EBS_freak

Yup, that's generally how opinions work.

I cannot agree with this comment.

I've got a whole truck load of those things. For a reason. They are awesome.

If the gig is worth it, I reckon the XR16 would be the best bet to slave out to the FoH. Sack off all the wireless stuff on that gig.

The Headrush is primarily geared towards guitarists... so in the requirements stage, I doubt they were even looking at speakers that can handle significant amounts of bass. Again, marketing strikes again... and of course, it doesn't pay them to put in decent speakers for low end frequencies because the vast majority of their target market aren't interested in that. I guess it also depends on the bassist - a reggae player that rolls on all the sub is going to kill a Headrush. I would wager that a straightforward PA cab that isn't marketed as FRFR would actually do a better job for a bassist.

Or a big, decent spec FRFR. You need to compare like for like. You wouldn't gig at any significant volume with a single 10 bass rig... same applies with a PA cab.

Mind you, if you compare it to an Aguilar SL112, which has a hell of a lot less going on inside it, it's not a bad price!

Whats your mixer? Instead of looking at Alto at 280 quid, maybe a XR16 at 260 quid? I appreciate one would be for yourself... and one more for communal use though.

Cant you use your own mixer and slave the LR to the FOH PA?

Lets not forget, that's a single 1x10. There's only so much before physics stamps down it's foot on you. It's probably sounding a bit compressed maybe? DSP limiter - of the fact that the speaker is getting more stressed and less controlled.

....and your ears don't ring afterwards.

Indeed - entry point for IEM enabled bands is so low now. XR18 desk for example, with P2 and ZS10s... A 5 driver IEM with plenty of headroom, a XLR and a P2 power amp. Easy rig/wedge replacement for £60 a player all in.

Historically, I would have agreed... but theres some very capable tops out now. However, if you like the sound of a single cab working hard compared to a big rig that is on tick over... well, thats a completely different discussion!

Indeed - there is still something to said about just turning up with a rig. I've got a dep gig with a band that run the old school method... so I'll be lugging out 2x2x10s (cos I don't know how loud they are or whether they put stuff through the PA etc) and an amp head/powered kemper. I've had many discussion with a friend of mind trying to get him onto IEMs... and he totally gets it. Although he is a bit of a bass whore and plays with so many bands, for him, IEMs just aren't practical as many of the bands he plays with aren't using IEMs and integrating such a system with those existing bands is a bit of a technicality that for him, is just not worth it.

Quite surprised - are you doing an A/B test? Or is a perceived sound in your head that you're looking for?

And then the final stage is when you take a monitor rig that you split to foh. Silent stage, all on inears. I think the mindset is finally changing. I remember at the beginning of gigging career, sound engineers would tell me, "let the PA do all the work". I scoffed. Stupidly. Of course, he was right... but I had a band new Fender Twin that I wanted to crank. I know, I know...

But nobody mics up the cab... they usually mic up a single driver... which doesn't capture the sound of the cab anyway. In a band situation, if you want to capture the sound of the "cab", you are likely to have completely unmanageable bleed. If you want the sound of cab out front, as you know... modeller. Takes the studio sound of the cab on the road with you. Perfect.

It may do... just not at volume! 😛

Absolutely - the issue is, that due to numbers, if bass cab manufacturers upped their game in terms of drivers, they'd either double their prices and price themselves out of the market... or severely dent their profit margins. Lets not forget, bass cab manufacturers are in the game of shifting boxes rather than optimum audio but at a price that keeps them in competition with their peers. The plastic thing isn't ideal agreed - but it is light and again, good enough and probably not that a big an issue to be audible on a gig. And to be honest, even in a plastic box, lets face it, they still play a lot of bass cabs under the table anyway. Re: compression drivers costs - agreed, although it is freeing up headroom for the larger cone - and really, it's only the x3x and x4x models that are at a premium with those drivers. Anyway - as we've discussed a couple of times before, I still dont see how they are doing the 735 and 745 for the prices that they do! Hasn't an Italian Tonka looking brand done similar with their "tweeters"...? But of course, as a brand, good enough for Marcus and King... let the marketing and endorsement do it's merry dance.

Glad to see you still loving the alt. rig. Night and day over traditional rigs eh?

If you are handy with arduinos, it's not too difficult to knock up a switch to change between a slow fade programme and a moving head display. But ultimately, it's probably something that is an added point of failure, stress etc in the whole setup and running of a gig.

Haven't used it for a while - but no, I don't think you can. You are into the realms of DMX with that.

My first gig was caught on mini disc. No video cameras through. I think my first video recorded gig was with me on keyboards wearing a very, very tight black spandex top with an atom logo on it. I was hiding behind keyboards and playing the keys for a law society ball for Oxford University. Hopefully that VHS never surfaces. If anybody finds any photographs/video of a Oxford University law society ball with a keys player wearing a very, very tight black spandex top with an atom logo on, it ain't me... ok? 😛

Funny you should say that - but I was looking at the way the guitarist was strumming thinking that his style is pretty much a verbatim copy of John's.