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XR18 takes up 3u, a drawer 1u, IEM 1u in height but only half width. You could get a 1u shelf and put the transmitter on there and have room at the side for a spare. Maybe an external router in there? You could reconfigure the headphones out on the XR18 to accommodate a monitor mix for your drummer. Make sure there’s mounting rails on both sides of your case ( I’ve made that mistake) t for your power rail. I would go for a shallow 6u (at least as things may change) case with lids not a bag. Think about the rack ears you buy too. You will need them to have holes to feed cabling through or you may need another rack space at some point. If you buy recessed rack ears, you can save on wear and tear, you can leave leads plugged in with no worries of the lids pushing against them when they are fitted. I play in a couple of outfits that use them with in ears with different configurations. I’ve just built one setup with mic splitters so it can be used live onstage, setup as if we are in rehearsals (We don’t really trust venues to control our in ear mixes). All the signals are now split to separate outs to go to a larger PA at venues. We set up as if we are rehearsing and the venue takes the feeds they need from our splitters. It all sounds simple but the amount of times I’ve put stuff in a rack and taken it back out again to rearrange is a joke 😂 You’ll get the idea soon enough. Good luck, yore going to have a great system 😁

Bought some leads from Joel. They arrived exactly as described. Nice bloke to talk to as well. What more could you ask for? Thanks again Joel 😁 Cheers Dunc

Luke bought a pedal from me. Instant payment, nice chap to deal with too. An all round positive experience. Thanks again Luke. Cheers Dunc

Bought some rack ears from Gareth. Arrived superfast, exactly as described with bonus fittings! Great fella to deal with. Have no reservations. Thanks again Gareth. Cheers Dunc

A couple of months ago I was out having a pint and ended up talking to a lass who was a bass player, she was back in England visiting her family. After a while she mentioned that the tip of her middle finger was mostly missing. She had been bitten by a dog. I’ve forgotten the exact details of the story now but when she was learning bass she went to see Marcus Miller somewhere. She ended up meeting him and asked him if he could give her any advice. She gave him her email address never expecting a reply. Much to her surprise he did get back on numerous occasions with tailored videos and advice on how she could improvise her playing technique. She couldn’t sing his praises enough. What a good lad!

Just bought a tuner from Andy. It arrived rapid and exactly as described. Great communication and a pleasant fella to deal with too 😁 What else could you ask for? Thanks Andy!

Getting an older version of Logic X Pro from the App Store and onto an older machine isn’t always as straightforward but the solution is easily found via a Google search and YouTube videos.

I don’t know what version of Logic X Pro has to be used but - If money is a real issue, a 2011 iMac running High Sierra 10.13.6 will run Logic X Pro easily. I picked a 2011 27” 32gb ram, 500gb SSD and a second 1tb hdd for £300 years ago. You could probably get one with a similar spec for much less now if you look around. It still works perfectly well. A 2012 MacBook Pro with Catalina also runs Logic Pro X perfectly well. They’ll take 16gb ram and a 1tb SSD. I own both for Logic X and Waves Plug-in Suite and have never felt the need to spend any more money. Older systems get the max RAM and SSD size you can afford. Plug-ins like RAM and projects and programs (especially Waves) take up a lot of HDD space.