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<blockquote data-quote="Paul Mirtschin" data-source="post: 73762" data-attributes="member: 1972">Re: crossover in the deskYou are right, things can go wrong, and spares are always needed.Where do you store the spare PA, cables, desk, backline, and the spare mix-engineers. Sorry to be sarcastic, but a few things need to be said.1. This is Junior Varsity, &quot;... for weekend warriors, hobbyists, and our other &quot;friends with a day job&quot;&quot;, not the forum for the pro tour engineers. So things will be a little different.2. I, and I&#039;m guessing the others here, don&#039;t do anything out of the blue without research, testing, or asking a few questions. I&#039;m not going to try a setup live, without testing it at home first. Especially if it is something non-traditional or untested.3. Backups are great, and I have enough gear available at most gigs to put together a &quot;will do the job&quot; system until a spare desk arrived (and a lot of times I have a small analog desk on hand or nearby). But you don&#039;t NEED to have a backup for everything. Only the things that tend to fail often... like cables. The rest comes down to cost, space, time and common-sense. 3.1. Carry what makes sense to carry. 4. See point 1 - this point seems to be forgotten at least once every 12-posts.5. I&#039;ve worked on international touring acts that don&#039;t bother with spare desks these days. The cost-saving in not having the spare follow you to every gig, covers ANY cost likely to be needed to get a spare desk delivered on the minor chance one fails catastrophically. I know some people, especially in the area of sound, really don&#039;t like to deviate from the norm, from the traditional, and from the way they have always done things. But that doesn&#039;t mean that there is no other way to get a job done. Those who have the balls to experiment, to explore, and to buck tradition, are usually the guys who forge new paths into uncharted territory. And I applaud every one of them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Paul Mirtschin, post: 73762, member: 1972"] Re: crossover in the desk You are right, things can go wrong, and spares are always needed. Where do you store the spare PA, cables, desk, backline, and the spare mix-engineers. Sorry to be sarcastic, but a few things need to be said. 1. This is Junior Varsity, "... for weekend warriors, hobbyists, and our other "friends with a day job"", not the forum for the pro tour engineers. So things will be a little different. 2. I, and I'm guessing the others here, don't do anything out of the blue without research, testing, or asking a few questions. I'm not going to try a setup live, without testing it at home first. Especially if it is something non-traditional or untested. 3. Backups are great, and I have enough gear available at most gigs to put together a "will do the job" system until a spare desk arrived (and a lot of times I have a small analog desk on hand or nearby). But you don't NEED to have a backup for everything. Only the things that tend to fail often... like cables. The rest comes down to cost, space, time and common-sense. 3.1. Carry what makes sense to carry. 4. See point 1 - this point seems to be forgotten at least once every 12-posts. 5. I've worked on international touring acts that don't bother with spare desks these days. The cost-saving in not having the spare follow you to every gig, covers ANY cost likely to be needed to get a spare desk delivered on the minor chance one fails catastrophically. I know some people, especially in the area of sound, really don't like to deviate from the norm, from the traditional, and from the way they have always done things. But that doesn't mean that there is no other way to get a job done. Those who have the balls to experiment, to explore, and to buck tradition, are usually the guys who forge new paths into uncharted territory. And I applaud every one of them. [/QUOTE]

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