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  1. Little late to the party. What fixtures do you have? I tried to get the FBC1010 to work with an obey 70. It was a tough go and I never did get it to work properly. i ended up going with DMXIS and the FCB1010 works great with it. Also, the Obey is more of a key frame system, using chases. DMXIS uses oscillators which make programming a lot easier. The FCB1010 works great out of the box with DMXIS. I use a Roland UM-One as a MIDI to USB converter to connect it to a computer, which DMXIS uses.
  2. DMXIS would work well for this. It costs a few bucks but it really has an ease of use.
  3. Facebook the gear page they really turned this place into a ghost town. Mission accomplished.
  4. Upgradedy mixer setup to a Presonus RM32AI/CS18AI setup. First got the RM32AI and it works really well. I mix bands with the iPad mini all the time. It was a little fiddly when playing with my band so I ended up getting a CS18AI that I mainly use when my band plays. Easier to make a monitor adjustment on the fly.
  5. Thanks! The size works out great. Since I had to order it new, I was able to choose things like Ramp Door & Threshold plate, the height of the E-Track etc.
  6. Upgraded my light rig (if anyone visits the lighting forum) to a full DMX rig. It was a learning process and I had to buy and sell a few things until I ended up with what I have now. 11 Blizzard 3NX 8 Blizzard Fab5 4 Martin Minimac Profile 4 Chauvet Intimidator Spot Profile. 16' of 2" aluminum triangle truss Crank stands This video probably shows it off as good as anything. And it all fits into my 5x12 trailer that then fits into my garage. Out of the +30C, out of the -40C Trailer load in a nutshell: 4 - yorkville YX12 monitors StudioLive 24.4.2 Mixer Stand http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z398/robare99/EDE78AF2-5056-4C79-98F4-BD5B9B323BD5-28343-0000144EF9E63CD8_zps533b6503.jpg Light boxes 2 - YX15's on the right Unity15 in front of the sub, with cable box on top LS800pSub and power amps on top http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z398/robare99/D9DEAF84-08B9-4909-AE23-BED94A45BB45-28343-0000144EFEDB564E_zps8b8a9575.jpg Unity15, cable box, LS800p sub and power amps on other side Light stands Light truss http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z398/robare99/764F15EC-3236-4169-B600-154B76388D66-781-0000008AA822FF6A_zps7fb04c33.jpg Buddha boom budda bing. Room for my guitar amp head, cabinet, guitars etc. all in one nice 3D Tetris setup lol. Robbie's Rock n Roll Roadshow loaded and ready to roll! http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z398/robare99/FD78F7D3-9033-41A1-A0D5-30FAFFE74918-27481-00001225FA255CA0_zps8ef34cff.jpg
  7. This on time we played a gig. I {censored}ed a groupie. My GF found out and punched me in the mouth. The end Lulz
  8. Originally Posted by W. M. Hellinger so... what do you think of it? I really like it!! I actually posted in this thread, five years ago. This was my original post... The wife is long gone, and not too long after, I upgraded, and bought the 4 YX12's, power amp & snake. I always loved how ballsy the system was and is. The triggers worked pretty good for quite awhile, but I found more and more that people preferred mics, and if you had a bunches different drummers and styles, they would get the odd ghost note etc etc. So the mic setup was the next upgrade, hmmm 2 years ago. I heard a lot about the Audix kit, but when it was time, the Audix kit wasnt going to be in until after I was gone, and I NEEDED the mics right the. No regrets, I love how they sound. Picked up an extra e604 and e602 II to round out the kit. Next, I found my Powermax16, with 12 XLR inputs to be limiting more and more. So I started looking at new mixers. LS9: too much, 01v96 too old (no offense) and didn't want to fiddle around with extra inputs etc. The Presonus seemed really interesting, and I decided I wanted the 24.4.2 So, that meant I would need a few things along with the board: FOH power amp Monitors power amps New snake Computer So last oct or Nov I slowly started acquiring the different pieces. I got a power amp here, another jone there, all at the right price, used. Took a bit of doing, then I bought the snake & computer. Finally it was time to drop the hammer on the new board. The place I bought it from, gave me $1200 for my board on trade, and I ended up selling my old snake, and rack gear along the way. Upgraded to ATA cases all around as well. Everything was awesome, loved recording shows, etc etc. But damn that FOH ATA case was heavy. I heard about the IPR's and decided that was my next upgrade. Then A couple shows with my band, showed me how handy an iPad would be, so that became the next upgrade, along with a kick ass Linksys router. After that, it was time to upgrade to IPR's. So I bought the one IPR3000 off Rezrover, and picked up a couple 1600's new, I needed one more, but it could wait. Have a bit of an issue with the 3000, but I should be able to get it fixed under warranty. No biggie. I'm picking up another 3000 and 1600 on the 28th, then I'll be all set up. When the 3000 I'm going to send out gets back, it will be a backup... I LOVE the individual monitor mixes, I love recording, and being able to mix from the iPad. I get nothing but rave reviews, - I should be in the city, I've been asked to tour a couple times, been told my FOH and stage sound are some of the best they've ever heard, and these are bands that play all across the country. So it's great to get the compliments. I've been to some different venues in the big city. Sound varies from a mic for the singer, and SOS to full racks and stacks. So it's nice to see how I compare in the big picture. I think being in a gigging band, I knew I would need Enough Rig for the Gig. I'm also a buy once, cry once kinda guy. That's why my initial setup lasted me from 03 until 2010! I love kick drum, but it's not The Kicl Drum Show either. I run sound appropriate for the rooms I do. There's no need to kill everyone in the room. The waitresses are good judges of levels. If clients are yelling in their ear, and they can't hear them, it's too loud. They know it's gong to be loud, it's a live band for Pete's sakes, but it's not going to be STUPID loud. I always let them know, to NEVER be afraid, or hesitate to tell me it's creeping up too loud. I totally have no problem bringing the mains down if they feel that way. That being said, I think I can think of one time in recent memory when they did that. Usually, everything is fine. The bands are happy with their own monitor mixes, everything sounds great out front, and we all have a great time!!! Do it right, do it once. Here's that old post. I was robare99, haha banned, LONG story, Originally Posted by robare99 Age 36: Occupation Tradesman. Hobby: You've heard of Soccor moms, I guess I'm a Rocker Dad. Played bars etc back in the 80's with a pretty decent sound/light rig. My two sons got bit by the music bug and ended up in bands. There was a pretty good local punk/rock scene in town for the past 12 years or so, with various bands providing the backline and putting on shows. Most of those bands were gone, and since my kids band was practicing at our place (he's the drummer) and singing through an old peavey amp of mine, my wife and I decided that maybe it was time for us to pick up the ball and continue the fine tradition of putting on local punk shows. Punk shows consist of 5 bands, 2 - 3 local with the other 2 - 3 being from out of town. Good for the kids as they get to see a lot of out of town bands they wouldn't normally get to see. Great for the local bands as it gets them out of the basements and garages and lets them play "real" shows in front of "real" crowds. 80 - 150 kids at the shows, so I know we needed some thump to make it all sound good. Had 16 lights and a controller left over from my gigging days. Our band fell apart when the drummer who owned the PA moved, along with the bass player. ANYWAY, the gear. FOH 2 - Yorkville Unity U15s 2 - Yorkville LS800P subs Monitors: borrow 4 monitors & an 800Watt power amp from a bud. Not sure what they are but they work well and will probably purchase from said friend in the future Board: Yorkville Powermax 16 2 - 800W built in amps for the mains 2 - 275W built in amps for the monitors Snake: 100' Yorkville snake with powered speaker returns Rack Gear: Drum setup: 6 - ddrum Pro Acoustic Triggers Alesis DM5 Drum module into an EWI 4 channel Direct box (which then run into the snake) 2 - PEAVEY PV Q431F EQ with Feedback locating system for FOH 1 - Peavey Q215FLS Dual band eq with Feedback locating system for monitors 1 Peavey Q215 that I use on inserts for the guitars if I need to tweak a bothersome frequency (this one guitar player has this one freq that just BOOMS when he plays clean. Has always done it so I know to drop that one freq and he's good for the show. 1 rocktron compressor 1 Alesis Quadraverb 1 DI for bass Mics 4 - SM58 3 - PVM 480 condensors for cymbals 2 - sm57's for guitars Boat Anchors: Behringer De-Noiser - lots of pretty lights, doesn't seem to do anything. BBE Aural Exciter - a few pretty lights, doesn't do enough to use. Both sit in the basement as paperweights. Sometimes u just don't know why you need something, or you don't know that you DON'T need something. Nice ballsy system. More than enough for what we do. I'd rather have the headroom and not need it then have everything clipping and still need more. Always get positive compliments from the out of town bands about the production and the sound quality. One said the setup was better than half the bars in the big city so that was cool. It's good and loud though we don't totally blow our brains out. Lots of thump which always brings a smile to my face. You probably won't get "screamo" but I don't think we're supposed to get it. My parent's didnt get Motley Crue and Iron Maiden, and their parents never got The Beatles or Elvis. But they were always there to support me so its nice to be in a position to support my kids. Also as we were growing up and in the young bands, there was always the old guard around, willing to help out if we needed a power amp or a monitor or two. Again, it's nice to become part of the old guard helping out the young whippersnappers. Here's the boys in action with my setup.... http://indyinghands.com/videos/m0405/m04twilight.wmv And them again playing in another city with a typical setup for the same type of show. Not as many people but they were playing rather late. I think there were like 10 bands which was way too many, lol the audience basically got burned out with all the moshing but it was cool that some people stayed behind. http://indyinghands.com/videos/sep1705/sep17perfect.wmv We looked at a few smaller systems, but from being in bands, I knew how loud it had to be for gigs. The other 3 systems wouldn't do it, and we thought if we bought a lesser system and it wasn't enough, we would probably get only half or less back from what we paid and would have to get a bigger setup anyway. So we bit the bullet and thought if we are going to do this, might as well do it right. Happy with the sound, the ease of setup, the quality of the gear, (really liked the 2 year "even if you break it" warrenty) And geez, I even ended up putting a bar band back together, so we'll use the setup for that as well. Oh yeah, and a Tascam Digital Portastudio 2488 to record the works.
  9. Rig: FOH: 2 - Yorkville Unity15's 2 - Yorkville LS800p's Monitors: 4 - Yorkville YX12's 1 - Misc unknown monitor (lol) StudioLive 24.4.2 EWI 100' 24x8 snake Mac mini iPad Router Router & Mac mini are mounted in that light controller case Mixing with the iPad: Amps: 1 - IPR 3000 3 - IPR1600's Mics: 4 -SM58's 3 -SM57's 3 - PVM480's Drum mics: Senheiser 5 - e604's 2 - e614's 1 - e602 II Various mic stands, all mic cables have neutrik ends, speakon cabling for all speakers. *And it all fits nicely in my garage!!
  10. Originally Posted by Jimmy Chaos Cheers for the info mate. I'm totally in love with the pink JEM You should change your username to Ibanezguy lol. Hey thanks man! I usually scallop the last 4 frets on the RG550s so they are more Jem like. I whipped up another thread in the electric guitar area with better pics of my stripped down SK. It's my favorite one at the moment. http://acapella.harmony-central.com/....php?t=2271849
  11. I would look for an RG550. They are a good solid guitar. I've gigged tons and my main guitar for 20 years is the pinkish RG550 on the left, 2nd row from the back. Great action (1mm at the 12th fret) a pretty wide variety of sounds. I bet you could find one for under $400
  12. LOL you can always say "At least I'm not as bad as this one guy on HC!" I have 4 more swirl guitars. A blue one getting some neck work a purple 7 string a DNA style and another blue one. The last 3 have necks and bodies, but need pickups etc to be complete.
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