EBS_freak

Ah, capturing synth sounds... always a challenge. Simplest get by? Palm muted with fast envelope as stated above.

I have got a neotech strap that I had shortened to "short" when I used to play my bass around my chin. Always found them to be always a little too long for me, hence the tailoring. I don't know whether or not it helped my back - but it was very comfortable when I was using it.

[quote name='largo' timestamp='1475096426' post='3143099'] So, this SLED technology is just snake oil? Claims none of the low-end loss that normal ambient ports would have... [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7ieOF7OjKw"]https://www.youtube....h?v=P7ieOF7OjKw[/url] [/quote] Without actually trying it, I can't say whether it's snake oil or not. I get the concept and it would seem to fly. Only one thing, my ACS Live system enables fine tuning of the ambient feed via the pack - I do change that quite a lot, especially if the drummer is hitting hard... On softer songs, I'll find myself letting in more ambient sound. The SLED solution works on a fixed filter - so I don't know if I would find it frustrating that I'm stuck with a fixed filter. Interesting nonetheless. But the lack of dual lows would take it out the equation for me anyway.

I would wager that the onstage sound for the Sting performance was low and to be fair, it's not a prolonged performance time, so risk is greatly reduced. It's prolonged usage and the temptation to turn the volume up on the IEM which is left in your ear which gives you your problems. One ear plug would definitely be a safer option as it would lessen the volume difference between the two ears that causes the user to turn up in the first place. Despite what the marketing says, anything that reduces isolation and allows the outside in, is going to lead to a loss of bass... It's true that 64 Audio and JH Audio both have an ambient port option - but you'll see very few artists with them. The only reason that they are there, is because people seem to insist that they need them. To be fair though, if you are a singer and want to feel more ambience and don't care about losing low end, this may be a desirable option. It easy to demonstrate why ambient ports are a bad idea - take any earphone that seals against your ear... listen to some music... and pull it out slightly - it will become very apparent which frequencies rapidly vanish. If you must have ambient - do it with mics... or use something like the ACS Live system. If you use the latter - which is really good, you'll get good results... however, for me, their inears don't have enough headroom in the bass and they aren't interested in doing a dual low driver. This is, however, all very expensive. Maybe you should try something like a cheap condenser on a microphone and just stick it somewhere at the side of the stage. If you are in mono, it won't sound too weird but may give you seem of that ambient sound you are looking for. Condenser mics can be had really cheap - I haven't looked but I bet you could get one for less than twenty quid. Pretty much anything can be reshelled as long as it is balanced armature based. Personally, I wouldn't want to be investing in a mould for a triple though! (But thats just me!)

[quote name='Dan Dare' timestamp='1475074783' post='3142840'] For more money, Nexo, Fohhn (what I use) or D&B Audiotechnik (if you're feeling flush). [/quote] In that case, throw Claire Brothers and L-Acoustics into the mix! A Danley Jehrico may be exactly what is being looked for!

PS - absolutely NO AMBIENT PORTS. You'll lose all your bass. A good bass response is reliant on a good seal. If you break that seal for an ambient port, say goodbye to your bass. (See above about micing up stuff you want to hear - e.g. that may even be a mic on stage so you can hear bandmates talking between themselves.

Ha - I've just written a private message to pretty much to this same effect. This site is legit (and where tonyf keys player got his from too! err... I may have a pair too - inears freak) [url="http://www.eglobalcentral.co.uk/logitech-ultimate-ears-ue900s-headphone-en.html"]http://www.eglobalce...adphone-en.html[/url] - currently £169 compared to the £279.99 at [url="http://www.custom-inearmonitors.co.uk/iems/ultimate-ears-ue-900s-quad-driver-in-ear-monitors.html"]http://www.custom-in...r-monitors.html[/url] Not bad for a UE product - and as tony says, a reshell will come in at around £200. Less than £400 (subject to impression taking costs), is not to be sniffed at for a set of custom quads. You'd be looking closer to £700+ ordinarily (as it looks like you've discovered!) For a bass player, I would always recommend a minimum of a quad driver with dual lows... to give you the headroom you'll be craving in the lows and the lower mids. If you are feeling "isolated" there are some ways around this... have a look through the big inears thread - [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/205633-in-ear-monitors-help-needed/"]http://basschat.co.u...rs-help-needed/[/url] - or ask a question in there so we can keep all the relevant information together. In short, you should not be taking your inears out. Think of the only thing that you can hear is what your desk sends you - so if you want to hear the audience, mic them up - but don't send them through the front of house mix!)

[quote name='LewisK1975' timestamp='1474901827' post='3141378'] Think I will be investing in higher spec earphones in the not too distant future though. Nothing really wrong with the SE215's, but it's obvious that you can get better, especially for bass applications. [/quote] Quad balanced armature with dual lows as a starting point!

Just buy a new body and stick the old neck on it. Keep the original body under the bed for whenever it may be needed to be reintroduced to the neck.

Cool. How much did you pay for it?

Cheers for the pic by the way, I'm currently looking at http://www.bluguitar.com/AMP1.html and watching the video - I wasn't aware of this kit so I'm going to be busy watching this for a while! Thanks

Bluguitar has a latency of less than 1ms apparently... so assuming he's not using any digital processing in line, then yeah, the latency he is experiencing is likely to be acceptable as the majority of it is going to be coming from the wireless. Put him through a digital desk, external processing and inears and it'll be far from the bollix.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1474804996' post='3140596'] If you want to push the P.A into medium size venue/halls..?? I think it it would be better to give an indication of how many people.. It sounds like you are talking tops only but you want kick in it, you should be looking at 15's. RCF 725's would be a start point/benchmark, IMO but you'd have to search hard for the money you have available [/quote] 725As have been discontinued some time now - but you might get lucky and get a deal with some folk who have them in stock and just looking to shift them on. I'm pretty sure that they have the old poweramp in though - and they tended to fail :-/ All the new stuff has the new Digipro amps in - and they are solid. You'll see that the 715 mk2 are essentially the same as the mk1 - but with the new poweramp. The 715s would come in budget too I guess - but I would urge you to listen to the differences between the 715s and the 735s to see why that hf horn counts. The more vocal you can crossover to the horn, the more bandwidth is available for your instruments in the main woofer. Edit - as should have said the 725A (active) are discontinued. The 725 (passive) are still available - but not what the OP wants.

Hmm, Im not sure how small you need to go - but if you are putting your band through with a kick, you'll need quite beefy cabs. I know that they are above your budget, I would look at something like the Yamaha DXR15s or RCF 735s - purely because they will give you a bit of beef without having to run subs. Those 15s will give you some extra headroom, especially if chucking through bass, kick and hammond. These are all instruments that are pretty hard on speakers. There are other 15s out there - but their SPL output is not in the range of the two I've just mentioned - and these both have fairly chunky horns to enable those vocals to cut through without ragging everybody's ears. Out of those two, I would favour the RCF, but appreciate that's an extra £400ish to find as opposed to £300 for the Yamahas. Personally, I would avoid going with smaller tops unless you are running subs - but I would wager you aren't going to get anywhere near the performance out of a sub and two tops for under a grand for the size venues you say you are looking at. As a brucie bonus option, you could go smaller boxes with a small sub - RCF 702 and a pair of RCF 310s would come in at around 1400. It may be a better fit in the cars... but if you were to ask me what I would buy with £1400, it would be the 735s. I think you will need to find a bit of extra cash to do what you want to do successfully but I think its worth the difference as for a little bit extra cash, you get a significant improvement in performance. It's no point buying speakers that you are going to be ragging people's ears with - and you don't want speakers that can't cope with what you are throwing at them.

[quote name='MacDaddy' timestamp='1474800719' post='3140559'] Paul Guerin is using one in The Quireboys, I asked him what it was like as the latency figures aren't great, he said "[color=#000000]it's the bollix". [/color] [/quote] "It's the bollix" compared to what? Does he run a line of digital processing, go through a digital desk - does he use inears? Loads of things are the bollix but it depends upon application and experience of other products.

Is this for putting things like a kick drum through too - or just vocal? And do you need a desk? How many people in the band? Give us as much detail as you can!

[quote name='MacDaddy' timestamp='1474557300' post='3138805'] i want my trouser flapping bass goodness. i use a cab. [/quote] Even with a 810 running at full tilt, your trousers won't flap. I think people mistake ragged ears for moving rags. You need to move some serious air to get any movement - and we are talking a lot more that even the biggest bass rigs.

Tickled Trout must be paying well.