EBS_freak

I don't get it. You've got a great IEM radio system and you want to comprimise what it can do by using £4 headphones or replacing them with something where you are relying on leak to hear whats going on around you? In turn, this causes you to take the in ears out of your ear to hear more of the ambient sound, which will then cause you to thrape the output on the vocal feed... which in turn is likely to cause damage to your ears. The worst thing you could do is have one in and one out... because you will then over compensate with levels and deafen yourself in one ear. You've got the ability where you can mic up the band and not run out of channels on your desk with ease and have an amazing sound coming through your ears... at a volume which isn't going to cause damage to your ears... why aren't you keen? What are your monitoring requirements of all the band members? Do you all want to run an independent mix?

This will make a good read... [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/205633-in-ear-monitors-help-needed/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/205633-in-ear-monitors-help-needed/[/url] But by going what you say, what you really need is an investment in the ACS Live system. It's an expensive system but it's really fantastic. What it gives you, are a set of IEMs with a tiny microphone built into each ear. The IEMs will give you a lot of isolation but then, you can adjust back in your ambient noise... e.g your normal hearing with a output level control. Then, you can also mix in the sound of your bass... so what you will get is your normal hearing plus the option of chucking in a load of your own bass sound without any problems with feedback or onstage volume. It's a big investment... but I reckon if you went that way, you'd never want to play any other way. I've gone all in with IEMs... and I wouldn't want to play any other way now. No struggling with volume, mix levels, being able to hear yourself... it's just a joy to play. As stated above, IEMs on a budget aren't a sound investment... but if you go with the ACS system, as I say, you'll not want to play any other way.

Guess you want something like a Jerry Harvey jh5 with ambient vent then. Still reckon you could do a lot better by piping your favoured mix into your ears though.

PS - what you dont want to do is start around messing around with one IEM in and one out... thats where you are going to overcompensate and blast your ears and cause some damage.

Tell me more about your in ear monitoring system. Ideally, your in ear system should isolate you from everything on stage. Anything that you want to hear, should be fed into your ears via a monitor mix. However, there are systems that are out there that enable you to add an ambient mix from the outside world. These fall into one of two categories - ambient via mic, or ambient via vent. The latter is simply an opening on the IEMs that are adjustable to "leak" sound from the outside world in. The other is where you mix in a signal from ambient mics, in with the monitor mix. This can be achieved with a couple of permiter mics pointing at either the stage or audience (wherever you want to pick up the ambient sound from) or using something like the live system from ACS or Sensaphonics. Biggest question at this point is... what's your budget? Great monitoring solutions don't come cheap!

1964 do remoulding also. Were you looking to change the driver count or anything? 1964 have proven to be quite rapid.

Bare Knuckle would probably get my vote for UK manufacturers too.

[quote name='Myke' timestamp='1395143553' post='2399077'] Yeah, GoPros are the main choice. Just expect to spend money and have the fish eye lens affect all the time* *I'm pretty sure that this is true.. But it could just be their lens of choice.. Hmm.. May have to research that. [/quote] That can be fixed in post. I think it's even an option in the GoPro studio. It's the nature of having a wide lens. It can be altered on the camera, wide, meidum and narrow - but you'd tend to leave in wide to capture the most action and the fact youhaven't got a viewfinder (unless you buy the LCD back).

[quote name='tonyf' timestamp='1395087956' post='2398593'] Mind you, Russ is a VERY bad man. I'm currently on the 1964 Ears site designing my V8s. [/quote] I'm sorry Tony. When you started talking to me about tech and IEMs, I did say talking to me was likely to cost you money. A lot of money.

Overkill? Huh? Playing a Ritter bass down the Dog and Duck is overkill - but people still do it. No harm in playing through gear that you love.

Without trying to be too blunt, if you are really into your IEMs, save yourself the journey (and money) and pitch in at the level you can afford. A 1964 Quad for example, will blow away your TF10s in terms of sound quality and comfort. You cannot beat a custom fit either. It'll bring the bass levels up and it will feel so comfortable. No worries of them falling out or anything. Do it. I promise you won't look back.

PS, you probably want to stick with black cables as opposed to clear cables as on clear cable, they tend to turn green as the copper reacts with sweat.

Am I right in thinking that the TF10s use the stand IEM connector? Like this - If so, speak to Paul here - [url="http://www.custom-inearmonitors.co.uk/"]http://www.custom-inearmonitors.co.uk/[/url] He stocks a range of "vendor" cables as opposed to custom aftermarket cables, at a more suitable price - and will be able to advise on flexibility. I know that cables is an interesting thing to focus on and their flexibility and weight is a crucial factor to comfort. For example, I prefer the heavyweight cable of the ACS ambient pack cable over the standard ACS cable because with it being thicker and heavier, it sits on top of your ears better and doesn't need a cable guide.

What sort of budget? Is this just to replace your stock cable, like with like, or are you looking for something better?

I wonder what the score is with these Sony units anyway? Are they being phased out or something? Seems odd that they are not really readily available any more and Thomann are bashing them out at bargain prices... Sony were really pushing them at NAMM also, so it all seems a bit odd.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1395052055' post='2397996'] And you'll need two AA batteries for the transmitter as none are supplied. [/quote] That upset you didn't it?!

Nice work, you'll love it. With the Thomann's discount price, there is nothing that comes close... and when you see the absolutely fantastic constuction of the all metal transmitter, you'll be well chuffed. The only thing which may be worth mentioning at this stage, you get a euro plug adapter if you buy from Thomann... so you may want to invest in a 9v centre negative adapter if you haven't got one already, or take a feed off your pedal board power (if you use one), or use a euro converter plug.

Go to thomanns. Sony dwzb30gb

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[quote name='Zenitram' timestamp='1393329471' post='2378712'] Yeah, you'd need a DI box of some sort to turn your bass to line level first. I thought you said you had one, sorry. Edit: not a DI box, a preamp of some sorts. Or something. [/quote] A DI would do it

What was in it? I'm really lusting after a Schack circuit...

Don't get me wrong, the Shure is fantastic and has loads of features... most of which the average user won't use. It's integration with wireless workbench is fantastic and of course on the larger unit, the Dante feature is ridiculously good. When it gets down to it though, for a simple transmission of audio, the quality is indistinguishable. The only real world experience of where the Shure whooped the Sony was when I was Battersea Evolution. The Shure unit got over 100m from the stage and was still going whilst the Sony managed maybe 40 or 50 at a push. As you can see, err... really useful for those times you have to get that far away from the stage (eg never!) Thanks for the comments on the showreel, glad you like it. It was a blast to make. Currently editing the next video, which is a monster but nothing like the scale of the campervan video!

Enjoy the Sony, I am sure it will work perfectly for you without the slightest glitch. I've been very impressed with it... and I'm uber critical on the performance of my wireless systems. I run a ULX-D also - and to be honest, for what you want it for, they are neck and neck.

So you not tempted by the orange ciems I sent you?!