Linus27 Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 I am currently using a Line 6 Relay G30 Digital Wireless Guitar System and as a whole, it has been pretty good and reliable for generally the smaller club type venue's I have played at. However, I am finding that the range is not great and does occasionally lose signal if I go anything like 15 - 20ft away. Next year, I am penciled in to play at the O2 Arena and so I am looking at something that is going to give me much better range and signal. No idea what the pro's use on large venues but any advice appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 (edited) On 26/11/2018 at 09:46, Linus27 said: I am currently using a Line 6 Relay G30 Digital Wireless Guitar System and as a whole, it has been pretty good and reliable for generally the smaller club type venue's I have played at. However, I am finding that the range is not great and does occasionally lose signal if I go anything like 15 - 20ft away. Next year, I am penciled in to play at the O2 Arena and so I am looking at something that is going to give me much better range and signal. No idea what the pro's use on large venues but any advice appreciated. You are looking at the likes of Shure ULXD and Axient for digital pro use - and certainly not something on the 2.4Ghz or channel 70 channels. You are realistically looking over £1k+ channel. If you are playing a big event, hired sound won't appreciate you turning up with your own RF devices... it disrupts their RF co-ordination and makes their life more difficult. If you must have wireless at such an event, talk with the sound company in advance so that they can factor in a transmitter and receiver from their inventory for you... Edited November 27, 2018 by EBS_freak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus27 Posted November 26, 2018 Author Share Posted November 26, 2018 Thanks for your help Russ as always. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_bass5 Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 Nice one Michael. Support or headline? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus27 Posted November 27, 2018 Author Share Posted November 27, 2018 20 hours ago, dave_bass5 said: Nice one Michael. Support or headline? Support I'm afraid. All early days but as soon as I get more details I will let you know. Don't want to say too much at this stage as details are sketchy and not entirely sure of the format yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_bass5 Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 1 hour ago, Linus27 said: Support I'm afraid. All early days but as soon as I get more details I will let you know. Don't want to say too much at this stage as details are sketchy and not entirely sure of the format yet. Well I hope it all pans out. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus27 Posted November 27, 2018 Author Share Posted November 27, 2018 10 minutes ago, dave_bass5 said: Well I hope it all pans out. Good luck. Cheers Dave. Its penciled in for March and it could be huge so I'll keep you posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Keep us all posted, that looks like a great gig, chuffed for you, major opportunity playing the O2! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike257 Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 (edited) At the bare minimum, I'd be looking at Sennheiser G3. You should be looking at a Channel 38 (Sennheiser GB band, 606-648) unit, although these come with the obligation to buy an annual license from OFCOM for about £75/year. If you have a tour manager or FOH engineer who is advancing the show (and for a show of that scale, someone should be advancing it properly - happy to chat about this if it's not something you're familiar with) you can ask them to put your wireless requirements in to the production rider and see if it can be supplied by the visiting production company. If you are carrying your own, include details of it in your production advance so that the person from the sound company doing the RF co-ordination can include it in their frequency plan. Edited December 9, 2018 by mike257 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Having had a drop out problems and having spent a little bit of time researching possible causes, here is my good advice for Line 6 G30 use to help prevent drop outs · Turn the transmitter off: Check the individual LED’s channels on the receiver. The more red bars that show on any channel, then avoid that channel. The less red bars the better the channel reception is · Use the designated independent power for the receiver. It’s power hungry and your board pedal may be at its top end if you are running a small number of pedals · RF1 is less affected with Wi-Fi (Search changing it on YouTube, its dead easy to do) · Use a rubber band on the battery door. This ensures that the door is shut tight on the batteries · Turn off your phones Wi-Fi or run in Aircraft mode for the show Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 On 15/02/2019 at 11:18, Mike Byrne said: Turn off your phones Wi-Fi or run in Aircraft mode for the show Fairly pointless when there are potentially 20,000 phones in the audience all looking for a WiFi signal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 8 minutes ago, BigRedX said: Fairly pointless when there are potentially 20,000 phones in the audience all looking for a WiFi signal. Indeed- wifi wireless systems in a venue such as the ones described in this thread.... well, expect headaches! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 4 hours ago, BigRedX said: Fairly pointless when there are potentially 20,000 phones in the audience all looking for a WiFi signal. Tbf some of the gigs I've done the band turning off their devices would half the WiFi enabled devices in the venue! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 If the G30 is like the G50, there are two power modes on the transmitter - my G50 has been somewhat unreliable at any distance but I've realised it was on the low power setting. I have yet to try it at the high power setting. I've got a Smooth Hound which has proven reliable wandering round the average pub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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