MY INSANE LIVE GUITAR & IEM RIG 2023 

HUGE thank you to Sweetwater for providing this gear! You can see a list of all the parts used here: sweetwater.sjv.io/JzYOQ2

After watching this i had to send it to my singer and give him props cuz he set are iem rack up all by himself. I didn't realize it was sort of a headache. Awesome video, great for reference for anybody setting theirs up.

Guitar - cable - amp go choog choog Anything more and my brain melts

Good stuff! One thing you should definitely invest in as well: a separate wifi router. The built in XR18/MR18 router will fail you in a live setting where the WIFI spectrum might be crowded. Buy yourself a better router (not a lot of $$$) and connect it with an ethernet cable to the XR18. Explanation can be found on the internet. That way you everyone can connect to the WAY stronger wifi network and access the XR18.

Super informative video. I love this kind of stuff. It would be awesome to see a wiring diagram that shows how everything connects together. Could be a perk for Patrons since it would take some extra work.

This has been a huge help in setting up my IEM rig for my band, thanks!

Cool stuff! I had no idea IEM systems were so much more complicated than I had previously believed. The two separate racks being combined also makes a lot of sense!

Wow, I’m super impressed with Sweetwater lately. I also got very hype when I saw the XAir18 because I have one aswell. :))) So cool to see how you guys are wiring/utilizing it, thanks for being so transparent! 💪🏼

Super sick video! Would be awesome if you did a breakdown video of how you set up the midi switching of the presets with the computer

Oh, that Loathe instrumental on the background is amazing 🥺

I know nothing about guitar rigs, MIDI…none of that stuff. I can barely handle using NeuralDSP. But for some reason these rig builds are fascinating to me 😂

Always wanted one thankss

Thanks.

Can you do a video on how to get the quad cortex to change presets and tones automatically thru midi

Good job! But imo you will quickly regret relying on that DB25 connector between the 2 cases. Those are not meant to be plugged and unplugged all the time, especially not in dark/stressful conditions and will probably break down sooner than later. I would have gone for standard xlr in this case: more reliable and easy to replace/repair.

I'm a huge nerd for stuff like this!

INSANE

What did you do with the antennas from the Sennheiser EW-D units (the guitar wireless receivers)? The way I understand it, it's not possible to connect them to a combiner such as the RF Venue Combine4 which you use with the Audio Technica IEM transmitter. This is confusing me :/

greystone for life

I’ve had our xr18 mounted to the rear rack facing in for years and never seen anyone else do it until now glad I’m not crazy!

What access point are you using? I hope it's not the behringer internal one :D

Okay, so how’d yall get your quads to sit in the drawer? Did yall get new screws and basically permanently attach it to the drawer? Y hat’s what I did and I want to make sure somebody else has done this and it’s been okay lol I’m super scared of the screws snapping out of no where

Cool runthrough - curious to know why the decision to not route any drums through was made. Is that a limitation on rack size assuming you're making everything fit to particular sized racks as a focus, so maybe a second splitter taking up space would be too much? How does your drummer feel about not being able to monitor their kit whilst playing? (i'm not a drummer so curious to know what this experience is like!)

but how do you tune with the quad in there?

How narrow is the field of that antenna?

A sad cartoon instrumental was a nice touch

I wish I had a few tens of thousand dollars to make cool guitar gear.

How do you get the drums?

If he's talking about the combiner, doesn't he essentially mean a "splitter"?

Eddie Trunk just had a seizure

Andrew - you’re using midi to control your whammy’s right? If so, why not just swap the QCs and the whammy’s? Like put the QCs in the front and move the whammy’s to the back of the drawer so you can access them.

Now consider using an M audio B.Beat instead of a laptop. One less component to hook up. I friggin Love that device.

I'm more shocked than anything that you use 2 Quad Cortexes! I figured one plus some controller pedals would be enough. Not judging, of course, just wild to me.

Song during the time lapse?

🤘🏽🎃🤘🏽

Do I hear 115 in the background lol

what song is playing from 7:09

The rambling tho… 😂

Seriously you need a whammy to do pitchshifting on a quad cortex? Just one more reason why kemper is better...

0:53 Discord gang knows the whole other story... Also wish you'd have shown the building part a bit longer and stopped to explain every component instead... Rad stuff tho.

Who else is still a little confused about all of this stuff 😅

Maybe it's just me being old school but this just seems like overcomplications to me and over reliance on technology for the sake of it. I personally prefer my rig to be compact, just a pedalboard/floor unit with a good ampsim straight to a stereo DI, entire rig fits in a pedalboard bag. I don't like midi programming especially one dependent on a DAW, I like to be in control of my rig all the time. I don't like inears almost at all as I prefer my ears to be open and listen to the entire venue, be always in communication with the other instruments and not have a sterile studio like experience. I absolutely can't stand click tracks in my ears because the drummer exists, and it always sounds better when the instruments are following the drummer and interacting with him. If it needs to be super tight having the drummer with a click is more than enough. When it comes to monitoring I've never had a problem with having a wedge in front and had the best results with both a wedge and a cab behind me, when it comes to space I'd prefer bringing a 2x12 than this rack that's the same size. The less reliance on tech the less things that can go wrong, I'll never want to have a Falling In Reverse situation when I'll have to cancel a show because the laptop got stolen. It's easier to just not rely on that than to have to also practice around a workaround

This should just be in your rider… You just bring your buds.

We got so tired of the house engineers being totally incompetent at providing a decent mix to FOH a well as any monitors. The reality is that most engineers at small venues have no clue what they are doing. It’s not exactly a cool job to want. We run our own monitor split so at least we can hear ourselves and sound ok in our ears. Nothing sucks more than playing live and getting a terrible monitor mix.

Why do you all need click tracks in your ears as you're playing live?? and you're also deciding to mute other band member's live tracks? so you're all not even hearing the full product of the song the same way as the audience is. Weird.