Playing to a click live

[@dighawaii1]

played for years with a click. Love it. Takes all the frustration of some members who think you're playing too slowly, or quickly, away. I've literally had band mates turn to me as if to say "pick it up" when i have a click banging in my eardrum 😆 and we've played this song 300 times to this click 😆 only for them to remember and realize it's just them, we've agreed on these tempos for the songs after much experimentation. I could've setup up a midi controller to increment the tempo up and down if we'd wanted too. But yeah, it removes arguing over perceived tempo issues, and that's pretty big with a bunch of musicians. The only downside is that I also believe there is something lost in live-performed music without the human-tempo-inconsistencies (usually catalyzed by the musician's perceived "energy" of the music at the time... or liquor, whichever comes first). Oh, and I was happy to be the sole click-keeper. It would've been nice if one or more of them also listened to it, but i get it, and it works just the same, except for their pushing and pulling, which no one else notices but me for the most part. I queued the songs and handled playback, so it makes sense.

[@DuaneWomacklordkonti]

Perfectly said!

[@opiedrums6969]

The high end from the mic in the room. Whatever its activating is so distracting.

[@br1an_b]

I hear a resonance around 530 Hz that I find super distracting. An EQ notching that frequency out would fix it. The high end doesn’t bother me as much; to me it sounds like crickets outside during a summer night. Using close mic instead of the in-built camera mic would probably solve both of these issues