your SP holy grail

[cork_soaker]

well, here's mine.

in my younger and more vulnerable years, i purchased a lake butler mitigator. it's the midi controller on the floor in front of BC, seen below.

http://i.imgur.com/hKznWvL.jpg

the controller allows a user to specify a title for each "set" of programmed patches A-E. for instance, one might have a set called "porcelina," with each pedal A-E corresponding to a unique combination of rack effects/preamp settings. one could scroll up or down through "sets" of patches, identified visually on the display. this made it convenient to organize one's needed patches dependent upon which song was at hand.

http://www.soniquelab.com/images/rfc1mitigator.jpg

i've always wanted to know what billy named his sets on the mitigator. the eras in which he used this controller (sd-mcis, maybe adore?), the pedal is only briefly visible in video snippets and photos. sometimes you can even see so much as the green glow of the digital display. but, sadly, its readout is never legible.

http://i.imgur.com/dnJFjC6.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/Fq7zaGH.png

so.. what did he title his sets of patches??? was it song-specific? i've always wanted to know.

now, we've seen up-close pics of his rocktron all-access pedalboard:

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_eVH5vUR8u8/sddefault.jpg

in this case, however, it seems to simply correspond to the button, and thus which amp/effect is active.

display: 11 J WATT
pedal #11, labeled J WATT

this isn't how the display functioned on the mitigator; i.e., it wouldn't change each time you hit a new pedal. again, the naming was specific to the "set" of pre-programmed options at hand. also, i don't really care because i've never owned one of these and my quest for knowledge is purely based on nostalgic yearnings aka the mitigator controller.

if anyone could actually produce a visible screenshot of billy's mitigator display, or any persuasive evidence as to what it might have read... well, that would be just fantastic.

[crabshack]

the world is a vampire

[cork_soaker]

lots of similar shots in that 93 metro vid

http://i.imgur.com/jlyrNCc.png

not that it's actually ever legible. just, you know, providing examples. maybe someone can pinpoint the magic frame.

http://i.imgur.com/YE9in7E.png

[crabshack]

5318008

[crabshack]

"Pretty sure" that's the secret patch that both butch and billy have alluded to.

[cork_soaker]

get on my level

[crabshack]

Is that the aimlessly clicking around level?

[cork_soaker]

Originally Posted by crabshack

Is that the aimlessly clicking around level?

no it is not

[Ram27]

how would you even type into that thing? it seems like it just has a number pad

also i'm super curious about this now too

[Ram27]

i feel like they'd be similar to the abbreviations used in setlists:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/184/3...d7bd87cfda.jpg

[he/she/it]

Originally Posted by Ram27

how would you even type into that thing? it seems like it just has a number pad

also i'm super curious about this now too

You scroll up or down through the alphabet and numbers using a couple of the buttons, and when you've selected the right letter, move to the next. At least, that's how it works with the All Access, which is the blue foot controller pictured above. I have a black one of those.


From the All Access manual:

To access TITLES:

(1) To access TITLES, press the "2ND" button to activate the secondary button
functions.
(�2) Press the "TITLES" button. The L.E.D. above the "TITLES" button will flash
and the All Access™ will display the only page of the TITLES program.

To create a custom preset title:

(3) Use the "INC" and "DEC" switches directly below the preset number
currently displayed to select a preset to name. A flashing decimal character
is used to indicate which character position may currently be edited.
(�4) Use the "INC" and "DEC" switches directly below the center of the display
to select a character for the first character position of the new title.
(�5) Use the "INC" and "DEC" switches directly below the right side of the
display to move the flashing decimal character to the next character
position to be edited.

The new title will be saved automatically upon advancing to another preset or
exiting the TITLES program.

[inkless]

the rattler ?

Bodies
Disarm ?



1996-03-02 - World Trade Centre; Singapore, SG
The Smashing Pumpkins
Infinite Sadness tour

Hall 6. Power failure during 1979 caused restart.

Set:

Note: incomplete/out of order

Where Boys Fear to Tread
Zero
Fuck You
Today
To Forgive
Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Thru the Eyes of Ruby
Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
Bodies
Disarm
Geek U.S.A.
Cherub Rock
1979
X.Y.U.

[Cool As Ice Cream]

Originally Posted by inkless

the rattler ?

bodies
http://www.spfc.org/songs-releases/s...song_alt_id=20

[BurtSampson]

The Rattler is such a better title

[Ram27]

Yeah it's more of a Pumpkinsy, irrelevant to the lyrical content of the song, title

It's kinda silly sounding too which fits the 'LOOOOVE IS SUICIDEEEE'

[BurtSampson]

also my SP holy grail would be mike burns' first pube

[T&T]

a few screened show posters. I'm not much for memorabilia.

[Kahlo]

All the negatives from the Adore photo-shoot / one of the frames of 33

Ta.

[toase]

Originally Posted by Kahlo

one of the frames of 33

where/how did you get that?

[FoolofaTook]

Originally Posted by BurtSampson

also my SP holy grail would be mike burns' MOMZ first pube

fixedeth.