EBS_freak

Let me sleep on it... ...in a bed that could be sold to Mark King

99kg apparently. Two of my 18inch subs combined weigh less...

Hardly a fair trade is it?

Yup - and his signature sound was created from the unprocessed DI at the desk rather than the amp.

Of course, in a jiffy bag that was intended for Mark King.

I've just soldered up a cable for Mark King if anybody is interested in taking it off my hands. £100.

"Made for Mark King" - doesn't actually say he used it. With all the flightcase edging on it, it looks like a bag o shite to boot too.

Reshell or new quad? PS have you gigged with your wraps yet?

Yeah, it's been a while since we've seen those sort of prices. 64 audio built their business on those sort of figures back in the day. I think Nick is gearing up for our first volunteer to spend and roadtest. Perhaps I don't need those filter ear plugs... and I should just go for a set of these... 😛 I feel there is a danger of a BC "fad" though... lets wait and see 😛 Nick spoke to me this morning and bizarrely enough I was listening through some inears this morning. The ACS really do have a really nice sound signature and really show up the short comings of the ZS10s. As I've stated before, they (the ZTs) are a little disappointing in terms of an honest sound (but maybe thats a good thing for onstage) - but I was intrigued to see that they appear to be tubeless. So that's quite interesting - because a - thats essentially what tia is... but without the proprietary drivers which is what I believe is key to 64s design. Remember though, tia is for treble... ZS just seem to have crammed a load of drivers in sans tubes and dampeners and I'm not really sure if much thought has gone into phase issues or resonance. I dunno. Maybe it explains why I find them so odd sounding... Anyway, must remember they were less than 40 quid!

Likewise, I'm breaking into the pole dancing sector. Having trouble finding a small enough G string that doesn't let a draught in from the side...

Isn't that par for the course?

Ah, so you are the thigh rubbing perv making comments on her YouTube videos?

For all those wondering if she's actually playing, ask yourself this... Since when has a Stingray had such a pronounced G string...?

Oh wow, that’s some competitive pricing. Just need to know what they sound like! The comment on the quad is interesting - sounds like the guy knows what he is doing as he’s aware of tuning and not just shoving drivers in cases like some of the newer startups in the UK. This is all very interesting...! I wonder what drivers they are using...? Im guessing off the shelf... but given that a reshell set you about about £180... that's some seriously competitive pricing. I'm tempted just for the hell of it.

Whats the pricelist looking like?

Nice found. Certainly looks like he's got it down.

http://www.custom-inearmonitors.co.uk - they have a fair few for you try... if you can't find something there, you ain't gonna!

"Yes". Then carry on as you were. Ask a silly question, get a silly answer.

I always wondered about these. They look like fun! Just out of interested, was the neck painted then fretted... or fretted then painted? Whats the sides of the frets looking like?

It's the beginning of having a separate FOH and monitor mixer. Some pages back, I put up a diagram showing my setup with two Dante carded mixers. Basically all the channels of 1 are routed to the other, PRE DSP. This means I can run completely different processing per channel for FOH and Monitors. EQing the kick and bass for your inears this way is perfect... because as you have experienced, the EQ for FOH, especially if running subs, if far from ideal for your inears... and can sound a little weedy. The EQ on the Aux output can help... but it's compromise. You just have to watch what your mixers are doing Pre and Post fader, and Pre and Post DSP. Very cool trick and it's certainly helped some folk out along the way who were struggling with their inear sound and the bass sounding not quite how they wanted.

Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story! 😛

With regard to the bass, have you tried splitting the input so you can have a channel for foh and channel for IEMs on your XR18 - means you can run different EQs - this will help greatly. Remember you have a compressor and EQ on your aux out also.

What are the other wireless systems? Can you drop their transmission power?

My band has a pool of 4 drummers, all readers. Very useful as the arrangements are all scored out and put into a Dropbox. Any new medleys and arrangement whoever is on the gig scores it out and updates the Dropbox. Works incredibly well and we don’t need rehearsals! After a complete Drummer nightmare, it’s pretty useful having two west end drummers and two drum teachers on tap for drums and perc duties!

I wouldn't go as far as way more! Kemper is still very capable alongside Helix. Synth stuff is defo interesting - I'd like to see that developed for sure.