I've been using this system for a couple of years for gigs and rehearsals. The XLR cable trick is 100% the way to go. I put the transmitter on the edge of my pedal board. Never let me down.
Excellent video. I’ve seen too many videos where paid endorsers make wild claims about this kind of stuff like they’re total pro level. I like how you provided a solution to one of the obvious shortcomings.
We’ve been using these for our worship team here in Japan, since primary travel is by train, we don’t have the luxury of moving around with a proper monitor rig. These have also saved us countless times! 😊
I have been using this for rehearsals out of a mixer, no issues. Lately I am using the QC for gtr and vox, I am using the headphone out of that for the IEM transmitter. Works! I loosen my IEM ear bud for leakage of the rest of band and adjust volume to match.
I jyat made a cable loom that takes my guitar L&R and vocal to the desk with a monitor return. X vive transmitter sits o my board and i have a usb to give it constant power and not rely on batteries. Really fast setup and works great.
Great video and I agree these are a real bargain! First show I tried them at (House of Blues) I didn't know the XLR cable trick and he plugged the transmitter directly into the snake. I had a ton of dropouts but made it through. The 2nd show I brought a XLR cable to sit close by and it worked pretty well. I'm new to the IEM world and didn't realize until after the show that having a cell phone in your back pocket is another huge mistake due to the frequency. Since then the system has worked well, especially for the price. I love the small form factor, ease of operation and being re-chargeable vs batteries.
I have my transmitter on my pedal board and just feed myself into my westone in ears that let in some outside sound. I still run a cab on stage but found on stage sound was always hit or miss, with this i just add some of me into my ears and can still hear stage sound They work great.
These are great I’ve been using them for about 3 years or so. XLR cable to each spot is the way to go, we use 3 on stage sometimes 4 never have any issues. When we use them at practice we put all the iPads on 5.0 so there’s no interference there
I have a band that uses them and they’re great. I have another band that has a janky setup that I’m sure is going to be a problem. I wish they would have just bought the xvive I obviously don’t play as many places or the volume of shows you do but I haven’t had any problems with interference over the last 2 years. I do either plug them into the monitor sends or on the stage snake so I knew about the proximity advantage. Cool vid.
Have a ton of fellow musicians that use them and my entire band is now using them as well. For the money, I feel like it's the best thing out there. They're cheap enough you can have a backup set ready to go at any time. Get some good buds and you're golden.
Been using this for a little over a year and never had any issues. Only thing that can catch you out besides what's mentioned in the video, would be that if you're putting these in your case the on power switch can easily get knocked on and when you get to your next gig the batteries gone, so bring your charger and secure your unit so the switches don't get turned on accidentally. It's no fun losing your monitor mix on a silent stage
I solved the drop out problem while adjusting the mix by putting a tiny $100 1 button looper directly after my guitar output. Strum my Rythm , loop it, and adjust the mix. This also helps keeps your hands free to create new multi effects patches , and match bank volumes.
It's a MIDAS M32 console that has a wifi router. We download the app and can access our individual mixes..the best. Behringer makes a budget version of it thats just as good
@SteveSterlacci we actually have the xvive pieces in our church but they seemed to not do well for us . A few on our worship team complained of hissing and dropping audio so we went back to floor wedges. I yearn to go back to IEMs but I need to be sure I can get something solid before I present it to the team and our Pastor again.
We use these for our weekend warrior cover band. No fancy per-player mixing here. Great experience thus far. But we are using live amps - would love a quick video on your experience with these and the Helix (as we may be going towards our modelers vs. real amps)
Decades ago, when analog Over the Air television channels went away and was replaced by digital OTA the new spectrum stomped all over professional wireless microphone & monitor packs. Since sound companies weren’t about to replace millions of $$ perfectly good equipment and had no lobbying sway, they basically did what you did here… move the transmitters much closer to the receivers. Becomes the more powerful signal.
Nice! Way to adjust in a pinch. I've used those before and the 90' is not accurate IMO. The closer the better. I've even used it attached to my AVIOM which worked super well.
Your drummer might be better using a wired system as he doesn't move around the stage. It's a lot cheaper than wireless. Most of the gigs I do are on small stages and don't allow me to move around so I use a wired system that runs up a separate cable alongside my guitar cable.
I've never had a good experience with of my xvive stuff. Interference. Drop outs. On the guitar and mic units. My Joyo and lekato pieces have served me FAR better than the triple price xvive.
So how many were you using at once. Typically one of the drawbacks of those really super cheap plug n play 2.4gHz wireless units is after you try to use about 3 at once you tend to get interference and drop outs
I'm a little confused. What were y'all adjusting on your phones? The Xvives don't have any kind of connected app, and you didn't have your personal in-ear rig right? Did y'all just plug into the main consoles aux outs?
Connecting to the digital console directly will take care of that. But what I want to know is how do you all handle the dropouts and interference. Even when I choose all different channels the experience is terrible with my xvive systems. Even when I'm using one system.
They’re moving the transmitter close as possible to their receiver. I personally would run the XLR cable up the mic stand to keep distance between less than 3 feet.. You may also need to adjust channels.
Sorry to bug but what do you mean about the venue not being able to accommodate? I thought the point of having your own IEM system w the M32 meant that it’s all self contained. Again. Really sorry to bother you bro I was just confused and really want to understand so I can fix this issue should it come up for me aswell.
@@SteveSterlacci Gotcha. Thanks for responding. Why not an MR18? My little rig for small tour, 4 person rig is setup around an XR18. Not as nice as a full console but super portable. Just a thought. Thanks again for all the great videos man.
@@SteveSterlacci yeah I noticed some of the artifacting. The older version they had before the update was leagues better. I’m waiting for them to bring that back
Also interested. Just had a gig again where it feels like playing in a bottle where you hear your self but other instruments become this big woosh of music. Hard to play accurately together when it goes like that.
Hi @@SteveSterlacci there are many solutions but one that I really like and I'm using currently is the Nux B7PSM, it comes with a rechargable bag and adapter, it charges with USB-C also is 5.8Ghz which will make it way better for you to not have dropouts and is stereo. Also it searches for the best channel. Super portable. And cheaper.
@@jeppej4265 yeah, is really bad to have a nice IEM mix when it comes to mono. Mono is really a thing not even from the past when it comes to inears or Headphones. In a live situation if you want to have good sound on inears Stereo is the way to go. If you don't want to spend thousands on high end stuff you can go with a Nux B7PSM for example. Better than Xvive u4 for sure.
