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Al Krow

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  1. Al Krow
    Yeah fair point. The trouble with the Hearmix Pro kit is you're looking at £500+ per band member, which compares to KZ ZAR IEMs at £50 per set, and you'll appreciate why that may be a non starter for many bands, and certainly unlikely to well up any shopping list for most? Obviously it will be a lot cheaper to set up an ambient mic and plug that into the desk, and tailor the ambient sound you want to hear that way? Not going to be in the same league, for sure, but it's then just the cost of a microphone, lead and stand.
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    Maybe something like: 3.5mm TRRS 4 Pole to TRS 3 Pole male Female Microphone Jack Converter Adapter | eBay + CR2032 battery combined into an ultra small small housing? Not my skillset at all, but I suspect you or @Woodinblack could rustle something up and make into a bespoke BC product? Just a thought!
  3. Al Krow
    You guys are determined to make me feel better about not getting them in the first place, haha! That's really helpful to know, thanks Jimmy!
  4. Al Krow
    Nah we all do with keen interest Russ! But your suggestion involves yet another bit of kit to set up and sort, as opposed to replacing something we've already got with relatively low cost - those alternative cable mics were just another few quid on top.
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    Awww, sorry to hear that! What happened? No going back?
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    There's a huge amount of price experience between us on BC. At the end of the day we all buy and sell things for what we think they're worth to us as well as being guided by what others are buying and selling them for. If something seems to be on at a fair price I won't haggle (as was the case with a pedal I bought 5 mins ago!). But I'm fine with folk making me offers whether here or on eBay and I can decide whether to accept the offer or not; and I don't have any issues doing the same. If folk are fortunate not to be a forced seller then they can afford to be a little patient and hold on until getting their asking price or close to it, or simply decide it's worth more to them than what others are willing to part with and hold on to it - there's often a good reason we bought stuff in the first place?! And let's not get started on seller's regret...😅
  7. Al Krow
    Cheers guys, you've put my mind at rest for not spending an extra £5 on getting the "with mic" cables! Just thinking aloud, this could be a really neat feature if any IEM system were to offer it?
  8. Al Krow
    Speaking about hearing everything, just wondering if I've been missing a trick on the ambient microphone side of things? I've spotted that some of the KZ range now come with a microphone on the cables (pic below) but I'm assuming that these only work when the switch is pressed. So not capable of being an "always on" feature, but still potentially useful for having a conversation with a band/audience member without needing to take your earbuds out? Don't know if anyone else has gone down this route or spotted something similar / better?
  9. Al Krow
    Love Runaway Baby (but is it really a funk number?) - it's a super fun bass riff! But hardly any of the punters we play it to seem to be familiar with it! Uptown Funk on the other hand, absolutely!
  10. Al Krow
    Looks like these are now in stock with Bax. Just ordered mine - should arrive mid next week.
  11. Al Krow
    Just come across these bad boys: 9 V Rechargeable Battery, 13500mWh 9 V High Capacity Lithium Batteries, I think that equates to 1,500 mAh, which is a little more than my current 9V batteries which are 1,300 mAh but not hugely so. Anyone come across a higher capacity rechargeable 9V?
  12. Al Krow
    This^^ particularly the point about compact footprint. Personally I don't think any of the multifxs do everything well e.g. filter & synth? Certainly not the ones I've come across, anyway. So I've gone with the approach of having a multifx at the heart of my pedalboard supplemented by a few dedicated pedals that just do stuff I would regularly want to use in a live setting, "better". A Zoom B1-4 has been perfectly adequate for a long time, but now that my crew are starting to regularly do function gigs it's probably time for me to bite the bullet and replace the B1-4 with something more capable / less noisy. That had always been the plan when I got a GT1000 Core first time around, before I moved it on to one of our band's guitarists who had just joined at the start of the year, and who has since been super happy with it.
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    Lots of very good points there BRX. Just occurred to me, though, that maybe one of the reasons you're so happy with your full Helix vs the struggle that a lot of Stomp users have is that the compact Stomp and HXFX units have literally half the DSP of the full Helix and Helix LT (one vs two core processors). So stuff that sounds really good on the full/LT might struggle on the budget / more compact models? Whereas the the GT 1000 and GT 1000 Core share the same more powerful chipset. Just a hunch? But you would have thought that halving the available processing power is going to have some impact?
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    Chips that aren't a decade old is my starting point. That is ancient tech by most people's standards in the IT world. More dsp = better sound quality as a general starting point There's maybe a reason so many struggle with Helix to get a good sound straight "out of the box" particularly as the Helix software is unrivalled? Seems to be an easier journey with more recent kit with greater dsp such as the GT1000 / Core - it's been very obvious when working our regular 4 guitarists the Core users were up and running with a sound they liked very quickly, the Helix boys are still struggling to find a sound they like, or just about getting there.
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    I may have to make another foray into giving the GT1000 Core a go, after mine got filched by our guitarist and given that there's still no sign of an upgrade to the ancient Helix range in sight...guess I'll know who to tap up for a mint condition used one then 😁
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    Time to get a £50 used Zoom B1-4? 😂
  17. Al Krow
    What would you say are the key limitations in functionality apart from fewer channels and outputs?
  18. Al Krow
    @Phil Starr @Chienmortbb gents, any takers?! 😊
  19. Al Krow
    What's the weight of your subs, Bill? Feels like there's a gap in the market / interesting commercial opportunity for a high quality relatively lightweight sub, certainly over here in the UK? In the same way that Alex Claber made a big name with his Barefaced cabs. Bass Direct in Warwick could be an ideal UK distributor if this sounds interesting, as they regularly import from the USA.
  20. Al Krow
    Thanks Bill. So I think you're saying lower cost and lack of need of wider dispersion makes the 15" the obvious choice over 2 x 10" for a sub? Would you expect the size / weight of the two set ups to differ for same power output, other things being equal?
  21. Al Krow
    Sure, and I agree with all of that, Bill. But would a 2 x 10" speaker set up ever make sense for a sub vs a 1 x 15"?
  22. Al Krow
    Finally someone making sense on speaker cone sizes. So they do matter and make a difference. Hallelujah.
  23. Al Krow
    What are you considering to be small vs hefty? And where, in particular, do 12" speakers fit into that?
  24. Al Krow
    Don't get rid of your synth pedal any time soon though! 😅 I'm not sure how good that review was tbh, felt like it was doing quite a few things "adequately" and not necessarily showing off its potential? If you have a set of individual pedals you were 90% happy with, that's a pretty decent outcome! Genuinely looking forward to hearing if it ends up cutting the mustard for you, or if you decide to stick to your existing board? But nothing ventured, nothing gained!
  25. Al Krow
    Both great options! For a pub band, I think a more budget Option 3 for the core PA could also work well: 2 x RCF 732A + Desk to suit your needs It's what we typically use for our weekly pub/function covers gigs, with no backline, and works very well for our 4 piece band. Your two options are both a step up from what we have.
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