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snappy wrote:

alphacat wrote:
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alphacat wrote:

1point5 wrote:

alphacat wrote:

So true haha

alphacat wrote:

This did not happen to me, I don't even know the people involved, I got it as an email this morning and I thought it would be appreciated by those who enjoy this thread

apologies to whoever did write it:



So anyway, a little while back he’s running sound on a four band show. The second
band, a Matchbox 20/Train kind of band, has him running 20 minutes behind before
they even play a note because their lead guitarist was late. Their allotted set time
is 40 minutes, but their last song runs over and by the time it’s done, they’ve
played for almost 45 minutes. John says quietly over the talkback mic, “Hey guys,
you’re done.” The lead singer says loudly over the vocal mic “Sound man says we
gotta get off the stage. We got one more song for you!” as they kick into another
soupy jangle-rock tune. John shakes his head at me. Then, the most amazing thing
happened. After their “encore,” this band kicks straight into ANOTHER song without
announcing it, apparently in the hope that John wouldn’t notice it was a different
song.

John leans over to me to be heard over the PA and asks, “Hey, wanna see the suck
button?”

“Sure,” I replied. I figured he was going to muck with the levels or just turn them
off or something. Instead, he reaches to one of his racks and starts scrolling
through patches on his trusty DigiTech unit. Sure enough, he gets to a patch titled
SUCK BUTTON. He engages it, and all hell breaks loose onstage. The lead singer and
the lead guitarist (who was singing backup), immediately start to sing WAY off key.
They try to get back in tune, fail, trail off in mid-line, try again, and start
glaring at each other. The guitarist is so distracted by this that he starts muffing
the chord progression. If not for the drummer, I think the whole song would have
derailed. For the entire four minute duration of the song, I was treated to this
asshole band sounding like crap and getting madder and madder at each other.

John explained the patch to me; basically it pitch shifts all tracks from the vocal
submix up one step, BUT ONLY IN THE MONITORS. So the audience, out in front of the
mains, was treated to the sound of two guys trying to sing in tune, only to be
utterly confused. If they got it sounding right in the monitors, they could tell
that something was grossly wrong in the mains. And each of the singers thought it
was the other guy who was singing out of tune. I just about died laughing.

siperdellyeer wrote:

alphacat wrote:
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you mean this one?

alphacat wrote:

siperdellyeer wrote:

alphacat wrote:
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you mean this one?

Yeah, that one! Didn't bother to tineye it.

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And that anecdote about the real-life Suck button? CLASSIC. Thanks for sharing that!

siperdellyeer wrote: you mean this one?

siperdellyeer wrote:you mean this one?

Artie Fufkin wrote:

alphacat wrote:

There was a thread on gearslutz and this guy was describing a 'suck button'. I can't find the thread but I saved the story on a text file on my computer

This did not happen to me, I don't even know the people involved, I got it as an email this morning and I thought it would be appreciated by those who enjoy this thread

apologies to whoever did write it:



So anyway, a little while back he’s running sound on a four band show. The second
band, a Matchbox 20/Train kind of band, has him running 20 minutes behind before
they even play a note because their lead guitarist was late. Their allotted set time
is 40 minutes, but their last song runs over and by the time it’s done, they’ve
played for almost 45 minutes. John says quietly over the talkback mic, “Hey guys,
you’re done.” The lead singer says loudly over the vocal mic “Sound man says we
gotta get off the stage. We got one more song for you!” as they kick into another
soupy jangle-rock tune. John shakes his head at me. Then, the most amazing thing
happened. After their “encore,” this band kicks straight into ANOTHER song without
announcing it, apparently in the hope that John wouldn’t notice it was a different
song.

John leans over to me to be heard over the PA and asks, “Hey, wanna see the suck
button?”

“Sure,” I replied. I figured he was going to muck with the levels or just turn them
off or something. Instead, he reaches to one of his racks and starts scrolling
through patches on his trusty DigiTech unit. Sure enough, he gets to a patch titled
SUCK BUTTON. He engages it, and all hell breaks loose onstage. The lead singer and
the lead guitarist (who was singing backup), immediately start to sing WAY off key.
They try to get back in tune, fail, trail off in mid-line, try again, and start
glaring at each other. The guitarist is so distracted by this that he starts muffing
the chord progression. If not for the drummer, I think the whole song would have
derailed. For the entire four minute duration of the song, I was treated to this
asshole band sounding like crap and getting madder and madder at each other.

John explained the patch to me; basically it pitch shifts all tracks from the vocal
submix up one step, BUT ONLY IN THE MONITORS. So the audience, out in front of the
mains, was treated to the sound of two guys trying to sing in tune, only to be
utterly confused. If they got it sounding right in the monitors, they could tell
that something was grossly wrong in the mains. And each of the singers thought it
was the other guy who was singing out of tune. I just about died laughing.

Marzz wrote: