lemmywinks Posted November 5 Share Posted November 5 (edited) 4 minutes ago, RichardH said: It does "work" but there were issues with the signal when I tried it at home, like little dips in volume and momentary distortion which I attributed to the signal incompatibility. Had a similar experience when trying to use a wireless guitar dongle that didn't like active or high output basses. I've had worse monitoring at gigs tbh but it wasn't ideal! It works fine with a mic. Edited November 5 by lemmywinks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardH Posted November 5 Share Posted November 5 Ahhh - stuff that for an idea then. I'll stick with wires Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted November 5 Share Posted November 5 3 hours ago, RichardH said: Argh, sorry, the forum editor is driving me loopy. This is the post I was referring to - I assume there are better ways to kludge things together then? That's what I use every gig; simple and useful (and cheap), not had any issues with dropout or levels or anything like that... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted November 5 Author Share Posted November 5 5 hours ago, Chienmortbb said: I think you will need 30-40dB and that can be achieved in a single attenuator. Let me have a look though my past archives. Hence the double comment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted November 5 Share Posted November 5 Tried the MW-1 again straight from my Fishman Platinum Stage DI set to pre eq, was much better but the P2 (or rather the AE knockoff which was within easy reach) was at its limit. Tried it again through my Soundcraft Notepad 5 and could get ok results, however directly comparing the wireless sound to wired it seems to compress a bit and lose some low end. The distortion is weird, doesn't sound like clipping but just an intermittent bit of background inteference fuzz on louder notes. Much more prominent right after changing channels and then settles down a bit, will try on the XR18 as I suspect the power supply on my Soundcraft may be on its way out as if I leave it plugged in (there's no power switch) when not in use it produces an annoying whine. Failing cap or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbance Posted Monday at 12:51 Share Posted Monday at 12:51 I want to put together a simple iem set up...I have no idea but have done a bit of research on YT. All I really want is my bass and maybe my vocal and that's it for now. I only do occasional backing vox and I just want to experiment at practice. I purchased kz zs 10 pro 2's....and am thinking Xvive u4. Could I as a starting point have the Xvive transmitter come out of an origin effects bass rig di just so I can hear my bass only. The idea being I have Kz's on and hear all the bands backline and drums and pa with my bass amp and Xvive signal and have the benefit of hearing protection with kz's.? I also have a Behringer 1204 mixer. Could I then add my backing vocal. Bass by di from bassrig to mixer Vox to mixer xvivi transmit from phones out of mixer? The rest of the band aren't interested but the drummer has used iem and thinks I could be the way to go....I just wanna get ahead and see how I get on wearing iem and understanding the process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted Monday at 13:41 Author Share Posted Monday at 13:41 (edited) 3 hours ago, vbance said: I want to put together a simple iem set up...I have no idea but have done a bit of research on YT. All I really want is my bass and maybe my vocal and that's it for now. I only do occasional backing vox and I just want to experiment at practice. I purchased kz zs 10 pro 2's....and am thinking Xvive u4. Could I as a starting point have the Xvive transmitter come out of an origin effects bass rig di just so I can hear my bass only. The idea being I have Kz's on and hear all the bands backline and drums and pa with my bass amp and Xvive signal and have the benefit of hearing protection with kz's.? I also have a Behringer 1204 mixer. Could I then add my backing vocal. Bass by di from bassrig to mixer Vox to mixer xvivi transmit from phones out of mixer? The rest of the band aren't interested but the drummer has used iem and thinks I could be the way to go....I just wanna get ahead and see how I get on wearing iem and understanding the process. You wont hear enough of the band. You should assume you wont hear anything unless you have the other band members in your mix. Here's what I would do with your setup (whilst keeping costs down) Plug your vocal mic into channel 1 on your Behringer 1204 mixer. Use a balanced jack to XLR cable to connect the aux output from your 1204 to your FoH mixer. (Set aux send at unity on the channel aux send and master aux send). As far as FoH is concerned, just consider your mic as being directly connected as usual. Plug your bass DI into channel 2 on your Behringer 1204 mixer. Buy a pair of cheap condenser mics (e.g. something like a Behringer C2), plug them into channels 3 and 4 on your mixer - and put them on stands L and R of the stage so you can pick up whats going on on stage. I'm not sure whats happening lead singer wise, but you may need to experiment with mic placement to pick up everything as you need (maybe even having your mic pointing towards a wedge if they are monitoring that way). Make sure you turn on phantom power on you your desk so the condensers work. Ensure all aux sends are down on all channels apart from the vocal mic channel. Plug your Xvive U4 into the L out on the desk. (Being mono is fine as long as all channels are panned centrally or all to the L) In order to set your mix, just ride the faders (remembering the master output needs to be up also). Doing it this way gives you some control of your feeds by enabling you to add in some EQ (cut lows) to taste. Have fun! What desk are you using for FoH? Or is the Behringer the FoH? If it is the FoH, disregard the above... Edited Monday at 15:58 by EBS_freak 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbance Posted Monday at 15:11 Share Posted Monday at 15:11 1 hour ago, EBS_freak said: You wont hear enough of the band. You should assume you wont hear anything unless you have the other band members in your mix. Here's what I would do with your setup (whilst keeping costs down) Plug your vocal mic into channel 1 on your Behringer 1204 mixer. Use a balanced jack to XLR cable to connect the aux output from your 1204 to your FoH mixer. (Set aux send at unity on the channel aux send and master aux send). As far as FoH is concerned, just consider your mic as being directly connected as usual. Plug your bass DI into channel 2 on your Behringer 1204 mixer. Buy a pair of cheap condenser mics (e.g. something like a Behringer C2), plug them into channels 3 and 4 on your mixer - and put them on stands L and R of the stage so you can pick up whats going on on stage. I'm not sure whats happening lead singer wise, but you may need to experiment with mic placement to pick up everything as you need (maybe even having your mic pointing towards a wedge if they are monitoring that way). Make sure you turn on phantom power on you your desk so the condensers work. Ensure all aux sends are down on all channels apart from the mic channel. Plug your Xvive U4 into the L out on the desk. (Being mono is fine as long as all channels are panned centrally or all to the L) In order to set your mix, just ride the faders (remembering the master output needs to be up also). Doing it this way gives you some control of your feeds by enabling you to add in some EQ (cut lows) to taste. Have fun! What desk are you using for FoH? Or is the Behringer the FoH? If it is the FoH, disregard the above... im not sure what foh we use but its much better than my mixer so should be fine....thanks for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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