It’s not supposed to be played without belts, I’ll tell you that much.

Basically, also trains, so many trains.

I beat Factorio without using belts.

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No, I’m not a masochist, why do you ask?

They do have a pitch, however because it is percussive as opposed to sustained, we don’t register the pitch as easily. Many will also purposely obfuscate the pitch, such as cymbals, they don’t hold a tone, but rather multiple tones at once, making a washing sound and working for any key. If you ever look at a cymbal you will see the rings and divots around the cymbal, because if they weren’t there it would ring like a bell which definitely has a pitch.

As for the drums themselves they definitely do a have a pitch and it is common for to tune them in fifths, or octaves. Think of a drumline, those drums all have pitches and tones, they also function identically to a traditional drum kit. You can very similarly to the cymbals obfuscate this tone by doing an offset tuning so your drum head resonates unevenly across the head creating multiple tonalities at once.

You can achieve this by being lazy and not tuning.

I’m a professional sound engineer and ex-professional drummer BTW.

Party of the rule of law… wait…

As with anything audio the answer is it depends. What equipment is at our disposal? How much time do we have to prepare? Etc. What I will say is there are no “rules” in audio, just guidelines. Try to learn what the rule was attempting to accomplish and see if it’s applicable for you. The 3:1 rule is so rarely applicable for me in the live and broadcast world that I never even consider it. The moment you put more than 2 microphones in a space the 3:1 is no longer applicable.

What I usually have remind people of is that the conductor should be doing most of the mixing for you and all you need to do is capture it. A stereo configuration either above the conductor’s head, or if it’s being filmed, directly in front of their music stand usually gets you 90% of what you need. That stereo configuration could be XY, ORTF, A-B, or binaural depending on space and budget. I never run a decca tree, I’ve always gotten better results out of a simple spaced pair. I will however run a williams star or standard star.

If possible I would do an area mic for each section of the orchestra and choir. For the choir specifically pay very close attention to the polar pickup pattern of your mics and use that to fight the inverse square law. You will be micing closer with the choir than the orchestra and as a result the inverse square law will play more into the micing results. If you can, position the orchestra in the null of the choir mics, that will help in the final mix.

As for style of mics (condenser, cardioid, whatever) that all depends on your room. Condensers are great, but dynamics work just fine. I tend to use condensers as I like the subtleties they produce, but if you find you are getting too much noise bleed or room echo, especially in the choir section, go dynamic. As for pickup patterns I can’t tell you what kind to get as that’s way to specific to your room and layout, if you’re unsure a cardioid is always a safe bet.

Pumped up kicks. For some reason people don’t process the line “better run, better run, faster than my bullet.” It’s about columbine the bassist had a cousin had a cousin who went to columbine when the shooting happened.

P.O.D. I legitimately did not know they released other albums because Satellite was that good. I listened to them. I shouldn’t have.

Along the length of the ladder. That style of ladder, when it’s folded up, like in the photo, should have the feet perpendicular to each other and touching, not offset like they are here.

Judging based on how badly it’s bent it’s used as a persuasion device (hammer) when you don’t want to be within arms reach, like when dealing with explosive shells.

Good point on the BBQ. The differences between regions is substantial, and although you may not like one region’s BBQ, you may very well love another region’s. I for one am not a fan of the vinegar based BBQ, but a good dry rub, or mustard base, I am all there.

Oh hey look it’s a Boeing plane again.

Avatar: The last airbender

Because it’s good.

Honestly, I’d chuckle to myself and then let them know that doesn’t absolve them of the decades of hell they put hundreds of kids through by being very vocal against it in community leadership. They have some cleanup to do. I’ll help with the cleanup, but you got some cleanup to do.

Having the time to waste on forums.

My entire career path.

I knew I liked concerts, and knew that people had to run that equipment, so I decided to get a job in an event company warehouse to learn what was happening. About 2 months in a sales guy apparently oversold a job and came running downstairs asking if anyone knew how to do video. No one did. So I said “have you got the manuals? I’ll learn.” He said, “Great! You’re going out on a North American arena tour in 6 weeks, good luck.”

Talk about getting thrown into it. I was the projector tech for a show that was running 10 screens and I had never touched a projector before then. I thankfully had a director who realized the crap I was in and helped me out.

That was almost 15 years ago now, I’m no longer on the road, but I’m still in it. Every show is different and every show is a learning experience.

I fuck up.

Let me guess. Boeing

Edit: yep Boeing 737-800

Watch it get bombed because “hamas”

Same but on the live side. Interestingly Sony has it down pat for their live cameras. The global standard for camera control is a Sony controller almost everyone supports them. Grass valley on the other hand hot garbage software, really good hardware.