Greg Edwards69

I have recently acquired the same pairing M50x and ZS10 Pro X. Very happy with the M50x - exactly the tone profile I was looking for. ZS10 Pro X are a step up from my old non-pro ZS10 but I wish they weren't so bright.

I read a similar thing years ago regarding what Mutt Lange told Phil Collen (Def Leppard) about guitar solos. You should be able to sing a great guitar solo

OTOH, I love this cover:

Yes. Same here. Clicked on a Retrovibe Vantage and it took me to a Cort bass. Possibly a problem with the email campaign software they're using rather than something Bass Direct have done.

I'm assuming it's okay for these chaps though

Obviously keeping the web url in readable text is a no brainer, especially from an accessibility point of view. I just can't decide whether to steer people to the website or FB. Having a variable QR code destination doesn't fix this.

The though has crossed my mind! I need to do a new batch of business cards or postcards that we can hand out. But I need to decide whether to steer people to the website or fb page. Although I am a designer, and have worked in branding for many years, actual marketing isn’t one of my skills.

Yes we do. I'm a graphic designer by day and have strong opinions on branding! I designed and got them printed with the intention of wearing them during load-in and set up, so people know who we are. Each one has our logo/web address on the front and it says "Band" on the back with either singer, guitarist etc underneath. However, we've taken to keeping them on for some lower-profile gigs such as pubs, bars and charity events. We'll still get changed into smarter shirts for corporate and wedding function gigs, but still keeping to the band's colour scheme (black and red) - but I must stress, we don't dress the same - we're not a cabaret band! We also have a roller banner and logo on the bass drum skin. The singers are always telling people to "find us on Facebook" if they see people videoing us. Yes, it might look uncool, and we may look like walking business cards, but never underestimate the power of branding and marketing. And hey, if Metallica and Iron Maiden can wear their own t-shirts, then so can anyone.

I really need a built in pitch shift effect that tracks down to low E. I don’t play 5 strings any more but I do down shift to BEAD on my helix for several songs. Correct me if im wrong but I don’t believe the spark series have a pitch shift effect.

I have considered it, as well as teh bigger Spark mini but they lack features I’d like. To be honest, the product I want doesn’t exist. I wish Line 6 would revisit the pocket pod with the helix algorithms - so a smaller pod go, with Bluetooth audio, rechargeable battery and phone/tablet control. Something I can use for headphone practice, or plug into a small speaker at home, or use as a backup at gigs if my Helix fails.

I ended up selling mine after 2 or 3 weeks (I bought it used). After the initial excitement of GAS wore off and I started to properly dial in a nice patch I just couldn't dial it in the way I wanted it. On paper, the bass firmware with its split paths looked ideal, but in practice, it just didn't sound good. The 2 paths sounded out of phase and 'smeary' for want of a better word. It didn't sound like one, unified signal, it sounded very much like two totally independent signals that didn't gel. There's a weird midrange hump on the upper portion of the signal that I just could not dial out regardless of which effects, amps and cab are engaged or bypassed. It was like that artificial low mid-bass boost you get on small speakers to make them sound bassier than they really are. The cab section made it even worse. The eq section is not flexible enough to dial this out. If the P1 could load cab IRs it might help. You should be able to set the high and low crossover to the same frequency, bypass all effects and get a ruler flat signal coming out, but it's nowhere near it. I knew the pitch shift effect wasn't great from this forum, but I thought it might be passable for headphone practice. But I really didn't expect it to be as bad as it was. Totally unusable, even for headphones. Something sounded amiss with streamed Bluetooth audio. I can't put my finger on what exactly, but there's something strange with the quality and eq. Nowhere near as good as other Bluetooth devices - FWIW, my Jabra Move headphones support Bluetooth and wired connection. Streaming Bluetooth from my iPhone to the P1 with a wired headphone connection sounded much worse than audio from my iPhone straight to the same headphones via the headphone's bluetooth. I tried downloading some presets as well to see if anyone else had success making a nice bass preset. I thought I found one, but when I examined it I realised they had simply set the crossover so high that all you got was the full range of the lower path and none of the top path. I realise this relatively inexpensive device wasn't going to be in the same league as my Helix, but I really, really wanted it to be better. I could have possibly lived with it if it didn't have that baked-in horrible hump on the top path. As it stands I'm sticking with my little Nux Mighty Plug for the time being (although I wish that one didn't boost the bass on bluetooth audio, and the video/audio sync with youtube is dreadful). I'm considering getting a Boss Pocket GT or Hotone Ampero Mini instead, or maybe both. (I'm aware the latter doesn't have Bluetooth and needs mains power, but I might be able to live with that).

At first glance, I seriously thought you meant "Elixir of life" rather than strings

Funnily enough, it's the two singletons in my band who are the hardest to pin down for rehearsals and gigs. The married ones are more reliable.

I can only comment on the ZS10 Pro X (that I recently purchased). They're good sounding, clear with proper bass extension that doesn't muddy up the midrange. They are however ever so slightly bright in the top end. Nothing aggressive, but you might not be used to that sort of bright treble. As ever, getting a good seal is crucial, and my Comply foam tips work wonders. Now if I could get the same tone as my ATH-M50x headphones give me in an IEM I would be very happy!

But there's a large difference between skeletons in one's closet and being an absolute monster. Whilst lapses of judgment can be overlooked, people like Gary Glitter and Ian Watkins should be strung up by their balls with guitar strings. But that's what the thread is all about. Where is that line between ignoring misdeeds and cancelling?

If it's any help, this is the one we use: Klark Teknik DS 50 Passive Splitter at Gear4music We tried another splitter before this one that didn't work as well - the volume was very uneven on each output, but the Klark unit is perfect.

We’re getting on with it okay. It takes a while to find the optimum channel work out how to use it around other devices, but we’re getting there. For example, we recently discovered that the singers wireless mic receiver should be kept at least 3m away from other wireless devices. This is one of the reasons we now run the Xvive transmitter from the passive splitter than sits next to the bass drum in the middle of the stage away from another wireless devices. We also found out that channels 1-4 clash with the Xvive U2 guitar wireless, so 5 and 6 are the better channels to use. We still get the odd drop out in certain environments but I guess that’s unavoidable in certain environments. We’re trying to remember to put out phones and other devices in airplane mode that might help.

As a band, we've recently dipped out toes into IEM. We're all generally happy with the same mix, but have a mix of wired (P2) and wireless (Xivive U4 packs. Our solution is a simple passive xlr splitter. Packing one of those for our gig could have been a useful solution to your monitoring issue.

I'd look into finding a dep for that member if I were you. You can keep your busy gig schedule and the band member getting grief from home can relax knowing his spot is safe. You really don't want to get the reputation of the band that cancels gigs.

Biker club in Dagenham on saturday afternoon. We were a singer down and a dep drummer (Kelly, one of my oldest friends from school with whom we formed our first band when I was 16 and he was 14 - he later turned pro for while as a session drummer). Pretty easy gig. Classic rock covers and I got to sing lead on a couple of songs to give Jenny a break. But the weather was temperamental - it started raining whilst we were setting up under the marquee, and got a little chilly during our set. Unfortunately, we had to cut the second set shorts. We were asked at very late notice if we could start earlier as the band on after us had another gig in the evening ("Dennis and Dave" - Dennis being Dennis Stratton of Iron Maiden fame). We thought we were ready to go around 15mins early, but we had a problem with the desk. It took 15mins to work out it was a dodgy aux lead feeding the IEM. Still, we started as soon as possible, with a quick wee break in the middle and carried on till 3pm with no problems and we played well. We packed down in record time and the sun came out just as Dennis And Dave started playing, so they had a bigger audience than us. Oh well.

Yep, they’re going back for replacement. That “chink” sound in the left earpiece was definitely a sign of a problem. When playing by bass through them there’s a slight bit of distortion. Perhaps a faulty BA unit?

Just received my ZS10 Pro X within the last hour. I'm at work so I can't test them properly, but listening to a couple of familiar test tracks (inc Yello - The Race - always a good test) I can immediately hear that they are less aggressive than my non-pro ZS10's. And the low end is nice and full, with sub-bass extension without getting bloated in the low mids. There's still a V shape, but not too extreme. I'll try them out tonight with foam tips and my Helix if I get a chance. It's nice that they are much smaller than my old ones too. I'll likely use them this weekend, but even if they sound great, I may still return them. The left earpiece make an annoying 'chink' sound everytime I touch it in my ear. It sounds fine, but I can quickly see that getting annoying, not to mention, could be a sign of a manufacturing fault that could get worse.

FWIW, I got a pair of the Moondrop Aria's (open box deal on eBay) and they went straight back as the left one was barely working. I ordered these before EBS_Freak's reply explaining the difference between audiophile reviews and musicians' needs, so I'm not sure I'll order another set. It's a shame as they fit really well, but judging the sound quality with just one earpiece working was impossible. As such, I ordered the KZ ZS10 Pro X as an upgrade from my original non-pro ZS10s. As I mentioned before, my original one have a harsh, aggressive treble that is extremely tiring. Allegedly, the Pro X design fixes a few of the tuning issues. Whilst it retains the V shape, it has less aggressive treble and better bass extension. I don't mind that it's got a V-shape profile. To my mind, this could be a benefit, as it sort of replicates the fletcher munson effect. If I can tweak my Helix patches with these, it should translate better to FOH - I think my presets are possibly too bassy at the moment due to the headphones and frfr speaker I've been using - it's certainly seemed more apparent since we added a sub-woofer to our PA. I was looking at the Sennheiser IE-100 too on Dave_Bass5's recommendation, and I was torn between them and the ZS10 Pro X. Maybe I'll get a set of them as well at some point. It won't hurt to have a couple of pairs of IEMs

It's also easy to pull the volume knob off if you're heavy-handed with it, as one of our singers discovered when she was using mine, and dropped the plastic knob on the floor. Luckily I found it when we were packing up.

Funnily enough, I discovered the Bass Bros website for the first time this morning. I don't know if there's some throttling going on at work, but it's a painfully slow-loading website. Slow to the point of being unusable.