I have the Xvive and the Nux for live use and they are both excellent. The Xvive sounds more detailed and transparent but is mono, the Nux is a bit “veiled” but is stereo. Both work well into Shure 215s, Senn hd25ii and Shure srh840a. Latency is not a major issue for live use but any additional del ...

I have had various lightning/USB adaptors over the years, would one of those not resurrect an Alesis I/O dock for current use?

...most I have tried are ok for, well, headphones, but run them out to a desk to a PA and the quality is quite evident. Although I guess no matter what is chosen it is still dependent on Apple providing a decent DAC on the iOS device in the first place! Could it be that you’re looking at this the w ...

It should be noted that a regular XLR lead of a decent length and a supermarket 13A extension with a common or garden power lead on the end will do the same job and be more flexible, both literally and figuratively.

Time travel alert!

Having the same issue but switch/PCB seems fine and switch works, apart from the external mechanical bits being absent.

Anyone ever solved this?

I have used Beyer m201s (moving coil hypercardioids) on similar percussion before very successfully. That's what I was going to say, the 201 is my favourite percussion mic. Great on acoustic guitar as well. M201 must be in the running for “Greatest All Rounder”, particularly for anything with a per ...

You see the awful conditions I have to work with? Oh, the deprivation! As I said, it was the best available. Also, remember this is not distance recording of fleas farting so a relatively rustic mic might be within tolerance in a live situ. I do take your point that better mics are available and am ...

I’ve recently been using an AKG drum mic set which has a pair of C430 SDCs as overheads. When I needed a pair of SDCs for an ORTF pair I used these because they are low noise, they’re not splashy sounding, handle transients well - and we’re all I had available (I had others but far too noisy and hars ...

The first thing that comes to mind is something like the Boss RGE-10 although they're no longer made. Behringer have the FBQ800 but I've no idea how good it is. I have one of the Behringer (fbq1000, I think) 1u feedback destroyers in a case somewhere. It worked well as a general EQ and wasn't too ...

The other usual rec in this situation would be any of the small format Yamaha units.

Old but well cared for Hellerman tools are often available on eBay. I bought two for less than £30 and they’ve worked fine.

Hand sanitiser makes an excellent lube, evaporates in minute and leaves the cables 99.9% germ free.

I tend to gather my tails into small groups of some division of the total, maybe 4x4 of a 12/4 snake, then I wrap an elastic band around each four colour coded so I know at a glance which is 1-4, 5-8, etc. Spiral wrap is great for this as well. I used to wrap several layers of ‘leccy tape around e ...

If you’ve just bought a licence then it’s for an up to date version. Grab it with both hands and make full use of the devs’ efforts. I can’t think of any benefit of old over new, except for the Windows Vista retro warmth, of course. The regular updates I get are as good an indicator as any that Cocko ...

I’ve just changed my laptop and moved my licence from the old one (Windows) to the new one (Mac) with no issue. It was the same licence so no jiggery-pokery from the sales dept requiring more £££, classy - very Reaper. @OP - the format you show and describe looks very similar to the one I shipped acr ...

Much obliged, RT.

It's weird but nice to be scrabbling around for the most basic of functions. Onwards!

the audience would only be getting the wet signal, no dry. Hi, tWB, and welcome to you, too. …then why two mics? Might I remind you that Zoom include an XLR-TS adaptor (dynamic mics *only) with the a1 Four FX pedal for just such a situation, stick a ‘57 in your bell and you’re in business. *or batte ...

Is wireless really necessary? Remember that the best wireless setup in the world will only ever be as good as a piece of copper cable. Have you considered and dismissed a wired option? I have a couple of Behringer P2 boxes that I keep for stray musicians that require IEMs. Various switching ...

#1 - Fix it at source.
#2 - Beware of rabbit-holes.

I suspect comb filtering will be down the list of issues needing attention due to the mics producing different signals which are less likely to closely correlate. I'm not sure why you think that two signals from different mics won't closely correlate? If they distorted the sound so much that you ...

You should be able to tell straight away if it sounds strange. I thought that was the whole point of FX. I suspect comb filtering will be down the list of issues needing attention due to the mics producing different signals which are less likely to closely correlate. Hearing the sax FX without ...

Hey, these bullets taste good! MBA 13", M4, 2025. Haven't slept for some time, not sure how long. Lenovo stopped listening to its own keyboard so hard choices needed to be made. Went the refurb route and shiny thing was in my paws the next day. Now I need a few weeks to get my head back to where it ...

...he uses a bluetooth clip on mic to send signal to. Can I just back up a little? Bluetooth? Re. mixer, Yamaha is probably the first in line for me but others mentioned are fine. You could always keep the drums as they are and putting any new mixer to work on the sax channels, unless you'd like a ...

There are some “high end” (£toomuch) feedback busters that take the form of fancy latticework on a wooden puck that claim all the benefits and none of the downsides of the usual rubber ash tray. They seem to be styled on ye olde lute-type construction. No idea if the partial blocking works, just that ...

Hey shuffle, wondered if you might have my advice, struggling to get choc wireless controller to do anything ? Downloaded CubeSuite selected what I thought was correct preset went into songbook pro to configure footswitch, done everything I thought I would need to do, but nothing ? Sorry, seem to ...

Muchos appreciados, all.

I’ve been considering posting this very question to inform my own project.