Chienmortbb

There were using a secure system, but not as secure as it should have been. It is a commercial service, ironically like Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server. If a "secure" service is in public use, you have to accept that it can be, and has been, hacked. In this case, the people involved (except the journalist) are stupid or ideologically blind, which in many ways is worse. These people are in charge of the world's largest nuclear arsenal. Something that tempers Putin's behaviour but not the current Trump led destructors.

Are you using the asio4all driver?

I think this is how I got my current place. However, the rhythm guitarist's health is deteriorating, but he won't admit it is time for him to hang up his Strat. If nothing happens soon, and the BL has been told in no uncertain terms, I will be on JMB, and they will be looking, probably in vain, for a new bassist.

I honestly don't have a problem with the volume control, yes it can be a bit noisy, but it is not that objectionable.

Me too, when my MacBook Pro died after 12 years faithful service, I could not afford to replace it and bought a Windows device. In all matters audio as well as most other things, the Mac was superior. WTF are drivers? The hiccups come with the dominance of MS Office, although Open Office or LibreOffice can do 90% of what the MS Office Suite can do. Anyway, I am saving for a new MacBook.

I always think the idea of the Low B is not to use the low B but to allow you to go a few semitones below E.

Has anyone ditched pedals entirely.

Too much fuzz for my liking.

Two Monzas? That a 2x10 stack. If you need more than that, you are already deaf.

I bought some speakers from @Phil Starr about a year ago, Two Wharfedale Titan 12" Active tops plus two JBL 15" powered subs. I have used the Wharfedale Titans before on their own but wanted to try them with the subs. The subs have a built-in LPF/HPF, but I still set the mixer output with an LPF/HPF centred on 100 hertz and fed the tops with an HPF with -3db at 100Hz. When I switched the system on, there seemed to be little bass but inverting the sub signals brought in the low end. I was surprised by two things. Firstly, the sound was so much fuller but secondly, the increased low end seemed to be coming from the tops. The overall sound seemed much louder. I had the subs together in the centre and used a selection of music recorded before they started compressing the heck out of recordings. The final test was to remove the HPF/LPF from the subs and rely on the internal filters. I could not really hear any difference between the internal filters and the one in the digital mixer.

Only true if you count the countries of the EU as separate countries. Any two of Germany, The Netherlands and Ireland add up to more than the USA at approx 14% and the EU as a whole are closer to 50%.

I can understand your purchase, as you say, “no one ever got fired for buying” happens in every industry. I was in broadcast video for a while and it was Sony, anything Sony. Is the SM58 the best live vocal mic for live work? IMHO no but it is perfectly usable, robust and spares are easily obtained. I think the problem is that some people think that the SM58 is the mic that makes them sing well. No mic can do that. When it was introduced, there were few mics around suitable for live performance and it was the best. It is still probably the best seller and that means Shure can keep the price high. In my band we have SM58 (singer) Behringer X8500 ( lead guirarist), Sennheiser 935 (rhythm fatalist) and Sontronics Slolo (me). All are more than acceptable, especially with the right EQ.

Sadly it was the late 60s so I had no knowledge of the complexities of speaker design of concepts. It was a heavy 12” 100 watt speaker with a quoted sensitivity of 100dB, at a time when most 12s were 25/30 watts so at least 3-4 time better innit. 😉 Honestly it did sound loud

Why do you get grief? Admittedly there are microphones that others prefer but the SM58 is not a bad mic.

What could you do if your mixer does not ( yet) have pre-delay. Is there anything else you can do?