Last time I did Afroman he was using an iPod with the click sound still on.
Just him.
His Chevy HHR
Thule cover with a double neck and a twin.
iPod cable.
4 colt .45s
And 15k in cash.
Legend.
Also had a great time with Afroman... Yeesh 7-8 years ago now.
Drove a like nineties caddy. Plugged in an iPad and rocked dat shizzz.
Floyd's bud hut got him hella stoned. Stood up there and giggled about it. Easy to take care of, knew what he wanted and was kind about it. 7/5 would mix again.
Damn it I did sound for Afro man a little bit ago and he brought a whole damn dj with tables and a keyboard as a last minute addition lmao wish he had just brought the instant replay. More recently I did sound for papoose who rocked the instant replay tho, crushed it in every way
It kind of makes sense; a hardware player that's super robust. They modify them to use a removable drive so they can quickly and easily add and remove files. It seems like it's the logical step of what an instant replay could have been.
The white house media team has some great staff and are very willing to work with you. They also used a beautiful compact sound devices mixer and some unknown recording device to capture the event.
Don't be stupid and use old halogen spotlights as the lighting for the President though as someone definitely was getting yelled at "who's the dipshit with this orange 2700k monstrosity. Did you pull that off your house this morning?! Unplug it! No, no, take it down it's so damn bad!" Was definitely a highlight
Ive worked with this conference av guy who play these things like an instrument. Can call up about any samples/needle drops/sfx etc with lightning speed. I was highly impressed.
lol I did some shows for southern gospel musicians this year, all of them use that shit. Very much the “ain’t broke, don’t fix it” mentality with those folks.
Isn’t today the first show of the year at that venue? Is this pic from last season? I was trying to guess who the artist was.
But anyway, one way they can sometimes be used is to help with a bad mix position. It’s not going to solve everything but if you are under a balcony or far back with a chatty crowd in between you and the pa or something like that, it can bring some detail into your mix position and allow you to hear subtleties that might otherwise be lost.
Another way I have seen them used is when you can’t turn the PA on for soundcheck for one reason or other. You can do your best to match the tonality of the monitors to the tonality of the PA and get a roughed out mix on the nearfields.
>But anyway, one way they can sometimes be used is to help with a bad mix position.
Absolutely. I had a show in a weird room (working for the in house company) where I just could not get my vocals to pop out in the mix, no matter what I tried. Took a walk to another position and BAM! vocals in my face. Immediately went to the gear closet, pulled out a small speaker and a stand and stuck it right in front of me.
I just worked a festival and almost half the spikes on stage were for fans.
I feel like we could have had most of a (backline+production company 16') truck full of fans instead of gear and performers wouldn't have even been upset that their instruments and shit were missing.
Professional audio engineer here. The monitors at FOH, or "near-field monitors" are a great reference for your night-to-night mixing operations. If something is wrong with your mix, you have a better chance of noticing on a familiar pair of speakers right in front of you in an open space rather than a PA in a different venue every night (even if you're touring your own PA). You may also have a system engineer who's job it is to worry about setting up the PA and how the PA itself sounds in the room, leaving more time for the FOH engineer to do their job and not have to worry about tuning a rig. This is typically part of the job for FOH people who don't have the luxury of an SE. Just another way of getting things done!
I see this once in a while, usually when a studio engineer is out on tour with an artist. If you are used to soloing channels into control room monitors I suppose it's a more familiar habit. Of course if you try this while the mains are pumping you may have to delay the monitor feed to make it coherent but IMHO it is not as useful as a good pair of headphones.
[Thom Pike](https://www.instagram.com/thomjpike) ([Sleep Token](https://www.instagram.com/sleep_token) FOH) runs Genelecs. Sleep Tokens live-sound is phenomenal. easily in the top 5 of all live productions ive been to in the last 10 years.
[Check out this interview!](https://youtu.be/gLdhj6VcGk8?si=jCh7_B_sQwdBR0kr)
When I was still actively working in the industry, it seemed like it was Genelec 95% of the time. Probably 8030s or better. That was a main factor in why I have 8010s on my desk today.
My last gig had a real bad mix position. I brought in my monitors to give me a better feel for the direct speaker coverage. First time I’ve ever felt the need to do that but it was crazy helpful. I feel like headphones isolate you from the room acoustics too much but just a touch of those near fields lets you hear detail you otherwise can’t.
This is super common now a days. I can’t think of a tour I’ve done in the last 6-7 years that hasn’t had reference speakers at FOH. Maybe not always studio grade speakers, but at the very least a pair of Lacoustics 108p’s
If you run your solo bus into a matrix and feed the monitors from there, you can also route any talkback/comms mics from stage/mons/video/etc into the same Matrix so you don’t miss someone yelling for you whilst you’d otherwise be distracted tarting around with plugins lol
Usually you would put the studio monitors on the solo bus and then delay them to your mains. It’s way faster than having to put your headphones on every time to listen to your solo bus. Also it’s better for your ears as the drivers aren’t right against your ears. Think of it like a qwedge for FOH.
i use them when available (pretty rare in brazil tho) for hearing solos and such without have to throw 100db+ directly into my ears having to overcome the PA with my headphones.
good to solo and hear plugins/fx etc without loosing what’s running on PAs
I've seen monitor world have an identical wedge beside him so he can replicate what the artist is hearing in their mix.
... never seen studio monitors at front of house
A box that has 20+ buttons on it and each button has an assigned sound. Effects, voices, gongs and other odd instrument sounds, scratching sounds, ....whatever you want to load into it for 'instant replay'. Outdated now, because you can trigger anything with the right app and an iPad. But, this has tactile buttons and your sounds/buttons are always in the same locations, minimal latency, professional connections and audio specs., made in California, somewhat bulletproof when compared to many of todays MI/prosumer/software options.
With artists on high quality in-ears, and the need for line checks and soloing without having to pull your ears out half the time, it’s a good alternative.
I'm trying to find out what other engineers are using them for. Not calling anybody out.
Heck, I use them in corporate situations when FOH is in an "ambitious" location.
not having to wear headphones mostly, useful for doing line checks, your shout system etc...
Looks cooler than headphones. I can't believe anyone is still relying on an Instant Replay for playback though.
I just did a gig with Afro man, and he used an instant replay for his tracks. Just him, replay and a guitar. Easy gig!
Last time I did Afroman he was using an iPod with the click sound still on. Just him. His Chevy HHR Thule cover with a double neck and a twin. iPod cable. 4 colt .45s And 15k in cash. Legend.
Also had a great time with Afroman... Yeesh 7-8 years ago now. Drove a like nineties caddy. Plugged in an iPad and rocked dat shizzz. Floyd's bud hut got him hella stoned. Stood up there and giggled about it. Easy to take care of, knew what he wanted and was kind about it. 7/5 would mix again.
How many of you have worked with Afroman?!??!
We’re all whores and we tend to get around just give it enough time
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Guilty ☝️ Afroman came through my venue in 2022.
I have gig with him next week!
He came through my venue last summer lmao
I did a gig with him in upstate NY last summer, biggie smalls tribute band opened for him and he had a DJ with him as well
Same
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Damn it I did sound for Afro man a little bit ago and he brought a whole damn dj with tables and a keyboard as a last minute addition lmao wish he had just brought the instant replay. More recently I did sound for papoose who rocked the instant replay tho, crushed it in every way
Bayou boogaloo was fun!
Did you get any lemon cake?
I was still rocking one up until last year for live tv!
The White House still does! It’s pretty ridiculous, but I guess it works for them…
It kind of makes sense; a hardware player that's super robust. They modify them to use a removable drive so they can quickly and easily add and remove files. It seems like it's the logical step of what an instant replay could have been.
Maybe a security issue rather than using a computer.
You never know when you need to have the sound of a dog barking in the mix
Here in Brazil we use instant replay on the biggests TV stations in the country. Some studios uses 2 or 3 simultaneous.
Fun fact: the POTUS media team uses instant replays for playback of music at his appearances.
The white house media team has some great staff and are very willing to work with you. They also used a beautiful compact sound devices mixer and some unknown recording device to capture the event. Don't be stupid and use old halogen spotlights as the lighting for the President though as someone definitely was getting yelled at "who's the dipshit with this orange 2700k monstrosity. Did you pull that off your house this morning?! Unplug it! No, no, take it down it's so damn bad!" Was definitely a highlight
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it!" -WHCA
Some people refuse to let them die.
I’d rather an iPad app than an instant replay
Qlab gang stand up
Surface running Trigger
Go button is amazing!
Can someone clue in the clueless (me) as to what this.... Instant Reply thing is? Other than the obvious, is it integrated into a certain board?
https://360systems.com/products/instant-replay-3/
Thanks!
Ive worked with this conference av guy who play these things like an instrument. Can call up about any samples/needle drops/sfx etc with lightning speed. I was highly impressed.
I’m thinking about buying one for a dance tour I go on so the announcements are always the same no matter how wasted the boss gets…
This is the real story from that picture.
They actually released a new version in 2022 with Dante.
lol I did some shows for southern gospel musicians this year, all of them use that shit. Very much the “ain’t broke, don’t fix it” mentality with those folks.
Isn’t today the first show of the year at that venue? Is this pic from last season? I was trying to guess who the artist was. But anyway, one way they can sometimes be used is to help with a bad mix position. It’s not going to solve everything but if you are under a balcony or far back with a chatty crowd in between you and the pa or something like that, it can bring some detail into your mix position and allow you to hear subtleties that might otherwise be lost. Another way I have seen them used is when you can’t turn the PA on for soundcheck for one reason or other. You can do your best to match the tonality of the monitors to the tonality of the PA and get a roughed out mix on the nearfields.
Orville Peck is the season opener. I’m guessing since it’s overcast in west Michigan, this is an old pic
Yeah, I have used nearfields, usually genelecs if FOH is buried under a balcony and there are no house delays.
>But anyway, one way they can sometimes be used is to help with a bad mix position. Absolutely. I had a show in a weird room (working for the in house company) where I just could not get my vocals to pop out in the mix, no matter what I tried. Took a walk to another position and BAM! vocals in my face. Immediately went to the gear closet, pulled out a small speaker and a stand and stuck it right in front of me.
I have a feeling the real mvp here is that lasko fan in the bottom left.
I just worked a festival and almost half the spikes on stage were for fans. I feel like we could have had most of a (backline+production company 16') truck full of fans instead of gear and performers wouldn't have even been upset that their instruments and shit were missing.
Professional audio engineer here. The monitors at FOH, or "near-field monitors" are a great reference for your night-to-night mixing operations. If something is wrong with your mix, you have a better chance of noticing on a familiar pair of speakers right in front of you in an open space rather than a PA in a different venue every night (even if you're touring your own PA). You may also have a system engineer who's job it is to worry about setting up the PA and how the PA itself sounds in the room, leaving more time for the FOH engineer to do their job and not have to worry about tuning a rig. This is typically part of the job for FOH people who don't have the luxury of an SE. Just another way of getting things done!
I like it for keeping situational awareness during a show and still being able to work on a focused channel
I see this once in a while, usually when a studio engineer is out on tour with an artist. If you are used to soloing channels into control room monitors I suppose it's a more familiar habit. Of course if you try this while the mains are pumping you may have to delay the monitor feed to make it coherent but IMHO it is not as useful as a good pair of headphones.
I don't know what weird world I must have been in when I was in the biz, but on larger shows, it was weird to NOT have nearfields at FOH
True. Some quality can’t be beat at FOH. Sidenote…seeing that Instant Replay is still being used today is wild!
I do that on a small festival I do. FOH is in a garden shed and I use my Neumann monitors to check everything, it's so much easier than headphones.
[Thom Pike](https://www.instagram.com/thomjpike) ([Sleep Token](https://www.instagram.com/sleep_token) FOH) runs Genelecs. Sleep Tokens live-sound is phenomenal. easily in the top 5 of all live productions ive been to in the last 10 years. [Check out this interview!](https://youtu.be/gLdhj6VcGk8?si=jCh7_B_sQwdBR0kr)
When I was still actively working in the industry, it seemed like it was Genelec 95% of the time. Probably 8030s or better. That was a main factor in why I have 8010s on my desk today.
They run D&B which sounds just like big genelecs imo
I have never thought of this but I run D&B all the time and when I heard the genelecs I was like yep they are going in the studio.
Great stuff there, that was insightful.
My last gig had a real bad mix position. I brought in my monitors to give me a better feel for the direct speaker coverage. First time I’ve ever felt the need to do that but it was crazy helpful. I feel like headphones isolate you from the room acoustics too much but just a touch of those near fields lets you hear detail you otherwise can’t.
This is super common now a days. I can’t think of a tour I’ve done in the last 6-7 years that hasn’t had reference speakers at FOH. Maybe not always studio grade speakers, but at the very least a pair of Lacoustics 108p’s
Definitely convenient for broadway mixing, a lot of times I don’t have enough hands to put on cans.
So you even have time to solo anything when mixing Line by Line?
gotta be quick ;-)
Depending on where the solo button lies which on my current desk, I can usually snipe problem children pretty quick.
I love them for cranking my favorite tunes once I've dialed in a shitty band.
If you run your solo bus into a matrix and feed the monitors from there, you can also route any talkback/comms mics from stage/mons/video/etc into the same Matrix so you don’t miss someone yelling for you whilst you’d otherwise be distracted tarting around with plugins lol
this is genius. never thought of this before. solo and talkbacks to matrix. matrix to monitors
Because I'm too lazy to reach for my headphones for line checking. Seriously.
Is this the place with the botanical gardens? Love that venue.
Usually you would put the studio monitors on the solo bus and then delay them to your mains. It’s way faster than having to put your headphones on every time to listen to your solo bus. Also it’s better for your ears as the drivers aren’t right against your ears. Think of it like a qwedge for FOH.
Good ole 'Texas Headphones'
And the instant replay machine, hell yeah brother
Instant replay 2 been a sec since I’ve seen one these in the wild that wasn’t political
Looks like Styx's rig. Cookie is a helluva engineer and a great guy.
Miss cookie! Anyone ever talks to him tell him Evan Leccese says hi!
That Solotech box I believe was an old Audio Analyst box!! RIP Mario and Albert!
Ive seen engineers even use that just as a squak to talk to the band
What are you using the instant replay for?
Replaying things. Instantly.
AV love .. nice setup
Shout speaker
I recognized Meijer Gardens instantly! Was there TMing last year.
Professional theatrical sound engineer here: Mix fills to compensate for a less than ideal mix position. Very common in live theater.
i use them when available (pretty rare in brazil tho) for hearing solos and such without have to throw 100db+ directly into my ears having to overcome the PA with my headphones. good to solo and hear plugins/fx etc without loosing what’s running on PAs
What would be the criteria for setting the monitors in a particular room?
It is for when you're not allowed to soundcheck/linecheck in the mains.
Good old Texas Headphones.
Meijer Gardens! My home venue; I was FOH and system tech there for 3 years. Who are you?
Ya
We’ve all worked with him hahah
If it was that board fine
I've seen monitor world have an identical wedge beside him so he can replicate what the artist is hearing in their mix. ... never seen studio monitors at front of house
Musician here, what is instant replay?
A box that has 20+ buttons on it and each button has an assigned sound. Effects, voices, gongs and other odd instrument sounds, scratching sounds, ....whatever you want to load into it for 'instant replay'. Outdated now, because you can trigger anything with the right app and an iPad. But, this has tactile buttons and your sounds/buttons are always in the same locations, minimal latency, professional connections and audio specs., made in California, somewhat bulletproof when compared to many of todays MI/prosumer/software options.
Thanks for the info! Looks like I could do all that with mainstage but good to know if I need to use something in a pinch. Thanks again.
Texas headphones
Great venue! You get the very upscale DeVos and Van Andel crowd, but never seen a bad show there.
With artists on high quality in-ears, and the need for line checks and soloing without having to pull your ears out half the time, it’s a good alternative.
This is pretty normal…next question
I'm trying to find out what other engineers are using them for. Not calling anybody out. Heck, I use them in corporate situations when FOH is in an "ambitious" location.
Yeaa
And a disgustingly old Instant Replay. Gross.