fire brigade got there to turn it off, the water had pooled up to the bar and there was just us band people to clean it up (brooms, fans, hair dryers, whatever we could find). Also it was that modular aluminium stage with a carpet covering on top and right angled bits along the bottom/floor really hard to get the water out. When the front line par 64s' came on during the show, sweat city. The things we do, it was a good show in the end. Though we couldn't start until they had replaced the sprinkler head.... Luckily I hadn't got a guitar out when it happened. Being a 35C day (mid summer here) I had to throw out the shorts and singlet I was wearing, the black stuff (settles in the pipes) just wouldn't wash out.
Chalk up another episode of "Gigs from hell."
I played with In-Ear-Monitors (IEMs) for years, just brought a 1x12 and my rack with me. Yes, I could hear myself and everyone else just fine....in fact, a little too good. You really couldn't tell what the ambient sound was like without a couple mics pointed at the crowd or some overheads.
Also, we couldn't talk to each other onstage, all of us had our earphones in...blocking out that ambient noise. So, I started pulling one out and listening that way....eventually, I just left the IEMs in a briefcase and don't use them now.
They make it way easier to sing without blowing out your voice, but again, I can't tell what is going on onstage, feels so separated from the whole experience.
Yes i'm so old listening to my old Tokyo Blade album 'Warriors of the Rising Sun (double vinyl) from 195.