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Rat Sound Systems News June 2001
Rat Sound Newsletter Feb
2002
Hello Friends of the Rats! I had a most amazing experience last week
something I will not soon forget. I was in Salt Lake City with wonderful
pleasure of hanging with the Foo Fighters
at the Olympic Awards Ceremony and as I looked at them playing
from a three story mix position, one of the PA techs came up to me
and said “congratulations, you guys are responsible for the
first Olympic mosh pit!” That is when the reality of the magnitude
of what I was experiencing hit me full on. I got goose bumps from
the crowd cheering to the snowboarders
winning Olympic Medals (I love snowboarding!), a band playing
that grew out of the punk/alternative scene which has grown to proportions
that I would have never dreamed 20 years ago and a mild but very distinct
mosh pit for a world audience. The merging and embracing of music,
sports and acceptance into the world arena left me a bit overwhelmed
and with a feeling that something I have spent my entire adult life
being a part of, has crossed some amazing milestone. - DR So, on that note, here we go into another
touring season. This is the latest and greatest with the Rat World.
There have been some rough times since the last newsletter and hope
that everyone is dealing and healing and getting ready for what looks
to be a very positive year. The fat cats vs. the Rats game continues,
as we scurry about maintaining an amazing amount of really cool bands
for a relatively tiny company. We are going to be running our second
print ad ever in the March issue of Live Sound Magazine. The last
ad we ran was in 1981 in the back of Music Connection magazine when
we were ‘Solid Sound Systems’ (What were we thinking by
letting go of that catchy name?). Here is a link to the ad artwork for both
the new ad and our last one. Would love to hear what you think. - The Rats Weezer has just started another US tour with a
24 Box V-Dosc system and 6 DV-Dosc with side coverage provided by
24 RAT Trap 5's. A Midas XL4, Heritage 3000 and MicroWedge 12's rounded
out their system. Linkin Park has
just started a US tour with an XL4, Heritage 3000, Rat S Wedges, MicroWedge
15’s and 40 stacks of Nexo Alpha. Incubus had
the Rats out for a concert and video shoot in Bakersfield in early
January with 40 stacks of Nexo Alpha. Pennywise shows
Jan 3 with the Rat Trap 5 at Heavenly Valley Ski Resort in Tahoe and
Jan 4th in Reno were all about cold! But what do expect when playing
a ski resort. Macy Gray did
a small run of shows at the El Rey, Golden Gate Park, and for Macy's
Department store with a pair of Heritages and a MicroWedge monitor
system. Midnight Oil recently
returned from a club tour carrying a Midas Heritage, a Midas XL250,
processing and is gearing up for another and are adding a full MicroWedge
monitor system. The Ventura Theater recently
purchased a Ramsa SX-1 console to go along with their new L'Acoustics
ARC pa system. We added 6 DV-Dosc to our inventory along with lots
of Drawmer dynamics,
DBX tube comps and a bunch more MicroWedges. The MicroWedges are really taking off! Here
are some of the companies with recent purchases John Henry Hire (UK) 14 - MicroWedge 12 Dispatch (Paris) MicroWedge 12 Hall Audio (Las Vegas) MicroWedge 15 Sound Engineering Group (Korea) MicroWedge
12 KP LYD Design (Norway) MicroWedge 12 American Audio Systems 2 (Northern Cal) MicroWedge
12 Progressive Electronics (Missouri) MicroWedge
12 PM Sound (Nevada) MicroWedge 15 Shimbros (Guam) MicroWedge 12 JC Audio and Light (MI) MicroWedge 12 Dimensional Design Studio (Houston Texas)
MicroWedge 12 Mad Hatter Audio (Edgewater FL) MicroWedge
12 Scott Yahney (NY) MicroWedge 12 Quebec Leisure Limited (Singapore) MicroWedge
12 Pacific West Sound (Bakersfield) MicroWedge
12, MicroWedge 15 If you own MicroWegdes and would like to
be added, please email us at news You can check out the new tripod mount for the MicroWedge
12 and 15 and there are some pictures at the microwedge.com web site. We posted setup configurations on the MicroWedge
web site that show you some ways to really take advantage of the MicroWedge
design. We printed up some cool little cards with
the LED codes that can be attached to the Sniffer itself. Email Danalle
at danalle There is some additional info on the Rat
Sniffer web page about using them in the real world. We now have added Shure dealership for anyone looking for mics
or “in ear systems.” DBX, JBL, Drawmer, Allen
Heath
and QSC are all new dealerships for us! Dave Rat – LA and working web site
and writing some articles
for Pro Sound Web. drat Brian Rat –Working Local Shows and
Mixing the Bangles and Pennywise. brianrat Tommy Rat – In Tucson running Magnum
Sound and helping with Rat World. tommyrat Karrie – Running the Rat Office and
Rat Sales . Did some Pearl Benefits late last year. karrie Jon – Sending out systems and keeping
the shop empty and has an article
recently posted on Pro Sound Web. He has been flying out and getting
the tours started. jon Andy – Just sent him out on Weezer
tour. Andy has become a V-Dosc certified QVT tech. andy Bryan Worthen – Blink 182 FOH and out
with Bad Religion. bryanratjr Danalle – Running Rat books, web sales
and shipping. danalle Doc – Out with Linkin Park and has
become a V-Dosc certified QVT tech. doc George – Offspring monitor engineer
and some time off. george Grandpa – Rat Local Shows and has become
a V-Dosc certified QVT tech. grandpa Hoover – Blink 182 monitor engineer.
hoover Ian Beveridge – Monitor Tech for Linkin
Park. Jim – Working Magnum in Tucson with
Tommy. jim Nick the Fly – Weezer Tour and now
a QVT. nickthefly Nicole – Bringing cheer and fashion
tips to all us Rats. nicole Shon – Just finished Weezer Tour and
now out on Linkin Park. He has also become V-Dosc Certified QVT. shon Steve – Out with Jimmy Eat World, FOH.
steve Tim Davis – Midnight Oil Tour. tapedavis Tim Illian – Was out as FOH Eng/TM
with Crash Palace. timillian Tommy LBC – Lots of local shows and
has also become a V-Dosc certified QVT tech. tommylbc Tony Cooper – Monitor Engineer for
Cypress Hill on the Linkin Park tour. tonyc OK, that’s it for now, as always; email
us with comments and thank you to all the new people who signed up!
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