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dave_bass5
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MacBook Pro. Soooo much musical potential, especially MainStage. All the sounds i could ever need. If not that, Roland Fantom 06. Pure 80’s indulgence 😁
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It’s to keep the crowds under control and people safe. Blame the amount of people that descend on this small part of london. The authorities most certainly do take everything in to consideration but maybe musicians need to as well. It’s not a new system.
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I live by the OXO tower. Thats bang smack in the middle of london. We cant really to gig on NYE as although we can get the car full of gear out, we cant get home. Real pain in the ass
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Cheers. I’ll have a listen while im at the gym.
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Having recently got the Roland Cloud, ive been messing around with the various Roland synths, and while the JP8 is of course much more versatile, i keep going back to the Juno60. It’s simple, can sound fat (as you say, due to the chorus) and has loads of those classic 80’s sounds, but in reality not many different sounds. It just gets the 80’s vibe. I guess what i meant above was that they all have classic 80’s sounds, all with a common core sound (at least to my ears), certainly the Roland filters have a character you can hear in all of them, but compared to the software versions the hardware synths lack a lot. With the Cloud version of the JP8 i can now have the Juno chorus, or any other FX, which elevates it above the original IMO. Ive always looked on Oberheims as more a rock band synth. Other than the obvious Van Halen and Rush, it just seems the Americans used them more than the bands from the UK. When i was using AUM i found i used OBX way more than the Roland stuff.
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I use a MODX, so yeah, I’ve used Soundmondo a lot. Loads of duplicate sounds on there though. I first tried it with the DX, but never really found much I could use. Mostly tweaks of the presets which I had no use for. Like I said, it’s not the synth itself, it’s the type of Sound’s available and the use I needed them for. Then again, when I compare the MODX FM to the DX, there is just no comparison, so again, no need to keep the DX.
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Yeah, I know what the JP8 goes for, and i do regret getting rid of it now, but it was 25+ years ago so i wont worry too much. I had a flight case for the JP8 that took 2 people to carry it, as the handles were on either end, and the case weighed more than the keyboard. It just wasnt practice to keep it. Plus the XLR outs had a hiss that was audible when going through the PA. I still think the JP4/6/8 and Juno’s sound a bit bland and are limited compared to what even free VST’s can do these days, but they do have a few classic sounds that instantly transport me back to the 80’s
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Yeah, i was the same. Only had what i could afford, and never the big league stuff until they fell out of favour. I got the JP8 for £450 used, and then swapped it for the DX7. Both from a shop so that would include markups. I loved what i had at the time, SH-09/101, DX27/11, Casio CZ1000 etc, but these were all originals bands.when i started doing covers and we started getting lots of decent gigs i knew i had to step things up, So got the JP8, but felt it was really only good for those 80’s synth songs, so traded it for the DX7. Then i got a Korg M1ex. That pretty much got me through until i stopped playing and went to bass. Now im back on keys ive realised a lot of what i liked back then is not really working for me, although my Fantom has all the JP8/Juno stuff covered which i do love playing around with. Before i got the Fantom as my top keyboard i was using a controller and my ipad, and had various synths, inc Juno/OBX/M1/Hammond etc. i felt i finally had all the sounds id missed out on in the past, but i found using a controller and all those synths a bit hectic at gigs. Im now trying to convince myself to sell the MODX, get a larger controller and use MainStage for the more acoustic sounds. I also have a Roland cloud account and love playing around with the D-50.
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I gigged for about 3 years with my DX7, and i could tweak the sounds to how i wanted them, but i didnt have the skill to do it from scratch. This was early 90’s when the DX had started to fall from grace. Before i had it i had been using the cheaper DX’s for originals, and then a JP8 when i joined a covers band. I ended up swapping the JP8 for the DX7, which was used, because i started playing covers and felt the DX was more of an all round keyboard, and i was starting got need more piano type sounds. Then i got an M1, and that was light years ahead for covers IIR. I guess what I should have said was not silly noises, but useless ones (for me). I didnt need basses, bells, thin weedy strings/brass etc. Part of the reason i got it was as a controller, but also i guess i had fond memories of the DX7. I just didn’t find the DX usable for any of this. When i got the MODX a few weeks later, as i must admit the bug to play key’s had bitten me, i was knocked out how good/warm/full sounding FM-X was. All those DX7 sounds but on steroids. Even the FM-X versions of the CS80 type sounds were really good, plus all the built in FX etc. I just found never see me switching the DX on again. The CP on the other hand, has a vibe ive not been able to get no my MODX or Fantom. I also get inspired when i turn it on. It’s just that i don’t these days.
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I had a Reface DX, the first keyboard i brought in about 25 years. I got it during the first lockdown. That got me started on the road to the dark side, i soon got a MODX after that (2 weeks IIR). I’ll be honest, i found the DX to be pants. I owned a DX7 back in the day, and also a DX27. Maybe my memory was clouded, but when i got the Reface DX i was at first over the moon to get some of those sounds back, but quickly remembered why i moved the DX’s on. I wanted something to write and work out songs on, and the DX was just not the right one. Had I wanted silly noises………😎 A year or so ago i swapped it for a Reface CP. That was the best move i made. Although i never really use it, i love its sounds. Ive spent hours noodling on that. I don’t really use it much now that i have a 2 keyboard rig set up in the living room, but its not something id get rid of as its so convenient.
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As im still new to IEM’s id need to make sure i dont plan on changing them before i spend that sort of money. We arent going to be gigging too often, so it seems a bit of a luxury at this stage. I know MEE do them for around $150 but id still need to get my ears measured etc. -
Cheers. Yep, got some larger Comply tips ordered. Looking at the right one this morning and it’s ripped. Im not going to go the whole custom fit at the moment, but probably will next year. happy with the IEMs themselves though. A bit gutted we didn’t get to play 3 Lions last night 😎
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Had my first gig with IEM’s last night. I was worried about not hearing everything but the ambient mic worked really well. First set I was in heaven. Everything sounded good and that inspired me To play better. Really enjoyed playing. Second set was not so good. My right one kept coming loose, so I was getting way more drummer in my ear, and loss of low end in my ears. At one point I took them out and was shocked at how loud the band were (it was ok for this room though). I’m now 100% converted to IEM’s though. Just need to sort out the ear tips. I do have loads, I just didn't bother taking them. One issue I had all night, was one of my keyboards sounded distorted in my ears. Not terrible, but ‘hot’. All the levels were fine, I did a PFL on both, so I think it was the fact that I’m using a passive headphone box and had the phones out on the desk maxed out. I’ll go back to my P2 for the next gig.
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Wireless IEMs: Xvive U4 & alternatives
dave_bass5 replied to Al Krow's topic in Accessories and Misc
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Having just started using something very similar I can say it’s been a revelation as far as feeling part of the music goes. Tonight im going to try a stereo mic, but I had no issues with the mono.
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My situation was different, as I was re purchasing items I had already owned, so noticed right away they were inferior. I’ve used the grey market many times, even for expensive items, but my mind now tells me if something is really cheap the be careful. Im sure the IEM’s will be fine, they are cheap items anyway. When dawn got hers I had a go with them but they felt too large and heavy for me flat ears. They didn’t actually fall out (probably would have done though). But felt like they would all the time. That’s why I ended up with what I have now.
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I’ve only used Ali express twice, for camera accessories. Both took ages to arrive and were both fakes. Maybe I was just unlucky.
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Amazon?
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Thanks for the offer but i don’t really have a need to get it working now. I do remember one of those cables was a Roland cable, which i do still have, so maybe I’ll take that apart and we wire it. With that cable i remember i only got sound in the left ear when the P2 was set to stereo.
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It could well be the cheap cables i got off amazon. I tried two different ones. I tried plugging the TRS end in to the headphone out on my mixer at first, and then in to my keyboard’s headphones out both directly in to the P2, but it was only coming through in mono. I also had a G4M version at the time and that was doing the same thing. Sent the cable back and got another brand (probably just re branded). Same result. It has bugged me that it never worked.
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Haha, yeah. Like i said, the jack is woking fine for stereo, just couldn't get it from the XLR.
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Thats good info Russ. I brought a couple of cables supposedly stereo TSR to stereo wired XLR, but only got mono using the P2. Do you have confirmation that the XLR in is stereo?
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Only reason i use jack is because its stereo. To be fair my P2 seems very loose, even by jack standards. Hoping with the passive version i can get to the jack inside and if it is loose, bend it in a bit.
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Ive had the same thing happen with my P2, and did the same as you. I find the jack connection to be quite loose so got a G4M passive version, which only has a jack input. This feels a bit tighter, although I’ll still wrap the cable. It’s also a bit smaller and with no battery one less thing to worry about. I was looking through my drawers last night and found my old Roland ECM907 stereo mic. I’ll give that a try on Friday and see if that makes a difference. .
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Well to be clear, Dawns first set lasted 3 rehearsals without being dropped. 😬 Just one of those thing i guess, the second pair is working well and i know 3 other people that use them on a regular basis. Only issue i can see (and i may be wrong), is the the working channels seem quite limited if whole band are using them. Could be wrong though, and im basing that on seeing the guitar versions clash a couple of times in my old band.
