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  1. Hi Mike! I have my own mic kit when I'm touring ... if you want to hear about that. Kick in - Beta 91A Kick out - Audio Technica AE2500 Snare Top - Audio Technica ATM650 (I can't find an ATM25HE) Snare Bottom - Audio Technica AE3000 Toms - Audio Technica AE3000 Hat, Ride, underheads - Audio Technica AE5100 Guitar, bass cabs - Royer R10 Hand drums, etc. - Shure SM57 Vocals - Sennheiser E945 My regional co. supplies me with whatever dreamy speaker system I want, so long as it's Adamson. They also provide staging, rigging, lighting, a systems tech, and a LD. I gotta say, those Adamson 212 wedges have been tearing my face off and they refuse to feed back. Too bad everyone's on ears now ... I'd kill to play on these wedges.
  2. I've been seriously considering picking this up for my home studio and for the odd gig. I've been hiring out for my sound work but I don't need an SD9 to mix an acoustic act. I haven't mixed on a Yamaha platform since the PM5D haha
  3. This post is still on the first page so I will say — when Midas launched the M32, Behringer made it a point to send the Midas engineers to our shop to show us the key differences between the platforms. Both that the M32 was engineered for reliability and usability and that the X32 offers the same performance and function. We had already been using the X32 for corporate and regional stuff, and the X32 rack was (and in 2023, still is) the go-to rack mixer for touring IEM splits, so it was both reassuring to know that you're getting your money's worth out of the M32 AND they didn't lock features behind a paywall with the X32.
  4. Andy! If you read this check your dm's. Nice to hear from you Craig. Glad the Ric is staying in the family! Thanks for posting the photos. I think we've all dealt with cancer in our family and it's not easy. My dad's beat it twice now and I am grateful, all I can do is send you, yours, and your family my love. I think you've earned your rest ol' pal. It's really assuring to hear you've still got the spark. So many of us get jaded it's easy to miss the forest for the trees.
  5. Ugh. Best wishes, I hope they get their stuff back.
  6. I can't believe I missed a D112 thread. I sat in with a friend's band a few years ago and was appalled with the D112 they were using on the kick drum. As a goof, I swapped it out for a spare SM58 when nobody was watching and put a happy little smiley face on the channel strip EQ. When we started rehearsing the songs the bass player actually stopped the band to proclaim that the kick drum sounded great in his ears. I told them what I did and we had a laugh. Some of the venue restrictions lifted last summer and I saw some photos of their band on facebook. They were still using the SM58 on the kick drum 😂
  7. Howdy y'all. I really hope everyone has been keeping it together. I wouldn't expect too much activity on this forum with everything that's been going on. Lots of familiar faces in this thread! I haven't posted here in some time. I'm doing alright. I fell out of the live music game some years ago as I shifted careers towards IT. I was doing the occasional gig here and there as a freelance engineer. I was working as a monitor or FOH tech with a few artists but I've sold off almost all of my inventory and don't have any regular ties these days. I lost my job at the start of the pandemic and have been working on a project which has really hurt financially but well, I suppose it could be worse. I was thinking about this place because I picked up a Genz Benz El Diablo head and cabinet last summer and I was reminded about the conversations I had with agedhorse back when he was with GB. I needed to replace an impedance selector switch and I was surprised to find out GB isn't around anymore lol
  8. That's how I understood AES50, but further reading shows the audio data encoded as layer 2 frames for use in standard ethernet networks. Obviously it doesn't quite work that way in practice. I've always set up and installed AES50 systems with dedicated lines.
  9. We had intermittent issues with the S16 losing connectivity with the X32 rack. The problem was solved with a firmware update. If you haven't done so, make sure the S16s and your X32 are all running current firmware revisions. We've never used more than one expander, though.
  10. The thing here is that not everyone listens to music on systems that are actually capable of reproducing the dynamic range and subtle nuance of the voice while still delivering the peaks of a drumkit. Most are listening to music on cheap computer speakers, stock car systems, iPod headphones (GOD AWFUL PIECES OF CRAP), and generally far-less than ideal systems in far-less than ideal environments, so to make up for this they try to cram as much energy into the signal as they can... which unfortunately for those that actually listen on notable systems, means the signal is harsh and soul-less. If major productions nowadays were released in a fairly uncompressed format, with the wide dynamic range and sweet transients we like hearing, people would bitch and moan because they can't hear the quiet passages... and that the loud passages would subsequently be too loud, since their listening environment can't cope with that sort of thing. This is why IMO we can't just mix on a high-end monitor rig in a tuned room and be done with it, we gotta take our mixes to the type of speakers that the average listener will be hearing it on. I'm pretty sure it's the job of mastering to make the end audio sound it's best on whatever system it's played on, and not just high-end audiophile rigs. As far as vocal stacking and effects, my mixes are fairly dry in comparison to most others, so I suppose I'm with you on that one. We need singers that can sing!
  11. If you want the overheads for just cymbals, high pass them at 1k. You'll still get some of the high end from the snare but that'll be masked by the close mic once it's brought up in the mix.
  12. Originally Posted by W. M. Hellinger Hey... well, lemme tell you: It's a dream come true if you find the right woman. Trust me: two heads can be better than one. Not saying there's a LOT I like about being single!
  13. Originally Posted by 6Imzadi My wife has agreed to let me buy new ones as the band keeps complaining about them whenever they get to play on a good monitor system. This is what I love about being single... I don't have to justify my purchases to anyone!
  14. I'll chime in with my band's practice PA, since it doesn't get out to shows much any more (we hire out). About me, I'm an 18 year old bass player, my band's been together for two years and this PA has pulled us through. I've worked with a number of sound companies, basically just cheap help doing whatever I can to learn as much as I can from as many people as possible (hence me being on these forums). I think at this point I'd rather be behind the console than on stage, but I'm not abandoning my band! Anyways here goes. FOH: - 24 channel Peavey RQ2326 (??) mixer. - 2 dbx 266xl compressors - 1 dbx 231 EQ - 1 Furman M8D power conditioner Speakers: - 2 Peavey PV215 tops - 1 Yorkville LS700p sub - 1 Peavey PV2600 power amp Monitors: - None! Mics: - 1 Shure PG58 - 2 Shure PG57 - 2 Shure SM57 - 4 Shure PG56 - 1 Shure PG52 - 1 Shure PG81 - 1 Audix D6 - 1 Rode NT1 And that's that! I can't really afford too much at this point, nor is it really needed that I own a huge PA, so this works very well at the moment. Right now it sits at my garage as our practice PA, but does make it out to some small gigs. The Peavey PV215 speakers are JUST loud enough to keep me from buying new tops. Getting the vocals out on top of our drummer and guitarist (which admittedly aren't very loud) is no sweat. Great clarity and projection once tuned and I'm very happy with these speakers, considering they're peavey's low end models. My only complaint is that although they're light for their size, they are still big and awkward to carry, and take up a lot of space. Aside from that I'm very happy with these. The Yorkville LS700p sub never ceases to amaze me. I've yet to get this guy to clip, or do anything less than provide awesome low-end power. Even in a medium-sized community hall, it got the low end out there with force to spare, just the one sub! I would like if it had a high-pass filter for the tops, but I'll need a crossover eventually anyways so it's not really an issue. I doubt I'll buy another one, but I'm still considering it. The Peavey board is meh. Some channels are going on it and other weird stuff, but the poor guy has been tossed around a lot the past two years without a case. I plan on upgrading to an A&H mixwiz. It does what it does, it gives you a lot of mic inputs for not too much money (24 REAL channels) and not a lot of other stuff. Very basic and simple board. Mics are decent but will eventually get replaced with better ones down the road. Haven't let me down and sound good.
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