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Hi all,
Just wondering if anyone knows if there is a way to physically connect our tablet to the soundcraft ui12 mixer?
Usually we just use over wifi, but last night nobody could log on with tablets, phones or anything. So much so that we had no control over the mix, although luckily it loaded up a previous one which was passable.
So, is there anyway to cable up a phone or tablet to the mixer for rock solid connection in an emergency?
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50 minutes ago, Mudpup said:
New one coming and they've sold all the old ones
Ah good! Do we have any details about it anywhere?
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Sorry, posted in wrong section.
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Anyone know what's happened to Quilter bass amps?
I loved my bb800. Then they brought out the 802, now seemingly nothing?
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37 minutes ago, joel406 said:
That's adorable.
It was a polite way of saying be humble, just like the real top guys on here are to everyone else.
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54 minutes ago, joel406 said:
3 big shows this week. Loving the QC and my IEMS. Both total game changers.
Keep humping those rigs guys. It's all downhill from there.
You do know theres all kinds of bassists on here? From beginners, pub players, club players, pit players, pros, people who do it for fun, touring bands, famous bands, famous bassists and a lot of genuine legends. No ones opinion is worth more than anyone else's. That's what makes this site great - it's a discussion forum, not a platform for im right and youre wrong statements.
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23 hours ago, LowB_FTW said:
I mailed a week ago and I've heard nothing back, which is disappointing as I had a look around that site and saw some interesting stuff.
Mark
I emailed them through their site about a month ago and heard nothing back. I think you have to physically ring them for a response.
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I think they're a good basic product. I think they're suffering a bit as lots of people are using the term 'upgrading with.....' and with 'superb Wilkinson etc etc'.
They're good. They do a job. But they're not a significant upgrade compared to other brands renowned for being an upgrade.
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3 hours ago, 2elliot said:
Everything a new Trace Elliot should be.
Yep!
Interestingly as well, someone pointed out the similarities between stus amp and his old hartke ha amps. Makes perfect sense.
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I always wanted this amp.
Everything a class d amp should be. Banded eq, valve and s/s mix and loud and light.
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1 minute ago, la bam said:
For me, frfr is only used as a fresh canvas to colour.
I've gone iems in one band and whilst the other bands are still in rehersal I'm going to talk them into it, but I'm currently at rehersal going straight into the pa.
If it helps the very best addition to the sound through the pa is a fantastic 8x10 sim I found. That added (to of all things) a behringer bdi21 gives a fantastic sound.
The pa we use isnt cheap - yamaha dxr15, but it's good. Around £500 per speaker.
So, if I had to get an amp for any of these bands I'd just get one of them and plug my pedal board into it.
Or, to be fair I'd probably end up putting everyone through it and have it as a personal monitor for myself.
QSC, RCF all great, but with yamaha you want dxr or dsr. Dont get lesser ones as they are a different quality.
I forgot to add..... most of these higher end speakers also have a kind of mini mixer on the back now, so you can always add in other instruments in there for yourself if needed.
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For me, frfr is only used as a fresh canvas to colour.
I've gone iems in one band and whilst the other bands are still in rehersal I'm going to talk them into it, but I'm currently at rehersal going straight into the pa.
If it helps the very best addition to the sound through the pa is a fantastic 8x10 sim I found. That added (to of all things) a behringer bdi21 gives a fantastic sound.
The pa we use isnt cheap - yamaha dxr15, but it's good. Around £500 per speaker.
So, if I had to get an amp for any of these bands I'd just get one of them and plug my pedal board into it.
Or, to be fair I'd probably end up putting everyone through it and have it as a personal monitor for myself.
QSC, RCF all great, but with yamaha you want dxr or dsr. Dont get lesser ones as they are a different quality.
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You can make any bass for any genre. All you need is a bit of time to eq and learn how to eq properly. And how to get the guitarists to stay in lane and stop coming into bass territory. If they come down there that's why bassists struggle to be heard or think they have a bad tone.
I've played all range of cheap and not so cheap p basses, j basses, stingrays, spectors, pj basses, all sorts in all sorts of music and bands .... and you can get any bass to fit and style. Especially rock. If you're struggling and some gain and drive / break up and it should come singing through.
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Hi all, with so much going on with modelling now and impulse responses being downloadable and upload able to pedals etc, I was just wondering - can you make your own? Do you need software etc? If you had an IR and saw its freq graph could you copy it to a back up source etc?
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13 minutes ago, Linus27 said:
Yes it was but I found I couldn't really hear the backline which is what made me feel very disconnected to the band, especially the drums. I very much play with dynamics and energy, reading and feeling what the music is doing and either driving or holding back but using IEM lacked the feeling of any energy of a live performance and somewhat flat.
That's exactly how I was when I did it with backline. I found myself just stood there concentrating listening rather than playing /performing.
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44 minutes ago, Linus27 said:
I tried IEM a few times and I absolutely hated it. I felt completely disengaged and unconnected with the rest of the band and for me having something stuck in my ear muted the actual stage sound and interaction with the band, especially the drummer. The whole experience felt very clinical and lost the energy and feel of playing live. The rest of the band did use IEM but I found after a few songs, they all pulled one of the earplugs out so to have have one in ears and the other half the live stage sound. The singer especially did this as she found it easier to pitch.
Was that with still having backline as well?
That was my very first experience with them with using too when using backline as well.
Now we have no backline, it's a totally different feel.
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Regarding back up etc, think of it another way, especially for small/medium gigs.
You are actually closer to the pa than the rest of the audience. There is now no other noise on stage (apart from drums) so in theory, if your audience is getting a good all round sound, then you should be. Theres nothing on stage where you are clouding the clarity of the overall audience sound.
Worst case scenario slightly tilt the pa inwards so you can hear the front of it better, but you wont really need to.
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1 hour ago, Ed_S said:
Genuine question - what's your backup when your IEMs go down on a silent stage and you've suddenly got nothing at all? I play by ear, so hearing myself in context is a necessity rather than a luxury and IEMs as a way of doing that better certainly appeal in concept, but they seem much more risky than amps and/or wedges.
I take a spare behringer p2 (about £30) and a spare pair of normal earbud headphones.
In all honesty, if they were to go down you can still hear the PA clearly, so I probably wouldnt even use the backups.
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I've seen the white one. Looks and sounded good. But then when I looked at them for sale (about £900) they seem to be a rock bass version, not the custom sig shown in all the videos etc?
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13 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:
That’s what one of my fave bands, Booze & Glory were doing last time I chatted with them, still had full backline. They said it really helped rather than the hope/expectations of relying on monitors.
It really does. I dont think I ever had a decent mix using monitors with backline, simply because I had no control over it once set and they were too close to other wedges with other mixes in them. The iems let you just put through what you want into your ears, and theres no extra unwanted noise on stage from 3 or more wedges.
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28 minutes ago, Bigwan said:
Jazz bass
Which colour / style?
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One other thing is you dont need to give up your amps to use in ears. You can use your in ears just for your own monitor mix instead of wedges etc. Ie just tickle through what you need to hear.
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Some bands have bassists pretty synonymous with a specific bass, but what would you all say U2s Adam Clayton is most recognised with? I really dont know on this one.
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11 minutes ago, warwickhunt said:
I am trialling the whole IEM / Monitor / silent stage thing and I have to say that my overarching feeling at the moment is that I am personally not 'enjoying' the playing/listening/interacting experience!
I've heard others say that I'll get used to it etc but I've no sense of the goal being achieved any time soon.
A few considerations for me are that I'm playing in 2 bands (both share the Soundcraft Ui12 desk as it belongs to the guitarist who is in both bands with me) with 2 different drummers both of whom are old school and use acoustic kits (one brings a massive wedge monitor). Band A is a 3 piece and the guitar is on the far side of the stage with no amps on stage; Band B is a 4 piece with a guitar next to me using a cab + IEM.
However, all of this is secondary to the fact my playing is generally reactive to the whole band/audience experience and I find myself not being as nuanced as I would be with backline on stage and tempering how/what I play. I think that I'm missing some of the volume or dynamics when I play using IEMs (even though I use molded plugs when gigging with backline) and I can't get comfortable with that.
In short you can say that I am WRONG to not solely use IEMs but for me I have to enjoy the musical experience and I'm slightly isolated from that with IEMs
That was my experience when I first tried them a few years ago and I didnt try again and went back to amps. I got round it this year by slightly popping out the in ears so they stayed in but I could hear the crowd too. Other ways round are just placing a mic towards the crowd and having that on a channel.
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That's great thank you.