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German never was a good language for singing in was it!

Did that at a gig once and some woman pulled my headphone out to tell me something related to some argument she was having with another woman.

No worries. I've been working through a lot of LKJ bass lines, they really sound simple, but... they 'ain't. Reggae is tough.

Never mind that I'm already considering that in a 20 minute change over (+ line check), we're not going to have time to route 5 vocal mics and the drum mics via our system... could be £1200-£1500 for something that a lot of these gigs are just not going to be able to accommodate. Does anyone ( @mike257 ) know what the standard procedure is if a band rocks up with a racked 16 ch splitter and X32 and wants / needs the 5 vocal mics and drums routed through our system... in a 20-30 min turnaround?

From Cybus Industries? Watch it... you could get upgraded.

I was just strolling down the high street off to see my next client when a yellow fronted shop that I was familiar with suggested I go in and have a look if there are any bargain phones to replace my old smashed one. I'm not sure if they had any phones, but they did have a Spector bass guitar, and it was making sad eyes at me and looked hungry, but healthy. The helpful and friendly assistant was decorated quite heavily in steel, nickel, and iron face studs and piercings. I sought prior permission to try the bass to show manners and reduce any risk of injury once the magnetic coils are activated. I have a Harley Benton TB-70 that ambushed me last time I got trapped in this same shop, and the first thing I noticed was the Spector felt small and light. Second thing I noticed was the action was high for my taste, then I notice the strings seemed slack, but it made a good sound and was playable. I'll sort the action soon. I don't know which one it is but it says it was made in China, so quite exotic. It has for variable controls that are entirely unintuitive and make unpredictable and quite drastic changes. Unfortunately the manual has been lost. All rolled fully clockwise is a good sound so sticking with that for now. It has EMG-SSD pickups. I'll go and look all this up soon and find out what I've bought. The tuners are good. The wood grain pattern on the body refracts and changes pattern changing viewing angle. Might be real, but the finish coating is that nasty warm plastic feeling polythene wrap. I have a rotary sander that could fix that. Day one today so we're still a bit nervous of touching each other but we seem to have found some common ground that might lead to a beautiful crescendo. It's all in the fingers.

Interesting conversion of a combo head. I particularly like the apparently redundant addition of the UV lamp grill underneath the stainless steel front panel. I wonder what the cable ties are securing on the rear panel?

It does give you the option of using AES50 for a digital split if the FOH is also using an x32 product.

Yup I just shrugged indicated the blue sparkly IEM plug and mouthed “I can’t hear you” 🤷🏼‍♂️🤣

The messages coming through to me from the band are that we'll be buying the X32 Rack.

That’s a curse, and why I eventually bit the bullet and got a sennheiser system…better sound to my ears and no problem with dropouts I had with xvive (which I must sell BTW 😁)

I use Band Mule for two bands and it has been fine overall. I had one issue setting up the second band and sent them an email. They replied promptly for a free app and sorted the problem out with no hassles. The main problem is the same as any other method( getting people to keep it updated). With both bands I sat down with everyone, got them to download and install it and then showed them how to use it. Every one feels the same pain with the alternatives of WhatsApp and message trails and this has taken a lot of that pain away but it does depend on the number of adults in the band so I guess I’ve been lucky🫣

Someone advised me to watch the turnstile set. Future of metal apparently. All excited I put it on expecting some aggressive guitars, heavy drumming and angry vocals. What I heard is what I would imagine the elevator music at the Kerrang offices sounds like.

I'm loving this unique looking amp! Cheap too... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/236174527854?itmmeta=01JZ0J4B7Q7NHJTC8QJZ0ZT3QY&hash=item36fd194d6e:g:zwgAAeSwfw9oYm00

First proposition for sure.