RyanMaiden01
Ghost of the Navigator
I won FTTB for the San Antonio show. Would anybody like to be my guest?
The Official Book of Souls Tour 2017 Thread (Warning: Spoilers Within)
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bearfan
Ancient Mariner
Yeah .. that was kinda funny .. the fire. I have not been that close to the stage in some time .. holy crap that was fun, but man it is going to take a day or so to recover
He was the guy from the comments.Who is Devin Hernandez and what does he have to do with the link to the Houston Press review of the show I posted? The reviewer's name is Cory Garcia. And he said nothing about preferring the classics or leaving early
bearfan
Ancient Mariner
Awesome man!
terrell39
Ancient Mariner
Damn I thought you were talking about my comment "cool review"! Thanks to LC for clarifying you meant the comment that was posted by some loser that I could not see because I am not on Facebook (I prefer Twitter)
Operations666
Educated Fool
Oops! Sorry about that. Yeah, I meant the guy that commented on the review and slammed Maiden for not playing all classics. It's not really hard these days to know what a band is going to be playing before you buy a ticket..
MrKnickerbocker
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I've asked my girlfriend to correct some glare from the sun, but she's at her family's place this weekend.
Ruflux
Ancient Mariner
Wireless MIDI tech wasn't there back in the 80s, hence why he'd need to be wired to do the bass synth bits. He said this himself in an interview once, and it's why the few bass synth parts that were there on the album weren't heard live. It might've also been a contributing factor to why there's relatively little bass synth stuff on the album in the first place, since he probably realized this once they started recording.
Ruflux
Ancient Mariner
Yeah but wireless MIDI also exists to a degree today. Not so much back then when this stuff was really new and unproven tech. Hell, back then the standard cable used for Roland synths was comparatively massive and (I believe) actually had two thumbscrews to make sure it doesn't fall off.
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Wireless MIDI didn't exist back then because I'm not aware of any standard RF data interface that had 31.2kbps bandwidth in legal parts of the spectrum. GSM of that era used 9.1kbaud of data initially as many of you might already know.
Still I wouldn't call it additional 'wiring', you have 2 cables instead of one, they can be arranged so they don't flop around, you know?
Regarding MIDI it's DIN-5 standard (5 pins + ground), akin to old XT/AT keyboard connectors that were before PC industry adopted narrow circled PS/2 from IBM, all that was before USB. It's the only standardized physical MIDI connection, it's not that relevant any more because there are tons of ways to transfer MIDI over local Ethernet or IP networks from/to modern devices. What you were probably referring to are proprietary connections between MIDI pickups and processor box. MIDI pickups are hexafonic / divided pickups, and their output to the processor box is voltage amplitude that correlates to pitch of a particular string. These six analog signals are brought to the foot controller, and it's the logic inside that takes these analog values, converts them and packs them into MIDI messages. That's why you have a proprietary connector between Roland GK and GR, it's not MIDI inside.
Still I wouldn't call it additional 'wiring', you have 2 cables instead of one, they can be arranged so they don't flop around, you know?
Regarding MIDI it's DIN-5 standard (5 pins + ground), akin to old XT/AT keyboard connectors that were before PC industry adopted narrow circled PS/2 from IBM, all that was before USB. It's the only standardized physical MIDI connection, it's not that relevant any more because there are tons of ways to transfer MIDI over local Ethernet or IP networks from/to modern devices. What you were probably referring to are proprietary connections between MIDI pickups and processor box. MIDI pickups are hexafonic / divided pickups, and their output to the processor box is voltage amplitude that correlates to pitch of a particular string. These six analog signals are brought to the foot controller, and it's the logic inside that takes these analog values, converts them and packs them into MIDI messages. That's why you have a proprietary connector between Roland GK and GR, it's not MIDI inside.
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Yup I also gave this as an opinion. Early stages of tech development, bulky, not durable enough (stage heat, etc), and if Harris though it discomforts his play, he'd ditch it at once.
SirRobbins
Ancient Mariner
the big issue with SIT songs live is the absence of a third guitar... Many of the songs had a lead and rhythm guitar but also had key synth notes that were totally absent live.. the band have 3 guitars now, why not utilize it for a kickass comeback tour? Caught Somewhere in Time had a horrid live sound in the lines before each verse because both Adrian and Dave played the lead riff with no rhythm which left an empty sound since Steve's bass was not particularly dominant in many songs live. A third guitar taking over the bass lines in that section to fill rhythm would fix the issue... The band have 3 guitars! Use them. Give Janick the synth parts and let Adrian and Dave have their original bits... plus 3 guitars playing the same galloping riffs together would be quite a heavy sound
matic22
Ancient Mariner
Janick is the last guitarist in the whole universe that would use guitar synth.
SirRobbins
Ancient Mariner
then give him a secondary position on rhythm... no need for him to butcher SIT song solos... he'd ruin CSIT and ATG for sure.... if he took one of the solos
MrKnickerbocker
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This guy filmed the entire San Antonio concert from up close. Sound isn't always perfect, but damn the video is clear.
http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/watch-iron-maidens-entire-san-antonio-concert/
http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/watch-iron-maidens-entire-san-antonio-concert/