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[quote name='dood' timestamp='1476101074' post='3151228'] You sir, are a star. Again. Very valid points indeed. I liked the idea of having one single small connector on the pack on your belt rather than two big XLR type and their pair of cables hanging down. Less drag - and as I am hardwired on my bass two, thats three cables that hopefully could have been replaced with a smaller IEM cable and single instrument lead. You are quite right about a point of weakness and that you'd always have to carry a spare with the same LEMO connector. The XLR's at the other end are no problem of course. I've looked in to the limiter and you are quire right! Not what I was expecting. I suppose my thought process was that if I were and will be doing more dep gigs with kit I am not familiar with, then having an additional brick wall limiter or EQ if necessary would form some extra belt n' braces should I get the wrong thing sent to my lug'oles!! I would of course hope that the IEM mix, from whatever source would be configured well and an enjoyable experience but kit and user experience can vary wildly. This week's gig it has to be said was an absolute joy to listen to though the '64 A8's! [/quote] If you are worried about the physical size and mass of xlr cable, make up your own cable from some 2 way multicore. Should give you the function without two weighty cables. OR... you may want to use something like this - http://www.jumpaudio.net/ixm.html - so you just get 1 cable going to you and your bass...

With regards to monitoring the front of house PA - if your keyboard player's patches are correct and your guitarists boosts are correct, then your front of house should stay consistent because as your ears tires and players are tempted to turn up, it's only their own personal mix that is being impacted, not front of house. So using IEMs may actually improve your chances of a decent FOH mix when you are not running with your own foh engineer.

Add the RCF 735 / 745 to your list to look out. 3 and 4 inch voice coils in the highs - meaning your vocals are going to sound killer, freeing up the main driver to work with the lower frequencies. You can easily get by without subs with either of these units - and they'll quite happily take bass and kick drum.

[quote name='dood' timestamp='1476043009' post='3150808'] Has anyone had any experience with the Shure P9HW Wired system or similar? I like the look of this as the wearing on the belt, you haven't got the weight of two XLR cables and connectors. I found some talk of a P4 & P6HW too. On board parametric and limiter also sound convenient on the P9 without the additional cost of wireless kit. Thoughts anyone? Alternatives? [/quote] The P9HW still requires XLRs - it has a splitter cable that goes to two XLR cannons. I personally don't like it as I see it as a weakness that is bound to fail on you st some point - and you are unlikely to be able to source a spare easily. The EQ on the pack is fairly primitive compared to what you can do with a decent desk and the limiter is pretty primitive too - all it does is set a max volume on the volume knob so if you turn it up it doesn't get any louder.

I have always found DR Hi Beams to be the ultimate string for me. Long lasting, feel great and sound amazing. I have however, just tried a new string. Additional tension and still great sounding and feel great - but just a bit more ridgid and an even stronger B. It's DR Lo Riders!

I stand corrected - JH are now doing 3D printing too!

Also remember - the more they are communicating, the less they are building!

http://www.analogplanet.com/content/analogplanet-visits-jerry-harvey-audio#zPqDjvcJFuyxf33c.97 Thought some of you guys would find this interesting - I know that there's a few tour videos about (UE and 1964 have some great ones) but I find it interesting that Jerry Harvey stuff is very much still hand made as opposed to Logitech's operation at UE (which Jerry founded) that seems to have gone wholeheartedly into 3d printing. I think 64 Audio is that way now also.

Primarily a Wal, Rickenbacker 4001 and a Hofner violin bass. Bet you can't figure out who's basslines I was learning bass to at the time... Funnily enough, I was going to pull the trigger on a Wal but never did. Could have kicked myself. I don't really hanker after any of them nowadays... although the Wal would be nice to have in the collection.

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1475053189' post='3142570'] It's tempting. How many amps do you get out of that setup? I have a few digital pedals [/quote] It's not so much the amps - it's the mAh for all your pedals that you want to add up. So you'll get 2450mAh (2450mA for one hour effectively - so if you want to draw say, 4900mA, you'll get half an hours usage) if you use XX eneloops or 1900mAh if you use the standard eneloops. Here's an interesting list - [url="http://www.harmonycentral.com/forum/forum/guitar/acapella-29/1687263-"]http://www.harmonyce...lla-29/1687263-[/url] Although with some of the beefier digital pedals you are going to be looking at mAh ratings into probably a few hundred now. What ever you do, if you load the underside of your pedal board with batteries, you have options for changing them over between sets etc... or just putting them all in parallel for a mega battery pack.

[quote name='dood' timestamp='1474994659' post='3142159'] I use something like this with eight Eneloop high capacity rechargeable AA batteries in. Being rechargeables, they are 1.2V batteries, giving me a 9.6V output. Great for pedals. Some of these enclosures need rewiring for the correct polarity but it's a 5 minute job. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/8-AA-12V-Battery-Holder-Case-Enclosed-Box-With-On-Off-Switch-/262096603493?hash=item3d062cc965:g:rBMAAOSwx-9WxT1T"]http://www.ebay.co.u...BMAAOSwx-9WxT1T[/url] [/quote] I've done the same in the past too. In fact, I've had a couple because some of the digital fx (and even those small delays) pedals can be quite demanding. You could run them in parallel - but I just split the two packs between different sets of pedals. Just got into the habit of charging them after every gig - even though it wasn't strictly necessary. Great for the studio too - when you want to get things as quiet as possible.

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.