EBS_freak

Cool... that's the idea! Although if you change your se215s for some ZS10s (less than 40 quid), you'll suddenly discover a whole world of bass response that your haven't been getting through a set of 215s. Be wary though - it may set you off on a journey of IEM addiction.

Surely that's invitation for posting "cool" Keytar pics.

As do a lot of people that appear on the BBC it would seem.

Acceptable use ^ ...just.

Finally decided to refresh promo this year... decided that this is the year of the Youtube... so kicking things off...

HNY to you! I haven’t really used them much as strictly speaking, you shouldnt really need them if the fit is correct. Two things may be the issue - you aren’t quite pushing the moulds deep enough into your ear, or the fit isn’t quite right - a little build up of acrylic will make all the difference.

Something simple like a Behringer Xeynx 802 will do. Phantom for your condenser. Why do you need the XLR output? Jack to XLR will do you for your mixer to P2.

Plot twist : photo was taken last week

And a pair of try hard wayfarers. Oh and something written on his palms with a Sharpie.

Don’t underestimate the power...

I'll say it before anybody else does.... LEDs.

You dont need fingers to mash some keys. Or strings.

And not one of them is plugged in.

When given the option, The Niffler would steal the keytar... a selfless act to save us all.

I'm trying to figure out if his makeup is an injury, or an attempt to colour coordinate with the painted plastic ivories....

Yes. Amazon is as good as anywhere. Search for eartips, comply tips or spinfits are usually a good bet depending upon your preference for foam or silicon. It's all personal though - everybody tends to have their favourite. Some inear buffs get pretty obsessive about them.

I think his health and vitality were left in 1985. He also looks like a wedding guest that nicked the keytar off the guy in my old covers band. That's also some pose to play a single D.

I know some people like their LDs. I personally would go wired because it will not mess with your lowend or top end by introducing a cheap compander. At least with wired, you are not introducing another unknown into your setup... for example, you can't hear you bass - is that because the bass isn't actually making it through the wireless compander in one piece - or to your liking?

Maybe the H&K is not up to it. If it's a entry level H&K, I'm not actually surprised - they are not particularly potent amps. It's quite a common thing with house backline... you always seem to get something OK for guitars... but the budget saving always comes down on the bass amp. If you aren't in control of the quality of the amps, it may be prudent to make your own arrangements anyway! That 610, even with fairly inefficient speakers, is going to be shifting a lot more air... and more towards your head level!

That's all you need to read. 1985 people, 1985.

Is your band loud? Theres nothing particular in your FX that would cause issues for you - although the distortion may be robbing you of bottom end. What amp/cab are you using?

If you thought that was bad... Vanessa Feltz before hand... OMG. Talk about obviously spewing nonsense to fill time.

Oh yeah - good call on the zoom. I set up a keyboard friend of mine up on a H6 - inbuilt mic and lots of options in terms of inputs to get better control over the key things that you want to hear. I see that the cost of the H6 has come down some what too since back then - you can pick them up for circa 250... which when you consider it includes the mic and mixer and headphone amp element, is maybe not too shabby... and also has the added attraction of being a multichannel field recorder.

I used to play in a covers band where the keys player used to be hell bent on getting wireless and walking about with his keytar. It's all a bit cringe really. If you gig calls for it, like a big 80s theatre show where you can really ham it up, then hell yeah, go for it. Otherwise, yeah... cringe city. If you want to do synth bass, the coolest thing to do is get a small setup running into mainstage and get some dirty 80s synth virtual instruments on the go. If you are still going to go for it (the keytar thing), there's two things to consider... either use onboard sounds, or use it as a MIDI controller to control an external module. If you want to go wireless, then you can use a standard guitar wireless type system... if you want to use it as a wireless MIDI controller, you'll need to get something like this - http://pandamidi.com/ - same guy who makes the Future Impact I believe.

Depending upon the desk, when you ask for more bass, or a change in EQ, there's probably little he can do for because unless he is running a separate monitor desk, he can only change the EQ of the bass so that it also impacts FOH - which he won't want to do - or by changing the EQ of the total monitor mix, which means if he adds lower mids, he adds it to your bass... and everything else which is going through that monitor. Can you tell us whats going on with your board, it may be the case that theres stuff going on that's adding in lots of low end fluff - something like and octaver or something? Or is the indecipherable notes all the time, even with no fx? When you say IEM system, I presume you are talking wireless? I would avoid going wireless until you have proven the concept. Decent wireless is expensive (budget 700+ plus). If you are going down the mixer route, you can run it all from the headphone out of the mixing desk, using a headphone extension as required. Failing that, go for something like the Behringer P2 powered belt clip headphone amp. You can get those for under £30 now.