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jimmyb625

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  1. 3 hours ago, EBS_freak said:

    Looking at the sales specs - - Output: 6x Mono Aux 1/4" TRS Jacks (linkable)

     

    What's the linkable thing about?

     

    I would have thought you would have had to link on the mixer and then your remote monitor mix will just assume control of that linked pair? (Then I'm guessing additional options like pan will appear in the app?)

    I'd guess that would be the way to do it. I think it's because the CQ doesn't have stereo aux as standard (unlike the QU with 5&6, 7&8, 9&10)

     

    ETA - I think the link function is the same as they use on the inputs, where you can set up a stereo pair easily. Caveating to say I haven't got a CQ and I've not looked at the full app yet. It does make me wonder though, if I can link the mono auxes on the QU.

     

     

  2. A trip out for Fine Lines to the Moseley Folk and Arts festival. It was a lovely setup, with two stages set next to each other, with acts palying at alternate times. 

    The back stage area was lovely, with everyone being very friendly and helpful. The stage crew were great and they put a lot of effort into making us feel relaxed and worked hard to give us a good front of house sound. The on-stage monitoring was a bit compromised, as they were using a single desk to cover both FOH and stage, so a lot of the eq-ing was set for what sounded good out front. Also, having to line check whilst another band was playing meant we couldn't fully judge what we needed.

    I decided to reinforce my (self-proclaimed) position of coolest looking member of the band by wearing sunglasses whilst playing. However, almostvas soon as we started playimg, I realised what a fatal mistake this was, as I struggled to see the fretboard, meaning I spent the majority of the first song with them in my mouth 🤣

    There were a couple of minor niggles with our playing, which obviously were annoying for us, but overall the crowd seemed to enjoy our set and we avoided any stray bottles.

    One big plus, was that they seemed to have dedicated a caravan backstage entirely for my use...

     

     

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  3. 17 minutes ago, Chienmortbb said:

    A good question, it all depends on a number of things, firstly the price. Secondly the apps and finally bug maybe most important, the performance of the WiFi. I have not tried the Mackie but IMHO, the others cannot be used on the internal WiFi without an external router.

     

    However I am intrigued/Interested. Can we ask you to Interogate our West Country cousins further? I wonder if they will be launched at Plasa next week

     

    I think it was scheduled for a Plasa announcement, but someone got a little "trigger happy" and released the info ahead of time.

  4. 1 hour ago, EBS_freak said:

    This is to go after the touchmix, ui, xr, Mackie market. 96khz is great to see too. Will the XR18 become unseated as weekend warrior mixer of choice? 

    Absolutely agree. I think if they get the CQ20-B pitched right price wise, it's a definite contender.

    What I was alluding to, was them dropping off with the QU series (I'd think certainly the QU-SB would be up for the chop). They haven't released many software/firmware upgrades for a while, so I'm guessing they'll phase them out soon enough.

    It's also good to see that the official app is going to be multi-platform and the bluetooth playback is definitely going to be useful for people who want to control their background music (or even play along to a track).

  5. I have a pair of Alto TS312's and really like them, although now I've also got access to a pair of RCF 945's, so they don't get used as much. 

    I've run our full band through them (just kick and overheads on the kit) and they're ok, certainly good enough for most pubs. You don't get the full "thump" from the bass drum (to my ears at least) but when it's combined with the acoustic sound from the drums, it seems ok.

    What I would say, is if you can combine them with a sub (I use the Alto TS315s now) it makes a world of difference. Not only does it give you slightly more displacement for the kick, it also lets the tops focus on delivering mids and high frequencies, without the power hungry low frequencies.

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  6. My '73 P-bass is a 4 bolt one, but I've seen a few '73 Strats and Tele's that have 3 bolt ones. It's likely they changed the guitars first, with the bass following.

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  7. 1 minute ago, Woodinblack said:

     

    Do you mean that out of the 3, only 2 work well at any time or that one of your IEMs isn't functioning well?

    It's one specific unit that's temperamental (LD U308). I never get the chance to properly test various things with it, as it's virtually impossible getting everyine together at the same time to run tech stuff. The other two units are rack mounted and always seem to work ok, or it might just be that the folks using them don't complain as much.

  8. 2 hours ago, Al Krow said:

     

    Thanks for that! The fact that it's at a significantly lower frequency will likely have a direct bearing on the reason for being capable of delivering a longer range - one of the downsides of going up from 2.4 GHz to 5.8Ghz.

     

    Actually when you mentioned Channel 70, it reminded me that I'd had a conversation with Russ (the fella you're not impersonating on TV) about this very topic, a while back when our singer was looking into getting a wireless, so I should really have remembered it was a legit frequency channel! His advice, back then, which I hope he doesn't mind me reproducing as it seems very relevant to our discussion about crowding-out, was as follows: 

     

    "Basically there are two bands that you should be interested in. Channel 38 and Channel 70. These are 606-614Mhz and 863-865Mhz respectively. Channel 70 is free to use but typically you’ll only be able to use 3 or 4 devices in that area of the spectrum. The gotcha with this is that a) you can only use a low number of devices b) most DJs, venue mics likely to be on this band. Channel38 enables you to run 12 devices (assuming no hi density devices are in use) in that piece of the spectrum but requires something called a shared mic license from Ofcon to use legally. These are available in one or two year licenses. The advantage to this is obviously more devices and it’s also less likely that you will encounter interference. Channel 38 is where you should be really."

     

    But I guess if we're wanting to avoid getting a shared mic licence for Channel 38, which these units aren't offering anyway, then the issue is are we going to be any better off with Channel 70 at 863 - 865 MHz than 2.4 GHz in terms of what's crowded / likely to cause interference?

    The biggest difference is that channel 38/70 are analogue systems, whereas 2.4 and 5GHz systems are digital, which brings in some of the potential latency issues which get discussed quite often here. 

    I have digital TX, into a digital board, with monitoring being either wired iem, or wedge (or none at all in many circumstances). I haven't been able to notice any latency when playing, but that doesn't mean others may not have the same problem. Adding digital IEM's may make it noticeable, but I'm tempted to look at a channel 38 system if I go down that route. We already use 3 channel 70 IEM's and one of them doesn't perform that well, so it's a bit hit and miss. 

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  9. There's the Ed Sheeran experience and Vicky Jackson as P!NK.

     

    I'd be more worried about "Reef*"

     

    Does that mean it's not the full band and the only original member is the guy who had the keys to the rehearsal room..?

     

    ETA, no, looks like it means they're playing on Thursday night.

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  10. I swap between an A&H QU24 or QU-SB  depending on the gig.

    I have the SB racked up, with splitters, as it's also used with the electronic band. They use it for their monitoring and usually left and right to FOH, but sometimes the house guys want to have full mix control.

    Overall, I slightly prefer the QU24, as I find the physical faders easier to get along with and it has more useful outputs. That said, I probably use the SB twice as often nowadays.

  11. 3 hours ago, JPJ said:

    Of course the digital thing is like drugs, just because you can doesn’t mean you should and like all live sound mixing, less is more, subtraction before addition etc. As I mix on the fly from stage side whilst playing I added a X-Touch to my setup as physical faders are far easier to tweak mid-song than touch screens imho. 

    The photo shows my setup for a recent five-piece country/americana gig, with everything mic’d up or Di’d and running three IEM’s and two floor monitors for the luddites. I used to do the subs on Aux trick, but added a DriveRack which free’d up the aux and, for anyone mixing from stage side, gives a much better FOH sound imho. Now if only the X-Air Edit app could sync with the X-touch for fader bank selection……

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    That's a nice setup! 

    We sometimes use the X-touch at the theatre for our XR18, but usually it's via the mixing station app. 

  12. The band is on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter (although we're not overly active on there now)

    I'm on those, plus Threads.

    I mainly use Instagram and Threads for music/band related stuff, photos of my bass, hats, stage outfit. I have Instagram set to automatically post to Facebook as well, which saves a bit of time and effort. 

    My twitter posts vary between band spam and arguments with flat-earthers, with the occasional reminder to Esther McVey that she's supposed to be an MP.

    Video-wise, I have a YouTube channel, which is pretty poor, that I use to document the various gigs I do, either as a player in the band, or tech stuff for the electronic band. I use all of the platforms to spam that out as well.

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