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It also looks like they haven't been officially announced, so someone's going to be in trouble! 🤣

They look quite good. It seems like this will be the successor to the QU series, with the SQ being the next step up. 

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.

7 hours ago, ricksterphil said:

...5,6,7,8

Tell me when to come in...

Bargain! Count me in!

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.

2 hours ago, EBS_freak said:

Gaffa taped over your ears. Job done.

You may think I'm joking... but it's been done on one of my gigs!

Our guitarist/singist has to do this with his shure's, albeit with medical tape. My suggestion of staples wasn't taken up for some reason...

Did it interfere with your bass playing?

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.

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. 

I'm not EBS_freak, nor do I play him on television, but I can tell you that 863MHz is legal. It's channel 70 (863-865MHz) and is free to use, although you are realistically limited to the number of units you can use simultaneously.

There's more info here: https://www.mercury-av.com/sales/channel-38-radio-mics-3754-0.html

You can also find info on the Ofcom website, although I don't find it that easy to navigate.

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.

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.

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……

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. 

I've found with mine, it's the "shorts" that get the most views.

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.

Has anyone given the Sennheiser XSW's a go?

I'm wondering if they're worth a look as an upgrade to the LD systems we're using (MEI 1000 and U508). They're cheaper than the G4 system, but I wonder if it's false economy.

This was where I got my right angled cable from, I think a few others have done as well:

https://www.designacable.com/peavey-and-shure-glxd-wireless-system-lead-for-beltpacks-2.html

1 minute ago, BassAdder60 said:

I’m correct thinking the transmitter points downward with cable leaving the bottom ? 

Or upwards, with the cable leaving the top. 🤣

It depends where you've got it clipped. If it's to your pocket, then it's likely upwards. Belts and straps could be either way, depending on how you want to position it.

2 hours ago, EBS_freak said:

75 cm from the specs.

We laugh in the face of specs! I was using the incredibly accurate "about the length of a ruler" measurement, which in fairness, turned out to be remarkably close. 🤣

It looks to me to be slightly under 3ft, I'd be tempted to say 2 1/2. It didn't feel too long, although the output socket on my bass is on the lower edge so with it being a straight plug, it used more of the available length.

1 hour ago, BassAdder60 said:

Is the supplied lead too long ? 
 

Naturally you don’t want it too short but I believe it’s 3ft long ? 

On the Shure unit? I don't think it was that long, although I ordered a lead with a right-angled jack, so I didn't use it. 

I'll see if I can find the original.

I have the GLXD TX clipped onto the strap. The clip is pretty good, plus the strap is quite thick, so it's been secure.

Obviously the next time I use it, it will of course fail spectacularly.

8 hours ago, Bluewine said:

 

Looks like a " big time " gig.👍

Well, it was a big gig for us, but I'm realistuc enough to know most of the crowd weren't there for us. Still, it was great to do.

5 hours ago, Boodang said:

'Cross stage' monitoring only, how was that? Or were you wearing in-ears?

The front row were on in-ears (2 x wireless, 1 x wired) me, drums and keys were on wedges.

It's the best compromise for us at the moment, until I win the lottery and can afford a full rack of sennheiser IEM's! 🤣