Some where, no subs

Some show, some where, with no sub frequencies.

Oh well. Set up, normal. Speaker placement, done. Amps plugged up, done.

Cables ran, yup. 

Power up than. Done, all normal.

Cd goes into player, check.

Levels into desk, check. No red blinking lights, check.

Input as normal from cd, all ok.

Now the fun part. The outputs.

Outputs to system, normal. System check, done.

Boxes/Component check, done.

 Levels between high boxes, done.

Time between high boxes and subs, done.

Levels between high boxes and FF, done.

Time between high high boxes and FF, done.

    Adjustment of levels of components, done. So called " eq'ing " of system, if any, done.

 Tuning of system to venue, done.

An " ok sounding " system up and running. And ready for inputs. Did I miss out anything? Pls let me know if I did.

Input. Hmmmm... The whole time doing system checks and tuning and all else, 4 CD's were used. That's it. Just 4. Well recorded disk`s me thinks.

During the above, they were all there. So called highs, mids, lows and subs. All present. The full range. Balanced between high boxes, subs and FF's. 

The sub extension fitted nicely with wad ever was coming out the main system. Is this the way? Or not? Let me know. 

Also taking into account the lack of humans in the venue,whilst on show day it'll be a full house. Hey subs, sorry gonna turn u up a bit here.

Kk, let's go into the sub crap.

The 4 CD's used had it all. Vocals, techno, mixed, instruments, band type, all sorts.

As for the subs, a particular cd has that. Damm good CD for the low end this one, Antix. Lull. First one min of the track will make any subs work.

Ok, so testing was done with that cd for the sub cabinets. Plus the low end of the Hi box.

Fuk me. Boy was it loud. (subs I meant). And I could even feel my knee caps move on its own. Nice cross over in that processor i think, personnally.

Ok. I though, fuk that the subs work. Nicely pushed up to lvl in with the high cabinets. An overall nice, solid wall of sound heading towards the FOH. Balanced I guess. Had to turn down the subs a bit. Was really kicking hard.

Will do adjustments again when the crowd is in.

I would like to add, these CD's were all played from where the DJ would spin and play all music related to the show. The CD players i mean.

Guess that sorts out the line check from the player to the mixer.

Reh time. Oh well. Sources were, the dj's mac, and also from the video side.

Video tested. In video land, they have recorded some tracks given by me. In WAV format. When he plays those tracks, and the Snd desk gets the source, it's acceptable. These tracks are firstly for system checks only. To check the line from his output to the desk. Not so much for system balancing.

Walking round the venue, back to amps adjusting components, walking out, re adjusting. Did the whole lot. Reh and show time. Sigh.((

When I get the source from the DJ, it is still acceptable. Most tracks.

Lol. Most tracks. Most tracks are "full" sounding. But kinda of missing "something". 

Could it be the subs? I would think so. Can I do something bout it? Not too sure. Don't think I could, or ever can.

Some tracks have the really low ends, subs work fine. Most tracks got bout 30% less subs than the others. Most tracks got fuck all subs.

" hey nick. Why no sub? "

Hmm. Errrr. I'm in shit. People start to talk

" why is there no sub?"

Uh oh. i really am in shit. Not doing my job correctly.

Guess I got some explaining to do come monday.

Shit in, shit out, as the saying goes.

Eg, when the source coming into the desk is missing some fq's, I can't amplify those fq's. There's nothing for me to. 

When I play my cd, it's all there. Subs included. Level balanced. 

So when there are no subs, it's cos I got no "subs" to amp up.

Is it my fault? It could be. Cranking up the lows on the input channels ain't going to help much. Looking at the input eq and bringing up what a person thinks is missing ain't going to get u those "lows".

Hence, whole show no subs, only at certain times. When there's a nice good full signal coming in, yes, subs are there. 

Other than that, whole show felt like there's not enough subs.

It is not an issue with " nick not putting enough sub cabinets that's why no subs coming out". It is not an issue with "the cross over in the sub being at the wrong settings" and not allowing those sub-sonic fq's coming out. 

The DJ. Source? Their macs. DJ spinners. All music in wad ever format in the computer. MP3? MP4? Don't think it's at lease Wav's. Are those good sources? Compressed? 

They are compressed. Hell, Wad was lost at both the high and low ends? 

Many sounds/noise you hear are made up of certain fq's. This applies to the whole audible range. If certain fq's are being compressed at the low end, I take it these fq's won't be audible. I also take it when the DJ plays tracks which have certain things "missing", those "missing" things will not get to the sound desk. And when it's not there, nothing will be sent to the amps, and fuk all to amplify. 

Tell me if I'm wrong here. I get confused.

Show time. Whole show. Missing subs?

The next day, after the hoo haa of the first day's missing sub, I powered up the system, and chucked in the cd. There it was again. The subs. Present. A bit full for an empty venue, but that's it. Come show time it will be nice. Show sucked. The DJ was a different guy. He follows the MC and plays all his music during the show. Fuk knows where he recorded his music from. 90% no sub fq's.

So on Monday, I report to my boss, who also said there was not enough subs at the venue, to explain myself. Fuk.

Bike 1

Wad do you do when your office is far. damm far from home and the bus, MRT and feeder bus are all getting on your tits?

You might go get your bike or car license yes? by passing those means of transport to get to work.

So on the 5^th of march, I headed to BBDC.

got off at Gombak mrt station. out, turned right, and walked 10 mins to the centre, stopping half way for a dump in some coffee shop.

walked in the main doors. Cool. aircon.))

approached some person that looked like they worked there. wearing the official cloths that they officially wear.

“hi there. im here looking to enroll in lessons for the motor bike`s class 2b?” with raised eyebrows I asked.

“hm? ni kur yee ling wai chang mar? war mayo ting how” so speaks the lady.

im like, wtf?  wheres the local? who is this china guy?

“sorry. could you tell me where to go, or which counter shall I go to, where by I can enroll myself in regards to obtaining my motorbike class 2b license?” I said that at quite a speed. lol. having a laugh.

he looks at me blankly for a very spilt second. than he just points to the information counter. no more speech from him. fuk him. u wanna work here, u learn engrish, er, sorry, english.

got to the counter. oh hello, a chio bu! “ hi ya. im here to enroll for a bike license.”

“harrow. wolcome to BBDC ( said very fast ). how is I help u?”

not that I heard “ hallo. welcome to BBDC ( normal speed ). how may I help you?”

fuk me. this time a china chick! at lease speaka da engrish. not too bad. we can communicate.

so this chick and I, we got along fine. she knew wad I was trying to get across. and I understood her better than the first china man I met. was given a q ticket, than told me I had to go to the section where u key in all your details.

So now, I think all test centres are automated. Coms everywhere. Payment of all items, NETS or card. bookings, coms. cancelation, coms. no need a passbook too! u go to a lesson, coms. u fail a test or practical, coms, book a new lesson, coms. every dam thing are done via computers. cool or wad sia?

sat at com number 7. keyed in details. shit like that. did that. went back to wait.

lol. called to counter 2. dam the same chick that was at the info desk served me.

so time went on. did the paper work. went to the NETs thinge, paid the relevant bills. went back to her, got my booklets and that was that. done deal right? that’s wad I thought.

“ mr chua, u now can proceed to that room over there, ( I turned and looked) and attend the compulsory intro briefing session”.

“er. ok. thank you so much” headed to the room, 4 mins to the briefing. sat and waited. another person, an indian ( Singaporean ), came in. we waited.

and guess who walked in?

“haro. welcomes to BBDC briefing. tun-q for cuming to here to taking your lessuns”.

oh fuk. not again! every “person” in charge I`ve met since i`ve been here are all china people. not that I hate them, just, wtf? wheres the locals la? knn. 1^st one I met, cant speak or understand, at lease in english. 2^nd one I met, so so, just about scraped through. now this chap. fuk. from wad I heard so far, I don’t think I will be able to understand anything!

“veri small klass this bfin. we fast go through it ok.” took me a while to work that out.

I had a quick glance at the other person. he looked lost. just like me.

the chinaman started. he had powerpoint! nice. at lease I hope I wont get too lost.

the next 15 mins. well, I can say I understood only 30% of wad he said. even when I asked a question to clarify something because i DID not understand him, I could hardly understand him. his engrissh was bad. like he rushed learning english in 1 day. cant pronounce. slanging of words. no diction. no nothing.

the indian and me, fuking lost. I know I was. double confirm la,I lost sia!

admin I hope they were. hope they not gonna be my classroom teachers or instructors.

wtf? no one in Singapore wants jobs or wad? don’t wanna work in, eg, BBDC? wtf? after walking out that room and looking round the whole area, I think I saw a very high % of ppl doing admin in there were from china. guess the pinoys don’t want that job! wads going on? are they here on some kinda work permit? come from china got a job at BBDC and can get PR after a while? fuk knows.

anyways, the good thing is, BBDC has a shuttle every 20 mins between the centre and Gombak mrt. not so bad huh?

here ends my enrollment day. wad a laugh.

spacy.

Sat`s that i dont work. ( no shows)

simple lor. sleep till 5pm. have dinner with family. than go back to sleep. fuk all.

all needs to sleep. no work, no call.

work? we do it..

so if nothing, fuk all. time to sleep. hell, sunday wake up time, nothing to do?? go back to sleep!!

wish i had my bike. ((

or paper work to ride a motor movable, petrol eating item. miss it. )))

so fuk it, im going to take my bike thinge.. end feb... fuk knows how long the " test" will take.

i so wanna see the tester, from police tester, take a fall. lol. )))))

spacy))

Every five years at the padang

Every 5 years?

NDP. at the padang. only every 5 years? hmm.

kk.

and F1, every year for the past however many years?

kk.

why lei?

NDP. logistics? road closure? disruption to the people? shops? tourist cant spend their monies? might be late for work if you do door to door as normal? lost of income? so many things arrrrr!!!

F1. sama sama wad. same as above. some say worse? 

so why padang every 5 years and F1 every year?

catch no ball lei.

Reserved seats on the tube.

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Getting on and off the train Part 1

sama sama. city hall. 0908Hrs.

so I joined the crowd getting on the train. not a lot. just 4 of us at our section of the platform. train got into the station.

about 5 ppl got out. lol ! wad a mess.

here, theres 5 ppl getting out, while 3 ppl are trying to force their way in! I was thinking, “ fuk, the train aint going no where till they all get off, and we all get on”.

it was non packed, no rush. and yet ppl still wanna rush onto the train. cant they let the ppl getting off the train to get off FRIST? than get into it?

for a few months now, I been taking the same train to jurong east station. I have never seen any one give way to the ppl coming out of the train. at any station. at any point. knn.

so I wait. when those 3 get in, than I walk in. nice and comfy. no rush. no squezzzzzz.

and of course this happens at every station. even if its 1 or 2 getting out, ppl still wanna get on the train b4 ppl get off.

pls help me understand lol.

so I reach jurong east. now this is the fun part. heheheheh.

at that platform, ppl from the north south line, they join this train. lots of them. to cont on the east west line all the way to joo koon I guess.

Im normally by the door when it opens. so theres me, maybe 2-3 others waiting to get off. and theres about 5-8 ppl wanting to get on.

just like city hall, they wanna rush in b4 any one gets off.

the doors normally “fits” 2 ppl across comfortably. a bit “narrow” if 3 passes in/out together.

so I will, on purpose, walk beside another person on the way out.

lol! the look on their faces. haha. maybe this says it all

“why this siao ang mo blocking me? im trying to get on the train!”

“knn this stupid ang mo, blocking me!”

“why he come out block the way? stupid”

“oh no. will I miss the train cos it take me such a long time to get on it?”

“the door so big, why the ang mo block half of it?”

well, so there I go, getting off the train. at times ppl knock into me. is it my bad? why don’t they let us off first? am I wrong by walking into them when they are walking in the same time im walking out?

so I get off. I always turn round and have a look, maybe a laugh.

like I metioned, 3 wide is a bit of a squezeseseee. so I turn round and see 1 column of ppl coming out, and 2 columns of ppl going in.

LOL ! and some times I see some of the ppl that I bumped into, or they bumped me, don’t know, staring at me. hahahaha. bloody hell.

fuk them. learn to give way. not my fault that I bumped into you causing u bodily harm. learn to wait. learn to give way.

the train aint going off without you. if its too packed, wait for the next one. fuking hell ppl. the train platform has cameras. the driver can see the whole length of the platform. he/she will not move off till his doors are closed. and to be closed, he will wait till he /she sees that no one is getting off or getting on the train. getting on being the more important part.

crap. that’s it for my views on getting on and off the train.