[sdiy] electronics first aid kit

[Rude 66]

i can second that. bring an adapter for anything you have to jack or xlr.
we're always end up having to switch between jack, cinch and minijack. last
place i played conveniently didn't tell me the mixing desk they got for me
had xlr inputs only. i only had jack-jack cables. luckily they had a big
stack of di-boxes to convert things..;-)
also bring extra cables, that's easier than repairing on-site. never had a
fuse problem. maybe an extra wall-wart, generic. weird power cords, like
roland's 2-prong cords. backup disks, lots of backup disks of everything.
twice. at least.
but most of all: learn to improvise and not to panic when things go wrong
live. they do, always. for instance, i always have 2 drum machines running,
so when suddenly a bass or snaredrum is gone in the middle of a track or
set, you can just dial in another one. doing things this way is far easier
than having to fix stuff in the already tension-laden atmosphere of a live
gig..

r./




----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Begin" <trypannon at hotmail.com>
To: "synth" <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 11:12 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] electronics first aid kit


> It really doesn't matter much, the thing you need will invariably be
> whatever you almost-brought-but
> then-decided-there-was-no-way-you'd-end-up-needing, or so it goes with me.
>
> My electronics first aid kit is huge,the one thing I'll say is you can
never
> have too many adapters, I've never needed a soldering iron though, but i
> guess tape can only go so far.
> -Steve
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Toby Paddock" <tpaddock at seanet.com>
> To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 9:18 AM
> Subject: [sdiy] electronics first aid kit
>
>
> > Hope this doesn't wander too far off topic,
> > but what do people think would be good
> > to have in an electronics first aid kit?
> >
> > Something to have at a small live show to fix
> > a cable or otherwise help somebody out.
> >
> > Some stuff that's come in handy:
> > AA batteries
> > small screwdriver set
> > duct tape wrapped on a sharpie
> > rca female to 1/4 male adapter
> > extension cord and plugstrip
> >
> > I'd like to expand and add a soldering
> > iron. Are those gas micro torch with a
> > solder tip things any good?
> >
> > And some pre tinned coax pieces and various
> > plugs/jacks to make adapters as needed.
> >
> > Maybe some fuses. DMM or test light. Shrink tube.
> >
> > Or is that just too geeky?
> >
> > Later,
> > Toby Paddock
> >
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