EBS_freak

Just a heads up. I'm going to be helping Paul out at the Drum Show in Manchester on the Custom IEM stand on 21/22 September (I know it's the same weekend as the bass and guitar show in London... somebody didn't really think that one through did they? Some vendors/manufacturers can't be in more than one place at once... but hey). Anybody want to check out the offerings from JH, 1964 and UE, come along and I can hook you up and talk all things IEM with you.

I was going to write this in the other thread but will include it here. I'm going to be helping Paul of the Custom IEM company out at the Manchester Drum show (21/22 September - yes, I know it's on the same weekend of the Guitar and Bass show in London... which numpty thought that was a good idea?) - so if you want to try a load of really nice custom IEMs (there are universal versions of each model available to try) - do pop down and have a look. Then you'll realise that all not IEMs are equal (far from it)... and those apple iphone earbuds you thought were actually quite good... well... yeah. Nah.

This sounds like an excellent setup in which to run IEMs assuming you have the auxes available. Running vocals through IEMs (particularly if you can run them in stereo) is brilliant - easy to pitch, easy to make little adjustments... and gives you loads more confidence. If everything is miced up already, just think of it as ditching the monitors and replacing those monitors with IEMs. You'll have less problems with bleed into open mics. It'll all be glorious.

Change your transmitter to low power too. If you are just on a standard sized stage (eg anything but Wembley), chances are that the high power is doing nothing but churning away at your battery capacity. Best advice is get a set of Eneloops (Just the standard white AAs) and a decent charger. You’ll be sorted. Best practice as above, is to charge them after every gig. Eneloops don’t lose any significant charge whilst not being used... so they’ll be ready to go, even if a gig comes in at late notice.

I use a Mac for all my programming - sorry I can’t be more help - but do let us know how you get on!

No difference really - although the higher voltage may give you more headroom and better reproduction of transients. Anyway, the Trustfire appears to be good... although a tiny bit oversized. It will fit in the Gotoh battery boxes on my basses - but is defo a firm fit where other batteries will quite easily slip in and out. Not a real big issue really though!

There’s more to wireless than just buying a wireless pack and there you go. If wireless is not coordinated properly, likelihood is you’ll have drop outs and interference. The gear you buy greatly influences how many channels of wireless you can run. Id go P2 wired with some ZS10s (without mic version). Will get you a great feed and give you an idea of how IEMs are.

I’d disagree. The Rumour and Spitfire are very similar beasts... especially if you get a neck through Spitfire. The main difference is visual and construction I would say - there’s a lot more laminates involved in a typical Rumour than Spitfire. As Bernie said to me, “you could put my preamp and pickups on a table, string it up and it’ll sound GB - bit of a **** to play mind”

Yeah - it's a pain in the backside. Facebook limits reach quite substantially. I've also noticed that on Instagram... I used to be able to get 100 likes on my posts without any hassle 6 months ago. I still haven't figured FB with all my different pages... and how you expand reach. It's all about interaction - but thats difficult if nobody knows when to interact. Go figure eh? Wide is key - I'm on a load of DSLRs... but the wide angle lenses are all always the ones that get the most use for video. Unfortunately fast and wide glass doesn't come that cheap! All my glass is now 1.4 to 2.8 (or T3.1 for my cine lenses) - thats some significant investment

@mrtcat - saw the fb advert for the next live stream. Nice masking shot for the entry of the *Mandowkr" I'm currently building more electronics to bring more cameras into play for recordings. Want to do more live streams - just need to work out how to make them more engaging. The experiment I did in the top post didn't seem to provide much on the engagement front as it would seem that FB didn't actually annouce that we'd gone live. I think we had more viewing post the event looking at the stats. I'm not up for carrying around and setting up all the equipment without getting the engagement up... so I need to do some thinking. Also, I seem to be spending a lot of time looking on line at lenses!

I have the same with DR Bs as I use a singl 125 with a 40-100 set. Mark at Bass Direct gets me them... but I have to wait and order when he does he bulk ordering.

They kinda work... and they may or may not be your thing. Personally, I think the feedback is in the wrong place. I prefer the Woojer strap placed on the hips. The best solution is a board, like from P&D or Eich - but appreciate they can be a bit cumbersome to carry around.

I wasn’t expecting to get any traction with it - was just trying to get a smirk out of you so that you knew at least one of us was watching. 😉 I like your sound - I think I commented. Reminds me very much of Sister Hazel - which in my book, is not a bad thing at all.

Currently watching - going great @mr zed! You're playing great - see? No stress!

Good effort. Enjoyed that.

You're going be fine... just roll with it, it's live!

How did the test go? Are you all ready for tonight's show?

If you abuse it too much they cry. Sensitivity is basically how efficient they are in terms of wattage in, decibels out. The more sensitive cabs are, the louder they are (in dB) for less watts (W). So a cab with say a single 12, that is say a couple of dB louder than another cab with a single 12, you could say that the first cab is more sensitive than the latter. In reality, the more sensitive the cabs are, the less you'll need to get to the target volume.

You may find this interesting... or not - https://www.powerstream.com/9V-Alkaline-tests.htm

Argh quoted before the edit! 😛

Also @mrtcat's band seem to be doing more live streams with his band. It can be very entertaining watching bands do this - Fraudio's live streams are amongst some of the best I've seen/participated in. Top tip though - and I think @mrtcat will appreciate where I'm going with this.... it may be useful to have a plant in the audience to help with interaction. My comment about the "Blur vs Oasis battle" certainly got the conversation flowing for their last feed. (Disclaimer, I wasn't a plant - but figured I would give them a helping hand). The danger with live feeds is that it can be quite flat unless you have an underlying topic of conversation - so bear this in mind before you start your feed. "Winging it" can sometimes fall flat on it face with bands going err... err... .err... or relying on the audience to give them content.. which just doesn't come. Just my experience. Oh and make sure everybody gets involved. Having one person speak and three silent muppets is not engaging in the slightest.

Thanks, I did think that nobody cared. I guess people don't! Excellent news on your stream. Hopefully I'll be able to check in, even if it's just 5 mins or so! Enjoy the pressure! (not just from a playing front, from a technical gremlins point of view! ) Good luck!

It'd be in the terms of reference of my tech that they are recycled.

Have you got a router bit for your dremmel? Talking of dremmels, I've got a project for soldering club I'm working on at the moment and could do with some box cutting advice! Sounds like a project night and pie outing!