Jack

So, setting up a scope under Linux is a right chew on. I used to have a separate Ubuntu Studio PC that has a great scope application on it, but it's right pain to get that working on a normal desktop. I was able to take some very rough measurements using the RTA analyser on my XR18, but it's not what you'd call precise. It looks as though the bass control is shelving, with maybe an 80 or 100Hz knee. The mids are pretty wide and centered somewhere around 600Hz. The treble control starts affecting the sound at around 1.6Khz and its very extreme by around 4KHz. Pre-Shape cuts a wide swath around 1.5Khz.

Yes, the manual, packaging and advertising copy are definitely some of the areas where they've saved money. IIRC I think mine just came in a plain cardboard box.

I have both of the behringers. They are great preamps, but no good for this application as the tube was put there by the marketing department and not the engineering department. They don't really sound 'tubey'.

The obvious answer is a 4u case... That way there's room for a wireless and a tuner. 😇

Can you elaborate on this some more please? If there's a way to easily daisy chain this I'd be grateful. I've been using a polarity inverter cable so far and it's been fine but I'd like a less forgettable solution!

3 votes for common sense and yet:

Hey guys, Is there a consensus? I'd always applied the hook to the board, and the loop to the pedals, that way when one takes a pedal off a board and uses it on it's own the pedal doesn't pick up all the rubbish in the velcro and ruin the carpet. That seemed to make sense to me and for many years there was joy. Nowadays, with the advent of the internet, camera phones, 'show your board' threads and the BC marketplace, it seems as though most people prefer the hook on the pedal. Am I missing something?

OBBM's are definitely the best. Honestly cables do just break, don't sweat it.

Phil covered all the good stuff, all that's left for me to do is to confirm his suspicion, the reason you get them on acoustic instruments and amps is because they feed back really easily at room resonance type frequencies. It can be useful on electric bass too in a very howly room. No, but I've been itching to use a proper scope for ages, this might be a good excuse...

Thanks, Cameron. This is good to hear. Funny, that... 😎

What do you think of the 32A Cameron? Does it go 'rock drummer' loud?

Hi guys, A few times I've espoused my love of the incredible (and very sexily-named) Studiospares 458190 preamp and DI box. I've had mine around 2 years now and I love it. On the upside it's got a decent 3-band eq, a notch filter, a preshape/midscoop thing, effects loop yada yada yada. Most importantly (and more preamps should have this) separate volume controls for both the XLR and TRS. On the downside, it's as big as a house and it's stupidly 9V center positive. Well, you can get around that by using the battery or phantom power I suppose. Anyway, I think I more than got my money's worth when I paid £45, then a few months back I noticed they went up to £50 (hey, prices rise, inflation, whatever) and they were still more than worth that. I noticed today that they're down to £30+delivery. I actually thought the one that I saw on ebay had been incorrectly listed or B-stock but no, that's just how much they cost now. For £30 I'm not sure that there's a better DI box. For £100 I'm not sure there's a better DI box. I have to stress that I have no affiliation or anything, just a happy customer passing on, what is IMO, a great deal.

I get that, but I would hazard a guess that over 90% of musicians never tour. I understand the need for manufacturers to have halo products made for touring (even signature stuff for endorsing artists) that get us all excited, but realistically the gear that a lot of us lust after and the gear that best suits our needs isn't always the same. I understand why not ALL gear can be tilted, but I bet a lot of people would benefit from a kickback amp, particularly as 'amateur' live music venues get rarer and stages get smaller. I'm amazed there aren't more designs like that. Companies put a lot of time and effort into market research, and I'm sure they'd provide them if there was a market, so maybe there isn't a market. But I'm surprised there isn't...

Oooh, definitely. I forgot about those. I remember lusting after those on TB back in the day when Tombowlus was touting them as the next big thing. Funnily enough, a 310 came up on ebay not that long ago for stupidly cheap. I almost went for it until I realised that, after 10 years or so of progress, the current crop of what are now called FRFR cabs are probably better in every way.

I'm not the OP, so maybe they have other ideas. There are now several products on the market that bridge the gap between instrument (electric guitar, usually) cab and PA speaker such as the Line 6, Matrix and Laney offerings and it predates the Line 6 Powercab by, what, 3 years or so? AFAIK the FR800 was pretty much the first of these that was marketed by a bass amp company mainly towards bass players, for all I know it's still the only one actually.

PMed you Chowny.

A lot of devices, such as tuners and preamps, have two outputs. Failing that, the device that does that and only that is known as an ABY switch. Brightonion make the best ones.

Can I check flights and get back to you please?

That's the impression that I get, but I've never sat in a room with the three of them together... And, even if it IS the weakest, it might still be enough! I just see a lot of people using the QSC in settings that aren't super loud rock bands. Argh but then half of my gigs I don't use any amps at all so it shouldn't matter!