ben604

Yeah, sounds like just the thing. God knows how we'll get it sorted from such a distance though...

My brother bought some Behringer active cabs, one failed within a month, so I'd be wary if you're pushing them hard, might be worth looking at RCF or Mackie as suggested above.

Saying that, I've got a Behringer B205d which I use on my mic stand as a monitor and it's excellent, so that may be a foldback option for you, they're only £120 each.

I'd get a sub too, if you can stretch. We got a 15" Active Mackie SW1501 for £250 and it's ace. It'll really make a difference to your sound to get the kick running through the PA.

Hello!

I'm selling my big rig:

Traynor YBA300

It's a 300w all valve amp, I've had it for about a year, it's been rock solid.

Surprisingly light for a valve head at 23kg, nearly half the weight, easy to manage for me alone. It's got 12 (TWELVE!) power valves which are in banks of two, so when one valve fails, those two are powered down and the rest keep pumping out bass. Reassuring for a gigging bassist.

It's powerful, round and warm. I'm complimented at every gig on the tone (not my playing!)

It's in mint condition, having lived under a fitted cover all it's life.

Some Manufacturers bumpf:

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Also selling my SWR Goliath Snr 6x10

1200w at 4 ohms. It's in slightly more "gigged" condition than the traynor with scrapes in the carpet on the underside, but all the visible surfaces are in great condition.

The horn isn't working, but I run it completely off anyway, so it hasn't been a problem. A new diaphragm is about £12 from the interwebs, just never got round to replacing it.

Together they look ace and sound wonderful, and do fat/warm to punchy/cutting.

Priced to sell at £750 for the pair, which is a bargain considering the head cost me £500 alone. Or I'll trade for a light powerful head + 8-ohm cab.

Anyone's more than welcome to come and look/try it out before they buy, I'm on the Wirral in Oxton.

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I've had it for a while at different venues/plugged into different sockets etc, that's why I think it's internal. I'll speak to Thomann, they're usually pretty good with stuff like this.

Thanks guys!

I think there's something up with my Harley Benton amp, it's only my backup, but when I do use it, I get shocks from my microphone, and other bits of kit too. Only gentle, but consistent and annoying.

Any ideas as to where to start looking to get it sorted? Tried a different cable, but that had no effect. Must be something internal?

Ta,
Ben

That's reassuring to hear!

We're well into Weezer and were considering going down the tribute route, which gots me to thinkin': Don't active bands get miffed when tributes roam the country getting paid for doing their job?

Yeah, I've got mine in a rack case. You're right about the channel count though, if we're doing anything bigger, I've got access to an X32 with an S16 (which is awesome, if a little difficult to get your head around initially).

My only concern with having an iPad (which I trialed with our Presonus desk, although you need a computer inbetween which is a pain in the arse, although it worked well) is that I don't really want to be stood in some occasionally dodgy pubs with a £400 device, looking like a bit of a smarmy b*stard.

I've got a 16.0.2 and it's ace. The Capture software is very handy for recording, I simply get all the gains set, open capture on my laptop, select the tracks to arm for recording and hit record. The desk is fully featured too, dynamics, fx and para eq on each channel. Very easy to use. They're cheap too ~£600 2nd hand?

As the bassist in our band, I obviously play the bass....AND do the promotion, make the posters/banners, source/store/carry/maintain/set up/control the PA and make the coffee.

I like to think we have a decent FOH sound, but we occasionally play venues where they have a big analogue desk and a bunch of outgear that confuses the hell out of me.

We use a Presonus digital desk and it's very straight forward, I've even started recording our gigs, but I'd like to know how work the analogue stuff and get a better idea of house to work our gear, with a view to possibly mixing/recording other bands around here.

Are the courses you can find advertised around the interwebs any good or should I just keep learning on the job as I go?

I can't afford the time or money to go to, say SAE, or other University courses, but there are more independent trainers around which offer single day to 2 week courses for £280 - £3000...

Anyone completed one and have an opinion?

Ta,
Ben

I thought the Macca part was the least enjoyable bit. The song they wrote is useless, it sounds like a song they had 2 hours to write during a break in Macca's schedule.

I'm happy with the Behringer stuff I've bought (headphone amp, BDI21) and other "cheap" brands. My Harley Benton BA500H sounds ace and cost me, what, £170 for a light powerful amp? I use it to practice and as a gig backup for my Traynor YBA300 and no-one's ever complained!

Not to mention the X32/S16 that we've just ordered for the school.

Same as most brands, some good stuff, some rubbish, some of it works forever, some of it breaks within 10 minutes.

Opened our first set with this last night. It's ace, but as above, choose your venue.

Play the songs you want to play, that'll shine through when you play them, people buy into that. I'd rather watch a band having fun playing good songs that I might not necessarily know inside out, than 4 blokes plodding through the usual rubbish.

We play this, takes some time to get up to speed, practice is the only way... with the band too, it's getting back into the little run down to the verse that's hard to get right together.

In my opinion, it was pretty cringeworthy for the most part. The Stereophonics did the best job, I hate all these slowed-down, string sectioned, quivering voiced covers doing the rounds on adverts at the moment and a few of the covers went down that route.

Please Please me was particularly rubbish, at least play the chords of the song!

The most interesting part of the program was seeing how they recorded it. All open, no screens, half with headphones...some handy tips.

We do the studio version, that's what the punters are likely to have heard. Our guitarist goes off and watches the live stuff though, to see if there are any funny chords/get hints for the solos that you might miss by ear.

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Many, many times, and I have recently lent it to my friend who has now ordered his own. I tried one of the Mackies as well and didnt really like it (too complicated!!). I genuinely think its one of the best things I have ever bought for live use, and so much more convenient than the floor monitor I used before.
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You don't know how helpful this one comment is. Real world experience is hard to come by when asking about certain gear on here! I'm off to order one now.

I've got a slightly different take. We do pubs for £300, weddings for £600ish, we don't play freebies unless someone we know asks us to play a charity do. I think 8-12 would be a mix of live/DJ/iPod stuff, so total playing time would be 2 hours. For friends/acquaintances birthday parties (depending how much we liked them!!) we charge our pub rate + travel if it's in the sticks.

But we're nice guys, eh!

This is the band I'm in - [url="http://facebook.com/thelowtones"]The Lowtones[/url] - [url="http://soundcloud.com/ben604"]Soundcloud[/url]

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I've got some real world experience with this very setup, well, a slight variation. My brother was playing a gig with a Marshall 4x10 combo thing, didn't have enough juice (only a 3 piece, so bass needed to be authoritative), I suggested he DI'd into two of those Behringer cabs you linked to. Plenty of volume, but very undefined (may have been the amp rather than the cabs), so maybe with the right preamp, and a pair of them, it might be ok, although you won't have any serious bottom end. You'll need a sub for that business. Or a 4x10.

And you can download whole Spotify Playlists to the Nexus for use in Offline mode wherever you are.

I've got my favourite 4 playlists on my Nexus and Phone, so I'll always have at least 2-3 hours of stuff to listen to when my mobile connection drops.

Just listened to some recordings we did with 2 AT2020s at the back of the room a year ago, and instantly I can tell we're missing Hi-Hats and cymbal sparkle from this recording. I haven't got enough microphones or channels!!