Al Krow

Yup I have, but I think it's a separate point? Because the Boss is only getting as far as the inputs, whereas this is an output issue.

But it's the same issue on two separate brand new U4s - one's mine and one's the singers. Here's the thing: no hum at all when: - the transmitter and receiver are both on but the mixer is switched off; - the mixer is on and I pick the transmitter up in my hand; - with direct headphones into the mixer ie not via the wireless U4. Sounds like some sort of grounding issue related to the mixer & wireless. Any obvious fixes to try out?

So my 1.0M cable has arrived. Not been able to eliminate the background hum entirely, which is a shame. Volume issues all fine as expected with the TS rather than TRS jacks. The hum seems to be loudest on channel 1 and quietest (but still present) on channels 4 & 5 so we'll be making use of those at the next gig.

Not much downside at the AliExpress offer price! Look forward to how you find them; no doubt get your thoughts on the main IEM thread once you've had a chance to put them through their paces. I'm loving mine: find they are besting my Audio Technica over-ears which set me back circa £200, which I certainly wasn't expecting!

Just spotted this on another thread and it's the flip side of Woody's comment below. So whilst a high-end roll off from cables might be something that's not too much concern for bass players, it may well be for the singers in particular? In which case a wireless mic set up for singers is potentially no bad thing? I guess with wired mics, the solution is to simply give the singers a little treble EQ boost to compensate.

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Just reading back, and actually the Zoom L-8 has pretty much all the functionality you're looking for on a small desk, other than pre/post fade.

I was very content with my Smoothhound @sirmuppet and I've no doubt you'll get what you need from yours, too. I traded up to a Boss WL-20 a couple of years back and loving the compact form factor. Allows to me take a little wander into the audience with a pretty good range.

Wow, that's impressive regular amount time on the fretboard. So 2 hours on new material plus any time doing other stuff ie are aiming to do more than 2 hours / day?

Whereas one of the things I'm loving about the budget Zoom L-8 is just how compact it is!

Cheers buddy. I think you've hit the nail on the head - if you want high quality video you need a decent camera for low light. But the internal mic on most of them is really nothing to write home about! When you say take your your audio off the desk - is that your band's Zoom Livetrack L-20? I'm guessing everything is completely mic'd up and going through FoH and any backline is DI'd through the PA too? How many mic's do you use for the drums?

Ah Shirley up to you work that one out? Enjoy 😁

Whereas an octave pedal generally sounds pretty good when used judiciously. @Gareth Hughes I agree no adventure (or massive outlay) involved in getting an octave pedal, haha! But consensus seems to be for Nathan on this one occasion: venit vidit ad cacas. He can however play!

Does look good and some great features. What's the video quality like - particularly chip size / ISO rating for low light recording? That's where something like the Sony a6000 series shines with its APS-C chip, but that plus a Rode stereo mic is a multiple of the cost of the Q2N so horses for courses: the Zoom Q2N is a complete video/audio package and costs pretty much the same as the Rode Stereo mic I'm using, by itself! PS really starting to appreciate the Zoom Livetrack L-8 mixing desk I got off the back of your recommendation (of its big brother) - so thanks again for that!

A little bit of feedback on my recently acquired KZ ZS10 Pro's. The smallest supplied ear buds that came in the box seem to be fine and comfortable (and another band member has said the same), so I'll make do with those for now. I've A/B'd the ZS10 Pro's against my "proper" i.e. over-ear decent headphones (an older Audio Technica model - ATHPro700Mk2) from the monitor output of my Zoom L8 desk with everything set flat in terms of EQ. The AT headphones had a slightly better bass response, which I was expecting, but the ZS10 Pro's had crisper more articulate high-end and mids, and the AT's felt a little muffled in comparison. So, overall, I find myself preferring the ZS10 Pros over a pair of £200 over-ear headphones - I wasn't expecting that!

Surely just get a Boss OC-5, or whatever your particular low end pedal of choice is?

Thanks! 0.5M XLR to TRS will be returned and a 1.0M XLR to TS on its way to replace. I think, fingers crossed I'm just about there and the high-pitched hum plus volume loss issues will all now be sorted - much to my relief as I recommended this unit to our singer, off the back of this thread. Did you not find the pack of goodies in the box (it's within the cardboard at the bottom)? If so, you're in the same boat as our singer who was surprised when I pointed them out, but all your kind input will have been repaid, haha!

Hi Woody follow on question if I may: So I initially checked your point about getting rid of the interference / earthing high pitched hum by using one of my PA cables with the suppled TS adaptor using my Zoom B1-4 as a headphone amp (as per the above pic). I've since got a 0.5M XLR to TRS for use with the monitor-out (and marked with the headphone symbol) from my Zoom L8 mixer but found that fully inserted there was a considerable loss of volume, whereas pulled out a notch so it was effectively being a TS rather than a TRS 1/4", the volume was restored. I then used the supplied Xvive U4 jack, which as you know is TS, into the monitor out and volume wise it was fine (obviously still had the high pitched hum). However fully inserting a normal set of headphones with a 1/4" TRS adaptor works great into the Zoom L8 monitor out with no volume loss, and when they were partially pulled out there was a volume drop plus it went from being stereo to mono output into one ear only. Now because the Xvive U4s are "purely mono" whereas a TRS jack is stereo, even though I'm going into a stereo headphone out socket from the Zoom L8 mixer, it seems that what I need is an XLR to TS adaptor not an XLR to TRS adaptor, do you agree?

I guess the mA halving as the voltage doubles follows from what we were discussing earlier. But, yes, it would be helpful for them to spell out the right current with each voltage.

That does have an 18V power supply with it - is that not convenient? I guess you're using one PSU for your whole board? PS Recommend checking out the Harley Benton IsoPro PSUs - fantastic value and pretty slimline to fit under most pedal boards, with provided switch options for 9V/12/18V on a couple of the outputs.

I think this is equivalent to a batteries in series vs in parallel question. So my understanding is that doing that will double voltage, but your mah will stay at 250mah.

But only 20 fingers and toes, so how does that work? 😅

@mrtcat - have been thinking your comments through and discussing with my band, in particular about rejecting suggestions on personal preference. I guess where I'm coming from is that there's gotta be enough cheesy floor filler songs out there which audiences love, so that the band isn't forced to play particular songs week in week out if one or more of the band members can't stand them? Particularly ones which have been done to death e.g. Wonderwall, Sweet Home Alabama etc. Playing live music has gotta be fun, if it becomes a chore then that's a real shame. Had a bit of banter with a pro bass-player last night who's just helped me to put the debate over one band song we're currently not doing to bed: you don't need to play this song to be doing 60+ function gigs a year!

Partly. We thought it would be nice for the band to at least kick off with the same IEMs so we had a similar experience as we were finding our feet - as you know the ZS 10 Pros get a lot of love on BC and no way were the rest of the band up for spending Shure 535 money!