EBS_freak

Generally yes. Theres Ch70 and 2.4/5Ghz which are wide open - no guarantee that the airwaves will be free for you. Channel 38 required a license.- not guaranteed but more likely because the requirement of a license... Then there's fixed venue licenses - which are a set of licenses for frequencies that are allocated by Ofcom to a specific venue (typically theatres). These tend to be in the 700 range. Then there's on demand licenses - which are short term licenses for frequencies that are allocated to a location by Ofcom (larger venues/outdoor events). Again, these tend to be in the 700 range. The latter two licenses are what the pros are using. As you can imagine, for a touring band, theres a bit of work to do before hand to make sure licenses are in place way before you rock up.

I felt exactly the same way. All these bass rigs... utter nonsense. 🤨🤔😜

Still good to see that you seem to be still pleased with the decision! Yay!

I'm trying to do some man justification and man maths on this one... 😛

Agree... although there is the RCF M18... and that has 2.4/5 Ghz onboard wifi... that works!

External router required! That will solve connection and lag issues. Theres an independent mixer sw for Android. Think it’s called mix station or something like that.

Sounds like you are running a TRS in a TR socket. What headphone amp are you running or are you powering straight off the aux? Only reason I ask is on things like the P2, there’s a mono switch which basically takes any signal it gets, mono or stereo, and sums it so that the same signal gets applied to L and R on the headphone out. Why the loss of patience with the digital mixer?

But but but... white multi comp.

Its the beginning of an addiction...

Sad news indeed - only met him once - and he seemed like a great guy. Always enjoyed his posts on here. Best wishes.

Just ignore me. I'm just being stooooopid.

It will stave off the casual users and that's the source of the majority of the problems. As far as I am aware, phones still obey the hidden SSID regime (unless of course you install a scanner that discloses the SSIDs for you...) in the Wifi settings, so really simple to keep your wifi service more robust. In terms of being impenetrable, I wouldn't worry too much... the risk of any attacker getting access is super, super, super low.

They also have 4 feet... if you get my drift.

Most of it is to do with people trying to connect to a WiFi point in the hope of blagging free internet. The devices themselves can “see” the SSID but don’t disclose to the user that they are available. Thing is now, it’s becoming ridiculous because software writers now display SSIDS with something like “(hidden)” to the user, hence defeating the whole purpose of the flag.

It does have DSP based on what I know about the FR800 having looked at it in the past - but I can't remember if it's being used to make the cab linear from an EQ point of view... or to implement crossovers/hpf/lpf, I would have to investigate further.

Generally not - it's generally a proximity thing. As you've found out, most units will latch onto the strongest signal, however, if there is a nearby device(s) that causes intermodulation, you will be subject to that interference. Most people think that boosting the output power is the way to get around this... in reality, it's not that easy. For large scale deployments of wireless, it's all about using as weak a signal as you can, with co-ordinated frequencies. In the none pro world, wireless is complete chaos... and you take your chances. On the whole, you are going to be OK as long as there isn't too many wireless devices in close proximity to your receiver. Most people don't take their laptops down the pub... and because you tend to be the closest person to your wireless transmitter, you can more often than not, get away with it. The more clean channels you need though, the greater risk of interference as the space available in the rf spectrum is very quickly eroded. This is all part and parcel of the reason why all these 2.4Ghz are not common place on pro stages.

Remember that active PA speakers in general (not just talking about RCF here) - have DSP to aid in the flattening of the cab's response. Whilst it is possible with a passive setup, in reality, to have a comparable system without high costs is very rare. Also, remember, you can always take away frequencies that can be reproduced by a cab... it's generally not a successful route to try and reproduce frequencies that can't be reproduced by a cab (obviously). Whilst people may think that they can hard cut off a set of frequencies in the top end because they don't believe that their instruments produce them, this isn't true. A lot of the "airy" quality comes from all the harmonics that exist in those super highs... and cutting them can actually be detrimental to you your bass sound. In fact, this applies to pretty much every instrument. If your mix is sounding a little flat in the top end, it's can be those super super highs that are missing.

How old is it? Got a model number on it? Only reason I say, a lot of the older plus net routers were 2.4 only. Will be better than the inbuilt one... but still a half way house solution, especially if there's other 2.4ghz stuff going on - like 2.4ghz wireless guitar systems etc.

Not really odd - that's the 2.4ghz NIC of your laptop interfering with the radiowaves. You may get improved results if you turn off the bluetooth on your laptop (if it has that functionality and it is running).

Because they haven't got the budget for a keys player - or find one that is willing to give up the time to join the band.... or find one that is capable of playing the parts. Or the backing is too complex for a human to play and the backing forms a great deal of the sound of the band.... There's all kinds of reasons why people use backing tracks. Have a look on YouTube at what the tech behind Katy Perry's shows look like. There's as much live music as backing tracks it would seem - but those backing tracks are driving patch changes on electronic drums and triggers, guitar patch changes as well as layering "backing track" audio that is not possible to otherwise reproduce live.

Oh yes they can.

The real big advantage of going to the MR18 is the 10 year warranty. For most people, the other equipment in their PA setup isn't going to allow you to reveal any advantages of those preamps.

Turn the bass output down then! Or inline attenuator.

Only if you aren’t getting what you need out of the B3N. It’s a pretty capable unit, especially for the money.