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I am all packed and ready to go to my first gig tonight...

I have my laptop loaded with BIAB 2011, my Ketron SD2, the Bose L1 II w/T1 and Guitar...
and various stands and a neat little D'Addario stool...

It's actually a non-paying house gig at a friend's Xmas annual party...



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Dick,

That looks awesome....I'm sure it will be a super success. I just had to ask about the thing your laptop is sitting on. Maybe I just need clarification. What is that thing sitting to the right of your mic stands.....looks like some small flat top surface for your laptop....or am I just seeing things as a result of background items blending together in your picture?

Thanks,
Cecil

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Cecil, it's a Quick-Lok LPH-003 Tripod for laptops... nice and study and heavy!
My Guitar Stand is Herculus, and an APEX Mic stand for the SM58... The laptop is a SONY VAIO Windows 7/64.



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This Canuck wishes you well and a Merry Christmas.
I never have used BIAB on a gig - have been tempted for 15 years but never have -
I'm not sure how I'd be feeling about now.

But you Calgarians always have a good time.
Will you go "off script" (BIAB) for requests?

Cheers and success - Ian


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Good for you Dick!

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hey, I like the laptop tripod.. where'd you get it?

Good luck on your gig.. please post back and let us know how it went!

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And, easy on the holiday libations...


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Break both of them man!

Have a toddy for me . . . and let us know how it goes.

Later,

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I really like the features of the laptop stand.....here's one exact e-mail address to it:
http://www.music123.com/Accessories/Stan...ct?src=ZWWRWXGB

It appears to cost $79.00 if I'm reading this thing correctly.

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How'd my Bose get out west?

Have fun!


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Quote:

I am all packed and ready to go to my first gig tonight...

I have my laptop loaded with BIAB 2011, my Ketron SD2, the Bose L1 II w/T1 and Guitar...
and various stands and a neat little D'Addario stool...

It's actually a non-paying house gig at a friend's Xmas annual party...






Phew!!if you started loading this cool looking equipment after a gig in some parts of the Welsh valleys Im pretty sure the next time youd see them (thats if they were caught)would be in the local police station along with the guys that nicked them have a good one. Frankie


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Thanks guys. It went pretty good. The sound throught the Bose L1 II was awesome but
I need to get a better grip on the volume fluctuations from song to song...
keeping the balance between the Ketron channel (Ch1 on T1/ToneMatch)and the
Laptop channel (USB into T1/Tonematch) was also a challenge. I kept
adjusting the volumes quite a bit. One thing I realized, I needed to keep
turning down the volume on the Bose quit a bit as you don't realize
how loud it could be...

Cecil, yes that's the price I paid for the Stand. I bought it from a local store (
AXE Music), they had to order it and took a few days.

Ian, I have a pretty fixed repertoire of Jazz standards and some of the Jazz Solos
I got from BIAB which I have rearranged by changing some of the instuments and
adding some Sax or Trumpet solos (which sounded great through the Ketron SD)
using the soloist feature in BIAB... I was getting special requests...
but people were quite undertanding as they know I am a "beginner" and
didn't have a large selection... altogher I had about 20 songs...
and another friend had brought his guitar and he sang a few songs too.

John, relax LOL... we have music stores in Calgary too...! LOL

and Frankie... Calgary is still a very safe place... a lot of people still don't
lock their doors... NOT this guy! LOL...




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There are utilities that allow you to go through a folder of sound files and get them all to the same level.


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Dick,

I couldn't get the tripod laptop holder out of my mind....I ordered one this morning (sorry to be a copy cat). I had been placing my laptop on a heavy music stand, but I could not get confidence that it was dependable (i.e., it would not tilt over easily).

So, again, I appreciated seeing your setup...have a great holiday,
Cecil

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You're very welcome Cecil... I am glad it helped you... that's how I get my ideas. Happy to share.

John... is that utility in BIAB, or is it something else?


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I'm pretty sure I used mp3gain. I make no claims as to how good this is, I'm not much of a tecchie when it comes to audio.


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This is the laptop stand that I use

http://www.thomann.de/gb/millenium_laptopstand_tripod.htm

very cheap but quite solid

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Hope you had a great gig. how is the Bose system you have? I have an l1 (the older model) and it is a really great system. I'll bet the newer one is fabulous.


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jeffgee, thank you... I love the L1 and my gig went really well. I have posted more at the Bose L1 Forum about better understanding technical capabilities of the L1, you may follow that discussion there if you like.

Merry Christmas to my BIAB/RealBand Family...

Dick


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..Glad your gig went great! Id love to learn more about the l1 ..where is the bose l1 discussion?


...........Jeff......
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