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It's ok, I've just ordered the jack socket output tightening version as well... :-)

I've just ordered one of these [url="http://jacktight.com/"]http://jacktight.com/[/url] About £13 including shipping.... When it arrives I'll post my experiences..:-) Cheers Mark

Ian, No problem.. I rehearse keyboards at home through a stereo amp and 2 x Tannoy NFM-8's (plus an active Sub) mostly but do compare it mono as well....

Ian, It's not really a stable stereo image per se, rather the rapidly changing effect created by the leslie/phasing simulations.. Whereever you are in the room you get it. although there are probably better positions than others... If you do fancy giving us a hand I can attempt to demonstrate this and you can tell me it's all bollocks :-) Cheers Mark [quote name='Ian Savage' post='966635' date='Sep 24 2010, 01:11 PM']I'd agree with stereo being a bit of a waste of time for live work, 90% of your audience won't be in the optimum place to get the benefit of it and it'll actually make the mix LESS balanced for them...[/quote]

Cheers Ian, We're going to get the Mackie - Andy is dropping it over on Sunday along with a bunch of other stuff I've bought from him.. I think our next gig is at the College Arms in Lower Quinton on the 29th October - I'll need to confirm that though.... Thanks again Mark [quote name='Ian Savage' post='966497' date='Sep 24 2010, 10:47 AM']You're on the right lines, but I suspect you're not running your monitor sends in the optimum fashion. There's two types of aux send, 'pre-fader' (where moving the main fader for that channel DOESN'T affect the amount of signal going down the aux) and 'post-fader' (where moving the channel fader DOES change the amount of aux signal). In 99% of cases, you'll want a post-fader send running your reverb and effects (so that if you turn down the vocal or whatever's being fed to the reverb unit the level of the reverb comes down as well) and a pre-fader send running the monitors (so that your monitor mix doesn't change when you adjust the out-front sound). What I'd be looking at is a desk with at least three aux sends; if you've got two powered monitors you can then run separate monitor mixes for stage left and right, or provide your drummer with a different mix from the stage front, at the same time as having a reverb feed. I'm biased as I used to work for them, but on a budget I don't think you'll get better than one of the old UK-made Studiomaster live desks - at the more basic end there's the Pro series (three aux sends, IIRC, and one format with twenty input channels) but I'm sure you'd find a Trilogy (six aux sends) without too much hunting. That's the desk I use, and I love it; mine's the 206 model with sixteen input channels, two of which have both stereo and mono inputs which you can use simultaneously and there's four stereo aux inputs with basic EQ and routing as well for reverb returns, keyboards etc. Oh, and just to correct your channel requirements - for drums, bass, vocals, keys and guitar you're wanting 13 input channels, two of which are stereo; aux sends aren't classed as channels, they're FED by each channel. EDIT: I notice you're in Warwickshire, if you're gigging down there after I've moved to Leamington in the next few weeks I might be able to come over and engineer one for you and show you the 'optimum' way of setting up?[/quote]

Sure. But I think it's worth it given how much difference the stereo processing makes to the Leslie emulation ...

The stereo effect is a bit more subtle than bass on the left, treble on the right on the Motif.. :-) [quote name='ironside1966' post='966577' date='Sep 24 2010, 12:21 PM']I would consider the keys in mono. Take a stereo piano sound the bass notes are louder to the left top notes louder to the right in a lot of smaller venues most people do not get a balanced stereo sound this is one of the reasons I use panning sparingly in small venues[/quote]

See... [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=102569&hl="]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=102569&hl=[/url]

Great call... I'm meeting up with Andy on Sunday anyway, so I've PM'd him about the desk... Cheers Mark [quote name='xzodar' post='966504' date='Sep 24 2010, 10:57 AM']Hi Mark I also run with pretty much all Mackie stuff and my personal recommendation would be either a Mackie CFX16 or a CFX20. I've been using a CFX20 for several years and it's been a great desk, very simple to use and with two monitor sends more than adequate for most small to medium gigs that we do. Anything requiring more than two monitor mixes usually means a big venue and then the SoundCraft desk comes out to play. :-) I recently purchased a CFX16 MKII for smaller gigs where we're only running a vocal rig plus keys and the saxes and this works well. In face there is a CFX16 for sale at a bargain price [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=98506"]here[/url] which isn't too far away from you and comes flightcased. (Given that I just spent over £100 on a flight case for the CFX16 that I bought this seems like an excellent deal). Cheers Pete[/quote]

[quote name='crez5150' post='966494' date='Sep 24 2010, 10:40 AM']To be honest I think you've gone overkill on the drum mics..... in reallity for that size of PA you'd be looking at Kick, Snare and mayby an overhead.... that would free up some channels[/quote] Agreed.. But I wanted to lay the whole possible scenario out... I'm pretty certain a 16 channel mixer would do us proud - any suggestions?

You want him to drum, sing and control his levels? :-)

Hi, Some advice wanted.. At the moment we have a Mackie 8 channel mixer which means we don't have enough channels to mix the drummer properly - he's controlling his own mix from a "downstream" 6 channel mixer. In terms of PA we're almost completely active - 2 x Mackie 1501 subs, 2 x Mackie SA1521Z's, 2 x Laney Active Wedges each driving a MAJ passive Wedge for a total of four monitor speakers. We also have a more traditional power amp/speaker backup option we can cobble together quickly. Our drummer occasionally uses a Peavey Reno 400 Combo for his foldback. This could probably be a "flat" output from the desk. In an ideal world (please correct me if I'm going the wrong route) we need 4 x Vocal Mic inputs 1 x Stereo Keyboard input 1 x Stereo Guitar input 1 x Mono Bass input 6 x Drum input We'd like to be able to take a different mix/level to the floor monitors than the main PA. We'd also like a few (2?) aux outputs as well. Which makes a total of 17 inputs.. We could probably drop the Stereo inputs in favour of mono inputs if, as I suspect 17, is a bad number, or only take the snare and bass drum directly to the desk (not so keen)... Cheers Mark

Yes.. If that's what it is.... It seems to sound fine and moves a fair amount of air..

Hi, This is what I think is a nice setup... Bi-amped of course.. (I've also just noticed that the flash has lit up some hangy down clothy stuff behind the bass ports - time to have a look inside !) I also use it as my keyboard rig.. Ashdown RPM-1/APM-1000 Warwick Terminator...

+1 on the Ibanez... I have an 2003 SR765 MIJ which plays very well.. If you want a wider string spacing and a longer scale one of the five string Ibanez BTB's with Bartolini PU's might be worth a look .. I have a four string 2008 BTB470 which has a very different character but that's one of the reasons I like it...I prefer both of them to the Rickenbacker 4001 I used to have... Both of these cost me less than £300 on the bay. and the BTB came with a hardcase for that as well.. Cheers Mark

You could take the speaker out of the cab and check what it is if you really want to be sure. As yes 350W is pretty much likely to be the max output.. If you tell me what the amp is it's easy to check... [quote name='bigal66' post='965961' date='Sep 23 2010, 06:55 PM']Thats the thing,my 2 x 10 is 200 watts(8 ohms) but i dont know about my 1 x 15.The only thing it says on the speaker is 8 ohms. Also,is 350 watts at full volume ? Thanks for youre reply.[/quote]

Welcome....

If they're both 8 Ohm cabs, then together (in 99% of cases) they'll be 4 ohms.. So assuming the total rating of the speakers is 400W and your amp puts out 350W at 4 Ohms you're in the right ballpark...

As a fairly decent piano player I think what they're trying to say is that psychological impact of seeing the sharps on the stave is different from seeing flats on the stave. You could notate the same passage in D flat and C sharp - the actual keys you pressed would be the same, but the pianist would approach it in a different frame of mind... Of course not everyone uses the same tuning for A - we use 440 Hz, some europeans use 444 Hz. And of course there is the issue of temperament (the gaps between notes in a scale).. Perhaps the start of another thread... :-)

I can read music, although I also find tabs useful and work out most stuff by ear... I'm also a keyboard player and singer so that also has some bearing on it.. I suspect it's not just reading music that is useful, it's all the theory that comes with it.. What do I find useful about it? It means I can learn stuff much faster than the other folk in the two bands I'm playing in seem to be able to do.. I also can "decode" structure and progressions which I think make be a better player by ear since my guess at what comes next is usually an educated one.. However it's the way I was brought up (I'm a grade 8 pianist and classically trained singer) so it works for me, I've met lots of superb musicians without a single hour of formal training... Horses for courses.. Cheers Mark

Hetzer as in the German WW2 JagdPanzer? :-) Welcome....