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I was meaning that the xr18 doesn't have any actual knobs or a screen that comes on when you power it up. I know too many people who say they've 'lost connection' for whatever reason or ended up cobbling a wired connection together for it.

Doesn't seem to be the same issues with the CQ18.

Soundcheck? You mean where they sort their hair and practice the poses they want to pull?

Thanks, that's great. I do sound (if that's not obvious) and after about 2 years 'the lads' have finally realised I can tweak their individual mixes - even though I've said this at almost every gig 😂.

This is leading to requests to tweak between almost every song so the 'main attraction' is the fact I can install the app on their phones and let them get on with it! 

I've been in a band with an xr18 in the past and loved it, but was always worried that you couldn't tweak things on the desk. The CQ18 seems to address this and gives 'the best of both worlds'.

12 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

 

It's certainly a very straightforward option to set personalised monitor out levels on the A&H CQ desks - so I'm not quite sure about your point that most mixers don't have preamps built in or if I've misunderstood what you're saying?

Soz, I’ve recently been thinking about upgrading to a CQ18 so some of the comments here ‘perked my interest’ as I can’t seem to find one in a shop I can actually look at! Yes, I am interested if I can ‘just plug my trs in the monitor out’ but from what you say I will need some sort of amplifier. It’s not a problem as I can just use my iems all the time or pick up one of those little Beringher things. Just getting my mind round the differences to the lt12. I guess that’s a ‘dark horse’ for actually having the built in preamps. I got that on a recommendation because it has 5 sends and didn’t realise at the time but it’s been a cracking little mixer for the sort of gigs we do.

Cool, TY. With the Zoom lt 12 you can plug straight into the desk if you are wired - I have a long trs for small gigs but use my nux transmitter if I’m not standing next to the mixer.

So you can 'plug your IEMs' into the CQ mixer and use the app. You don't need a signal amplifier in the chain?

The Boss WL-20 is an amazing wireless dongle. It’s great at open mics (or anywhere you swap instruments) as the ‘little switch’ cuts it when you pull it out so there’s no ‘pop’. No finding the tuner or other mute. Just pull it out and stick it in the next one! It’s easy to charge the two dongles together and it lasts forever. I can do a rehearsal an open mic and a gig on one charge.

But it only comes in 2.4ghz :-(. I’ve had to stop using mine live because the interference is so bad.

If there was a 5.8ghz version I’d get one straight away!

I think you are going to find that there’s a whole heap of personal taste in the equation. I’ve used zs10s & ZARs and am now on Senheiser 100s. All of which are ‘ok’ (although I gravitate towards the 100s). Could be the desk I’m using, could be the tips, could be the price point etc. but only finding things ‘I’m fine using’ rather than ‘I love using’ at the moment.

20 years ago was 1974 to loads of people here? 😂

Yes, KZs. I bought both to save on postage as they get different ‘reviews’ here. Both are ‘ok’ but they weren’t hitting the spot so I’ve also got senheiser 100s and am currently using them. I’d love something more custom but I’m not gigging enough to justify the outlay. The 100s are ok. The existing desk (zoom lt12) is great but only allows mixing channel volume. I expect if I could eq my bass for the IEMs separately to the FOH I’d like the 100s more…

I have z10s and zars. The cable that came with the zars is MUCH better quality.

3 minutes ago, dave_bass5 said:

By music I meant the rest of the band, although I did try it with recorded music as well. Its not a gain issue, its just something that seems to be there at the end of the note etc. I couldn't get rid of it no matter how I adjusted things. I must admit I went looking for it as a lot of users have reported this, and the unit I had was a return on Amazon so could have bene faulty. 

On The Nux website they do mention that sound quality isnt top notch, but they focused on usability or something like that. 

Ah, ok. I’ve not used other IEMs so can’t compare but I find the NUX fine for my needs. I have the whole band in them (at various levels - I don’t usually need a lot of drums as I’m mostly standing right next to them!) and not noticed quality or distortion as an issue.

3 minutes ago, warwickhunt said:

 

Thomann advertise them as 2.4 but that might be incorrect.  

That’s not the set I have. I have the one with the rechargeable case. I didn’t want ‘another thing to plug in’.

https://www.andertons.co.uk/nux-b-7psm-personal-monitoring-system-58ghz/

I haven’t listened to music through them - apart from when they arrived I think I connected them to see if they ‘worked’. I don’t recall any. If I find the gig is getting loud and I turn them up i sometimes get a bit if I’m digging in. But it’s not something I’ve ’noticed’ (until you said) or that has bothered me.

B7s are 5.8. Or if they are both I have the 5.8 version. I got them specifically as I’d been having problems with the Boss WL wireless I was using. I love them too but found that in a partly packed pub I couldn’t get 5 ft from the receiver.

I have the NUX B7s and they work great.

Maybe we should have a team of coordinators who could coordinate the other coordinators who are coordinating the various things they, errr, coordinate?

Bigger is better?

Yes, if you want ‘that’ as far as I can see you have to pay. ChatGPT was asking for a subscription of £30 a month and I couldn’t find any way to ’test’ how good it might be. It took three days to get the images out of copilot. It mostly produced ’even crapper and very unrelated images’ apologising profusely, then told me I’d run out of credits and had to wait 24 hrs to do more!

I’d be very interested if there is tool that can do what you say for a reasonable cost. As far as my (modest) research took me you have to be Disney to do hyper realistic vids of people who aren’t real…

When we released the last album, using Distrokid, they did a few promotional vids as part of the ‘service’ but they were basically actual video (one had Wednesday Adam’s in it) cut & changed to work to the bpm of the track. No ‘people who aren’t real’ involved.

I looked into this recently and I couldn’t find anything ‘free’. Any with a free trial still needed a credit card number and I’m too sceptical to do that.

I ended up using copilot to make some images (typed in the lyrics and went through a lot of questions as to ‘what I wanted it to look like’) and used a vid edit program to stitch them together… Happy with the results, especially as none of the people involved had time to be in it 😂.

I'm sure the mods here would be happy to sort that for you. It's just it's not a precision bass either. Is it possible the receipt / purchase order have been mixed up with another bass?

Also pictures of the 'sharp end' front and back would help people here identify it better for you.

Welcome from another Londonite…

Yes, there is a lot of leg pulling here but if you don’t know what you’ve got just say/ask. There are plenty of people who will help.

Maybe someone was practicing their mirror writing and left it in the case?