mike257

Does RM recorded delivery track internationally? I might be mixing this up with something else, but I've got a niggling feeling that it only tracks until it leaves Royal Mail and lands in the hands of somebody else, even if that somebody is another third party like the Greek mail people. I might be wrong, but I'd check the small print on what your recorded delivery actually guarantees for international shipping.

I watched Deap Vally from side stage recently while teching for their support band. I reckon they're the real deal - great riffs, good harmonies, MASSIVE guitar sound and some good tunes (that don't all sound the same - can be tricky in a two piece)

[quote name='DarkHeart' timestamp='1369447621' post='2089447'] not trying to be funny or anything but the people who go on about the settings on the amp, why not just take a pic on your phone of your settings (everyones phone has a camera these days) and it would take seconds to restore your sounds...........................just saying [/quote] Or if you're busting out the duct tape, just put a piece on top of your head with a quick sketch of your settings. Tried and tested. Half a dozen circles with a line to show which way they need to point and you've got instant recall! The old ways are often the best.

I'm wondering the same at the moment. This is my first year of full time muso freelancing and I'm planning what to do when the (thankfully very busy) wedding season dies off. More Christmas parties should have bands!

[quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1368567747'] also you can use the pan/balance control to send the signal to whichever side you want. Behringer desks generally have a mono output too. [/quote] The balance control won't give you both sides of the stereo image into one side of your main outs - it does literally what it says on the tin and shifts the relative balance of the two sides. Swing it to the left, right channel gets progressively quieter, and vice versa. Two mono channels hard panned as mentioned above will do it though!

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1369141289' post='2085308'] The original O1V - wow, I played in a band where they had that desk for a bit. It's pretty capable if I recall. £160 is an absolute steal for that - if I came across one for sale at that, I'd defo buy it, especially with the ADAT card. Nice find. [/quote] Yeah, I'm made up! It's more than capable for our purposes (5 piece function band mixing own sound from stage) and although recording types will tell you the preamps are a weak spot I think they perform more than adequately in a live setting. I'd been looking at analogue options but was struggling to stretch our budget as far as an A&H MixWizard (which was my first choice). That probably would have had the edge in terms of mic pres and EQ but costs upwards of 500 quid on the s/h market. I can bodge together a phone/tablet remote by connecting the 01v to my laptop and sending midi over WiFi from an app on my phone so can nip out the front during soundchecks to mix too. The only problem will be teaching my resolutely non-techy bandmates how to drive it!

My main guitar is a MIM Telecaster '72 Deluxe, its brilliant and I've never had problems with it. Superb playability, lovely neck and I almost always pick it up for a gig despite owning/having access to other, technically "better" guitars. If you find one you like, its brilliant!

If you want to go digital on a budget and the channel count is enough for you, you can pick up a Yamaha 01v (original, not the newer '01v96' models) for £300 or less. I've just got one for our band for £160 with the optional ADAT card installed! It's got 12 mic channels plus another two stereo channels with jack inputs, two onboard effects units, four aux sends you can route to analogue outputs for your own IEM/wedge mixes and 4 band EQ and dynamics on every channel. Total recall and motorised faders too. The mic pres aren't the greatest in the world, it's a little bit dated compared to current (but much pricier) digital consoles and there's a bit of a learning curve to using it if you're not a techy type (I learned to mix on a linked pair of Yamaha 02r's back in my teens so it's familiar for me!) but the features to price ratio is pretty ridiculous at current used prices. I'm without a monitor of my own in our current function band setup but as I'm starting to contribute backing vox I'm looking at either a wedge or going wired IEM. More often than not I'm wired with my guitar so seems little point in spending all that money on wireless when I can just tape the wire to my guitar lead and go with that!

Dave supplied me with some short lengths of speaker cable to wire up an amp rack - arrived extra quickly and Dave is brilliant to deal with. Believe the hype, the man is a gent and a credit to the community here. Thanks Dave!

[quote name='D-L-B' timestamp='1368347187' post='2075829'] I've always used this and it's never let me down. http://www.wilko.com/carpet-accessories/wilko-hook+loop-stick-on-tape-black-1m/invt/0190336 You just need to clean the surface you're sticking it to with alcohol and maybe give it a little roughen up. [/quote] Dan, I've seen your board close up, the reason you don't need heavy duty Velcro is because its big enough to have its own gravitational field. I'm pretty sure it was attracting all nearby pedals into its orbit!

I was scoping it out in B&Q the other day, they charge an absolute fortune for the proper Velcro-branded heavy duty stuff. If anyone's got a cheaper source, that'd be ace. Off to Google it now, if I find anything worthwhile, I'll report back!

[quote name='bassmachine2112' timestamp='1368262894' post='2074984'] It,s moved Almost straight ahead of the entrance to central station or exit if your coming off the train. It was a nice fireglo but seeing as I,ve got a jetglo . [/quote] That's where it used to be! Not there now, its on Williamson Street, an otherwise innocuous cut through just off Church Street's shopping hell. Nicer gaff they're in now though, although much further to walk to a parking space if you've bought something heavy!

I'd use index finger for the root, little finger for the octave and middle finger for the seventh to play a part like that. Although you've got to find what works for you, there's reasons (speed, potential damage/injury) that people generally don't play like that. I'd give it a go with some different fingering, it'll feel unusual at first if you've spent time working on it the other way but might be worth it in the long run, and if nothing else give you some other ideas about fingering patterns/techniques in general.

I've heard them take some stick on here, and joined in myself in the past. After using battered house rigs or ending up pushed gear sharing and having to use someone's crap EB combo that should never have left their bedroom, I really had a distaste for the stuff. All changed when I borrowed an ABM500 EVOIII and ABM810 for a few gigs. Without doubt the best bass tone I've ever had. If I was playing the kind of gigs that justified a big rig like that, that's exactly what I'd be using. As it is, its too much for the occasional wedding/function and the odd pub gig my bass is seeing lately. Top gear though, and I certainly don't knock it now that I've used the good stuff!

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1368166495' post='2073913'] My experience so far is that there's 3 types of band members. There's musicians, singers & guitarists. The latter 2 can sometimes be musicians, but it seems to be very rare.... [/quote] I don't know mate,my last attempt at an originals band, after having a nightmare trying to find a guitarist who fitted in and grasped the music, I flipped over to guitar myself and tried to find a bassist. Just as bloody difficult, just as frustrating, just as many chancers and disappointments. It's not limited to 'guitards' and singers. Thankfully, the function band that pays most of my bills has an excellent bassist and a singer who more than has his act together. The only let down is the guitarist, because its me!

Yeah, it'll be the channel insert points, not the input, that gives this functionality. This is usually used with a Y cable that has a TRS jack at one end and two TS jacks at the other. When you fully insert the jack, the signal path inside the mixer is broken and diverted down the cable to (for example) a compressor or gate. If you only push a jack in to the first click, you will connect with the channel and receive an output signal but will not break the flow of audio within the mixer. Should work just fine, and some mixer manufacturers actually advise on this technique in their manuals.

Another vote for the BDI, its a bargain and sounds great. Use it to give my Shuttle some extra grit.

This all makes me very happy, as I've just got one. I'm yet to try it out but I'm looking forward to it even more now!

A preamp valve giving up the ghost is the only problem I've ever had with my Shuttle, aside from that its rock solid. Think the Genz stuff is generally pretty well put together. I've just picked up a Genz Benz Black Pearl 30 for my skinny stringed playing and its a stunning piece of kit!

If you're looking for cheap and cheerful there's a Behringer two channel DI box. No link outs to pass signal on to an on-stage amp, but sounds like you wouldn't need that. Obviously, it's a Behringer, so the usual caveats apply, but at £19 they're cheap enough to buy a spare! http://www.amazon.co.uk/Behringer-DI20-Ultra-DI-Channel-Splitter/dp/B000CCSWQA

Well, had our first gig out with the new rig tonight. Took the tops and one pair of subs. Stuck two vocals, keyboard, bass and kick drum in there. The difference in power and clarity was stunning and we were barely pushing half way into what its capable of. It'll take a few more gigs and some tweaking to get the measure of it but on first impressions I'm made up!

I'm pretty sure it was only 200mA, although I haven't got the unit handy to confirm. Shouldn't put too high a strain on it anyway. If all goes well there'll be no need to have an extension lead on the board at all, just a long mains lead coming straight from my PSU will do. Mega space saver!