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Re:Advice on Running MP-2>Mod SBM-1
« Reply #15 on: April 30, 2003, 03:03:01 PM »
Quote from: nickgregory on April 30, 2003, 02:56:35 PM
Quote from: jlykos on April 30, 2003, 12:18:43 PM
Right on, Todd; great advice!  I loved your modSBM when I had it; a car accident took care of that.

You can get a show or two out of lithiums.  You can probably get a complete show out of alkalines also.  I believe that the 391 series can accept phantom power from 9-48 volts and the MP-2 has a switch where you can supply 15 or 18 volts (forgot which one) to the mics if you want to save on battery power.  You can most likely get a complete show off some Duracells if you keep the level meter off on the MP-2; the meter is bright as hell and sucks up a lot of juice.

Nick, I ran this combo for a while and absolutely loved the results.  I may be at Particle also so see me if you have any questions.


Jamie,

Thanks for the feedback....one more question though.  Understanding that the 391's can accept 9-52V of power...is there a performance impact on the mic if I run the 15volt option to it??  Seems in theory there may be, but I am curious.

Thanks all for the advice though.....but seriously, am I going to be the only guy running in the aud for Particle?  :)

Nick


No, I will be the only one on-stage!  ;)
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Re:Advice on Running MP-2>Mod SBM-1
« Reply #16 on: April 30, 2003, 03:05:01 PM »
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No, I will be the only one on-stage!  ;)

Cool...see you there....

Nick
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« Reply #17 on: April 30, 2003, 03:07:07 PM »
I have not done this, as I sold my AKGs before picking up the MP-2.  From what I understand, however, the answer is that there is no performance difference at all.  It does not matter what voltage the 391s receive; as long as it is above 9v or below 48v, they will operate the same.  To back this up, AKG makes the B-18 power supplies, which supply 18 volts to each mic and nobody has ever reported any diminished performance with those supplies.
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Re:Advice on Running MP-2>Mod SBM-1
« Reply #18 on: April 30, 2003, 03:13:06 PM »
as you write this, I realize that I have been using the B-18s for a while to power the mics and that they dont provide 48V....will crawl back under the rock for a while... :)

Thanks for the info though....hope to see you at Particle!

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« Reply #19 on: April 30, 2003, 03:19:52 PM »
Jamie,

Are you definitely coming?

-JB
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Re:Advice on Running MP-2>Mod SBM-1
« Reply #20 on: April 30, 2003, 03:28:19 PM »
No, I am not definitely going to the show.  Just thinking about it.  I may download some of their music before the show and give it a listen before deciding.  I want to avoid having to endure another 2.5 hour Garaj Mahal experience where I am obliged to stay because I already have all my gear set up on stage.  I would have left that show in under an hour if I was not taping it.
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« Reply #21 on: April 30, 2003, 03:32:23 PM »
Mmmm...you may not like Particle then.You should come anyway though and have some beers with me. They are electro-rock-techno-jam-ish.

Garaj Mahal is one of my favorite bands!! What don't you like about them??

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« Reply #22 on: April 30, 2003, 03:39:47 PM »
Quote from: Jason B on April 30, 2003, 03:32:23 PM
Garaj Mahal is one of my favorite bands!! What don't you like about them??

Ummmm, everything?  No song structure, or even songs for that matter.  Flaccid, uninspired "jamming."  Noodling and pyrotechnics instead of thoughtful musical passages.  Lame, pandering crowd exhortations and theme lyrics.  Most importantly, no sense of musical direction whatsoever.  What separates these guys from the dozens of other second-, third-, and fourth-tier *generic* (emphasis here) jambands?  Nothing, in my opinion.

On the plus side, their drummer was really good and the crowd was totally into the show.
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"I have no views," Mickey Melchiondo, known as Dean Ween, said in a philosophical moment. "I am way too stupid. I have no strong feelings about anything. I'm really into television and the computer. I believe everything I see on TV and read on the Internet."

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« Reply #23 on: April 30, 2003, 03:56:01 PM »
You are waaaaaaay to critical. ;)

All this who from someone who listens to some of the crappiest music out there!!  ;)  ;)

Next time you go to some heavy metal show, I'll go with you, then ripp the entire band and music genre a new one on the way home!!

heehee  ;)  ;)
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Re:Advice on Running MP-2>Mod SBM-1
« Reply #24 on: April 30, 2003, 04:11:14 PM »
I will be sure to check them out, I love techno anyways :-X
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« Reply #25 on: April 30, 2003, 04:18:37 PM »
OK, you're on.  I am taping the Contamination festival for Relapse in Carrboro next Sunday (May 10) and you are more than welcome to go with me.  Mastodon, the best new (not nu) metal band in ages, is co-headlining with Cephalic Carnage (who I have never heard) and two other bands are support.  Should be a good time!

I listen to a lot of very good music, which gives me authority as The Supreme Arbiter of Taste to rag on whoever I want to.  I listen to many, many different bands across all genres of music.  Therefore, I can make a damn good analogy of Garaj Mahal as being equivalent to Warrant because I have heard enough music from both bands to make a valid comparison.

I do not operate in a world where taste is relative.  Sure, I have some guilty pleasures like Missy Elliott, but she makes incredible music and is the most revolutionary musical artist of the past six years.  So, I don't know if that pleasure is so guilty.  Whatever enriches yourself as a human being, as opposed to always going for the short cheese, should be the paramount criteria by which one judges music.  Make every note count and every word mean something, even if it not obvious at first.  My problem with what I consider "bad" music like Garaj Mahal is that none of their notes count and their words mean the most banal things.  They are the progenitors of the "go with the flow" mentality of not caring about jack and it is one that I wholeheartedly reject!
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« Reply #26 on: April 30, 2003, 04:22:41 PM »
Jamie, where is that show?  I have heard alot of good things about Mastodon and would be interested in checking them out....

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« Reply #27 on: April 30, 2003, 04:24:34 PM »
Go! Studios Room 4 in Carrboro.  $10 admission.  Get there when the doors open because it will probably sell out.  No advance tickets to my knowledge.  Taping space is *very* limited so if you want to tape, bring a clamp and the smallest taping bag you can possibly find.  Also, don't be squeamish about people reaching for the mic stand or tipping it.  It will happen, trust me.
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Re:Advice on Running MP-2>Mod SBM-1
« Reply #28 on: April 30, 2003, 04:29:39 PM »
Quote from: jlykos on April 30, 2003, 04:24:34 PM
Go! Studios Room 4 in Carrboro.  $10 admission.  Get there when the doors open because it will probably sell out.  No advance tickets to my knowledge.  Taping space is *very* limited so if you want to tape, bring a clamp and the smallest taping bag you can possibly find.  Also, don't be squeamish about people reaching for the mic stand or tipping it.  It will happen, trust me.

Cool...Thanks....may have to find a way out of mothers day dinner.... :)
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Re:Advice on Running MP-2>Mod SBM-1
« Reply #29 on: April 30, 2003, 04:42:40 PM »
Quote from: nickgregory on April 30, 2003, 02:56:35 PM
seriously, am I going to be the only guy running in the aud for Particle?  :)

No shame in being the only taper...I was "that guy" at three shows last weekend. Of course, it makes you freak out a little bit more when one of your tapes gets chomped while you load it... ;)

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