EBS_freak

Even though the scribble strips on digital desks are cool, the masking tape solution is far quicker! But yeah, the A&H scribble strips, I love them. As long as you don't require to change them every gig!

Spent last night listening on headphones. Sublime.

BBNE2 - dammit, shouldn't have sold it.

For me, his approach to bass lines is very much like McCartney, a melody in themselves. Every time I listen to Abba, its like being given a lesson in pop perfection, as a group, including the peripheral musicians involved, they have to be in my top 3 songwriters ever.

The man behind those wonderful ABBA lines :-( http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/article20762692.ab

Sony is great at the price, the only other digital mic I would recommend without going into silly money is the Sennheiser D1 - but you'd be able to get 2 Sonys for the price of that.

Dood - have you new 64s landed yet?

[quote name='Monckyman' timestamp='1430518997' post='2762351'] The Behringer x-air range is about to be solidly thumped by the Soundcraft Ui range,sonically and financially. Got mine waiting to be picked up. Will report later! [/quote] Its roots of the UI were in the SM Pro uMix (SM Pro were bought out - probably because Soundcraft needed a competing rack mixer quick!!) so I'm sceptical as to how much Soundcraft is actually in there...

Midas M32 <> Behringer X32.

Here you go. Cheap as chips. http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/products/15079-solwise-poe-epe1212 And for a switch with 4x PoE ports, http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/products/15335-tp-link-tl-sg1008p/

Ps why don't you plug your AKG into the back of your ME1 so you can go wireless?

Never played with the AKG - it's onboard DSP intrigues me though. As for cabling the ME1, first thing to do is get a PoE injector to get rid of the PSU so you can have a single Ethernet cable. If you are running multiple ME1s it may be worthwhile investing in a PoE capable switch... OR maybe but a simple hub and an injector for each ME1 and power them using a daisy chain between each injector. Certainly save a lot of clutter around your ME1s. To me, the ME1 kinda became obsolete in a band situation when a&h opened up multiple iPad support to auxes when all the competition was doing it. I think the ME1 really comes into its own when you are daisy chaining them for a mega large monitor count - for say an orchestra - because obviously you haven't got enough auxes to cater to that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvzEVazR4Uo

No worries - the SE215s will do the job... when you get some new multi driver customs, prepare for your socks to be blown off! No amp on stage = win.

[quote name='intime-nick' timestamp='1430308769' post='2760069'] that certainly sways things a bit !!! cheers for the link - my credit card is getting nervous.... [/quote] No problem - just do it. You'll never want to play without them again. With a DL32R, an EW300 and I presume some decent in-ears, you'll be enjoying a fabulous mix. Even the IE4s which I believe are included are not too bad - if you don't need them, you'll probably get a few quid on eBay for them!

[quote name='intime-nick' timestamp='1430308426' post='2760063'] thanks very much for the info - greatly appreciated. i'll look further at the EW300 as we won't be using some of the features on the PSM900 but i do like the replaceable pack antenna on the Shure....swings and roundabouts as you say. we're still getting used to the DL32R but so good so far - it's certainly a step up from our old analogue desk !! cheers [/quote] I used to be concerned about the antennas on the Sennheiser... but having had 5 packs in action for some time, (alongside the Shure packs) - the antenna not being replaceable no longer bothers me. They are a lot more flexible than the Shure offerings. You couldn't snap them or bend them - unless you were really intentionally trying. Having looked at the replacement - it's a case of taking the unit apart and unsoldering two tags and soldering on a new aerial. Not that difficult... but certainly not as easy as the Shure pack... but then again, the likelihood of it happening I think is very, very minimal!

Just done a quick google, my friends at mercury - [url="http://www.mercury-av.com/sales/sennheiser-ew300-iem-g3-complete-system-654-0.html"]http://www.mercury-a...stem-654-0.html[/url] - £675!! Maybe the price drop is to do with getting in competition with the PSM300? I have to say the RF section of the Sennheiser is superior to Shure PSM300 - in that its got discrete tuning instead of being fixed to groups and channels. But then again, unless you are running a load of RF, would you be bothered by this. Anyway, I digress. In short, the EW300 is pro and the PSM300 is prosumer. The cost PSM900 is currently just under a grand. When I bought my PSM900s I think I paid just under 800 - they were near enough damn it the same price as the EW300s... but given Mercury's price... well, I'm not sure I would plump the PSM900s now! In short, if you go with the PSM900s or the EW300s, you'll be over the moon with either of them.

[quote name='intime-nick' timestamp='1430292987' post='2759828'] Another quick question - I've been using an LD MEI100 for a while now and I'm reasonably happy with it especially now we have a new Mackie DL32R digital desk :-) I'm looking at buying a new IEM system and favourite so far (based solely on reviews which I know is not the most accurate method) is the Shure PSM900 but which frequency version should I be looking at for the UK ?. I've read a fair amount of info on the subject and the available frequency bands (both licenced and in-licenced) but am still a little confused. Any help would be appreciated The other system I've been looking at is the Sennheiser EW300 G3 but I've read a few reports of background hiss but not having heard either system, i don't know how significant it is. Thanks [i]EDIT : I've done a bit more reading and it looks like channel 38 is licensed and 70 is licence-free. Unfortunately the PSM900 doesn't come in a channel 70 version unless someones knows otherwise ?[/i] [/quote] PSM900 for Channel 38 is K1E, (UK spec with legal power output level). There isn't a unit manufactured for channel 70 - it's seen as a piece of tour kit and hence not available in the free to use frequencies. Sennheiser EW300 IEM Band E for channel 70 and Band GB for Ch38. Channel 38 is licensed - [url="https://www.pmse.co.uk/licences.aspx"]https://www.pmse.co.uk/licences.aspx[/url] The EW300 noise floor is greatly exaggerated. It is there, but the second you have a signal being sent, it's really not here or there. Bass response slightly better on the PSM900 than the EW300 but given that you've got control of the output on the DL32R, you can EQ to taste anyway... so it all becomes swings and roundabouts. If you are looking to save money, I'd have no hesitation saying go with the EW300 with that setup, especially if you aren't going to make use of the extra features of the PSM900. The biggest advantage of the EW300 over the PSM900 as a selling point, is the battery life is far, far superior to the Shure. DL32R - great piece of kit in a compact format. Got one sitting here.

Want a sweet mobile monitoring solution? (Assuming you have access to an iPad) Get one of these - http://www.thomann.de/gb/mackie_dl_806.htm Get one of these - http://www.thomann.de/gb/art_s83way_mikrofon_splitter.htm That way, plug everything that you want in your monitors into the splitter and then into the dl806. Send the other split to the front of house. In this situation you have 4 mono mixes and 1 stereo mix if you use the LR mix also. You sort out your inears/wedges (compete with compression, eq, fx etc) and let the sound engineer sort out the front of house. Easy carry and you don't give a crap how bad the front of house or in-house monitoring is. The DL806 is also a very good mixer for FOH duties if you plug your own FOH speakers into it. In my experience, even with IEMs, if somebody else is doing your sound, it's always a compromise... especially if they are using an analog desk. At best, you are likely going to have a dry, unprocessed, unprocessed etc etc... feed from the in-house desk. And that means an increased chance that the fat handed "engineer" at the fleapit venus is going to send a bazillion dB down your ears as an honest mistake.

It will.