Nice musician friendly explanation. Greetings from a tech-guy from Munich. Cool that you played in the backstage club. Note: 'Illegal' frequencies are often occupied by mobile Internet, TV, military or other applications so you run into trouble finding a reliable frequency or have drop-outs or noise during your performance...
Nice! Cheers, and Backstage was fun. I almost got lost getting to the stage lol, very confusing, but great venue! And yup, that’s true and a good point 🤘
I bought a used system cheap quite a few years ago, I thought was a great deal. It turns out the frequency it used went illegal a couple months later. It used 710mhz which is now in police and emergency bands. You can go to jail if you interfere with services like that. Be careful buying used.
Maybe a follow up to talk about not interfering with TV stations? I am concerned if I just use the "scan" to find a channel that I might get in trouble if it selects an active TV station's frequency. Especially at a fixed location venue where the interference will occur on a regular basis
If it helps, I think we've got a TV station interfering at times. No issues with the wireless scan on my Shure BLX, Sennheiser XSW2, even my old Gen 3 Audio Technica 3000 mics are fine.
It's not so much someone going round checking if you are using an illegal channel. If you are using an "illegal" channel, whatever is using that channel will pick you up and you will pick them up. You don't really want your wireless mic picking up the local taxi service and blasting it out through the FOH PA.
As a sound engineer working in Atlanta and Chattanooga, this was a GREAT presentation. In Duluth (metro ATL) we move 4 wireless about 1/2 mile and have to retune them all. ATL is RF dense, with little free spectrum available. Nothing worse than arriving to find that your frontline vocal mics don't work.
Another consideration, is frequency usage in your venue. When I was recently shopping for an IEM solution, I went for a Debra ST-102 UHF system because the 2.4 and 5GHz wifi bands are completely jammed up, and an XVIVE transmitter killed our access to the stage box for adjusting personal mixes...
In the UK there is also a licence fee to use different bands. Not a huge amount of money but another hassle to register, obtain a licence and then annual license fee to keep it current. So “legal” doesn’t automatically mean “free to use”
I’ve reviewed multiple IEMs but the main ones that I use are the Audio Technica ATW and the sennheiser EW in ear monitor systems. The reason is what I emphasized in this video: way more frequencies to chose from
Still trying to wrap my head around this. I just picked up a Sennheiser wireless for my guitar (ew 100 g4 A Band). I want to next get a Sennheiser IEM. Should I look for a different band than my guitar unit? Or would they both play well together?
@@ScottUhlMusic You bet!! Yes, it is and in my mind, once you go to this level by the performance and peace of mind, it’s hard to go to anything less than top tier and built not to fail wireless.
Hi Scott, did you ever try some G-Mark IEM system ?? They are not very expensive and have good reviews in general ( often compared to the Sennheiser) And thank you for your always interesting videos.
Scott, I have 2 Xvive guitar wireless systems that I am using for my gigs. Lately, I have been getting a lot of drop outs and interference, which I believe has to do with wireless point of sale machines the venues are being forced to use. The Xvive is in the 2.5ghz range.. what would you recommend as a replacement for the Xvive?
Scott, thanks for this! Question, if you use affordable stuff like Phenyx, would it be safer in a band that one musician uses a 500 while another uses the 900 hertz if both are available?
Thanks for all the videos you do! They are very helpful. I would love for you to do a video explaining how to use Stage Traxx 3 to automatically run DMX lighting (via MIDI) while simultaneously playing backing tracks; and the rigging you would recommend to accomplish this.
Thanks! And yeah have two different videos on midi to DMX, but there is a product coming out called the MVP by 4Cast which I think will be the best way to do it. Once that comes out, I’ll be doing a video on it for sure! I saw it at NAMM
@@ScottUhlMusic I've noticed the videos you have on midi to DMX. I haven't watched them yet. I'm guessing I'll need to watch them several times (I'm a lighting/DMX newbie). I look forward to the MVP video! Thanks for the reply. BTW, we met at NAMM 24
I used the Sennheiser Frequency Finder website to select the best band in my location for my digital EW-D CI1 system which was R4-9 Band. I used that frequency range (552-607.8), and used it to find the band for my analog EW IEM G4 system which is equivalent to the G Band. I only play local, so I just went with best Band for my location. Thumbs up for great info for those still in the market for wireless gear.
Hi ive been follwoing you quite a lot lately love your iem videos. im just a newbie here and wanted to build a simple iem system for the church. just wanted to ask, can 1 wireless iem transmitter like the sennheister ew be paired to multi receivers just for the same mix? lets say 5 receivers?
Great info again Scott. Thanks much. My wireless usage is live for church, so I'm not changing locations. However we've got probably a TV transmitter near enough that even my systems have to be chosen wisely, or I'll limit my usable channels and systems. FWIW squelch was not new to me with wireless audio. I used to be a pro truck driver. The CB radio has squelch, same concept. It's like a noise gate to block interference/white noise. To pile on, I'm also a ham radio operator with an FCC General license. Certainly, Shure website on the frequency finder is very very helpful. Use it and save money and avoid the headache.
@@ScottUhlMusic they just came out with a test and measurement mode as well almost perfect phase and frequency response. Pretty crazy for a wireless system.
No. You can have one transmitter and many receivers, like in-ears or radios, but not the other way round. The transmission frequencies don't combine just like that. You will have pops and cracks and drop outs. Unusable...
No, you can’t. If you have only ONE on at a time, that will work. So turn one off and the other one on when you switch guitars. But you cannot have 3 on at the same time
A few years ago I played in a band with two guitarists who did this. Worked well, one transmitter per guitar, just remember to turn it off before you switch guitars. I'm sure this is also how big touring bands are doing it.
As always, great info about the wireless realm. Whenever I think I know enough about wireless stuff, I watch one of your vids and learn something new! 👍🏻
Exellent video!!...I needed this one and I'm already queuing up your other wireless videos too...we ran into a bit of a snag at out last gig, so I definitely don't want to go through that nightmare again! lol....
Next week (or the week after) should be on the sennheiser XSW IEM system, but I haven’t gotten my hands on the EW DP systems yet. I would love to in the future though!
You should get ther ones that operate using "Wires"! Copper, not radio signals using a "compressed music file" to send from your sound equipment to your microwave. Cause that's exactly what you are doing to your brain a "little bit" each time you wear Blue Tooth speakers or In Ear Monitors. Cooking that brain just a little at a time. Now if you are one of the lucky people to have been able to get a "lobotomy" is the last couple decades, then you can wear "wireless" headphones without worry. lol
Tell me you don't have a cell phone, and live in a Faraday cage. PS I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, you're on planet Earth. You will not be able to avoid RFI or radiation of some form. Sorry to be the one to break it to ya. You got a dose just by using devices to watch RU-vid. You're welcome.
