Al Krow

Back to KZ ZARs - still loving mine. However... I bought a set with the built-in mic in the earphone cable and found I was only getting output through one ear piece. Replacement cable ordered for £9 inc P&P and IEMs working perfectly again.

You mention that the pack allows us to dig deeper. Do you provide details of the actual patches and settings in the pack? Appreciate if the answer is "no" to protect your IP (although I guess anyone buying the patch will be able to see what the settings are from their Helix?) However if is yes, then there are probably several of us who don't own a Full Helix who might be interested in finding out what patches and settings you have used to try to recreate it on other pedals and multifx (I have a GT1000 core) and be happy to pay you an appropriate fee for just details the patches and settings in each of the 4 pathways and potentially be another income stream for you. Just a thought!

Great job!

But that's the point...yes he gets the best tax advice, but he's not breaking any laws by setting up structures that minimise Amazon's tax by doing so. On the other hand loads of us break laws every time we go over the speed limit in our cars, take drugs or don't declare all our income from gigs if, legally, we should do. If you don't like what Amazon does, then boycott tax havens who give him and other multinationals the opportunity to avoid tax in the first place (or do you agree with Bono who says it's fine for Ireland to allow multinationals to avoid tax?)

Haha, stone throwing in glass houses? I wonder how many musicians pay the tax due on all their income? At least Bezos pays what he legally owes, even if he/Amazon are aided by certain countries (eg Ireland/Luxembourg) offering very low tax regimes.

Haha, no worries order placed! I've actually been thinking about upgrading my old/very budget Creative T40s for a long while, and a recommendation from you is always a positive. I went for the bundle with the stands, but had a £25 Andertons credit from the mixer you mentioned! Re. the mixer...a mate who is also a bass player and does the sound in his band popped round last week, and at the end said that the A&H CQ desk does literally everything he would like from his (eg individual HPF per channel, feedback assistant), so you're not alone in thinking it's been a good investment! Apologies to everyone else for the thread hijack (albeit very useful, thanks Phil!)

Yeah, I think the stereo mixing is going to be the clincher here. Ah well looks like I'm in for a pair then!

Cheers Phil. Would one suffice for home studio mixing/monitoring and solo home practice purposes?

That sounds like a really good deal Phil, thanks for the heads up! In terms of rehearsing with yours what other instruments / vox were in the studio set up and were they being separately amplified / monitored? Were you just using one of these or a pair when you rehearsed?

Third Xmas back to back Xmas party over a week - it's been great, but has involved quite a lot of travel: last night's was a two hour trek across town to Twickenham for me, and setting up before party guests arrived with a relatively short 1 hour slot before the DJ came on, following dinner, two hours after setting up. Not unusual for a function gigs though. Normally I might find such a balance between travel, loading and setting up and then doing everything in reverse on the way back, a little disheartening when combined with a relatively short set - I'd much prefer to do two hours playing than one given that playing is where the fun is for me, and I suspect for most of us! However last night Harlequins RFC was a great venue, with a really fun receptive audience and clicked well as a band and seemed to be very well received. We even managed to get Xmas dinner at the end of the night, so the stars were obviously aligned! A little clip of the gig with one of our regular dep singers fronting us.

Thanks. I was actually getting a bit of distortion on my Xvive U4s for the first time on the vocals. Interestingly we had pushed the gain on the fem vox up quite a bit - guess need to bring her down and simply cut the rest, and then raise the master vol.

Some of the online reviews aren't looking too promising re the Nux: complaints about distortion in particular. I guess sometimes you can pay too little for something!

Just spotted these: B-7PSM Wireless Monitoring Bug Transmitter & Receiver System, 5.8GHz - Nux | CPC No idea if they are any good, but I'm a fan of the Nux 5.8 GHz wireless for bass. Attractions: - very compact - 5.8 GHz not 2.4 GHz - good price compared to most wireless IEM set ups I guess slight concern that having 5.8 GHz on both bass and IEM wireless with no channel selection options may give rise to crosstalk/interference between the two units?

Very helpful indeed, thanks Mike!

Yeah there's a creator pack bundle for an extra £100 or so, in which they include a WiFi mic.