Freelance Sound / AV / Lighting Tech
Getting the best training and being a more well rounded events professional means doing more courses that are not directly related to Sound, AV, Lighting or Video.
As such I have undertaken in the last couple of weeks a selection of Mental Heath, Unconscious Bias, Tackling Bullying and Harassment in the Workplace courses alongside refreshing my Covid-19 knowledge.
I’ve been working on getting the best training on the best and most useful updates to our industry. Which means that I’ve just completed the Risk Assessment Training from WHO based around Mass Gatherings related to Covid19. This is especially useful as long term the likelihood of events going ahead while Covid is around is high, and having the best knowledge possible will be a great asset.
Hi all,
As many of you know and love DCSoundOp.com already, you may be interested to know that I am now officially a Contributor to the site.
You can check the direct link to my page here..
http://www.dcsoundop.com/contributors/danbamber/
What does this mean for DanBamberAudio? Not a great deal will change in terms of content that gets put out, but it does give a little recognition for all the hours we’ve slogged away editing, and gives us a new audience to interact with. Either way we are super excited to start the new (tax) year with some good news.
If you have not heard of DC Sound Op.. where have you been hiding?
Check the homepage and youtube channel here..
Or just read his blurb..
“DcSoundOp is an independent content creator that produces Pro Audio and Live Sound original content that is accessible for all levels. Our videos, articles and digital media include in-depth gear reviews, teardowns, first looks, interviews, how to’s, sound system walkthroughs, and the Live Sound Basics series.”
Happy Quarantine!
I’ve been working on getting the best training on the best and most useful updates to our industry. Which means that I’m now SoundGrid levels 101, 201 and 301 certified. This is especially useful as I use Waves both at home in the studio (or hotel room) and on the road with various desks via MultiRack, and moving into a new season of providing my own desk, which is built around the Waves SoundGrid structure.. LV1.
Hi guys,
Great to see you here. As you’ve seen in the video, I use some Apple Scripts for controlling Spotify inside of QLab (being controlled through Companion).
If you haven’t seen to video check it here..
To use these scripts you are going to need;
Here’s the list of Scripts that I use. Let me know of any others that are good..
Open Spotify
This opens Spotify, while keeping QLab on top…
Play Spotify
Resumes Playing the Paused track, could be dangerous if you were listening to Barbie girl in the car on the way to the venue!
tell application “Spotify”
set sound volume to 100
play
end tell
THEN Click “Compile Script” at the bottom of the screen.
Play Selected Playlist
Plays a selected playlist. I’ve left you my Ultimate Party Classics Playlist in there as a ‘safe’ choice – just change the “spotify:playlist:37i9dQZF1DX0IlCGIUGBsA” to your desired playlist. To add your own playlist in, click on the “…” and go to “share”, and “Copy Spotify URI”. Paste this into the quoted part of the script below.
tell application “Spotify”
set sound volume to 100
set houseTrack to “spotify:playlist:37i9dQZF1DX0IlCGIUGBsA”
play track houseTrack
end tell
THEN Click “Compile Script” at the bottom of the screen.
Fade + Pause Music
This will Fade the Volume of Spotify’s internal Volume, and then Pause the Song that’s playing. When the song is Paused the Internal Volume will reset to 100%.
property tick : 5 — change volume level by this many each loop
property thismany : 0.25 — seconds to wait before making next change to volume
tell application “Spotify”
repeat
set snd to sound volume
if snd is less than or equal to tick then
set sound volume to 0
exit repeat
end if
set sound volume to (snd – tick)
delay thismany
end repeat
pause
set sound volume to 100
end tell
THEN Click “Compile Script” at the bottom of the screen.
Resume on the Next Track / Next Song
Also resets the volume to 100%.
tell application “Spotify”
set sound volume to 100
play (next track)
end tell
THEN Click “Compile Script” at the bottom of the screen.
Quit Spotify
Quits Spotify, and kills any audio playing from it instantly.
tell application “Spotify”
quit
end tell
THEN Click “Compile Script” at the bottom of the screen.
Note that this does not cover licensing of music used in public performance. Though for 98% of my gigs, its sorted out by the client / production house I work for.
With the first part of the year being a bit mental, I brought a load of new stuff to make it all go smoother. Check out the video for more info!
As you are all aware, everyone in the world is pretty much confined to their living rooms, as such, we have decided to make a bit more content for you. This is a little mini series chatting with different techs about all sorts of real world issues and topics relating to Live Sound. First few interviews are up, with more on the way!
Take a look!
Stay safe everyone.. Happy Quarantine!
Check out the first part in my new mini series – Quarantine Questions. Exploring several questions with different Freelance Sound Techs that I work with.
Many thanks to Connor of CD a Sound for being the Guinea Pig!
Check out our conversation below..
Heres a short LV1 video of how I use a Primary Source Expander live with LV1.
These are 3 different ways I use to get more level out of your wedges / system.
Take a look!
A little look into the other “Peli” used most for backline gigs. Of you haven’t please check out the 1535 Orange PeliAir walkthrough..
Take a look!!
Heres how my DCA and Fx’s are laid out on my personal Waves eMotion LV1 64ch desk. Take a look!
It’s about time that DanBamberAudio joined the masses and offered card payments to our clients as an alternative to bank transfers.
We are happy to give our clients a range of payment options now.
PayPal is also an option. For more details please get in contact.
Just a little video telling you what shoes I take on the road for different events. And how I have condensed my footwear down into less pairs of shoes.
Hope you find this useful / entertaining!
Dan
I know a lot of the Techs/Bands I work with have trouble eating well on the road. So thought I would upload my thoughts on some easy ways to eat better while on the road.
Hope you enjoy!
Dan
So you may have already read my What’s in the Peli? post from a few years back.
Having changed cases. I thought it was about time I wrote a new post and explained what’s in it. Instead of a long essay with a few pictures, I decided to do a video for you.
..If that didn’t work. Try this link. What’s in the 1535
Happy watching!
Hi guys.
I thought it was about time to join the masses and setup a YouTube channel.
From there you will be able to access some of the gig I have done, and some training / information videos that I am putting out.
So sit back, relax, and enjoy the new content!
Dan
As the Audio world advances technically, its important to stay ahead of the game. For this reason I’ve been working on getting the best training on the best and most useful updates to our industry. Which means that I’m now Dante Level 2 Certified.
I look forward to putting this training in to more use in the near future.
As the Audio world advances technically, its important to stay ahead of the game. For this reason I’ve been working on getting the best training on the best and most useful updates to our industry. Which means that I’m now Dante Level 1 Certified.
Dan Bamber Audio 