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<blockquote data-quote="Jay Barracato" data-source="post: 31248" data-attributes="member: 24">Re: Tips for making SRM450&#039;s sound less offensive?This has been making me laugh. Having done 14 shows in May on 14 different systems, all as walkups as a BE, several truths come out:1. Every bar/ listening room with a small PA thinks they spent a lot of money on it, no matter what type of RPS it really is.2. None of them care what you think is wrong with their system, or that things are better elsewhere, or that you personally own better.3. As long as you are not out of the bounds pf what they are used to or feeding back constantly, no one could care less about your precious mix.Not being appropriately diplomatic about any of the above will be seen as a negative and will likely result in neither you nor the band neing welcome back. You can make the argument that you don&#039;t need a gig like that, but it is probably not the job of the tech to be making that decision for the band. My goal is to make sure that in every room I am remembered as the guy who came in, quickly and efficiently set up for a good show so the band could do their job. Once you have done this and are a known factor, then you can get away with asking for more.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jay Barracato, post: 31248, member: 24"] Re: Tips for making SRM450's sound less offensive? This has been making me laugh. Having done 14 shows in May on 14 different systems, all as walkups as a BE, several truths come out: 1. Every bar/ listening room with a small PA thinks they spent a lot of money on it, no matter what type of RPS it really is. 2. None of them care what you think is wrong with their system, or that things are better elsewhere, or that you personally own better. 3. As long as you are not out of the bounds pf what they are used to or feeding back constantly, no one could care less about your precious mix. Not being appropriately diplomatic about any of the above will be seen as a negative and will likely result in neither you nor the band neing welcome back. You can make the argument that you don't need a gig like that, but it is probably not the job of the tech to be making that decision for the band. My goal is to make sure that in every room I am remembered as the guy who came in, quickly and efficiently set up for a good show so the band could do their job. Once you have done this and are a known factor, then you can get away with asking for more. [/QUOTE]

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