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Well the X32 is here which our band is going to use as an IEM mixer for live work where we do gigs where an engineer will be handling FOH and this is our responsibility. I'm going to start setting it up for basic IEM mixes which the band can then tweak. I have several questions if anyone can assist. 1. Do I set up each of the 6 IE outs independently or are there global settings that I can apply to all output mixes? 2. I'm certainly going to take a stereo IE mix from the X32 (several band members have shrugged and said mono is fine) but is there any benefit to using XLR over 1/4" outputs? My IE transmitter is a combi input and will take either. What are the obvious things that I'll miss and potentially need to do/know about?

If it were up to me I'd likely manage with my CQ12; sometimes we'll not get drum feeds and it has 6 outs. However, a couple of the band want to future proof our needs and feel that the £677 X32 is the way forward. Oddly nobody wants a stereo IE feed so I'll likely be the only one doing so.

Our most recent one at the weekend was 2 days, 3 stages, 30 bands, 10,000 people... and 20 minute turnarounds!

You are 100% correct but this particular band wants a self contained unit, added to which my CQ is a 12... which is tight for channels.

@Al Krow It's actually going to be an X32 Rack but we'll have a splitter in front of it; 1 feed to 'our' X32 to mix as we see fit and a 2nd feed (dry) to the FOH. @mike257 Sadly we've done a few (fake) festivals/theatre gigs lately where even the basics of giving us a rough FOH mix to our IEM (relayed in a tech spec to organisation/engineers month before) has been abysmal. I get that they have 6 bands in 9 hours to go through but little point in asking us for a tech spec if we get told 'Sorry, can't give you IE feeds. You'll need to have what we can give you in the monitors... Oh and can you start your set 'now' (this being when 2 members haven't had a line check and all of our gear is DI no backline)!" It is a tough job but we can't keep turning up to get 2nd rate foldback mixes when we've individually spent thousands on modellers and IE systems.

Never mind that I'm already considering that in a 20 minute change over (+ line check), we're not going to have time to route 5 vocal mics and the drum mics via our system... could be £1200-£1500 for something that a lot of these gigs are just not going to be able to accommodate. Does anyone ( @mike257 ) know what the standard procedure is if a band rocks up with a racked 16 ch splitter and X32 and wants / needs the 5 vocal mics and drums routed through our system... in a 20-30 min turnaround?

The messages coming through to me from the band are that we'll be buying the X32 Rack.

In my head I'm wondering about some form of ambient mic near the kit @Phil Starr What are we losing by going the XR18 @JPJ as opposed to X32?

Resurrection time... After experiences at a festival yesterday we are absolutely going for this. X32 Rack £677 MS8000 £114 (pair) 6U case £100 18 short XLR/XLR loom (splitters > X32) £39 3m 16 XLR/XLR (splitter > FOH) £60 Total £990 My only reservations are: getting PA engineers to mic/supply us feeds of the drums to our Splitter > X32, positioning of the unit so that we can run feeds from X32 to our 'individual' IE transmitters (we all play in other bands so it is not practicable to rack all 6 transmitters).

Absolutely no need to worry about the ratings or the pairing of the amp/cab; generally the biggest/only worry or consideration is not getting the impedance wrong i.e. plugging a pair of 4 ohm cabs (which is 99% sure to be 2 ohms) into an amp that is rated down to 4 ohms minimum.

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It used to be that certain RM services only compensated up to multiples of the postage cost but the detail was in the small print T&Cs.

Another Google calendar advocate but one band that I am in insists on using 'Timetree' app. It does the job with no issues but Google is just convenient for across devices.

Good old (new) Sandberg Cali in metallic orange.

Ta,I'll go back to the original video taker and ask if they can do that.

How do you reorientate videos? LOL WhatsApp Video 2025-06-22 at 12.50.37 PM.mp4

Ultimately if you are a business you'd be obligated to stand by whatever the relevant legal statutes are in any given situation, which could be in your favour under certain circumstances. I have to say that if I'd bought a bass from a shop/business and a fault had developed in 2 weeks I'd not be impressed and I'd not be accepting any assumption/assertion that it was my fault. Would I be entitled to a full refund... I don't know but as it wasn't my fault and if I'd lost faith that the product wasn't fit for purpose, I'd not be accepting that I'd be losing £50 for something that is a verifiable issue (being brutal in my interpretation). I'm afraid that if you are going to do this as a business you are going to be encountering all sorts of individuals some of whom could well be awkward and it's a part of the 'job' that you'll need to develop a skill for.

I am in 3 full bands (bass) and 2 duos (guitar in one, bass in other). I learn my stuff and expect others will do likewise; if someone was patently putting in less than me 'with no genuine justifiable reason' I'd be letting them know. Lots of those band members are in other bands but when it comes to gigs, it's dead easy; EVERYONE, regardless of the band they are in, has to honour the gig that goes in first! Regardless of how good the gig is that someone subsequently gets, the first gig in the diary takes precedence.

Johnny come lately... the new kid in town!

Yes as others have said you get different size buds/tips BUT... that isn't the only factor for good fit/isolation. I tried three different sets of IEs before I found the Senn IE100 was the best fit for me; KZs were too heavy on the outside of my ear and skewed the fit so they leaked (regardless of type or size of tip). Just saying!

@PinkMohawk as on about the later version. The original version (still quite recent), you simply select the patches you want (scoll and click) and then they are set to be accessed sequentially when you simply step on the centre button. You can make up to 50 patches/presets so I duplicate my EQ patch and place it in between each 'effect' patch. EQ>Flanger>EQ>OD>EQ>Octave It's easier to create/do than it is to describe! LOL

Zoom MS60B £50-60 used... it'll do everything you need and more.

Clearly a Gibson... it says so!