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Yet more food for thought there, cheers man.. Another Unity card has popped up on eBay for reasonable coin so if it's still there payday, I'll grab it..

[quote name='mike257' timestamp='1477516961' post='3162799'] Eeek, how did it go? Hope all is working ok now. In related Yamaha bargain news, I got another 01V for £100! They're a steal at the usual second hand prices, but that just seemed ridiculous. [/quote] Sadly it doesn't seem interested in coming back to life.. I've put it on eBay and I'll keep my out for a functional Unity when one appears. There's one on now in the US but he wants silly money for it.. Boo. Good news on your side though Mike - £100 for any 24 channel desk is a bargain let alone a digi with flying faders! Nice one fella. Have you seen the price of LS9s of late? I've seen more than a couple of 32 channel variants plus case for less than £1500.. I'm not ready to trade my 02Rs yet but certainly gives food for thought..

[quote name='E sharp' timestamp='1477395587' post='3161918'] I've not long ago bought a CA-9 . Should I now hide? [/quote] I'd love to put that next to my Crown 3600VZ.. Both weigh as much as the world twice over..

I've mixed lots of function bands as part of their audition process for one of the largest booking agents in the country. Probably more than 70% were drums, bass, guitar (sometimes two) and some sort of sequence track usually on a lap top with the drummer playing to a click. For some it worked really well, others sounded flat.. Seems very popular on the 'modern pop / classic covers' function type group scene.

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1477066358' post='3159687'] Well done that man. A pride in one's work. [/quote] Seconded.. I'm not getting into the 'PA size / adequacy / control / SPL / on-stage / FOH debate' as lots of angles have already been covered and discussed many times before in previous threads! Good sound is very important to me whether i'm playing or mixing so I'm very much in the 'whatever takes to make it right camp'..

There's been 'trouble a'th mill' recently.. Using both desks the other week I noticed nasty glitch spiking on the master console so assumed it to be having a clock issue so did some fiddling to no avail. I then tried dropping the first console out and that seem to fix it so some repatching later, i put all my channels on one desk.. Restarting the desk the following day showed the Unity card had gone mad with the access page saying 'please upload valid software' so I've bought the appropriate cable, downloaded the software and I'm gonna have a crack re-flashing it tonight.. Fingers crossed!

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1476874497' post='3157925'] I have this horrible vision of his band with a bass that is crushing people at the back of the room, a guitar shredding people's faces up front, drums that sound dull and thumpy at the low end combined with someone hitting a tin can with a spoon whilst the poor vocalist is desperately trying to get himself heard over the massive on-stage cacophony surrounding him. . . [/quote] Me too..

Lovely chap and a great player - I regularly deal with him in Spear..

[quote name='Dudley Powell' timestamp='1475186008' post='3143949'] He was the bassist in my vocalist's last band, and from various reports, yes it got built! [/quote] Madness! Although I wouldn't mind a quick go.. Ha!

[quote name='mike257' timestamp='1475060175' post='3142665'] Does that mean I can have the ADAT card for 75p to go in my 01V? [/quote] Ha! On a similar note, I watched a 'double stack' analogue card same as the ones I bought do £84. There seems to be little rhyme or reason to the price these things go for as I didn't pay half that for two!

Now linked on TDIF format rather than ADAT meaning I now have two spare ADAT cards if need them. My 75 pence TDIF card worked without issue. Superb! [URL=http://s778.photobucket.com/user/VTypeV4/media/DSC_0225_zpsg318u6uf.jpg.html][IMG]http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/yy70/VTypeV4/DSC_0225_zpsg318u6uf.jpg[/IMG][/URL] All sorted.

Never used the ipad / phone / wireless aspect of these things but I've mixed a number of shows on Qu-24 and 32 models.. I haven't really any tips and I don't know what setup you were using previously but those A&H desks offer an excellent array of facilties so best I can say is get stuck in.. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/160827-yamaha-02r-digital-mixing-desk/page__st__60"]http://basschat.co.u...sk/page__st__60[/url] Have a look about two thirds of the way down, these are my thoughts after a show on the 32. Hope that helps

[quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1473756072' post='3132734'] Why not go for 8 x 15"s? [/quote] Did the chappy building one ever finish it? it was a while back now..

[url="http://s778.photobucket.com/user/VTypeV4/media/DSC_0221_zpsypwqp377.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s778.photobucket.com/user/VTypeV4/media/DSC_0218_zpsscnrg6eh.jpg.html"][/url] The Nantwich 'Rory Gallagher' festival this weekend on the 'analogue card' 02R. A lovely weeked was had by all invollved including me. Needless to say, the yamaha performed faultlessly as did the rest of the system..

Still waiting on my TDIF card but, yes, I've done well with some bargans of late. Ha! I haven't used anything 'badass' since Christmas (SD8, Lab Gruppen and EAW) and an LS9 for even longer - it might even have been 2014. I've very much been in the land of the 02R this year with my pair at work and now the external PA gigs - I've given up on the Mackie DL.. When you go to Adlib, if you see Steve Angel, send him my regards (Matt at the Rigger - he'll know) as I've not seen him for a while.

I've purchased (cheap of course!) a pair of the CD8-AD cards for my 'odd job' 02R. They've come from eBay and thankfully arriived quickly whilst I was away lasy week so today I spent half an hour removing the AES and ADAT cards and installing them. Both worked perfectly first time so I'm happy. [URL=http://s778.photobucket.com/user/VTypeV4/media/DSC_0209_zpsvnoowz4w.jpg.html][IMG]http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/yy70/VTypeV4/DSC_0209_zpsvnoowz4w.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s778.photobucket.com/user/VTypeV4/media/DSC_0210_zpsarnvyvpv.jpg.html][IMG]http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/yy70/VTypeV4/DSC_0210_zpsarnvyvpv.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Strangely, both have a fan on the board for cooling that I've not seen on any of the other cards. I'm out with the desk on Sat and Sun so we'll see how it goes although chances are, I won't need the cards for this show.. Really need to get a case for it.. Oh, and I won a TDIF card (I'll explain about this when it lands) too for just 75p!

I'm very happy with my cabs and always liked their amps too.. If I couldn't have a Trace amp then I'd take an SWR any day of the week. I seem to remember playing an SM400 in a shop in Liverpool (Curleys maybe?) years back and being very impressed with it. Even the dinky Workingmans 10 was little corker..

[URL=http://s778.photobucket.com/user/VTypeV4/media/DSC_0197_zps3ucnmtyb.jpg.html][IMG]http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/yy70/VTypeV4/DSC_0197_zps3ucnmtyb.jpg[/IMG][/URL] A slightly 'arty' shot of my third console in use at a mini festival I've done for the last few years. It's normally done outside but we got rained off as the patch of land we use was like a bog so we found refuge inside! [URL=http://s778.photobucket.com/user/VTypeV4/media/DSC_0193_zpsa7wjzubf.jpg.html][IMG]http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/yy70/VTypeV4/DSC_0193_zpsa7wjzubf.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s778.photobucket.com/user/VTypeV4/media/DSC_0192_zps91qna4o6.jpg.html][IMG]http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/yy70/VTypeV4/DSC_0192_zps91qna4o6.jpg[/IMG][/URL] The PA performed faultlessly and using the 02R was a definite improvement over the Mackie DL1608 we've been using until recently. Some may see it as a backwards step especially having to reinstate the manual graphic EQs but I see it as a retrogressive move. I feel the sonics (and definately the FX) of the Yamaha to be better than the Mackie not to mention the speed I can get round the operating system makes me far more comfortable.

[quote name='mike257' timestamp='1467772001' post='3086123'] Do bloody tons of gigs on X32s. If you save your show file and email it to me I'll happily have a quick look at how its configured and send it back with any changes I think it needs to make it work. [/quote] Superb!

I have no experience wiith the X32 and aren't familiar with it's menu system but you may find switching pre / post only applies to the given channel you have selected and not globally. All the Yamaha consoles I've used are like this so it may be worth a double check..

I usually run my MOTU 828x with it's USB connection however, it does get used occasionally with a friends' Mac book with Logic via ThunderBolt. It seems to work without drama and can only remember one occasion where we had to restart Logic although that may well have been a software blip and nothing to do with the MOTU or ThunderBolt connection. I'm not entirely convinced it really runs any better / different / worse compared to my USB / PC / Pro Tools rather than his TB / Mac / Logic but it's nice to have both options.

Has anyone any experience in doing this? Any tips or pitfalls to be avoided? With music, classical, soundscaping or sound design? It's not something I need to get into immediatly but it's something I'm very interested in. I've read a few online articles that were interesting but never actually spoke to anyone who'd done it. Thanks in advance.

To be fair, marquees are notorious power killers so even with a 'more than adequate' PA in normal siituations, a large one can make for a tougher than it ought to be show. Personally, I think your issue is likely to be a one off problem rather than a deep-rooted one. When I'm playing and mixing (fun, isn't it!!?) I run an HPF as high as I can tolerate (up to ~130Hz / system dependant) and mild dose of soft compression to keep the sound warm and ever present in the FOH. I think agonising over 'which DI' etc is a waste of time as judging by your options, both are credible and more than useable so I'd concentrate on your mixer settings if you're happy on stage. Just my 2p worth. Best of luck.

Ha, I know! To be fair, I only put the three together for poser value but I feel it worked! I haven't any space for a third one at work (let alone the need!) so the purpose of this one is for those odd jobs, off site recording and just as a general purpose backup. I'm going to keep an eye out for a second ADAT card or possibly put a TDIF card in one at work and put that ADAT in this one. The console seems to have been well cared for during it's life as its ex ITV so there's a number of sheets regarding service data as well as a spare fader and the card slot blankiing plates. Judging by the paperwork, it was purchased new in June 2001 and spent the first few years of it's life in an outside broadcast vehicle. I've spent the day making a basic template to work with as well configuring some FX patches and dynamics configs so when it gets used for show, I don't have to spend forever setting it up. As I've said before, thats the key to making these consoles 'fast'..

[URL=http://s778.photobucket.com/user/VTypeV4/media/DSC_0191_zps6hvfyseu.jpg.html][IMG]http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/yy70/VTypeV4/DSC_0191_zps6hvfyseu.jpg[/IMG][/URL] So the third one landed today..