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So many people DESTROYING ROCK AND ROLL. You BARSTEWARDS.

Enjoy! Let us know how you get on.

Good luck with it all Keep us posted!

Hi Beams. if you want higher tension... lo riders.

Not for me... but I'm sure people will dig it.

yes, people play it on a bass... not the same

Continuing on the quest to help my friend sort his ears rig out and having musings around @dood's field recorder experiments, I looked at the H6. I swear, for a piece of kit for IEM use, it's absolutely brilliant. Stereo ambient mics and a 4 way mixer with pans on each channel. Phantom too. Battery powered... And a limiter on each input... And that gorgeous display with the meters. Absolute killer for a dep setup. Ambient, stereo monitor send from desk... and with a couple of XLR/jack splitters, two easy to access "more me" controls for say vocals and bass. I googled to see if anybody else has caught on... Found this cool video of it in action. I don't even need one... but I want one!!

And yet another one kills Rock n Roll.

Been talking with a friend that is desperately wanting a belt pack with a decent limiter. Came across this from whirlwind - which certainly looks pretty good... but a belt pack that requires an adapter? I suppose you could stick something like this in your pocket... and look like you are pleased to see somebody. I dunno. May work for somebody.. https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/24v-DC-Rechargeable-Li-ion-Battery-Pack-3000mah-Lithium-ion-With-UK-Charger/1939452313?iid=172104407748

Agreed. Bit like drum mics - any drum mics will do (within reason) - it just depends how much you want to faff with working the sound to the desired results. Other mics may get you there directly/quicker.

Nope. With the EQ and processing that they have at their finger tips, the source is becoming less important - you can compress, realm and EQ anything to fit in the mix... all the box now too.

But not for the NX32-A... which costs quite a pretty penny too

Try a Fender Twin as a starting point... and take the bias down and the master volume down so the "power amp" stays clean.

It works quite well on the NeoDrome as the EBS stuff is voiced quite hifi - mostly due to that Selenium tweeter in it. NeoDrome not too heavy either!

A valid point... but for me it's flexibility. I can use my FRFRs as FoH speakers. I can use them for backline. They are light. They are portable - certainly compared to the typical bass cabs out there that put out similar SPL... The important thing to remember that a FRFR does not automatically equate to a PA speaker. There are plenty of manufacturers that are doing FRFR cabs that look like guitar cabs. The problem is, not many of these are capable of delivering high SPL for bass... that simply wasn't their target market as the uptake of FRFR by bass players is a minute proportion of the market. The fact that a lot of modern PA speakers can handle a lot of bass makes them an idea candidate for use with bass. So yes, the cabinets of a lot of PA speakers, certainly the ABS cases, enable them to be pole mounted or placed on the floor so they can be used on their side as a wedge - and as you say, be used like a tilt back combo. The thing is, that tilt-back combo has a prebaked sound to it. The case for FRFR is that a modeller is placed before it, so that FRFR can reproduce the sound of the model without, unlike your generic tilt back combo, colouring the sound itself. OK, yes, we could use anything we wanted if we just needed "a sound" for monitoring purposes... but it would actually be nice to have the versatility to be able model different amps and actually like - no, love - what we hear coming out of the cab next to us on stage. Over time, our tastes may change, the gig may change... but a modeller with the FRFR solution caters for this perfectly. No prebaked cab sounds means we can get what we want on stage as well as out front. You may call it obsessive extremes - maybe it is - but a lot of people are clocking onto the fact that a decent modeller and FRFR opens up a whole world of flexibility. For me, the ultimate bonus is that I can take a modeller to a gig and a set of inears... so I use the FRFR aspect of the PA itself and I don't even need to take a cab onstage. It sounds a lot better out front too... as there is no bleed coming from the bass on the stage... Some people may call the whole thing overkill and say, meh, too much for a pub gig - but in reality, the benefits from quiet stages and loud PAs will realise the greatest improvement in a pub... where the stages are small and the venues are generally not built for music. So, if you were to get say a Helix LT - circa 690 quid... and a beefy FRFR speaker, say a 735... (oh look a bargain at Andertons) £580 for the Mk2... thats a ridiculous rig for £1270. When you compare what an average traditional rig costs.. say a Little Mark 800 circa 550 and Mark Bass NY122 circa 560 - £1110... I'd say that the £160 difference is a small price to pay for the flexibility of all those different amp models... and the comprehensive fx that is also available to you... and if you are also a guitarist... it will also cover all guitar rig needs (all amps, all pedals). Does it make a little more sense now?

Probably different speakers again - not all speakers are born equal. Big step up is it is RCF's entry into the wooden box offerings... whether it justifies that sort of price hike... well, thats a different argument!

Ah - the NX floor monitors - yeah, they are. Was thinking FoH speakers and couldn't think of one that fit the bill! Yeah, I'd like one of those!

Which ones? ART 732 - circa 730 quid each HD32a - circa 820 quid each 4PRO 2031-A - circa 770 each TT22As run about 2000 each

Actually, scrap that. Just get some stereo mic cable and put the relevant ends on directly! Braided, bit of heatshrink... job done.

How about using a 5 pin XLR lead. Make a Y split cable - the two ended side, one end with a XLR that goes to your Helix, one that goes to your Smooth Hound with 9v cannon adapter on end... and the other side, a 5 pin XLR (to plug into the long 5 pin XLR lead) Other end, is a similar break out... One into mixer, one connects to power adapter that sources it's power near the mixer. If you get my drift.

http://www.custom-inearmonitors.co.uk/reshells-remoulds/reshelling-remoulding-service-for-in-ear-monitors.html

@burno70 - I think the P2 drops Feb 2018... so not long now. It may be the case that wider Europe and US get it first though as that always seems to be the case - It may be worth watching the German shops... actually, https://www.musicstore.de/en_GB/GBP/Behringer-P2/art-PAH0019374-000 looks to be landing 1st week of Feb. I'd be temped to wait - or at least contact the above link and try and get one reserved. Yeah - the 215s will drive off an aux no problem I would have thought. If my 17ohm ACS will work off an aux, I'm sure that the 17Ohm 215s will be OK. Wireless - I would always recommend the Sennheiser EW300 G3 as the entry point into wireless IEM. I know others will disagree - but that's the cheapest radio system that I am happy with that I have experience of. I know others may disagree with that... but as I say, thats where my benchmark is. May be worth watching out for what Line 6 do at Namm... I've seen a couple of things mentioned but I don't think Line6 will open up that can of worms for themselves.... but I could be proven wrong.

Yup.

Yeah - interested!