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by dswpro
Sat Aug 06, 2016 12:48 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Putting vocals and instruments in separate PA systems?
Replies: 12
Views: 3295

Re: Putting vocals and instruments in separate PA systems?

Nothing against Dave Rat or the Grateful Dead, but both configurations mean additional cost, complexity, potential for failure, longer setup and tear down times; everything I want to avoid in a live sound setting. Now if none of those factors apply to you, by all means have fun, but its a law of dim...
by dswpro
Mon Jul 11, 2016 7:40 am
Forum: Amps
Topic: iNuke 6000 NU4
Replies: 20
Views: 5658

Re: iNuke 6000 NU4

The i-Nuke 4 channel amps are fine for monitors. I know two local sound companies who have converted to them rather than build more map racks. They cannot sustain hard driving EDM subwoofer pounding, but for wedges they work just fine. +1 on the Peavey IPR3000, I have been using a pair for 3-4 years...
by dswpro
Mon Jun 20, 2016 4:18 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: What to use as front fill speakers?
Replies: 7
Views: 2566

Re: What to use as front fill speakers?

I sometimes use a W8 in the front of the drum riser sitting straight up. I use black shelf-liner to keep it from moving around. Works great.
by dswpro
Wed Apr 27, 2016 12:12 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Hearing with their eyes
Replies: 24
Views: 3618

Re: Hearing with their eyes

After thirty years of mixing I think I do OK. Here are some mixes: http://acash.com/buck/bnb.htm I guess I got a little impatient when calling my experience into play, but calling my sound "thin" felt a bit like calling their playing "shitty" and I really didn't need the grief. Y...
by dswpro
Mon Apr 18, 2016 8:47 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Hearing with their eyes
Replies: 24
Views: 3618

Hearing with their eyes

I use my Otop 12s and T39s frequently with a local country cover band. Lately they've been grumbling about the sound, asking me to look at JBL or QSC speakers. I finally pinned them down and asked them: What is bringing this on? What are you hearing or what are people telling you? Their response is ...
by dswpro
Wed Mar 23, 2016 11:22 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Phase cancellation via Acoustic Guitar
Replies: 8
Views: 3353

Re: Phase cancellation via Acoustic Guitar

+1 on HPF on inputs. I would rather have a variable HPF on every channel than a three band EQ. Fortunately I use an X32 and have a HPF and parametric. It is common to portion low end out to the bass + kick and remove too much low end from guitars, keys and other instruments. One of the problem spots...
by dswpro
Mon Mar 07, 2016 9:32 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Neutrik XLR vs. Amphenol XLR
Replies: 22
Views: 10637

Re: Neutrik XLR vs. Amphenol XLR

I'm a Neutrik XLR fan. Can't handle the screws in the Switchcraft XLR connectors, I've lost too many of them. I also like the fact that the plastic inner sleeve insulating the wires from the shell of the connector can be put on after I solder the wires to the pins, as I am a forgetful person and fre...
by dswpro
Wed Feb 17, 2016 12:34 pm
Forum: Mixers and Processors
Topic: 2496 mods
Replies: 7
Views: 2435

Re: 2496 mods

I have a DCX I am very happy with. I got it cheap on Ebay and when I first got it it had some annoying low level noise, and occasional low level static, pops and clicks. This was a known issue in early models attributed to the ribbon cable connecting the digital circuit board to the output circuit b...
by dswpro
Wed Feb 03, 2016 1:26 pm
Forum: Amps
Topic: The adventure to active speaker amplification and crossover networks
Replies: 8
Views: 2509

Re: The adventure to active speaker amplification and crossover networks

Just to add my 2 cents as a T39 owner, -- If you are serving up hip-hop I would strongly consider the T48. They go a little lower than the T39. They are bigger to move around, but if you were looking at the DR300 you must have some pack space at your disposal. If you've never heard or built a BFM ca...
by dswpro
Wed Jan 06, 2016 11:16 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: It had to happen
Replies: 2
Views: 3547

It had to happen

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jan/05/vaginal-speaker-foetuses-babypod-music Waiting for the folded horn version? Does Eminence make a driver for this? Would this work better with a class D switching amp or old iron? How exactly do you EQ the room / womb for this? Let the rest of the ta...
by dswpro
Mon Dec 21, 2015 12:08 pm
Forum: Amps
Topic: Peavey IPR 2 - 3000?
Replies: 7
Views: 2412

Re: Peavey IPR 2 - 3000?

As far as the Peavey IPR2-3000, I have two of the original IPR3000 amps I've used several times per month over the last three years and they have been rock solid. I drive 4 T39's with one of them and 2-4 O-top 12s with the other. Love the weight (or lack thereof) of these little guys. My entire amp ...
by dswpro
Fri Dec 11, 2015 9:59 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: How wrong is this? Let me count the ways....
Replies: 10
Views: 1413

Re: How wrong is this? Let me count the ways....

OMG I want one! It has a mixer with TWO self destruct buttons! While operating the mixer the car stereo speakers are pointed straight at your crotch. There's no amp to worry about since the mixer is right there IN the speaker. Not sure how it makes any sound, unless there is some 12 volt amp in ther...
by dswpro
Tue Oct 20, 2015 3:42 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Poor Man's Wireless In Ear monitors
Replies: 19
Views: 4447

Re: Poor Man's Wireless In Ear monitors

FM transmitters have a very limited dynamic range if I recall but they are better than nothing. A while back I looked carefully into streaming audio over Wifi to use a cellphone as an IEM. ( I am a programmer in my day job) Android has a HAL ( Hardware abstraction layer) with a 100 millisecond buffe...
by dswpro
Wed Oct 07, 2015 9:23 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The Alan Parson's Project destroyed my system, AGAIN!
Replies: 8
Views: 1689

Re: The Alan Parson's Project destroyed my system, AGAIN!

My son was enrolled in a local community college recording arts program. One day he mentioned they had a "Guest Lecturer" come in and address the students on his recording techniques. "Some guy ..." my son told me... "I never heard of him.... Alan Parsons?" ..... After ...
by dswpro
Thu Oct 01, 2015 9:39 am
Forum: Mixers and Processors
Topic: New Mixer Thoughts
Replies: 84
Views: 25465

Re: New Mixer Thoughts

I've used the M32 many times and own an x32. They are nearly identical. Personally I would just get the X unless the brand name is important to you or your clients. For the price of an M32 you can get an X32, road case, and an X32 Rack. I know some sound companies who run an X32 at the monitor desk ...