What's your current headache?

Bricksnbeatles said:
If any of yall saw in the concert thread, this was supposed to be my big week for concerts. Concerts are one of the only things I really enjoy anymore, and usually I go to a bunch each year. This year the selection has been incredibly lean, and ticket prices have made it even leaner.



I wound up missing the Thursday concert because of the weather, and then last night was Outlaw. During Dylan’s set the couple behind me was loudly talking about crypto for the first 9 songs or the set, and after I asked them to quiet down a bit the girl got super pissy and started screaming “I’m not here to see Bob Dylan” and “I paid the same to be here as you, I’ll talk as loud as I want to” and “if you didn’t want to hear people talk, you should have bought more expensive seats, c**ksucker”. Of course security told me talking isn’t against the rules, and when I said she was getting up in our faces and yelling at us (not to mention using slurs), they said they’d ask her to quiet down but wouldn’t kick her out or anything. Went down after bob’s set to see if gust services could move us, and they said too bad since it’s sold out. She made it a point to be an ass during the Willie set too, but only by making comments between songs and clapping as aggressively as possible right next to my ears when she thought I was trying to take a video.

I’ve been going to jones beach my entire life bc it’s one of the only venues near me that actually gets acts I want to see, but this year and last year the audiences have been way too drunk, loud, and combative. I think after this year I’m done with Jones Beach. Fuckin sucks that it’s come to this.

It’s kinda got me feeling burned out today, and I don’t even really want to go to the city for the Lost 80s Live show anymore. My girlfriend isn’t able to go tonight, and I couldn’t find any friends who wanted to take her place, so it would just be me and my parents. They’re not really into general admission stuff, so they’ll just be off to the side where you can hear but not see anything. I don’t know, I just feel like after last night, I’m gonna be anxious the entire time and not be able to enjoy it, and I only really know one song by each of the artists except flock of seagulls, and I feel like I could probably see them on their own some time in the future. I don’t want to let the assholes win and ruin for me some of the only stuff I still enjoy, but at the same time the circumstances aren’t lining up how I’d like, and I don’t know if it’s really worth the discomfort of 9 hours of nonstop standing in the heat just because I don’t want to feel like the year has been a bust.
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One of the funnest bands for me to see live was The Muddy Basin Ramblers, it was my first time seeing them and friends kept inviting me to dance but I felt obliged to mind the coats/jackets/bags/stuff at our table; right behind me was two doorknobs talking loudly through-out the show — probably also about bit-coin though memory of exactly what it was is hazy now ... so long ago.

I was having such a great time EXCEPT for those two, would've been PERFECT without them and I'd have FULLY ENJOYED it.
Yin to the Yang.
I, somehow, refrained from telling them:
"FUCK OFF if you didn't come to listen to the music — go to a coffee shop or bar and talk there you fucking wankers"​
...because I knew if I did, WHATEVER there reaction was, was going to further eat away at my enjoyment of the show.

Thirty years ago or more, I complained about an asshole smoking in the elevator and he said "I PAY MY RENT" — ya think the rest of us are living here free, moron?

Self-entitled fuckwits that lay down that kind of lop-sided logic... grrrrrr 🤬

Here I am trying to swear less...
 
So the de minimis $800 exemption for US postal imports ends for good on August 29. Well, business with the US has been bad this year even before this. How much worse can it get? 🤣 Time to find some other side hustle I guess? But first I have to watch Breaking Bad for some inspiration.
 
Trying to figure out how to use Amplitube with Axe I/O interface. I’ve been using the axe I/O as a mixer in my stereo amp setup but I can’t figure out how to get that signal to the laptop. Tried 2 different usb cables but I think it’s something in the Amplitube setup. I’m going to try again later… had to walk away before added drywall repair to my to-do list.
 
drgonzo1969 said:
Trying to figure out how to use Amplitube with Axe I/O interface. I’ve been using the axe I/O as a mixer in my stereo amp setup but I can’t figure out how to get that signal to the laptop. Tried 2 different usb cables but I think it’s something in the Amplitube setup. I’m going to try again later… had to walk away before added drywall repair to my to-do list.
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Have you used a DAW? I would suggest getting the Axe I/O working with that first personally, but if you've never used one it can be quite intimidating. You shouldn't really need more than to connect the interface via USB and the correct drivers, and choosing ASIO drivers in the DAW or Amplitube settings (on Mac you don't need drivers though, I think, but you might need to give Amplitube permissions to use microphone or something, I don't use a Mac).
 
Walk thru the steps you've taken so far if the Axe/Amplitube is giving you fits. I'm using mine on Windows 11 with Amplitube 5. No issues other than for some reason the system will lose it's marbles and I have to pick the interface again from the Amplitube options. I have a few different things on here and it went kinda weird on me once I loaded Gm800 drivers. Overall it works very well though.
 
Fama said:
Have you used a DAW? I would suggest getting the Axe I/O working with that first personally, but if you've never used one it can be quite intimidating. You shouldn't really need more than to connect the interface via USB and the correct drivers, and choosing ASIO drivers in the DAW or Amplitube settings (on Mac you don't need drivers though, I think, but you might need to give Amplitube permissions to use microphone or something, I don't use a Mac).
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I have used it before but I struggled with getting it set up then too. I am going to go back through on my day off see if I can figure it out. I downloaded UA Luna to try out too. If I can’t figure that out I’m going to go back to tape. I hate computers
 
I got to the point where the laptop was registering signal on the meters but still couldn’t hear anything so it’s definitely a settings issue. Amplitube was a freebie with axe I/o and I was only going to use it cuz I own it. But now I feel like trying a more user friendly DAW is gonna help me more.
 
My setup is powered monitors driven by the Axe and just a usb to the computer. I have Amplitube Max and ironically I use the default JCM800 for 95% of everything I do. Mostly I use it to learn songs because I can drag MP3’s into it and speed/slow/re-pitch as needed.

Headphone output is great too as I live in a small condo.
 
mine chipped during drilling then really chipped when things got tightened down. it's clearly a bad bond on the powder coat but a costly one all the same.
 
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