Warning to the newbies!!!

shredd

It is I, shredd, ageless rocker, git'rist extraordinaire, closeted rock star and incorrigable groupie-groper... :roll:

Here to remind y'all how easy it is to screw things up with a unit as complex as a GNX. (I have the '4).

I was re-doing my little home studio in order to replace my little Berhinger mixer with the one I'd upgraded to. Naturally, lots of gear and cables lying around, labeled with tape, while I put everything back the way it was with my new mixer.

So when I get done, I start playing stuff to test drive the new setup, and I find that my 1/4\" outs sound totally different from my XLR outs...I'm freaking out 'cuz I'm sure I have a bad pre on my XLR inputs on my new mixer, or whatever. I start \"troubleshooting\", and I went through about an hour of this before I noticed that in the shuffling of equipment I'd hit the speaker comp'n button on my 1/4\" out (turning it off), and the two outputs didn't sound anything like each other.

Boy did I feel dumb. Good thing 'blooz or Iliace or half the other guys here weren't with me to tell me how stupid I am (unless they failed to nail it down first... )

thehootman

It happens to the best of us...

Manitou

HA HAH !

I'm mainly worried about your \"pin up\" collection.

shredd

\Manitou\ wrote:

I'm mainly worried about your \"pin up\" collection.

Worry not. It's backed up in triple-redundant secured file format at the NSA bunker.

Cobaltblooz

It's happened to me a couple of times, once at practice (I'm thinking-\"Why is my sound so shrill and scratchy\"), and once at a gig (but I checked the button right away)...just putting the unit in it's case is bound to make it happen.




(Oh, and your a moron for unrelated reasons)

shredd

\Cobaltblooz\ wrote:

It's happened to me a couple of times, once at practice (I'm thinking-\"Why is my sound so shrill and scratchy\"), and once at a gig (but I checked the button right away)...just putting the unit in it's case is bound to make it happen.

(Oh, and your a moron for unrelated reasons)

Yah...now I'm more aware of it and will check it first...if for no other reason than to spare myself the panic.
Moron, eh? Well, I've been called worse...so I'll let it slide... 8)

Lonestrat

I used to do that while setting up for a gig. Sometimes I'd be half way thru a gig and notice the switch has been knocked. I pulled the knobs off both switches so it doesn't happen any more. If I do want to flick the switch I just use a pen to push it in

shredd

\Lonestrat\ wrote:

I used to do that while setting up for a gig. Sometimes I'd be half way thru a gig and notice the switch has been knocked. I pulled the knobs off both switches so it doesn't happen any more. If I do want to flick the switch I just use a pen to push it in

Now THAT'S smart. 8)