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[quote name='bobpalt' timestamp='1361180549' post='1982166'] 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. [/quote] 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]

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!!

Hello, I was finally ars*d to take my laptop with us to a gig just before christmas for the first time to record us making noise multitracked through my desk. I've been having a play with what got recorded and would like some general advice/guidance on how to mix the stuff. To be honest, I've learned quite a lot just by listening to the individual tracks over the last hour or so: - tune the bloody drum kit - try mic'ing the guitars a bit better - make sure the floor tom mic is more secure and therefore not resting on the drum head after being hit by Animal - record at a lower gain This is our attempt at The Chain: [url="https://soundcloud.com/ben604/the-chain-23-12-2012"]https://soundcloud.c...hain-23-12-2012[/url] There are obvious playing issues for the whole band (I managed to mess the most iconic bassline ever up at the most important time, I don't do that usually, honest!), I managed to pick one of our loosest gigs in a long while to record...so ignore the playing! The recording has the following tracks to play with: Kick Snare Rack Tom Floor Tom OH Vox 1 Vox 2 Vox 3 Guitar Guitar Bass Recorded into Studio One through my Presonus 16.0.2 with the following mics: Vox - All SM58Beta Guitars - Sennheiser E609 Kick - D112 Snare/Toms - cheapo Pulse(?) from CPC Farnell OH - Audio Technika AT2020 Bass - D.I'd from my Traynor YBA300 Anyways, any/all opinions valued! Oh yeah, we're called The Lowtones - www.facebook.com/thelowtones

Interesting! I like hearing about people's DIY methods!

how did you record it, just out of interest?

I'm the PA man, and I take one of either the drummer or guitarist too. We have 2 estate cars which take all the gear and all the band members, so we save on Diesel and therefore get more cashmonies to take home!

Anyone tried the little Box MA205 or Behringer B205D monitors on a mic stand next to the singers? We use a couple of JBL EON 15s at the moment, through my Presonus 16.0.2 (which is lovely, by the way, X32 fans!! ) We've got 4 aux mixes, so we could all have a mix if we wanted, I'd say you'd get away with 2 if you have nice, flexible band members! I'd get powered monitors, pain in the backside carting power amps about, and you more often than not get a 2/3 band eq on powered monitors, which helps with feedback etc.

I really liked some of Man Alive and I'm usually not a big fan of this type of stuff. Decent indie pop. I'll give the new one a bash tomorrow.

I've had one of these, they're ace. Loaaaaaaaaaaads of bottom end. I find 6x10s are easy to move, you've always got a band member or two to help with stairs...

Has anyone spotted a library for patches on the web anywhere? I want people to do the hard work for me!

phone socket? As in, land line?

You can pay a bit more for express shipping too, 2 day jobbie. Just email them, if the need arises.