Woodinblack

37 minutes ago, SimonK said:

but I've noticed some of the cheaper IEMS are essentially just wireless headphones, given away by having a stereo jack input. I suspect these latter units might need a headphone amp to work.

The MS-20 has a 3.5mm stereo jack and it is about as cheap as you can get, but it is fine connected to the aux out.

3 minutes ago, Wombat said:

I was meaning that the xr18 doesn't have any actual knobs or a screen that comes on when you power it up. I know too many people who say they've 'lost connection' for whatever reason or ended up cobbling a wired connection together for it.

I have never actually lost connection (without using the internal network and a U4 aside) and I am not sure on the term 'cobbling' really matches connecting a standard ethernet connection, but ok! Yes, the CQ18 has a screen and hardware controls that are handy for setup, although I wouldn't really want to rely on that during a gig so wireless issues would presumably be the same. I would assume you could also connect to the CQ18 with an ethernet connection (at least I would hope you could), so you could use a hardware surface, which honestly always beats a table if you happen to also be gigging!

1 hour ago, Wombat said:

This is leading to requests to tweak between almost every song so the 'main attraction' is the fact I can install the app on their phones and let them get on with it! 

I've been in a band with an xr18 in the past and loved it, but was always worried that you couldn't tweak things on the desk. 

You can tweak things on the XR18 - not sure why that would be different? You can put mixing station in a 'AUX only' mode, so they can only affect their own mix.

1 hour ago, Wombat said:

So you can 'plug your IEMs' into the CQ mixer and use the app. You don't need a signal amplifier in the chain?

Your IEM system, transmitter, whatever (which is an amplifier), so some additional hardware not directly the headphones themselves.

1 hour ago, Greg Edwards69 said:

There is, however, a personal mixer app for smartphones that replicates many of the same behaviours, and it's free.

Indeed - but that is just adjusting standard AUX outs, which you could do on mixing station or whatever on the behringer, the X18 also has 6 outs (its what I use in my main group). Just does limit the number of stereo outs you can get from a mixer to 3. 

Doubt you will be dissapointed. I have tried many (still have most of them) and the XVive has been the best so far.

Welcome to basschat!

Think they look great. String spacing too wide for me, but it is something that long fingered freak people have been wanting for a long time!

2 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

Our current A&H CQ desk can provide up to 6 personalised monitor outs, which is ideal for a small band using IEMs (although additional outputs could be useful if we want to have personal stereo mixes down the line - not possible with the U45 btw as that is mono).

Does the A&H CQ desk not have the equivilent of the Behringer personal mixers that are good for headphone outs? With the XR18 (or 32 or whatever), you could use a single P16-D to route personalised stereo feeds to 16 IEM setups (through individual P16s). I doubt you would ever need to but I assume you could actually stack those!

Indeed, the rick 4004 5 string. most people would hate it for the string spacing, but it is just right for me.

1 hour ago, dmccombe7 said:

Looks like an odd setting but nice bass.

Yes, on both counts, I have done over half of my recent gigs with it

Not last night, actually sunday.  We had a gig at a pub in a local beauty spot (which considering I live in Yeovil, there aren't too many!), it was the day at the end of all the holidays. It was going to be a pain to get in. Turned up just after the singer so followed them in round a corner and parked by the building, as well as we could. Had to carry everything through a door that people were insisting of standing in the way of, but it was their party so couldn't be too annoyed at them. There was a tiny width of stage, and there were already a load of guitars there as apparently there was going to be a couple of people playing at our half time. We had to move the stuff as there wasn't enough room in general!

Anyway, we started and people were dancing from the start and they moved all the tables out of the room which was good. Did the first hour or so ending with whole lotta love that we haven't done for a while. Then we had a break and a lot of food from the party, while the public event of what appeared to be people singing to a backing track with a guitar went on for half an hour. Not sure why there were two guitars and a bass though!

Anyway we went back on and it went well, very interactive crowd, although towards the end of the night they started tailing off as the party had been going since much earlier, and the snow was making people think they should get going.

Was much easier loading again though due to the lack of people and tables, but there was a fair bit of snow. 

This beauty spot is the top of the hill, I was going to go the normal way down the hill, but the drummer said I should go the other way, through the villages, which isn't steep because of the weather, I didn't think it was really necessary, but driving out of the car park after the singer, on a very gentle slope the car antilock hammered. The singer was going the other way so I followed, it was a very slow journey home considering how short it is, but got there!

Heres my corner, nice and cosy.

This was actually 8pm and completely dark but the camera decided to just lighten it up. Thats the road.

Just before load in

Just before we started.

Same here, with a promise to help if there is any shortfall.

I certainly am

Hopefully that far in the future Mrs Woodinblack will be better and capable of doing the vegan food and the heart thing will be fixed in some way

1 hour ago, Al Krow said:

 I found the review by a chap called Jonz particularly good. He very helpfully listed the pros and cons and was obviously loving it, until it broke after 6 months! Shame.

Thats not ideal, my U4 took 13 months to break (ie, just outside waranty)!

18 minutes ago, MichaelDean said:

 I was not expecting to like it this much. Really tempted by the Jellyfish 5 at some point:

Somehow £170 seems quite expensive now

46 minutes ago, Muzz said:

 42 of them were with the Lekato MS-02 system. Probably a dozen rehearsals, too. No dropouts, no issues, most gigs they're switched on for about three hours from start of soundcheck to inevitable encores, no battery life issues.

I have never actually ever had a problem with the MS-02, just they feel a bit flakey, and on mine the power button is not the best (it works, but its like if you push it too much it goes off again). I think they are a great system for the price (wish the stereo / mono and on/off buttons were further apart!) and I will keep them as a backup

46 minutes ago, Muzz said:

Still running in mono, mainly because the BL won't cluster two channels to one out of his XR-18 to give me a stereo feed.

My channels aren't linked, I never got round to it, I just use 5 and 6 as a pair, and set them manually as I want them. 

5 hours ago, scrumpymike said:

would be the full commercial rate of £232

What was it before, as it doesn't seem terribly bad if there are 23 of us at £10, or maybe putting in a bit more for £15?

Will post back if I get any dropouts, haven't so far, but early days. I don't think I had any dropouts with the U4 (although I did have a total transmitter failure) so maybe I just don't go far enough!

I also haven't had any inteference with any of the other wirless stuff.

3 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

 

I suspect a well designed tv has one

volume step = 3dB.

That would be a terrible design!

Played in places where that seems like a luxury!

Or you can just get an IEM system and plug in whatever you want. They aren't bluetooth though

We do the small venues too and didn't have a problems. However we went to 5.8 in the first place was I used to use the internal router on the X18. As soon as I turned the XVive U4 on, there was no X18 connection. You could have one or the other, so I had to go to a an external 5.8 router.

I havren't had any problems with 5.8 being busy, even though I am a heavy user of it - i have the IEMs, the XVvive transmitter for the bass and a 5.8g modem for the X18, also the singer is on my wireless microphone transmitter and has just got a wireless sax. Its surprisingly been trouble free

11 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

Not sure 5G has anything to do with 5.8 Ghz, though, Dave?

No, it doesn't touch that band - its a combination of 700MHz, 3.5GHz and 26-40GHz, all clear of 5.8GHz (and 2.4)