I for one find "ravers" refreshing. I am one. I don't mind the culture at all. What does bother me at burning man is the huge amount of older men who build art cars with only 2 seats explicitly with the intention of waiting outside of a "rave" for a young girl who may or may not be under the influen...

Hey Basshenge...

I sincerely hope you reconsider playing any dubstep on a 100kw system.




I could make a snarky comment about the sound system in your picture, but I won't. I already know what it sounds like

I empathize with sound guys who set up multi-million dollar sound systems and bring them to the desert so that thousands of people can be entertained by artists they WANTED to see and PAY for, only to have one random guy screw up the entire thing because he doesn't like the type of music being play...

Yeah... This thread makes me laugh. The way that the sound "rangers" work is as follows: If you are friends with a ranger, you get to cry to him whenever someone with a better sound system wants to listen to it, regardless of what "level" it is at. It could be almost off, but if you like electronic ...

anything less than a 40watt full color laser is not that interesting. I rent 10W full color lasers ALL THE TIME for about $600 a night. Lasers aren't very expensive or awesome anymore. But I suppose that ripping people off who don't know better is a normal business practice in some areas of the coun...

[quote="Dr. Pyro"]My advice is go to a rental car outfit you hate and rent one for the duration. That'll show 'em.[/quote]

everyone I know who has a nice car just rents one for the week and destroys it entirely at the burn. (get the insurance)

[quote="Major Mallet"]Great ideas everyone - many thanks. Everything from kill switches to cigarette burns. Your comments are really helping me frame out the practical aspects of MV construction. Does anyone else have words of wisdom on MV construction? If not, then I would like to hear what specifi...

I suppose that there will always be negative connotations applied to people who do things at night when other people want to sleep. But remember, if there were no music/ parties at burningman, there would be NOTHING to do at night. In fact, everything that has ever occurred at night time that is FUN...

Hmm, It is an interesting concept. But, why would anyone want to listen to the same music everywhere they went? Also- In case nobody noticed, most of the music at burningman is already synchronized-- about 90% of the "dj's" are all playing the same top 100 beatport tracks that they just downloaded 2...

maybe you could invent a system to assess and compute to send out cancelling waveforms that would be cool...think i can get a BM grant to develop it? Its pretty easy to make a system that sends out inverse LF waves to cancel LF noise. There are several in place at airports around the U.S. I find it...

We built the Icthys pisces bus (big white fish with massive sound system that glowed in the dark) And we don't have any high quality pictures/video of it. Which I think is unfortunate because everywhere we went there were flashes going off and people taking pics. If anyone has any video or pictures ...

the opulent temple has various styles of house music for your enjoyment. Many other camps will have what you need, just walk around. Or, better yet, walk out in the middle of the playa and attempt to decipher which music the 450 simultaneous sound systems around you are playing.

there is no camp....only ZOOL!!!!

Thats right all 21 minutes of one of the most amazing songs ever made-@ concert level sound quality! starts at 1:30AM friday morn after the hour of Tool. How do you deal with the approx 6000 lbs of diesel generator it would take to generate 80,000 W (well, diesel or natural gas, but I'm going to as...

As for threats of violence against photographers, you can posture all you want. I'm not sure why you would think someone with a camera would not be able to defend themselves against such threats. Many professional photographers...(me included) would laugh in the face of someone who said that they w...

gyre wrote:How about as long as anyone is at the controls of a sound system, light objects can be thrown at them?
Empty drink cans, etc.

You risk creating unnecessary moop. Well, that and someone could throw everything back at you.

One thing you will notice is that many of the DJ's on the playa absolutely suck. They are horrible and would have no chance ever playing at any club or party in the real world, so they bring a system out to the desert and "play" with the hope that within the sheer number of people present, they will...

But mixing two tracks together electrically, permanently cancels out the original waveforms. Gyre, Of all the wrong things in that post, this was the wrongest of them all. I spent about 5 minutes deciding which claim was the worst and finally settled on this one. Though, the one about 60 to 90 degr...

But mixing two tracks together electrically, permanently cancels out the original waveforms. Gyre, Of all the wrong things in that post, this was the wrongest of them all. I spent about 5 minutes deciding which claim was the worst and finally settled on this one. Though, the one about 60 to 90 degr...

There is a really easy answer to this question. Buy an Olympus SLR camera. They are dust proof, water proof and they have the only self cleaning sensor system that actually works. I have a canon 50D also, but there is no way I would ever take it to BM and hope it works afterwards. Nor would I take a...

Hi everyone, I'm still here - if anyone here is really serious, just email me at neuronaut@neuronaut.org. It's a major sound system so I can't move it around. I want to set it up in one place the whole week! =) This is BagEnd: http://bagend.com/ http://www.bagend.com/bagend/images/quartz-r_sm.jpg T...

dj_john69 wrote:How'd the bus turn out anyways ??

The bus is "turning out" as we speak. Its going to be awesomer than last year by far. Nobody will recognize it though.

It would depend on the intensity and wavelength of the pulse, wouldn't it? While mu metal is a decent shield, I'm not too impressed with most electronics. The device I designed produces a short, but very intense burst. It sounds like you made an HERF weapon and not an EMP weapon. Still, the average...

Maybe, or obviously, I read the thread different then a lot of others here. Toolmaker says, "You people just dont get it. ". I am not sure who you people are? In another post he challenges White Rabbit to "Heres what you can do with a bus thats sure to prove that you "GET IT"! 1) Leave ALL the spea...

We KNOW Duffs words are NOT fiction. How exactly do you KNOW that? Everything else that you KNOW about what will happen this year is wrong and naive. I can't believe that you truly in your heart believe that if someone like me ACTUALLY wanted to piss a bunch of people off in the desert that there i...

So a few questions if anyone can answer them.. If there is an increase in horsepower via engine boring etc will this increase the 138db 30,000 watts significantly? I actually had to do some work today, sorry to keep you waiting. No, that design simply runs an air compressor that feeds rotating blad...

Significant post inspection modification is very much against the rules. The word "significant" is arbitrary and unenforceable unless clearly defined. And I bet that YOU are NOT the guy defining the terms set forth in the agreement. As such, I am not surprised at your futile attempt to find a backb...

Hey Duff just remember that you were threatening kitten stomping and blasting peoples tents with 70,000 watts via WhiteRabbits "art car" before I even posted in this thread. That's because it was a joke before you decided to get involved. While its kind of me to be singled out for being nice enough...

I would certainly love to see a harley davidson vtwin powered genny. I absolutely love homemade stuff of all sorts. I did look around the internet and the only vtwin engine generators I could find were made in China. I am glad to hear that you are going to go off on your own with a MV to blast 70,0...

70,000 watts.. doesn't look like it. I also didn't see any harley vtwin generator. There is a vtwin generator made in china. I'd be interested in the harley version if it exists. You have actually offended me with that little remark there, Toolmaker. You will still be seeing me! :wink: I would cert...