Uncommon Ground uses Shure microphones exclusively. Mackie 1402 VLZ Pro 2 Yorkville Performance Series 200 Watt Alesis RA-100 Rapco 8/4 Snake 2 Shure SM-87A 3 Shure SM-58 1 Shure SM-57 3 Boom Stands 2 Mike Caddy ™ (cup-holder, pick-holder, CD-display) The stage is a 6x4 foot carpet in an 8x5 foot area. We can push tables back a foot or so, but leave the 17-banjo backup band at home. We don't mind electronic gear, keyboards, electric guitars direct, or even with a SMALL amp, bongos, congas, djembe, etc but NO full drum kits and NO huge amps. 2 Inputs are used for ambient recording, so warn us if you have more than six (6) "Ins" total. We can accommodate up to nine (9) inputs, but then have to get real creative on the recording end. The room is 25 feet wide and 20 feet deep. We therefore run FOH in stereo when appropriate. We currently have no Reverb nor Compression available. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to email us. Just use the bookings@ email address. |
EV Wedge EV Monitor Yamaha P2100 amp There will only be one (1) monitor mix. You may find that the FOH is more than enough for you to hear yourself and no monitors are needed at all. Or you may be a deaf rocker, and we'll just crank up your monitors as loud as you like, and turn off the FOH. :-) You are encouraged to use as little monitor as possible, since the room is so small and after a certain point, every dB sent to monitor will require a corresponding reduction in FOH. Artists who have been booked should have received notification of a login to our web-site to inform us of your specific sound needs If you did not receive such notice, go here |
CDRs of each set are available for sale to the audience immediately after the show, at the discretion of the artist. We wholesale to the artist for $1.00 each CDR and you retail to the audience for whatever you like, or do a package deal with your studio CD or whatever you like. Tell us how many to burn after you survey the audience. The artist gets their copy for free, of course! Mackie 1202 VLZ Pro Shure VP-88 stereo microphone (ambient) Computer Hardware: FrankenBox (computer built from eBay parts) Computer Software: RedHat 9.0 (patched) record software by Gerd Knorr cdrecord software by Jorg Schilling Post-production Software: PHP scripts bladeenc by Tord Jansson SCP Apache getID3 MP3 ID3 Artist/Title/Photos added to MP3s An IPCop firewall is employed for security reasons. Recording is "split" post-gain, pre-EQ, pre-Fader from FOH and a completely separate mix, with additional ambient input, is done for recording. All recordings are in CD-quality (16-bit, 44.1 KHz, stereo) If you are playing a full set, you will be handed a CD of your set before you leave. Special CD-burning arrangments can sometimes be made for in-the-round or multi-act showcases. Recordings will automatically be available to be previewed by the artist for possible inclusion in Uncommon Ground Web Radio, as well as incorporated into the Uncommon Ground website. Audio will not go "live" until the artist has approved individual tracks and signed a release form You will be emailed information regarding this about 48 hours after your performance. If you have not been notified, go here Tapers, cameras, and video-recordings are allowed strictly at the discretion of the artist. Multi-track taping with third-party vendors must be arranged in advance. |