jimmyb625
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£402.50 and that's with me already having a QU24 and QU-SB! Seriously, for that money, it's a no-brainer.
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Cheers! We have one due out in a couple of weeks (or months, no one ever tells me) which will have 3 new tracks, plus some of the ones we usually feature in a set. A kind of "greatest hits" although no one's really heard of us. We ended up having to pull out of the Wickham Festival, as the main singer caught an infection which he couldn't shift, so that was a bit disappointing.
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We are! We're an Americana/Folk/Country style band (we have a fiddle player, so whatever genre that puts us in, I'm never overly sure). We're playing on the Sunday, not sure of the time yet, but I think it will be early afternoon. Hopefully it won't be too early, as I'm coming back on a ferry in the morning, so have got a bit of a trip to get there. This is the song we're opening with, so they'll know when to leave 🤣) https://youtu.be/mkQjcp2if3c?si=CO0ouqr9O9mBSuRK
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This is the next one for us, on Sunday 4th August. https://www.wickhamfestival.co.uk/artist/fine-lines/
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Just a heads-up, as I know some of us rate these DI boxes pretty highly. John doesn't sell directly anymore, with all of the sales being handled now by Showbitz. They have an ebay page: https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/showbitzltd?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=Qe7vtgZfT5C&sssrc=3418065&ssuid=ZHVO_SrYQeO&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY But, it's a whole load cheaper if you buy through their webstore: https://www.showbitz.co.uk/product-category/orchid-electronics/ It looks like all of the same gear is available, but it's massively cheaper buying directly from them. I have no associations with them (but if they want to send me something, I'll not refuse).
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I think someone must be stealing our tip jar...
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Could be my ears ........ but ..... "BRIGHT" PA
jimmyb625 replied to Pirellithecat's topic in PA set up and use
I was going to say, the x-touch with the XR18 is a great combination. The biggest downfall (in my opinion) with the Allen & Heath QU-SB is that it's difficult to get an external control surface to play nicely with it. -
Could be my ears ........ but ..... "BRIGHT" PA
jimmyb625 replied to Pirellithecat's topic in PA set up and use
In our theatre, we use this: https://www.roomeqwizard.com/ together with one of the suggested microphones: miniDSP USB microphone It's really useful for analysing "the room" which means we can set our master eq's for the house system to be fairly flat, or at least control some of our more problematic frequencies. It will give you suggested settings for parametric eq's (I think it does GEQ as well, but I've not used it for a while). It will also allow you to do RTA which we do on occassion. The best thing about the room sweep though, is that it takes about 2 seconds to run it, so we have done it right before the start of the show, to analyse the difference that the audience make to the room response. Obviously, in your situation, you'd be better off doing it during soundcheck (unless you have someone out front who can monitor it). Outboard graphic eq's are pretty affordable on the second hand market, as many people are off-loading them now and moving to digital, but it's one more thing to setup, so only you can decide whether or not it's worth it. -
Ditto! My band respect the fact that it's my PA, so they don't touch it, or any of the cables, or microphones, or microphone stands, or mains cables etc.... It's really good, as they do all of this without me ever needing to ask them.
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Wireless Mics and IEMs 863-865MHz Any issues?
jimmyb625 replied to Chienmortbb's topic in PA set up and use
Yes, if you're on Channel 70, you'll always be limited on the number of units you'll be able to operate in that frequency range (4 is usually the limit) so at any broadcast exhibition, I wouldn't expect it to be much use at all. Even channel 38 is going to be very limited, without some agreement in place between the various exhibitors. As you've mentioned, 4g mobile data is now operating in the old channel 69 frequency range, which will take it close to the lower limits of channel 70. The reccomendation is to re-tune the euipment towards the upper limit of the channel if there are problems. You've not mentioned what you think falls into the cost-effective category, but I know the LD IEM units for channel 70 can also be tuned in the 823-832MHz band (which is included in the standard licence). Personally, I just bit the bullet and purchased a licence, as I wanted at least 4 channels of IEM's with the flexibility to add more if required and I wanted to move away from channel 70. I think we'll start to see more of the bigger players moving to digital only systems and dropping their UHF offerings (Sennheiser have discontinued the G4 series and are running down stocks) which may improve things. -
I was going to say the same, but with a two10.
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Stupid double post!
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Just a word on the KZ's with the microphone on the cable, be careful with using them anyway, as I've found they can be problematic with some of the TRS sockets in IEM packs (I had problems with both the LD and Sennheiser packs)
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That's a neat little rig. Have you thought about going stereo? (Although I know a lot of places haven't got the facility to give you a stereo mix) I can't help with how the panning might impact of your deaf side, but maybe have more on your "good" side and reduce the volume a bit?
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Very sad. My condolences to all affected.
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A local one for us, playing at a tea room (yeah, we're that rock and roll). Still, the audience enjoyed it and hopefully the link below works... https://www.instagram.com/stories/knutsfordtearoom/3396275720256766434?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igsh=MWhoa2I4a2ZsNnFyaA==
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That's true, if you've already got the QSC's then it's probably not worth it. I keep telling myself I don't need them, as I've already got a pair of 12's and access to some RCF 15's, but on the other hand I'm massively irresponsible.
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I'm just throwing in the reminder that Thomann still have the RCF ART 310's on offer, for what is a pretty good price: https://www.thomann.de/gb/rcf_art_310_a_mk_iv.htm
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Have you tried after-market foam tips on them Phil? I tried some Comply isolation plus tx-500 (seems an overly long name) and found they were pretty good with my zs10's. That said, I'd be interested to hear how you get along with custom moulds. I was half-considering going down that route, however given the current state of the band, I'm not sure it's a worthwhile investment.
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Great to meet you as well, it sounded ace.
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I took a trip over to Liverpool, to see @Mertonplaying with Katy Hurt at the "Black Deer Live" Liverpool show. Really enjoyable afternoon and they sounded great. The support band "Motel Sundown" were really good as well.
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I'm off to see @Merton of this parish tomorrow, playing at Strawberry Fields in Liverpool, as a part of Black Deer Live.
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His manager and quite a few of the new band are from around that area. Should be good fun, we supported him in '22 and for one of the gigs in '23.
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It's difficult to say for certain. One thing that might be worth checking, is the frequency range it's operating in. From what I could see on the website, it doesn't look like it operates in the UK available frequencies (apologies if you're not in the UK) so you may have problems.
