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mtman1

Aug 11, 2010
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I was thinking about buying a Jam Hub for band practice. I was wondering if anyone has ever used one and if they liked it. I will probably get the bedroom model. I will be using Bass, Electric Drums, Guitar and vocals. Thanks.
 
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They look good to me but you can probably achieve the same effect far cheaper with a mixing desk and a headphone amplifier. You also can double up the use of the mixer for live. We do rehearsals in cans and it works well-no volume wars, everthing's a clear as you want it, and if someone wants to blast their head off with noise then the choice is theirs.
 
#4
The JamHub is cool in that everyone can create their own mix. I put my bass and mic up front of everything else on my channel. If someone else wants to blast or reduce something, they can do as they please. So it's a little more than just a small mixer and headphone amp. There's also a small variety of effects and a wet/dry mix for the mics. They're not amazing or anything - and you can't combine or customize them - but it's nice to not sing into a dry mic.
 
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Rob Lewis said:
They look good to me but you can probably achieve the same effect far cheaper with a mixing desk and a headphone amplifier. You also can double up the use of the mixer for live. We do rehearsals in cans and it works well-no volume wars, everthing's a clear as you want it, and if someone wants to blast their head off with noise then the choice is theirs.
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I'm don't think this is true. With the jam hub you can create separate mixes for each of the musicians plugged in. with a mixer you would need a several aux channels to do this and I don't think you can get a cheap mixer with 4 aux channels, which the smllaest Jam hub has for 300 bucks.
Plus you get the headphone amp in the jam hub package

That being said I quote myself:

It's a very nice piece of hardware. The fact that it allows you to create a monitor mix for each of the musicians it's very good. However using one increases the expenses a lot. To be able to exploit its potential you would need to buy an e-Drum kit and good headphones for each of the musicians.

IME, it takes out the fun of rehearsing asyou don't feel the pounding of theampand an acoustic drumkit. I didn't like the experience of using one at all.
 

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