Al Krow

Yes indeed. This is the explanatory note from Alto.

Mike - well spotted that the TS 12 sub doesn't have a built-in crossover switch. Annoying deliberate omission on the part of Alto! May need to take that one off my sub shortlist and head back to the RCF or similar...

@mike257 et al not an obvious place to post this query, so I'll drop it in here...do you have a preferred kick drum mic? Hope everyone is having an enjoyable Christmas break!

Oh that doesn't sound good! How about considering a late Christmas pressie to yourself of an Alto TS 12 sub to complement your Alto tops? @Steve Browning is very happy with his Alto sub / top combination, which is enough of a recommendation for me, and my crew have consequently also got our eye on a TS 12, as this seems to provide a great combination of power, not excessive weight and value for money. If you're then not having to max out your tops, just wondering if you might deal with a major cause your feedback issues in one fell swoop?

Would you rather slavery remained legal then? I appreciate its illegality may cause inconvenience for some...

Sure, I agree it's not the answer in itself. But eg if drinking and driving was legal a lot more of it would happen, I suspect? If the Act means our youngsters face less online abuse and harm than they might have otherwise done, then as a parent it gets my vote.

Seems that the NSPCC are in favour of it as I suspect are a lot of children's mental health professionals: the harm that social media causes children is well documented. I applaud the steps the Aussies are taking to protect their kids - they're clearly not in the pocket of the big tech companies like many Governments are. Driving on drugs or alcohol is not exactly allowed is it? They stopped folk smoking in doors. The world didn't end. Some might argue it even got better.

Very impressive that you can play the bass line to Rhythm Stick! Definitely one of the more challenging ones to master out there and not one I've got under my belt, by any means!

Singer (one of our regular lead vox crew) arrived 15 mins before we were due to start due to public transport issues, and was obviously stressed, bless her. I'd managed to lose my IEM headphones at a rehearsal (for our NYE gig earlier in the week) but didn't spot the loss till the gig, so I made do with standing next to the PA speaker for monitoring. Dep drummer was playing with us for the first time and we'd not rehearsed with him, and the venue, one of our pub residences, was rammed with Christmas party revellers and perhaps busier than it's ever been. So what could possibly go wrong?! 😅 There were unsurprisingly a few loose ends! But we managed to get by with eye contact and put on a decent show which seemed to go down well, and overall it was a fun gig. A large receptive audience can clearly make up for a multitude of sins it seems! A little clip of the gig and venue. Happy Christmas all!

Back to KZ ZARs - still loving mine. However... I bought a set with the built-in mic in the earphone cable and found I was only getting output through one ear piece. Replacement cable ordered for £9 inc P&P and IEMs working perfectly again.

You mention that the pack allows us to dig deeper. Do you provide details of the actual patches and settings in the pack? Appreciate if the answer is "no" to protect your IP (although I guess anyone buying the patch will be able to see what the settings are from their Helix?) However if is yes, then there are probably several of us who don't own a Full Helix who might be interested in finding out what patches and settings you have used to try to recreate it on other pedals and multifx (I have a GT1000 core) and be happy to pay you an appropriate fee for just details the patches and settings in each of the 4 pathways and potentially be another income stream for you. Just a thought!

Great job!

But that's the point...yes he gets the best tax advice, but he's not breaking any laws by setting up structures that minimise Amazon's tax by doing so. On the other hand loads of us break laws every time we go over the speed limit in our cars, take drugs or don't declare all our income from gigs if, legally, we should do. If you don't like what Amazon does, then boycott tax havens who give him and other multinationals the opportunity to avoid tax in the first place (or do you agree with Bono who says it's fine for Ireland to allow multinationals to avoid tax?)

Haha, stone throwing in glass houses? I wonder how many musicians pay the tax due on all their income? At least Bezos pays what he legally owes, even if he/Amazon are aided by certain countries (eg Ireland/Luxembourg) offering very low tax regimes.

Haha, no worries order placed! I've actually been thinking about upgrading my old/very budget Creative T40s for a long while, and a recommendation from you is always a positive. I went for the bundle with the stands, but had a £25 Andertons credit from the mixer you mentioned! Re. the mixer...a mate who is also a bass player and does the sound in his band popped round last week, and at the end said that the A&H CQ desk does literally everything he would like from his (eg individual HPF per channel, feedback assistant), so you're not alone in thinking it's been a good investment! Apologies to everyone else for the thread hijack (albeit very useful, thanks Phil!)

Yeah, I think the stereo mixing is going to be the clincher here. Ah well looks like I'm in for a pair then!

Cheers Phil. Would one suffice for home studio mixing/monitoring and solo home practice purposes?

That sounds like a really good deal Phil, thanks for the heads up! In terms of rehearsing with yours what other instruments / vox were in the studio set up and were they being separately amplified / monitored? Were you just using one of these or a pair when you rehearsed?

Third Xmas back to back Xmas party over a week - it's been great, but has involved quite a lot of travel: last night's was a two hour trek across town to Twickenham for me, and setting up before party guests arrived with a relatively short 1 hour slot before the DJ came on, following dinner, two hours after setting up. Not unusual for a function gigs though. Normally I might find such a balance between travel, loading and setting up and then doing everything in reverse on the way back, a little disheartening when combined with a relatively short set - I'd much prefer to do two hours playing than one given that playing is where the fun is for me, and I suspect for most of us! However last night Harlequins RFC was a great venue, with a really fun receptive audience and clicked well as a band and seemed to be very well received. We even managed to get Xmas dinner at the end of the night, so the stars were obviously aligned! A little clip of the gig with one of our regular dep singers fronting us.

Thanks. I was actually getting a bit of distortion on my Xvive U4s for the first time on the vocals. Interestingly we had pushed the gain on the fem vox up quite a bit - guess need to bring her down and simply cut the rest, and then raise the master vol.

Some of the online reviews aren't looking too promising re the Nux: complaints about distortion in particular. I guess sometimes you can pay too little for something!

Just spotted these: B-7PSM Wireless Monitoring Bug Transmitter & Receiver System, 5.8GHz - Nux | CPC No idea if they are any good, but I'm a fan of the Nux 5.8 GHz wireless for bass. Attractions: - very compact - 5.8 GHz not 2.4 GHz - good price compared to most wireless IEM set ups I guess slight concern that having 5.8 GHz on both bass and IEM wireless with no channel selection options may give rise to crosstalk/interference between the two units?

Very helpful indeed, thanks Mike!

Yeah there's a creator pack bundle for an extra £100 or so, in which they include a WiFi mic.

Oh I thought you had written that deliberately and very poetically! Btw please don't mention "tax" - return season is fast approaching! 😅