SJTW is thermoplastic, which gets really stiff in colder weather. I made the mistake of buying an SJTW extension cable once. Won't do that again! I do live in Nebraska, so our winter's can get REALLY cold!! All my power cable now is SJOOW. Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing your videos. I always enjoy seeing what others are doing.
You've got downstage and upstage flipped my friend. Upstage is where your drums are (back of stage) downstage is where your vocals are (front of stage) this is because theatres used to have sloped stages pre-phantom of the opera era theatres. Over time, venues started to build with line of sight in mind for a flat stage. The labels stuck. Cool setup tho, all the best.
Okay I’ve been trapped in the rabbit hole of digital mixers for weeks now! Can you please give me a straight up answer what tablet and operating system are you running with your X18
I've recently purchased two of the 25 ft. Used on one gig, so far so good. The lighted outlets actually worked well for allowing the musicians to know where to plug in their backline on stage. I will say, watch them on concrete. They do scuff up very easily
I am wondering what type/brand cable tester you have. It's in the blue container. And a very useful tip: Always cut zip ties right after the part were that locks it. That way you have free re-usable zip ties. I am working on quad boxes myself but they will be 100% thick walled rubber housings. And those are a bitch to cut. Cabling will be done with Powercon so that length is easily adaptable to the situation and stage size. As for the lit sockets: Black electrical tape on the inside?
There’s a few testers: Fluke 101 for electrical, Behringer Ebtek knockoff , EWI bug catcher, and Behringer CT200. There’s also a cheap one for capacitors and a homemade box for testing polarity of passive speakers
The mics are 2 soundtown dual handheld racked. Not great but they can change frequencies, sound is ok, metal mic handle. Not my first choice but it’s ok and they’re cheap
There's a very clean version of a "strat" bass available on the market that got released around 2021 with Stanley Clarke in the add. Search - Lieber Guitars 'SpellCaster' ...Strat jack, wangy bar, the whole 9 yards
That SoundTown LOOKS like a Powersoft. The interior however... Would be interesting to get a real output number on them and the Sinbosen as there are only minor differences. Great video and exactly as I like them!
Not sure where this design comes from but it’s definitely being copied a lot. These amps are far more prevalent overseas, if it’s well made and tested I don’t mind using them but these amps I’ll probably rotate out in a year for something better. I’ve been impressed with the CVR amps and I’ll do a review in a month or so
@MrSamsstudios The exterior looks like the Powersoft M-series. That interior looks like a generic power module. With some digging we should be able to find the origin of it. If we want to. And thumbs up on that CVR review as it's unknown in Europe.
E-tape is only for the speaker poles. As far as passive vs active, well, as long as the gear is good quality I’ll use it, it nothing worse than bad active speakers
I hope your DMX terminators are 120 Ohm instead of 120K Ohm... And about those 1/8" jacks: I can remember a time when they did not exist in any engineers toolbag. Nowadays one of the most important adapters is the 1/8" stereo jack to cinch l/r. I also remember the days of 50 pound amps delivering 2 x 300 Watt at 8 Ohm. Things have changed....
You are correct 120 ohms. I made a bunch of those last summer or maybe it was the summer before. I hear ya about the 8th inch jacks, and of course the lightning and USB-C adapters. I sold off all my heavy amps probably seven or eight years ago what I had left. Check my other channel for the lightweight amps and maybe I’ll do a video on those sometime.
So much hassle among different audio network protocols... new and old, IP-based and non-IP-based... Even when it comes to the so-called "universal" or "standardized" protocols like MADI or Dante, the remote control part is not standardized yet. Different brands has their own set of commands for setting analog gain, phantom power, phasing etc., which certainly causes lots of trouble and inconvenience.
It sure can be a hassle, I can’t put both of those mixers on the same network without issue though, but of course they need their own respective apps. Luckily, neither one requires a laptop or a computer to run. It’s a shame that there’s no centralization amongst digital Stage boxes but I get it. If I find a really good deal on the Yamaha Stage box, they may buy one, but honestly, it requires the Card as well and that limits the overall inputs to 16 and eight outputs
That was Altos attempt at a “pro level” speaker. Birch ply cabs and heavy duty drivers. But the amplifiers failed constantly, I was give these with bad amps and converted them to passive where they really sound great loud. My monitor mixes are known for being loud and clean, these help greatly and other than a high pass at 85 I didn’t touch the EQ all night. McCauley’s are a local Puyallup company but world wide (in Seattle we have lots of companies like this: Microsoft, Starbucks, Amazon etc). Currently they’re really not doing much. Cabs are extremely well built. McCauley 2” exit and a pair of Lase 12” neo drivers, originals were blown and redone kits are hard to find.
The EV ZX-1. Industry workhorse and the speaker that can make more money for you than any line array. Nice setup but would have enjoyed a bit more footage of soundcheck and performance.
EV zx3, high output 12/1” box. I had sx300s for years didn’t realize how much of an upgrade these were. Also used 7 proprietary 12/1 speakers on stands as fills. Didn’t do sound check because I was actually playing bass with the band, both FOH and mon techs were busy, once the system was at the point T in this video I stepped away to perform. With great techs working with me I need to focus on the music. Next show I may do some soundcheck, but not everyone wants to be on RU-vid either
@MrSamsstudios Thanks for your response. It's the process for soundcheck thas intrigues me. Basically we all do the same but with our own tweaks that usually have a very good reason. ZX3? You could have fooled me! Without a better reference I seriously thought they were ZX1s. And yes, they are way better than the SX300. Unfortunately they did not sell that well in Europe so you regularly see every ZX speaker except the ZX3.
I’d love to try some ZX1s but I just don’t think they have the output I need. I had a pair of SX 80s and they were nice but those smaller speakers just can’t carry. I already own plenty of things to do the same thing so there’s no reason to buy something small like that.
@MrSamsstudios They are louder then the SX80s for sure! In my memory they could keep up with the old S200s. We did a small jazz trio for years with ZX1s. Also great for spoken word only (conferences and so on) and infills in smaller but longer rooms. We even did small disco shows up to about 100 people with them. With a sub to complement the low end. I am not saying they are perfect but they sure have a place and are nice little money makers. Plus that they weigh next to nothing and require no space at all.
Yeah, if I were to add on with fills it would be zx1s, I ended up getting 4 alto tx8s for the tiny fills and they’re actually not terrible. For a basic wedding where I need sound around a corner or whatever
Setup is first, video is an afterthought unfortunately. I’m doing this to document how I did it this year so I know what to do next year, make things efficient etc
I’ll try to do a soundcheck video soon. Everything is really low tech for me, basically just holding a phone at this point. I’ll see what I can do though.
Nice compact setup but please rear-mount those speakons! Although it looks like you have the rack plate for the older style Neutrik. I'm guessing the P-series... And that RJ45 also needs strain relief. But keep those videos coming! And every time I see your JBL 5-series monitors I kinda hope that they are the SRX712s. Fond memories...
Thanks man that rack plate has been with me probably 15 years, probably 500 to 800 shows. I should retire it. I rent mount because I’m using pop rivets and it’ll destroy the plastic if I ever need to remove one. All the cable used is zip ties somewhere so it’s strain relief even though that one cable does t look great it’s tested fine.
@MrSamsstudios I have a solution for your "rear-mounting with pop rivets"-problem: Use small washers (M3 or maybe 1/8") on the back side of the connector chassis. It gives a hard surface for the pop rivet to sit on and when you drill the pop rivet out it won't damage the connector chassis. I have been doing that for 15 years without a problem. And a nice usage for that old panel is to put a chassis of every possible type of connector you use that needs to be soldered in it and use that old panel as a soldering jig. I have a 9,5" portable version with 5 or 6 connectors that I can use anywhere and mount in a small bench vise for ease of use.
Yup, washers would do the trick for sure, somewhere I’ve got tiny bolts too but out of habit I’ve built so many the same way! Visually I can see them better this way but as I rotate old panels out I’ll experiment with rear mounting. I’ve got an 8 mix 2u panel with strain relief next on the bench. Not sure if I’ll do 2 per output or just 1
@@MrSamsstudios Honestly that's brilliant instead of having to walk people through it dozens of times, you just have a video repository of how to do stuff
Proprietary 12/1” I built 10+ years ago. Eminence delta and Peavey 22xt with Yamaha club series crossovers. Needs repainting every 2-3 years with duratex though. They get used a lot for outdoor shows
Really liking them. I bought the first one 2 years ago and used it on a ton of shows, D1004 1000w @8, 1700 @4. Mostly ch A&B subs and C&D tops or mids in a 3 way system. Usually 4 and 8 ohm loads 120v(these will run off 220v). Bought a second last year, same application. Seems to put out rated power, with use rear rack supports or support them another way because 1u amps will bend ears.
