MrPring
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Anyone tried comply tips? I didn't even bother using the standard. Have used these on all my non 'gigging' headphones forever so know I get a great fit. Aim once I sell my SVT Skunkworks head is to go custom. Really like the description of the Lugs SI - Dynamic Hybrid (2x Dynamic drivers and 1x High) -
That's a shame. What did you go with instead?
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Lads if you're using KZ then get on the AS16 Pros. Sound absolute perfect for me as a singing bassist and only £70.
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Morning gang. Had soundcheck/tech rehearsal in the theatre most of yesterday and first chance to use the new rig in anger at a venue. Everything working amazingly apart from one thing... Riddle me this, the compression and eq I applied in our IEM mixer on our vocal mics in our ears was also on the FOH sound. Now this has absolutely bamboozled me. Signal chain is Mic - MS8000 passive split = link out to FOH snake/Transformer output to Ui16. Am I being completely thick? I was of the understanding any moves I made would not affect FOH. Spot the mixer 😍
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Wanted to update everyone on our results moving the whole band to IEMs. Been a gamechanger for us and wish we'd have done this a decade ago when we were playing festivals and large venues with our own sound guy 🫣 We use a soundcraft ui16 (would have preferred the 21ir but managed to get a steal on the above). We've only got 16 inputs and 4 of us so it's enough ins and auxes luckily (utilising headphone amp as aux 5/6) and main outs. I'll upload our tech spec but we're sending 4 mics + 2 x Guitar, Bass & a mono backing track channel from our split to our mixer and FOH and then we use an EAD10 drum module for the drum sound in our ears (this thing is an amazing investment). The backing and click tracks are a single stereo file, tracks left, click right. The click signal only goes straight into our mixer so it's not being sent to FOH. Our split is a passive Behringer MS8000 we send the link out for those 8 channels to FOH and transformer out to our mixer. Then have a 6m 8 channel snake from the link out to feed the FOH stagebox. For IEMs me, the lead guitarist and rhythm guitarist/vocalist use the KZ As16 Pro. They seemed to be the best of their range for our uses. Drummer used the shure dual driver ones (can't remember name). We then use wired Behringer P2 headphone amps but have recently got the Donner ones which are lighter and rechargeable (stereo is via a stereo TRS cable so will be getting long lengths of those soon). For the behringer we have an xlr combiner cable made to turn the 2 mono xlr aux outs into an unbalanced stereo one. Link here... Splitter Cable you could just use 1 xlr if you want a mono feed. In terms of mixes, I've got everything in my mix except the backing tracks. Click is just there enough in quieter sections to hear it but then inaudible when we're going hammer and tongs and a slight boost to my vocal and bass. Perfect for me and sounds very similar to when I listen to our album. This was a cheap starter setup and my intention is to get proper customs moulds maybe LUGs? I've got the comply tips on the AS16s which seal perfectly and no issues for me. First gig is a week tomorrow for our album release at our home town Theatre 😮 Have now got proper bags for the tails haha and in the process of changing the tails from the split to our mixer to right angle xlr so that they can be permanently plugged in. Ignore the carpet I'm in the process of renovating this place top to bottom. Rack drawer is filled with foam and contains our vocal and cab mics as well as our headphone amps, iems and splitter cables. Will get a photo at next practice of it all plugged in so you can see it in action. I'm totally ampless now which again has been a gamechanger. Here's my pedalboard. The Element also allows me to practice with the same tone as live/band practice so another revelation. Thanks to everyone for their help answering my braindead questions along the way 🤣
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Bumping this. Would take £150 posted. -
Just to say this worked a treat lads. Everyone on stereo mixes now. Drummer has just ordered a Yamaha Ead10 solely for our IEMs as well so look forward to adding that in. We're also going to use our own mics on the guitar cabs from now on (all 4 of us have our own vocal mics) so we're going to be totally consistent from night to night.
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About 10 years ago I bought one of these, stuck some castors on the bastard and have toured it all over the UK and Europe ever since. Incredible setup! Don't sleep on this. GLWTS -
Thanks for the responses everyone. Really appreciate it. I'm guilty of overthinking audio routing etc so appreciate the reassurance!
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Alright gang me again with potentially another dumb question. We're all successfully on IEMs now through our Soundcraft ui16 mixer. We've been using mono mixes but want to go stereo, 1 slight problem there are only 6 auxes (including headphones) and as we all sing we tried sharing a stereo mix but it wasn't for us. My question We're only using the unit for IEMs never FOH so can I just use the Main outs for an additional stereo IEM mix? What would the drawbacks be and how would I avoid affecting any of other aux mixes. I'm the most technical in the band (lol!) so I would lock down the other auxes so that each member can only access their own aux and I'd control the rest. Our setup will be almost identical night to night as we'll be using the same mics for everything bar the 2 guitarists. All vocal and drum mics will be the same so hopefully there won't be too much messing about. If this is a BA then we might just save up a bit more and get the ui24r but would rather not if this is possible.
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Class pedal that has been on my board for a few years. Has velcro underneath and also has the rubber feet in the box. In great condition. Not looking for trades as needing to slim down my setup now I'm ampless on IEMs. These are £289 new so priced to sell. Really easy to dial in a good tone with the flexibility it has to combine both clean and dirty tones and the low compression keeps things nice and smooth. Any questions or more pics lemme know. Info from the Darkglass website: The Microtubes X7 series brings the studio method producers have been using the years to cover the whole bass distortion spectrum: from articulate high gain to punchy mild overdrive, raw and gnarly fuzz and everything in between. You now have absolute control in constructing your vision of what the perfect bass distortion texture, definition, and size should have. Controls High Pass Frequency Controls the cutoff frequency to be distorted, ranging from 100Hz (for thicker, fuzzier saturation) or 1kHz for ultra-sharp definition. High Drive Sets the amount of distortion for the high pass side. High Level Sets the output volume of the distorted high-pass signal. Low Pass Frequency Controls the cutoff frequency to be mixed back to the high-pass side. Ranging from 50Hz (for only sub-bass) and 500Hz to preserve some clean mids. Low Comp Sets the amount of compression for the low-pass signal. Low Level Sets the output volume of the low-pass signal. Master Sets the overall volume of the unit. Low shelf +-12dB @ 80 Hz 500 Hz +-12dB 1 kHz +-12dB High shelf +-12dB @ 5 kHz Dimensions Width: 94 mm / 3¾″ Length: 120 mm/ 4¾″ Height: 46 mm / 1¾″ Weight: 320 g / 0.7 lb
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Bloody Guitarists! Band moving to in ears. Help!
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Cheers gang great responses. The main offender is also the lead vocalist so will need to educate him that his amp now doesn't need to be pointed at his ears set to 'stun' for him to hear himself. -
Hey folks posted this in its own thread but will give it a go here as well; Evening gang. Finally convinced the band to make the shift to in ears so we've got ourselves a mixer (Soundcraft u24i) and have all got P2s and some IEMS (as well as a full set of mics and cables). I'm now ampless and even the drummer is thinking of going to an electric kit but the 2 guitarists are not looking to ditch their amps just yet. I've explained the benefits etc but their excuse is they'll not be able to get feedback at low volumes or if they go ampless. I'm a bit stumped on how to handle this. We've always been a ridiculously loud band but this was fine as we always played bigger venues so had powerful PAs and good monitoring. We've had a 5 year break and now on the comeback trail but now back to playing small venues hence the shift. Is it a case of just stepping on a drive pedal or two (whilst maintaining volume) to achieve this feedback? It's not a massive part of our show but at the start and end of some songs we do this for effect. Anyone come up against similar reluctance or anything else that might come up? Any help greatly appreciated.
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Evening gang. Finally convinced the band to make the shift to in ears so we've got ourselves a mixer (Soundcraft u24i) and have all got P2s and some IEMS (as well as a full set of mics and cables). I'm now ampless and even the drummer is thinking of going to an electric kit but the 2 guitarists are not looking to ditch their amps just yet. I've explained the benefits etc but their excuse is they'll not be able to get feedback at low volumes or if they go ampless. I'm a bit stumped on how to handle this. We've always been a ridiculously loud band but this was fine as we always played bigger venues so had powerful PAs and good monitoring. We've had a 5 year break and now on the comeback trail but now back to playing small venues hence the shift. Is it a case of just stepping on a drive pedal or two (whilst maintaining volume) to achieve this feedback? It's not a massive part of our show but at the start and end of some songs we do this for effect. Anyone come up against similar reluctance or anything else that might come up? Any help greatly appreciated. Mods: 👌
