EBS_freak

You may want to check out the Stagg Headbanger XT and raise an eyebrow when you see the price tag. Searching on google did turn up these though - https://www.simplysoundandlighting.co.uk/stagg-headbanger-transport-bag-carry-case-fits-4-x-small-moving-head/?m=simple&gclid=Cj0KCQjwnpXmBRDUARIsAEo71tTAcEHdGtNdtEgfEmf1BpVvte_zktvpXcJDC4fHJwnUJxYVhtxzJysaAu5bEALw_wcB - that may come in useful for people that have bought a few...

Go for it. You'll rock it - and you have a home crowd behind you. So even if you feel you didn't hit 100% perfection, it's not as if it's a load of critical a$$holes down the pub picking apart your playing.* *Well, they could be... but if they are, you should reevaluate your friends!

You still glad you made the switch @Silvia Bluejay? You bought into the idea of digital being a complete revelation?

Man, I've had a fair few XLRs stolen over the years. Oh sorry... wrong sort of lead. Saw this earlier on Facebook - that's a right bummer - they got a lot of gear in there. Hope that it does a Roy Wood effort and turn up somewhere.

Any connection to those living is all coincidental and all that!

That sounds like an amazing show. I'm sure you could sell the rights to Netflix.

Cars being referred to “Weapons” does the same to me.

You mean you have never seen the Kemper Profilerboard?* * totally photoshopped. Never been done as I suspect the official answer is always get the profile and the floor board. And if floor boards are your thing, there's plenty of midi support to plug whatever you want into it. Funny though, you aren't alone, requests for a Helixesque floorboard format is seen regularly on the Kemper forums. I've got a Kemper - and I totally dig it...although I must admit the floorboard I find a little annoying as I don't use it all the time and could do with the scribble pads like the Helix as my memory is useless and the screen is too small to see whats going on in the slots when you are playing live. If I'd know that before hand, I'd probably have gone for a midi controller with scribble strips.

Thats the point - all 3 have their strengths. Kemper is still the only one out there that has the ability to profile - and that will continue to be it's USP... and the fact that the professional profiles are so so so good and so cheap, that particular platform is always going to have a strong fanbase... Kempers vision was actually pretty stunning - the hardware is now getting on a bit... but they are still wringing the most out of the DSP in there and with the official editor coming along shortly, I would image the interest will increase one again as I believe that was one of the Achilles heals of that particular unit. There always seems to a strong wrestle between AxeFx and Helix... and price always comes up. But as stated above, you have a relatively small operation trying to compete with a large operation, so it's no surprise that the costs are higher. It all depends on how you look at things though - AxeFx and Helix (and Kemper) gives you a vast arrange of amp tones and Fx, in a portable package, without the risk of valve failure, at the price comparable to a boutique amp with a few boutique pedals. When you look at it like that, they are pretty cheap.

I don't think that's entirely fair. One manufacturer has responded to another the moves of a competitor... and if you read the forums, have responded to the user voice. You can't blame them for trying to expand their business and keep their customer base happy. I never understand why people get so upset when manufacturers announce products... it keeps things interesting and prevents a monopoly. It's also how business works.

They have to be able to A/B them and have a model sound like an amp... as that is their main selling feature... and the fact that you can have the sounds of otherwise unobtainable amps within the digital box. People like to know what the sound is that they are meant to be sounding like - and the fact that a lot of people are tone deaf. For example, if you were going for an early Beatles sound, the vast majority of people would not use their ears, they'd head for a Vox AC30 model straight off. Modellers also cater for the uber geeks - who dont get out of their bedrooms and like tweaking to their hearts desire, doing comparisons between the real amp and digital equivalents and uploading their findings to YouTube. It's all valid.

The AxeFX sells like the bucketloads and it’s actually hard to get your mitts on one. That alone makes them desirable... and the chances are, whoever buys one already has a Helix (a full fat one at that)... and a Kemper. They are at the boutique end of modelling...

Some people need their stage furniture...

1000 usd

Yeah! https://www.fractalaudio.com/tmp/190423-Fractal-Audio-Announces-the-FM3-Amp-Modeler-MultiFX.pdf Interesting times for modellers. Brilliant times in the tech world for musos. Looking forward to seeing this!

Got an almost parallel conversation happening in the main thread - Recommendations for multidriver without breaking the bank ZT ZS10 (4 BA, 1 Dyn), ZT AS10, (5 BA) UE900s (4 BA), BQEYZ K2/KC2 (2 Dyn, 2 BA), are probably your go to multi driver universals without breaking the bank. (well, maybe the UE900 is a bit more pricey!) I'd take all of those over a Shure 215-535 for live monitoring purposes. I would have to caveat the statement of "Much better sounding than the other non moulded IEMS at a fraction of the cost though". The ZS10s and AS10s for example, have a weird top end going on, can be prone to phase issues and don't have a very wide soundstage at all. (In that the sound can feel very much boxed inside your head). What I will say however, for live use, is that they have bags of headroom and less likely to go into distortion (which means less ear fatigue also). So it's all about using them in the right context - would they be my go to choice for listening to music? Absolutely not - but for live monitoring use, they are a gem... and a bargain at the price. For those new to all this... Multidriver is generally a good thing for live use... as it gives more headroom and enables the use of drivers that are great for reproducing specific frequencies. The downside of cramming a load of drivers in a small housing right next to your ear drum is that you can cause a load of phasing problems due to the mixing of those drivers. These can to a certain extent be engineered out through tube length (of which the ZTs don't have any), bore and dampening... and create a crossover network between the drivers. This is very difficult and pleasurable to the ear tunings can be at the mercy of the specifications of the drivers themselves. The larger IEM manufacturers have the buying power to have balanced armature drivers made to spec to engineer audio issues that smaller manufacturers just can't afford to do. So in short, a properly balanced twin driver IEM can sound far superior to a badly tuned 8 driver IEM... but doesn't have the headroom. The winning move is the higher driver count IEM with the headroom, with the components to allow for a winning tune at the same time!

Nope - I don't know why but ACS just don't nail it. They never have the headroom that bass players crave. They are OK to for listening to music but I have been underwhelmed, like many, by their use as a monitor - which after all, is their primary market. I would always advise a quad for bass too - that's treble, mid, with dual bass drivers. Probably worth noting that the 3 drivers approach when it comes to the UE6 is a bit of a special case. The UE6 is a hybrid design - so has two dynamic drivers and one balanced armature. Typically custom IEMs are built around balanced armatures. The UE6 is currently unique in the fact that its a hybrid custom at a very competitive price point. The dynamic drivers offer great bass response and high headroom however, they do sacrifice a bit of clarity that is associated with balanced armatures - as such, they are said to have a warmer timbre than balanced armatures (which may be more to some people's liking anyway). The highs are still catered for by the UE true tone balanced armature (to maintain all that air, sparkle and detail in the top end). So in sum total, this gives a triple driver that has extended headroom and bass response (which is why the UE6 is such a good match for drummers and bassplayers) that is more akin to a quad balanced armature setup... but at a cheaper cost than an equivalent quad driver balanced armature. This is quite a crucial difference - the UE6 is not directly comparable to other triple driver custom IEMs. Bleeding in the outside is the last thing that you want to do... especially using the ambient valves. Good bass response requires a good seal. The second you break this seal and allow the outside world in, you begin to lose all your bass... which is a shame as it's the bass response you pay all your money for. ACS' system is different - it's like the Sensaphonics system - in that it keeps the seal and has tiny mics which is then mixed with the monitor feed from the desk to give you the sound of the outside without breaking the seal on your IEM. If you want to achieve similar with an IEM, use an ambient mic/s at your desk and blend that into your monitor mix. A lot of people seem hell bent on ambience - in reality, a lot of people, once they venture into IEMs, get used to the sound... or if you have a lot of open mics on stage anyway, you may not care for a dedicated ambient feed. In fact, in the thread, we also talk about other solutions- like using a Zoom h6 for example, as an all in one ambient mic, monitor feed mixer, more me mixer and headphone amp in one. To be fair to ACS, if you were working in the theatre as a vocalist, the Live system is extremely good - it just doesn't cope with high SPL environments... like bands. The mics tend to distort.

ZT ZS10 (4 BA, 1 Dyn), ZT AS10, (5 BA) UE900s (4 BA), BQEYZ K2/KC2 (2 Dyn, 2 BA), are probably your go to multi driver universals without breaking the bank. (well, maybe the UE900 is a bit more pricey!) I'd take all of those over a Shure 215-535 for live monitoring purposes. If you want to spend more than that, don't on a universal. Go for a UE6 or explore what Lugs can do for you (they have recently gone 3d printed shells now so are really gunning for the big boys)

To be fair, the 610 and 810 are still very popular stateside... and Sweden and Germany.

OK - but the difficulty is setting the maximum and minimum positions of the servo/motor - and the position of that in relation to the pot that it is attached to. It's not as easy as putting the servo on the pot and telling the microprocessor to go - here, learn this.. as the microprocessor has no concept of the positions possible on the pots on the fx pedal, particularly if those pots on the fx pedal are moved by hand. I do have a potential solution for you however...

Obviously - but it's understanding the MVP which is key... the Mk1 is the maker or breaker.

Teensy is a good call. PS Have you any idea how you are going to be saving settings? For example, you may want to think of stuff in terms of banks and patches. Maybe each bank having 4 presets. If you then said had a support for 8 pedals with say, 3 variable controllers, thats something like 96 bytes of information per bank. Be wary that some microprocessors have relatively small EEPROM. For example, taking this example, that would give you only 5 banks. A lot of people will use a bank per song... so be mindful to get something that can handle this sort of memory requirement. This is also assuming fixed values... you may want some movement (which would be really cool and certainly something that I'd imagine would be really cool - imagine a tremolo effect for example, by turning a volume pot up and down) Before going too far, get some requirements nailed down from the guys that are going to use this. Additionally, been thinking about this, not sure that servo is the best option for this - you may want to look into stepper motors. Shout me if you want some more info.

What’s your microprocessor of choice?

I checked out my friends Boss at the beginning of the week. Seems robust enough, especially for the price. Can’t complain really - and if you like the “bug” approach to wireless (I’m personally not a fan - I would put it on a cable and have the transmitter unit in a pouch on a strap), it’s got to be one, if not, the one to go for.

I’m stumped. Any ideas?