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[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1477563073' post='3162959'] I'm waiting for JTUK to tell us all his guys must be on 24/7 call via, email, mobile, skype, landline, whatsapp and BlackBerry messenger or they won't get past the first stage in his "pick up gig" selection process! Ha [/quote] Don't be silly, he just shouts down the tourbus to see who is available.

Its one of those buyer beware situations. It's always going to happen... seems unethical but there's always somebody out there trying to make a quick buck.

Who is the one that is pants at getting back to you re:availability? For me, it's always the guitarist. Flakey as.

If you are looking at that sort of money of the two quoted, I'd still be looking at the XR16 and XR18. High aux count costs money. The XR16 will record direct to USB in stereo... XR18 will go to a DAW to output all of it's tracks individually. Both have 6 aux sends and of course, all the onboard fx engines, compressors, eq and the like. Alas, great kit but I think it's still more money that the OP doesn't want to spend.

Not listening.

Good job it's the wrong pickup configuration for me

Bloody hell, you don't half play hard ball with the Tickled Trout.

The world according to JTUK really is fascinating.

[quote name='leroydiamond' timestamp='1477491948' post='3162571'] Remember seeing the Australian Pink Floyd many years ago in a venue with a capacity of 500-600. Their sound was really incredible. Had a brief chat with the sound engineer and he said everything was going straight into the PA other than 4 vocal mics. No guitar amps and the acoustic kit was just triggering pads. [/quote] Triggered kicks are where I'm at the moment. I can spend my life trying to get "that" perfect live kick drum sound, eq it, compress it... try and keep it from picking up the floor tom... or just trigger a kick drum sound which would probably sound better any way due to being put back in all the elements that would be captured in a studio in a controlled environment. I feel slightly different about triggering different parts of the kit (especially say hi hats and snare as they can sound wildly different depending upon how you hit it or what you are doing with the hihat pedal) but would be more into using a hybrid setup - where for example, a snare hit could co-trigger a hand clap.

[quote name='FuNkShUi' timestamp='1477490767' post='3162563'] That was why it didn't catch on [/quote] I remember seeing Wheatus live around 2000, whether the music is to your taste or not, they sounded pretty incredible.

[quote name='FuNkShUi' timestamp='1477490459' post='3162558'] That's the dream [/quote] Just remember, Wheatus were doing it since the late 90s...

I think the "without wireless" detail has been somewhat overlooked! Anyway, try this - http://www.custom-lynx.co.uk/looms/unbalanced-loom-2.html 2x quarter inch each end... although you may need to speak to them directly so you can get the fly length to exactly the length you want. Should give you the connectivity (without a shared ground) but a standard width cable to lead to the desk/amps.

[quote name='lojo' timestamp='1477488170' post='3162543'] Yep , I'm gonna check everything he's done [/quote] If you can get hold of the album by his band "Raiyn", that's pretty cool - at the time, they were all unknown but pretty much managed to forge some cool careers for themselves. Featured Adam Sosner - amongst other things MD for Rizzle Kicks Jason Silver, keys player with Mark Ronson (alongside PRB) Rick James (on bass, not that one) - but he's played with a fair few names from the pop world - I think the earliest I clocked him was with Daniel Beddingfield and Daniel Walker - although he has some link with Universal and appeared on the Voice, doesn't seem to have had the same sort of success in the pop world - but has one of the sweetest voices. All lived together in a house in London whilst perfecting their craft...

[quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1477487461' post='3162537'] Popped to Bass Direct today. I wanted to get a TC Electronic HyperGravity pedal and some flatwound strings. But I wanted to see what Mark could recommend string wise. He wasn't there. Instead I wander into the shop and was in there a couple of minutes before someone shouted from the office. Young lad walked out "What do you want today?" me: "Erm, a TC Electronic HyperGravity please" Him: "right..." *shouts to other kid in the office "OI! Draw up an invoice for a HyperGravity!" Other: "We aint got none!" Him: "Yes we have, just do it!" At this point I guess talking about strings would be pointless. So I pay and leave. [/quote] *face palm*

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1477412972' post='3162074'] Right, got it. I'm keeping an open mind on the situation as our drummer may be moving to an electronic kit, and our guitarist is having problems hearing some things, so no backline, PA only, and IEMs is a possible future route, but subs would be a PITA so it would be a case of moving over to something like the RCFs. [/quote] If you are looking for portability, an electric kit with you and the guitarist on modellers would be immense - especially if you are on ears. And just because I say the word modeller... it doesn't mean pants.

[quote name='Greg.Bassman' timestamp='1477233705' post='3160727'] Cheers for the feedback mate! Do you use Balanced tension yourself, or are you just speaking in general terms? [/quote] I don't - I'm a DR man - just changed from Hi Beams to Low Riders as I think I prefer the higher tension of the letter.... But the same applies with all strings, I'd expect adjustments to be necessarily when swapping between strings with different tensions. For some people it may not be that recognisable but it will be for guys that play with low actions where a fraction of a mm could be the difference between the instrument being playable or not.

That bass Callowhill bass is pretty cool. Sadly Tim Cloonan (Callowhill builder/owner) recently passed so I'm not sure if any more new Callowhill basses will surface.

Well would you look at that! Nice work.

Ah! So user error?

PS Tony, when are you going to correct the model on the Sony wireless in your signature? It drives me potty. :-p

Just to clarify, I think what Pete is trying to say is - 2x Mackie and 2x small subs (or 1 bigger sub) = 2 x RCF 735s - so cost wise, they are comparable but instead of carrying 3/4 boxes, you are carrying 2 for your money. So the (very rough) sums... (I appreciate that volume/sound quality etc isn't as simple as this...) Mackie SRM450 (Mercury AV - £379 X 2) + Mackie SRM1550 (Gear4Music £729) = £1487 RCF 735 (Mercury AV - £819 X 2) = £1638 - £150ish difference to save lifting - plus you get a 3" VC on the HF woofer so your vocals will soar on the RCFs compared to the Mackies. I know that specs are fairly loose in this game but here a few musing on the matter... [b]Mackie Tops[/b] Frequency Response: 47Hz - 20kHz, -3dB Max. Peak SPL: 128dB circa 17kg [b]Mackie Subs[/b] Frequency Response: 50Hz - 120Hz, -3dB Max. Peak SPL: 131dB circa 30kg [b]RCF Tops[/b] Frequency Response: 45 Hz - 20kHz, -3dB Max Peak SPL 132 dB circa 20kg A pair of Mackies coupled (which isn't going to happen in the real world as you would typically run a pair with one either side of stage) would give you 131dB (eg 3dB boost). So one RCF will peak roughly at the same as a pair of coupled SRM450s (So think 4 SRM450s with 2 either side of the stage). Given that the RCF are roughly twice the price, that's not a bad price to performance scale to be running with - remember, the RCF has a much higher quality 3"VC in the highs that the Mackie doesn't have either (both Mackie SRM450/Sub and RCF735 have 3" voice coils in the woofers). The higher quality HF driver allows the cross over to be lower, meaning that you can send more to the HF driver and hence open up more headroom for the woofer to actually deliver the lows and keep all the vocal detail in the top without the harshness that is typically associated with the Mackies. In other words, your woofer in your RCF will be able to run harder without getting farty and running out of puff and killing your highs. What's quite interesting is that RCF reckon their tops go down 5Hz more (like for like at -3dB) than the Mackie SUB! Granted, you'll have more headroom running a sub with a crossover but that kinda shows how full range that 735 is. I'm guessing what I'm trying to say is that roughly, the RCF 735s can replace the equivalent 3 box setup for most [b]pub and wedding[/b] situations. (If you are looking for huge kicking sub bass as opposed to replacing your bass rig and a bit of kick drum support, big subs are the only option to you anyway). If you look at Alex's FR800 - that's pretty much the same concept, a top that goes low enough and loud enough to make you consider doing away with subs - although they are again a couple more hundred quid more expensive than the 735s... so you would then be pitching them against a 745 (which has a 4" VC in the high and a 3.5 VC in the woofer and has an increase in SPL also). Remember these are all peak figures, so in reality running volume will be lower.

[quote name='mervg' timestamp='1477341812' post='3161627'] I just sent mine back. Used at home when it arrived and I was too frequently getting the blueLED flickering which indicates dropping of the link between Tx and Rx Not prepared to even try it out live. As they were less than 30cm apart I was not pleased ! [/quote] Hmm, so that's not a great start! Sometimes getting the transmitter and receiver too close is a bad thing - RF signal overload may be occurring and actually causing the problem!

You aren't going to get a mixer that does all that with that sort of aux count. The thing that comes to mind is the Behringer XR18 - compact, relatively cheap for what it is... and can serve as a mini mixer... or a big mixer!

My mate had a John English "Stealth". Like this - https://www.andertons.co.uk/p/SOR00522/electric-guitars/second-hand-fender-master-built-john-english-stealth-esquire All very cool... apart from one problem. It did sound kinda sh1t when the stealth pickups were used.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1477167837' post='3160358'] Every band I've been in has had a drummer that sings either backing or lead vocals thinking about it so we've always had a Mic somewhere near the kit. [/quote] That brings its own challenges in itself!