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#38,442
hbabels said:
Do get a great mix with IEM’s you really need mic’s on every instrument. Full mic’d kit is best but you can get quite good results with Kick - Snare & a single well placed Overhead mic.
Without a mics on the kit you really lose a lot of the attack on the drums unless your IEM s don’t block out a lot of stage noise but then the problem tends to be a they’ll have poor low end response and you’ll need to crank them too loud.
For the best IEM experience you really need a mic or DI for each instrument , independent mixes for each player and quality earbuds that fit / seal well.
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I've been using the Westone Am Pro 30's lately...have the lows but also allow in some ambient sound.

You've got it on the kit mics. But they're easy to carry and set up. I honestly carry extra condensers both narrow and wide anyway. We have a nicer one for the hat, but I have a few sE7's that are surprisingly decent for low $$. I also have a pair of AT2020's that are wider. I've kept them as occasional talk-back or FOH mics if needed, but can be applied to kit. I also have a set of EV drum mics that I bought stupid cheap (deal of the day) many years ago that's a kick plus 4 clip ons...stays in my stage bag unless needed.

We mostly carry our own mics though don't use our own kit mics often. We bought basic 58's and a couple betas for our vocalists. One too many times where we'd find someone elses' blood on the mic when stage time hit. Sennheiser E906 for guitar...then I have 4 extra 58's and 3x 57's in my gigbag for real emergencies. The general policy is to let house sound do their thing and step in with our stuff if theirs is super clapped out.
 
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#38,443
reddavid said:
@BurningSkies Thoughts on the Monique700? As a Pre-amp (with Dingwalls)...Been looking at the Monique700 Tardis with integrated amp. Haven't been able to find that really amazing tone i hear in my head with most off-the-shelf stuff. Pros/Cons?
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I love Jule and love what he makes...so take that into account.

The 700 is as much power as most people are likely to need... It's 700w RMS (also Hypex) so, really beefier than most amps in that sub 1K range. And I know a few guys who have also had M2500's and sold them off as too much power for the 700. In terms of the power thing, the hypex does a great job of doing the heavy lifting and staying out of the way. The Monique is the tone generator and the 700 just stays out of the way tonally (which is a good thing).

The real question is if you love what the Monique brings to the table. There's plenty written on it already, but you'll never get tube dirt or distortion out of it but to me it sounds and feels more like a legit tube amp than nearly any other pre I've touched. A big part of that is probably the rectifier tube. It just gives the output a weight and punch in a way that you just don't get from hybrid setups. If you're really interested I'm VERY favorable to the new Simone. I found it had a little more clarity in the mids (in a good way) but also allows for some actual tube drive. Can sound very very close to the Monique if you wish as well. When I had both on the road it was a really tough decision between them.

The only con as far as I can tell is that the feature set is minimal. Speaker out, preamp out, DI out (with lift switch). 3 band EQ (but it's dialed in to be just right), so no parametrics or really tweaky dialing... but to me that's a bonus. So, no tuner out, no loop, etc. To me that's all fine.
 
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thanks @BurningSkies. I have a small tecamp puma now that does fine. I've experimented with some of the newer 'popular' amps and they sound very sterile to me. no color or overtones to the note. I'm not looking for tube grit, that's not "my sound" (and I can add a bit of fuzz with a pedal if i want that.) I'm looking for that tone that makes each note 'sing' and have just the right harmonics that make you feel like you're playing a Steinway piano. if that makes any sense. From what i can hear from youtube comparisons of the Monique, it seems to have a depth, musicality, and clarity to each note that i think i'd like.
 
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reddavid said:
thanks @BurningSkies. I have a small tecamp puma now that does fine. I've experimented with some of the newer 'popular' amps and they sound very sterile to me. no color or overtones to the note. I'm not looking for tube grit, that's not "my sound" (and I can add a bit of fuzz with a pedal if i want that.) I'm looking for that tone that makes each note 'sing' and have just the right harmonics that make you feel like you're playing a Steinway piano. if that makes any sense. From what i can hear from youtube comparisons of the Monique, it seems to have a depth, musicality, and clarity to each note that i think i'd like.
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What BurningSkies and you (depth, clarity, musicality) said is spot on. I 'overspent' my budget on a Tardis 700 but that was the best decision I made gearwise. I use either a Combustion 5 or an ABZ 5 with it (into Fearless 112s) and use preamp pedals if I want a bit of hair or grit, but the combination of punch, warmth and '3D openness' (how's that for a subjective tone description...) quality of the tone leaves me with a smile everytime I play through it. The ABZ5 FDVs are just lush with it, while it tames the combustion's FD3s - which I find (YMMV) a tiny bit aggressive (I'm really nitpicking) for my personal taste/what I play - just right.

This was a deciding factor (although I looked at the Demeter too... couldn't find one at 220V):

 
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reddavid said:
thanks @BurningSkies. I have a small tecamp puma now that does fine. I've experimented with some of the newer 'popular' amps and they sound very sterile to me. no color or overtones to the note. I'm not looking for tube grit, that's not "my sound" (and I can add a bit of fuzz with a pedal if i want that.) I'm looking for that tone that makes each note 'sing' and have just the right harmonics that make you feel like you're playing a Steinway piano. if that makes any sense. From what i can hear from youtube comparisons of the Monique, it seems to have a depth, musicality, and clarity to each note that i think i'd like.
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I keep two preamps on hand...one is a Kern IP-777, another all-tube high voltage pre with custom transformers, but it's an uber-Bassman design, so to me it's got a richer smoother thing happening. Its quite beautiful but I found live it felt a little slow & maybe a bit too smooth. So, that Fenderish thing but also clean. The Jule stuff feels more like classic Ampeg, etc. in how it shapes the notes there's just a sense of weight behind it, I think the tubes shape the notes a bit differently, which makes it feel like it has more punch to it on the front end of the note envelope. It doesn't have the high end sheen or air on the very very top end that modern hi-fi amps have so if you're looking for that glass in your upper treble, I don't think it's there.
 
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I've got a Jule M700 Tardis and Dovecage pre-amp (and an M2500) and they sound amazing. I switch between different amps for various purposes but the Jule is in the short list of amps I will use for most anything. Even with the Tone Capsule's already enhanced lows it pumps out a very clean, deep, and lush low-end without sacrificing anything in the mids or highs. It's very well balanced and does a better Ampeg than Ampeg. The only thing I have that comes close to it is the high-end Aguilar stuff.

On another note, if you are looking for piano-like tones I would recommend looking into Glockenklang. These are quite a different beast but I can tell you that I have specifically thought to myself that I could hear that sound when playing with these. They can get a bit bright and glassy but overall sound absolutely beautiful.
 
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VolverseLoco said:
Then were does you band play, outside the men's room by the shoeshine guy?
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Wish I had a dime for every gig I played on the floor with the dancers. Especially back in the 70s. I remember one frat party where we strung rope on the mic stands to mark off where the dancers end and the band starts. Then the whole floor (house w/ wooden floor) starts undulating with the music and the mics almost fell. Ahhh... good times. :smug: All for $15 and all the beer you can drink. :D Thank goodness any bar fight I saw found me on a stage though. :woot:
 
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Interesting colours coming out of the shop:

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reddavid said:
I read up on the Simone build/config. that looks really interesting. have you had more time to compare Monique and Simone?
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I actually only kept it for a short while. It was a tester from Jule that had made the rounds to a few players before me and was suffering a bit by the time I got it, so it went home to him for a final revision. The newer version has sorted out a few things and improved upon it. I'd actually like to have one as a rack mount...
 

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