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I am no fan of much modern music and was surprised to see the angst in the thread on the insolvency of Native Instruments. I must also add that the practice in the “covers” circuit of pubs and social clubs calling professional Karaoke singers “Solo Artists”. I am also thinking back to my realisation that some of the best singers are now “Solo”. This has, in my opinion, really badly affected the quality of singers in bands. From the financial point of view, it makes sense, A “Solo” singer can make £150 in a night whereas a band charging £250 means each member gets £50. Of course we have to avoid the filter of nostalgia, a quick listen to any retro radio of TV station will prove that a high percentage of 60/70s music was awful, despite being probably the most innovative period in my lifetime. Changes in music seem to come in strange ways, witness the way that white people from here, (re)introduced the Blues to America. It is probably one reason why we should all consider the History of Music to give ourselves a real understanding of why we do what we do. As a creator of electronic music, you need the basics that training coming from a long apprenticeship. The alternative is some soulless, brain crunching morass that sounds akin to my own early experiments on electric guitar, bloody awful. So as someone from a guitar based band, struggling to get gigs in a world where the “empty orchestra” is Emperor and the only real live music is the clinking of glasses at closing time, I don’t understand the chagrin over the feared demise of Native Instruments but I can empathise with it. On reflection may be I should be more accepting of Valve Amp purists. They worship the failings on the technology for what it adds to the music and as music is our religion, perhaps I/we should all be more tolerant of the different denominations. Of course the devil AI music must be rooted out at all costs. The old ways are the best of course so initially I suggest ducking the servers in water. If they fail and die, they are innocent, should they still work, they are evil and must be burnt at the stake. In the words of the great Ozzy Ai, AI,AI,AI all aboard the Crazy Train.

To be honest, the cabs are a bit Marmite. At two consecutive SW bass bashes, we had cab shoot-outs and Mark Bass came top one year and bottom the next.

My old UI16 had a brick power supply, and it was a pain, one of the reasons I went for the CQ20.

Wise words @Phil Starr. I have seen similar reports on various CQ forums. However these are likely to be from the same person. I can only add to be methodical. For example, the Zoom may or may not be part of the problem and if removing that solve the problem, do not jump to conclusions. Neither box may be at fault, just the two together and/or cable combinations. Good luck with your detective work.

I could not turn up to a rehearsal with that. Add the fact that I don't like the TH sound and......NAH!

Audio cables and mains cables running side by side are deemed a bad idea the can cross each other at an angle, but it does effectively mean you have a long aerial from a transmitter running in close proximity to the receiving aerial of the audio input. There are a few cables that run a balanced cable and a mains cable in the same bundle, Andertons do one, but I cannot find the link. Sommer also do one, Sommer DMX/Power or Audio and Power Cable. I may get some of the Sommer one to try but at almost €14 per metre excluding VAT, Duties and shipping costs....

After a week, the order was cancelled, by either Amazon or the Doogee shop. Had a lot on my plate at the time so did not worry about it.

Do you think Behringer do a gravy, jus or reduction to go with it?

Well I only bought a new bass because I had to go short scale from a shoulder injury. However, I really am gassing for a Behringer Meatball.

I now used the board and power supply for several gigs and rehearsals. No problems whatsoever. Now on to the MK2,

I cannot find any bugs in the B2 Four but was thinking about the B14 that had a few firmware updates.

In fact, on Beyma's figures it was more than 3dB loss, but at half power the loss was approaching 1dB. So let's say you lose 2dB or more and add the 6dB low end boost usually quoted for mutual coupling.

I apologise, I did not see that before I posted. Rean are a subsidiary of Neutrik, and although they are normally not specified for as many insertions as the Neutrik equivalents, they are usually reliable. I would suspect the socket based on my own limited experience.

I have always found Andertons to be very fair on this type of thing and have had replacements within the 30 days. One of the things to remember is that in this case the problem is with two connectors, and it may be unclear which has caused the problem. Those Anderton's cables would be fitted with what are considered cheap connectors, however, I have seen low cost XLRs that are very good. In saying that, a non-branded XLR got stuck in a Citronic power amp I bought. IMHO it was the socket fitted to the amp that was at fault but as both XLR connectors were os unknown origin, who knows As for the EV speakers, I cannot see what connectors EV/Dynacord use but if they were also not Neutrik, Amphenol, Switchcraft, Cliff or HiCon, I would be uncertain who is to blame. Of course, it could be the Wetware!

New RBM Range Webpage Ant thoughts?

So they tune down half and octave? Frustrated bass players?

I thought I should elaborate. At 300 watt, with two Fane 225s, in theory you will be close to 120dB plus the low end 6dB boost @phil described earlier. It will also be louder than one theoretical 4 ohm drive running at 225 watts. The reason is that running a 225 watt speaker at full power will incur power compression. This causes a +3dB loss* in power due to the rise in resistance of the voicecoil. So 225 watts into a 225 watt speaker will give roughly the same acoustic output as the same speaker powered at 112 watts**. *Based on data previously published by Beyma. Beyma used to be the only company to include power compression graphs, but clearly it was seen as a commercial disadvantage and they no longer do it. **There will be some power compression even at 1/2 rated power, probably 1-1.5dB.

Should be more than enough.

It is the "Old Religion", danced just before they sacrifice a virgil.

Is there any updated firmware for the B2 Four?

In my first band, Thd bassist was a complete novice but had a Rick. 4001 in black and white, it played superbly and I only got my dislike of ricks because of the twin truss rods snd aggressive trademark protection. Still my first experience was good.

My Kala U Bass is black with white guard and it is a common thing online for people wanting to change it.