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(+Bigwan) We hear you! We hadn't really considered that initially but a few design discussions today told us that that was possibly feasible... maybe... We hear you! My stuff is all rack based so has been biased to that view... at the moment. Being able to rack a couple of amps together in the band rig would be pretty sexy... right? The Sennheiser through to the board is an ideal setup... I'm assuming that the board will always be at the end of the chain (so you'll need to split off your IEM mix to the board if you aren't running a separate aux for the board). There is an alternative that I'm looking at - but won't go into too much detail at the moment.

Some very good points. Oh. And it's got to look good. That's a given!

Realistically, we'll be looking at interest before looking too hard at bags and the like! Timeframe? Well, put it like this, both myself and Nick are chomping at the bit to be the recipients of the first two off the production line so we are somewhat focused! I don't think we'll ever put anything out that we don't think is right. We are having lots of conversations to make sure everything is absolutely spot on.

I play in a Gregorian chant ensemble. Plenty of opportunity to sit down on the job.

1. indeed - but this was intended for those venues where you are stuck in the corner and can't move anywhere... or where your front persons are doing all the work and you're sat at the back. 2. you may be interested in my earlier protoype. Basically it's two cables going to the mains socket... with a relay that opens in time with your playing. Just clips onto your belt and causes some considerable feedback. Oh jeez - yeah, shortest band ever. Then there's G... (Funnily enough, I spoke to him via FB after your first gig. Said you did well and it was clearly down to your superior IEMs! ) You haven't been subjected to the PSM200s yet have you?

Electronics and vibrations don't tend to play well together. Don't want this thing failing before we've started!

Just out of interest, whats important to you? Why digital specifically?

Digital or analogue - well, I've tried it with both... and it's whatever delivers the low notes properly!

@Gunsfreddy2003 @andysg42 @Bigwan @MoJoKe @Dood @knicknack @sunsse @xzodar et al. Just thinking about amp format. How do you expect the amp should look? rack? small enclosure? is physical size a big issue to you? the ability to rack a small enclosure with rack ears?

Ha - it would seem so - but it's tinnitus awareness week, so there's quite a few hearing related companies that I follow (which is actually quite a lot!) that are obviously maximising on the fact. A fair few sponsored posts going around - which of course are going to be targeted... so unless you are weird like me and have interests in facebook listed such as "tinnitus", I suspect you may be saved from such posts

Argh, you quoted me before I removed my cheap shot!

I know that you're an owner - it's good to see some level headedness around these parts for a change though. Just out of curiosity, how did the handle rattle problem get resolved...?

Shh now. Don't let common sense prevail over the viewpoint of a biased owner.

My fb feed is awash with people having ear impressions taken with their mouths closed and no bite block. arghhgggggghhg I need to sit down and chill out for a bit.

Cool - shall investigate further. Wanted a crank so I could put the lights on and then hoist them up, so hadn’t really considered this option before... but shall certainly do some more research!

You could just scroll by... ...the titles on the video are pretty descriptive.

Try a level mix with a bias with the bass guitar.

1. Usually have IEMs hanging around my neck with the cable going down the back of my top. Walk on stage where P2 is already connected to XLR lead. Pick it up and clip it to the pocket of my trousers*... insert jack into P2. Insert inears. Whole process less than 10 seconds. 2. Always full isolation. Number of reasons - 1. ear protection 2. better bass response 3. don't have to run the drivers as hard - less chance of distortion. - You've probably found, unless you have everything in your ears mix, things sound odd. Basically, assume you can hear nothing unless it's being piped into your mix. Don't rely on any ambience. Ambient ports are BS for bass players too - they effectively break the seal to the outside world... so whilst they let the outside in, they also let all your bass out... and you'll be wanting for more bass... and pushing that volume more and more. I'd never advise anybody to go for ambient ports. (Maybe except performers on theatre stages where the onstage volume is low). 3. Depends whether you are sending a stereo mix from your desk. Mono, if TRS/XLR balanced. Stereo if TRS unbalanced. Stereo also achievable via Y lead to single XLR (unbalanced but utilising two separate aux sockets on the desk). 4. It is - thats why you want good isolation so that you don't have to turn the volume up too loud to get over the ambient sound that is leaking through your head, skull, body, IEMs themselves. 5. Yes. It's a pretty good headphone amp, especially for what it costs. More expensive headphone amps aren't necessarily better. There's things like the Shure - which is lovely - but ultimately, it doesn't offer anything apart from an inbuilt limiter to stop you pushing the volume too high (but you do then introduce a custom cable with that... which brings its own troubles). 6. If you don't trust the sound guys - don't use inears. They can send you all sorts of guff... especially if they don't know what they are doing. Suddenly volume spikes are not cool. If they are competent, then they should be able to send you a mono mix to a XLR to plug into your P2 just as they would a powered wedge. 7. Generally just use monitors unless you have specified it in a rider beforehand. Depends how far up the pecking order you are. StingrayPete is right about mono/stereo switch.. make sure it's in the right position. Tips are personal things - if you don't get the right tips, the IEMs can be troublesome... or you may be like me and have odd ears... which was the reason why I started down the custom IEM route in the first place (do it, it's a MASSIVE improvement on a number of levels) * If JTUK is lurking, that's your gig strides.

Thanks very much for the support guys - I think the worst nightmare than Nick and I could have had is posting it up and it being met with a lukewarm response! Guessing inhaling all that wood dust off the router may have been worth it yet!

I read through the thread again and it just seemed to tangent and I didn't really understand why. OK. I'm up to speed again on that front.. just confused still! 😛

I don't get this either - you aren't saving any space (the other existing knobs are making the unit the height that it is anyway), or gaining ease of function? PS not being awkward, I'm just failing to see the benefit of the front or side mounted buttons... and wanting to know if I'm not seeing something that other people are.

OP stated - "So i formulated a plan to Design and 3D print an enclosure, into which i can re-house the innards of the Future impact, to make a much more pedalboard friendly footprint." So I'm now completely lost.

I haven't said anything yet... but I don't get the side switches either. Am I missing something, but not being able to push it up close to an adjacent pedal on a pedal board seems to miss the point. And front kicking a pedal board seems a bit of a nightmare if you have a strong foot and light pedal board... or am I missing something?

Think I answered this from your direct message to me - but for clarification for others, the answers are - too early to tell but (much) cheaper is the aim. And yes, the Gigster Head will work with it, although Im currently looking at being able to use a perfectly matched amp (read with DSP) to the board for a proper end to end solution so that it behaves like I (or at least the majority of people!) think it should!

Rock n Roll will never have felt so good.