woodyratm

Played a metalfest last night. Great gig, pretty busy and we seemed to go down pretty well. One of the warmest stages I’ve ever been on! We got a new drummer and he did very well. Few cock ups but no issues! Our IEMs had a weird issue (I’ve posted in the IEM bible thread), guitarist could hear everything but drummer, singer and I couldn’t hear right and i was getting weird interference. Crackling etc. need to figure that out. Sound was Quad Cortex direct with my Status Chris Wolstenholme (v1). Muchos compliments after! Venue used smoke so photos were… difficult!

Hey guys, thought I’d post here for a wee bit of help! my band are using a very basic IEM system (Anleon S2) from our interface. We compromise in that we have a “balanced” mix so everyone hears everything (guitar, bass, vocals, synth and click track). It’s been working well but today at a gig - it went a bit weird… I was struggling to hear myself, and had my receiver at 100% volume. I use custom ACS Engage monitors. im sure I was hearing break up today, cracking and the like. The guitarist has the rack next to him and said he could hear everything fine with no interference or that. I’ve found out that the unit likely shouldn’t be used (operating in 670MHz range), so questions… 1) is there anything antenna wise I could do to improve until we get a suitable unit that ofcom would be happy with? 2) any suggestions on a similar unit (stereo in), multiple receivers that work operate in the UK space. 3) we looked into digital units 2.4 and 5ghz. Are these modern applications fairly robust in gig environments? Realise 200 people with iPhones and androids are noisy in the spectrum. Did have a read but wanted to confirm! Thanks in advance.

Wife took a photo of me at my gig tonight. I look like it’s my first day of school. LEDs weren’t even on yet!

I don't mind people offering if it's sensible. If something is listed at 500 quid, don't offer 100! More annoying is a PM being like "You've priced this insanely high yada yada". Then the item sells for the requested price elsewhere.

Nice bass that! Enjoy (when you get it!)

Can you spill what it is now? There’s a status up here and was tempted by, was it that? 😂

Sounds like you have a Netflix documentary all lined up.

Sad to see he’s messed you around twice. Hopefully you get it sorted and put it to bed and then no one deals with him in future.

I’m in Aberdeen. I’ve got some events scheduled in Sheffield and Leeds later this year if it helps get the bass a bit more south. Aug and September respectively.

I was doing more recording last night, and both put smiles on me. Seriously considering selling my Dingwall and getting a 3rd. Considering the V-Man maybe.

Few months back I got thinking if I was happy with my tone from my Dingwall basses… and the answer was “ish”. But I always loved my Status basses. Given my band were down at G# i thought there was no way I could use one again. My guitarist suggested trying to play at A# on a 5, so much more attainable and likely stable. And it worked, most of our stuff can be done at half step down, and for those G# times the Quad Cortex does a fine job. So, given Rob was feeling better and making basses again - albeit wooden with graphite reinforcement - I decided to place an order for a CW-2 with blue tint and white LEDs. I’d been after this combo for years. I thought the bass would still sound good, even though it wasn’t rocking as much carbon graphite as my CW-1. Possibly different, but still good! It has now arrived and… it’s fantastic. Great feeling, and the sound is awesome. Very similar to the CW-1. I went straight into a session to record a new track and it sat so well. I’m a very happy bunny. I am now considering selling my Dingwall 😂 potentially ordering another Status! If you’re considering a new Status, but think “oh they’re not made of graphite now”; don’t worry. They are still sounding brilliant. Genuinely excellent basses!

The irn bru adverts have always been mental. I did enjoy the euros one 😂

Awesome idea.

I saw them last night in Manchester. They were great, though seemed insanely loud! My ears were shafted. My ear plugs are due soon 😂 I got far too excited when JC walked on. also… SO MANY LASERS! I loved the ban. Though the dude in front of me insisted on stealing photos and videos. Great to watch most of the show live instead of through some wee fannies phone. Bucket list band for me!

I keep being so tempted to buy one again. But I’m worried that I’d only use it for noodling. Not to mention I don’t currently have board space for one currently… the 3D printed cases that were being done… i wonder if that would fit. Hmm

We use backing tracks for synths and vocal weirdness live - we went for a solution on a budget. I’m running a quad cortex, 1 output to FOH, 1 output into our audio interface. Guitar uses a line 6 native (or Fractal FM3 if he’s kept it… same setup as me) vocals (x2) are plugged into a splitter box and into the interface. We have DIs in our rack for FOH synth, and we mix our IEM mix in ableton and into a budget IEM rig. We can’t have our own mixes, but we’re playing small local original shows so it’s a compromise. Means we get vocals, bass, guitar, synths and click into our in ears and we don’t need to worry about a sound engineer/venue buggering our mixes (which happened previously - venues cabling was dodge). Drums are literally 2m away from us so we can still hear/feel them! Cost was much lower than if we were to rock the Behringer mixers. And it fits into a 2u case. Midi controlling all fx changes on guitar and bass, tracks controlled by FM3 or the QC. We did previously use a 4u. Can see it in this wee vid. https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrVLc3BIlHY/?igsh=bHhmZDI3aHVlcnNz Working a silent stage now too.

YO TIMMY C, BRING THAT BASS IN! i’m also the same. I still adore his playing and sound.

Yeah - I think the question is how they stream. A local venue I gig at stream, but the mix is completely independent of the FOH sound. So on the night it sounds awesome and I’m audible… to viewing the stream and I’m barely there mostly. You end up hearing them adjusting levels.

The bus gates around Ivory Blacks are rough. I was down for a weekend away and parked in the NCP down the road from IBs. Pretty sure i went through a bus gate trying to get out. Saying that, nothing has come through the post yet.