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  1. Al Krow
    Reviving an old thread - as my old HB adaptor has also just died and be good to get one with a UK plug. Replacement 12V AC Adaptor for Harley Benton PowerPlant ISO-Adapter 1-2-5 421958 | eBay This one looks pretty good value and has the correct centre negative polarity (unlike the one I found on Amazon claiming to be a HB ISO-Adapter and am returning!). I'll order one and report back if it doesn't work for any reason. Update: can confirm this works a treat, have ordered one more for the gig bag!
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    That's really helpful, thank @Happy Jack, so sounds like plenty of instances where a desk has had issues. We've never had an issue with our A&H desks over the years, or more recently with the Soundcraft MTK12. I did once get a cheaper Zoom L8 desk (my first short-lived foray into digital desks!) get knocked out during soundcheck by a power surge at the venue. Seemed to reset itself after about 30 mins, but was a bit of a shock to the system! (pun intended 😄)
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    Cheers Jack - I guess you've had decades of gigging experience too. Have you had any experience of PA kit and particularly desks failing during that time?
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    Have you ever had a piece of kit fail on you in that time Bill?
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    BC'ers have you come across a UK 3 pin version of the attached, that you've been happy with? Harley Benton PowerPlant ISO-Adapter 12V3A – Thomann United Kingdom I got a unit that I thought would work but no cigar and will be returning, so any recommendations gratefully received! @stewblack I'm hoping you might be our resident expert on HB related kit?!
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    What do folk do in terms of having back up provision at gigs? I'm guessing very few of us will take spare PA speakers to gigs on the basis that worst case you could probably manage with one and, besides, not sure how many of us have spare PA speakers knocking around or the space in our vehicles to transport them? What about mixing desks? Do many of the bands we're in have spare desks and do you religiously take one along in case your desk doesn't work at the gig? Or are you happy to rely on testing them before you head onto the road? What's our collective experience in terms of desks going on a gig night?
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    Thanks Phil - went very well and the pre-prep work put in on the A&H CQ18T seemed to pay a lot of dividends. Allocating two of the buttons to mute FoH and IEMs took away the stress of a lack of physical faders in the event of an unexpected volume spike. I took the old analogue desk to the gig as a back-up but it stayed in its case. I had set up the new desk with a basic mix based on what everyone had been saying they wanted in their IEMs when using our analogue desk i.e. a little boost to their vox & instruments to make them easily heard in the mix. Similarly the individual EQ settings on each of the channel strips was based on previous experience of what worked well. Loved the flexibility on little things that make this a relative joy to use e.g. being able to set frequency for each channel at which the HPF kicks in. No one asked for any changes to their personal mix on the night - the only request was to turn down the IEM volume at soundcheck - understandably so, as I'd based the vol settings on my home use and rather than us playing at gig volumes (albeit relatively modest gig volumes as it was a pub restaurant). Then able to save the new settings with the press of a button! The crew loved the benefit of having a personal tailored mix (rather than just two tailored and the rest getting FoH with the analogue desk). The clarity in all our IEMs seemed to be significantly better too. Those two things were very much the rationale for upgrading from a decent budget analogue desk to a well featured mid-range digital desk. The many additional capabilities of the desk compared to what we previously had, including the ability to adjust settings on the fly from the floor using a tablet, will be icing on the cake. @Pirellithecat hope that gives you an in idea of my initial impressions and I'm already feeling that this was the best bit of kit I've bought this year! Two more gigs, this time at Xmas parties, tonight and tomorrow to try this out with slightly differing line-ups for each. After which I'll likely not be feeling the need to take a back-up desk with me - although I'm guessing some of you guys would recommend doing that as good practice regardless?
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    Reckon it's taken about 10 hours solid for me to get to grips with the new A&H desk, including just now setting up the tablet for remote access to adjust settings on the fly from the floor. Does feel like quite a step up from our old trusty, but decently capable, analogue desk. I think I'm feeling sufficiently confident now to give the desk a first outing at a pub gig tomorrow night. Wish me luck, haha!
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    Came across this YT video, which was really helpful in terms of more detailed EQ settings for each channel strip, which I'd initially not managed to figure out from the manual: Allen & Heath CQ-18T - Learning From The Complete Channels
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    Fwiw, I don't think 1" is a particularly small sensor - I personally think it's pretty decent and good for low light/gig situations. Very few mobile phones have anything approaching that, and videocams with 1" sensors can easily cost >> £1k I also really like the fact that, unlike normal cameras, the video recording time isn't artificially limited to 20 to 30 mins but can capture a full 1 hr set without needing to be reset!
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    Thanks for that update, Dave. Excuse my ignorance but what does DR stand for? Do you have a link to the magnetic mount - sounds like a good accessory to have! Have you used it with the wireless mic, was thinking that may come in handy if the camera is being mounted on a PA pole?
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    How you getting on with your Osmo Pocket 3 Dave? Still preferring it to other kit for live music recording? I see these are available online for around £450 which seems to be a decent price for such a capable bit of kit!
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    Yeah mine were £13.50 apiece, all in, too. There used to be a £15 low value item exemption on imported goods, but that got scrapped a while back, I think?
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    Cheers - at £13.50 a pop including (including P&P and import taxes) and with a separately openable battery section, these Alt P2s seem to be a bit of a no brainer punt! I've just ordered a couple via Ali Express instead of the £27 (plus P&P) Behringer P2s
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    Is the point about the mono/stereo the ability to use a TS guitar lead vs a (more expensive) TRS cable e.g. if you are being fed from a aux out from the desk? Also is the casing on the tribute P2 as sturdy as the Behringer P2? The point about having a battery housing without needing to remove the entire casing just to replace batteries, is a good one. £28 for a pair of Tribute P2 vs literally double for the Behringer P2 (which were already feeling like a bargain at £27 plus P&P each) and for a better product seems like the ultimate no brainer!
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    Could I recommend the KZ ZARs, which are one of the top of the range KZs...they have been so much better than the entry level ZS10s I had, which almost made me give up with IEMs after using them for the best part of a year, in terms of a less harsh and much more comfortable sound, particularly if you are getting ringing in your ears? If you scroll back, I think you'll find my experience with the ZARs has been mirrored by several others on this thread. I've just picked up a set off AliExpress for around £45 all in for a new band mate who is going wireless IEM.
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    Well, you've whetted my apetite - may have to return the P2s...could you share the link to the tribute/clone copy you bought on AliExpress please? One of the issues folk have commented about the P2 is about the clip snapping off, is the tribute/copy you bought any better?
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    They seem to be full price on Ali Express? Have you got a Behringer P2 clone from them? If so, there's an irony in Behringer being cloned and also in you not thinking Amazon are a proper store 😅
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    That's a really good price! Advantage of Amazon for Prime members is obviously the free shipping, however...Amazon are currently saying a 2 to 5 MONTH despatch period!! Andertons reckon they will have more stock in on Monday (let's see) and a single £2.99 Evri delivery fee, seemingly irrespective of the quantity. I've just ordered a couple for my crew (particularly with our deps in mind). (Something even better value came up spotted by @Woodinblack see below).
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    Ok wtf is solid foundation vs technical noodling all about?! And why doesn't someone who is as good a bass player as you, use a....😅
  21. Al Krow
    This is a really interesting topic. I think a lot of folk have got comfortable with Joyo and Behringer these days? Several of us really liked the Valeton OC-2 clone, particularly with the more compact housing than the Boss, although Boss seem to have successfully shut down production of that even though the package it came was very different to the Boss pedals. And dammit @glassmoon's review makes this a very tempting purchase as they seem to have improved on some of the flaws of the original e.g. the volume disparity of the OGS circuit. Is there a parallel to the live music that we engage in, rather than the electronic most of us don't have the expertise to make, would your same logic apply to Tribute bands? Should they only be allowed to perform with the express agreement of the bands they are copying? Or are they targeting a completely different audience to the original bands in terms of ticket pricing and venues?
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    I suspect with that approach he wouldn't last too long in some of our bands Dave! You're clearly far too nice!
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    Cheers Steve, that one's been on my shortlist too, along with decent lighting now that we've got a decent digital desk sorted! Just to clarify it's actually the TS 12S model, right? I think the TS312 is just a normal woofer not a sub woofer? Looks like it comes in at 26kg and delivers a whopping a 1250W RMS. Completely agree about the impact of losing low end in an outdoor gig! We were doing the music for a 10K run and the band were asking why have you got the bass turned up so high on the FoH, so I turned it down to what we might usually have indoors and asked them to stand just a few metres in front of the speakers where the bass had faded to very little and that settled the debate! The FBT 2x8 208SA which @Phil Starr looks intriguing given its light weight (20 kg) and compact size, and hopefully 600W RMS / 129sB SPL should add quite a bit, but at around £1k doesn't match the Alto (around £450) in terms of pricing.
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    Sounds good Steve. Do you have a pic of your set up and can share the make/model/pricing of your set up please?
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    @Pirellithecat as requested, some fuller impressions on the A&H CQ18T having spent about 6 hours getting up to speed on it. 1. The interface and menus are pretty intuitive to get to grips with. There's decent online YT hints / tuition plus a detailed manual. 2. In the relatively short time I've spent so far I've managed to get a 'scene' set up with input levels mirroring what I had with my analogue desk, but with the benefit of 4 tailored outputs, which we can tweak when we meet up to gig. So far I've based on what my bandmates typically want in their IEMs e.g. more own vox for the singers etc. 3. I'm loving the fact that you can label all the inputs / IEM outs and save everything as you go along to create a basic template and then make a back-up in seconds. If you're used to creating patches on a multifx starting with a basic template then you will feel very at home with this desk. 4. The 7" screen is great and the dials make it easy to adjust the faders, actually even more precisely than physical faders which was an unexpected capability - I suspect if we had been limited to a touchscreen it would have been the other way around. 5. I've set up the 3 soft keys to: mute the main outputs, mute the IEM outputs and to record / stop multitrack recording. 6. Speaking of multitrack recording - I'm also loving having the ability to record up to 16 tracks at 96 kHz sample rate which can be any combination of individual tracks, plus the FoH output if you also want the latter, and tweak input/output levels via the touchscreen. That feels like a massive step up from an analogue desk (even with multi-track capability like my existing Soundcraft MTK12) where we've need to plug into a laptop and often with glitchiness in terms of not all tracks getting recorded. The one thing I've not figured out yet is whether it is possible is to apply something more bespoke than the low/high/mid EQ adjustments to the inputs? Similarly I've so far only found a one touch button for HPF and compression for inputs, whereas e.g. on the HPF it should be possible to tailor at what frequency the HPF kicks in at? But I've managed to apply a bespoke, albeit global across all the channels, PEQ to the outputs including an HPF cut and a 3dB boost in the lower mids. Obviously the desk needs to be tried out in anger with my band live, but I'm already feeling pretty confident now that I've got a basic grasp of this to get a decently mixed FoH sound and IEM monitoring for us. I'm also feeling less worried about not having physical faders given the mute switches. Anyway fingers crossed!
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