Silvia Bluejay

Unfortunately as a mere Mod I can't move entire subforums, only threads, so fixing the mistake is down to @Kiwi. In the meantime, anyone finding a thread that's about PAs, please either report it or tag me in it and I'll move the thread to the new PA subforum.

Done.

@Kiwi the new subforum should definitely be under Amps And Cabs NOT Other Instruments, which would make it very hard to spot. Could you please move it?

The more I delve into the Privacy Policy and list of advertisers on Ezoic the more horrified I am. I've turned off all I could turn off, but the Strict setting on Firefox and a similar setting on my newly-enabled Adblock for this site will stay. Remember that GDPR does not exist in the US, where Ezoic is based and where our data is open to far more manipulation and selling than anywhere in Europe. I'm not a happy bunny.

Thanks Steve @Kiwi. My Firefox cookie handling is set on STRICT so it will reject most of whatever Ezoic is trying to ask my browser anyway. However, I must say I'm still uncomfortable and I have activated Adblock Plus on this site for good measure. I prefer to actually see any ads that appear on this site, for several reasons, but for the moment I'll go with this over-defensive setup. Hope things improve soon for the site on all levels.

I think the bit about sharing info with their partners is a third-party cookie matter, which the user should definitely be allowed to reject from this page, not just from their browser's settings. (That would apply globally to the user's browsing experience, not just basschat.co.uk.)

Yes I got the Italian version too, @DGBass! I thought it was because I visit a lot of Italian sites and type a lot of emails in Italian, and that my computer perhaps already had cookies indicating the presence of that language somewhere in the system. Interesting to know that's not the case, and instead the message is simply random. Curioser and curioser.

I get this message when I log on: Well, I don't want that to happen. I don't want this website to share any information about my use of this site with your partners. But I'm only offered a button called "Got it!", so I can't deny permission. I'm not sure this is legal in the UK?

I see your point, Dave, but the same happens with amps, cabs and quite a lot of accessories. When the main subject of a thread is clear, and it's not posted in the correct place on the forum, we move it. If it is posted in the correct place, and any references to other bits of equipment (usually inevitable) don't radically change the main subject, the thread can stay in its subforum. This would mostly be to make following or contributing to such a popular subject easier than it currently is.

Also, why is the choice "either/or"? I would be interested in both contributing to AND reading a PA subforum.

Definitely. Seems silly to relegate something as important as the PA to such a generic section as Accessories and Misc.

Can't do the same with The Big Alikat.

So Damo And The Dynamites had a residency at this year's British Motor Show in Farnborough, where we played on a sponsored stage under a (thankfully thoroughly waterproof) canopy. The pub benches provided for picnicking attendees proved to tempting for @Happy Jack...

I'll be off to Florence (NOT on holiday) soon so I won't have time to re-engage with BC but I'd like to sum up a few points you will find me and the other lefty Basschatters repeating over and over if you do a search. 1. Learning to do something the unnatural way is damaging - physically and especially mentally. I was taught to write with my right hand and I've had a dislike of writing by hand for the whole of my life, as well as a horrible handwriting, a signature that changes every time (thank God for chip and PIN and contactless) and, later in life, some episodes of quasi-dyslexia on occasions when I have to write by hand and I'm tired. 2. Those righties who appear to imply that lefties, as a minority, should learn to play instruments righty should hang their head in shame and try doing anything left-handed, for real, for a long time, not just once. Especially something essential, something they love, or something that has no alternative way of being used (scissors, computer keyboards, joysticks, can openers etc.). Then come back to us and tell us how they enjoyed the experience. 3. If the fretting hand was the more important when playing an instrument, then all right-handed players would be happily playing what we call left-handed instruments but, surprise surprise, they're not.

Anyone going to The British Motor Show in Farnborough this weekend? We're playing there with not just one but two bands. Our established rock 'n' roll trio Damo And The Dynamites will be on stage twice every day of the show: Our new Classic Soul band Soul Purpose will be there on Sunday only: @Happy Jack will probably want to tell you about our trials and tribulations re. actually understanding what we're going to find the first time we set foot at the show, and how we may deal with the situation... 🙄

To go back to the main topic, yes we have an XR18 which we are reasonably happy with, but not to the point of being wedded to it for our next purchase - hence our questions. Ideally next time we would want something with a proper user interface (to us, XAir Pro has been a pain from the start, fiddly, unintuitive, moody, etc. - you guys' MMV), something without the hardware/software glitches we have identified in our system with use, and something we don't need to hook up additional devices (router etc.) to in order to get reliable functionality. @Dad3353, while I do understand, and until relatively recently shared, your aversion to smartphones and tablets, it would be unreasonable to expect a wireless desk to not use either or both. You would always need something with a screen and a means of communicating with the desk wirelessly. That would be, um, er, a tablet or a smartphone... 😉

I'm currently working on a slow but perfectly viable 7-year-old PC that was a cheapo even at the time I bought it, and i don't think it's just about to die either - so it also depends on how good the user is at, er, not screwing the device up and keeping it happy for a long time. In the past, the winning aspect of Macs was the total compatibility. Now not so much, as the rest of the world has caught up. Same for IoS v. Android. I hate a lot of things on Android but I haven't found ioS to be any better. 🤷‍♂️

... and before anyone says buy an iPad just for this purpose, and then you'll fall in love with the system and eventually switch over for everything, no we won't. Beautiful beasts, MacIntosh devices, loved working on them for what at the time was called DTP, rather pointless nowadays as they're so similar to PCs both in look and in functionality, but are usually quite a bit more expensive.

It is, online. The website gives a list of shops where it can be bought. https://www.rcf.it/en/where-to-buy/-/dealers/country/192 However... Andertons: https://www.andertons.co.uk/search?search=rcf m18 AC Entertainment: https://www.ac-et.com/search/RCF+M18/ Gear4music: https://www.gear4music.com/search/?str_search_phrase=RCF+M18 Etc...

Oi! Mic the effing kit or I'll down tablets and walk off. Aside from late July to mid-August, there is no way a drummer* can be heard properly by anyone not standing right in front of the band at the George on a Friday or Saturday night. * Perhaps only our Paul The Drums on a channelling-Keith-Moon night. Certainly not our Mr Dynamics Roy the rock 'n' roll band drummer.

It would, however, look 'orrible. 🙄🤷‍♀️

The acoustics in that pub is dreadful. I have had to deal with (and improve, although usually not fix) boomy bass, muddy bass, shrill high frequencies, feedback on the vocals, faux-slapback effect due to the wall behind the speakers, when the speakers have a tendency to leak sound backwards, you name it. It's a lost cause. But it's huge fun (for the band), so we put up with the issues.

Except I better not end up under one of those because, lightweight or not, they're almost as heavy as me, and I would probably be turned into a pancake... 🙄

What's most weird in this case is that it happens after the end of a song, not during the song when you'd expect the pill- erm, the punter, to be dancing (or attempting to). I was taken by surprise too, although there would have been little I could have done to help from where I was, in any case.

Next time we play that pub we may revert to the big-subwoofer-and-linear-array PA setup... 🙄