As a follow up to my previous post, I emailed back and forth with Mike Pope and he was extremely helpful. Changed some jumpers and took a set of HighBeams out of the string soak and I am totally digging the sound now.
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As a follow up to my previous post, I emailed back and forth with Mike Pope and he was extremely helpful. Changed some jumpers and took a set of HighBeams out of the string soak and I am totally digging the sound now.
CrashClint
I Play Bass therefore I Am
You should do another recording and share your jumper settings. That is one thing I like about Mike Pope and John East, they both promptly respond to Emails and are very helpful. Another one that is also great is James Demeter but it is best to reach him by phone.
Just want to share with you Roscoeheads about the 64 Audio IEMs. Before I bought my A4's I was using a less expensive set of ear buds and I noticed I was constantly turning up the volume as the gig went on due to ear fatigue. At the end I noticed I had turned up the volume significantly. I left the volume where it was set on the headphone amp from the night before and listened to an mp3 and thought I was going to blow my ear drums out. I did research and found the 1964/64 Audio page here on TB a year ago and started saving my money. I have been using the A4's with ADEL Technology and have to say these IEMs are impressive. I have reduced my volume by 75% and hear all instruments clearly. These also give a lot of isolation so you are hearing the mix through the IEMs and not a lot of bleed over. It used to be painful to stand next to some drummers with my old IEMs but now I have to have drums put in my mix. I am not affiliated nor am I endorsed by 64 Audio, just a huge fan of their IEMs. I use these for listening to mp3s as well for 4 plus hours a day at work and no ear fatigue and I don't hear my noisy suite mates.
Here's a pic of my IEMs Clint ...... They don't fit in my ear but they sure sound nice and move some air!
My motto is: "If I can't use my rig I won't do the gig!"
So, I saw Jimmy Haslip play at the Iridium last night as a member of the Oz Noy Trio, working w/ Weckl on the kit (and Oz, duh, on guitar). Jimmy sounded marvelous on his 6-string Roscoe (thru a markbass rig w/ electrical tape covering the logos). I realize that's neither here nor there, but figured this was as good a place to post this observation as any other. 
Of course, I'm sure Jimmy would make the low end sing playing shipping boxes strung w/ jump ropes, but he seemed so comfortable on his Roscoe, and sounded real, real good.
Peace.
PS: Yeah, the band smoked. Seriously killed.
Of course, I'm sure Jimmy would make the low end sing playing shipping boxes strung w/ jump ropes, but he seemed so comfortable on his Roscoe, and sounded real, real good.
Peace.
PS: Yeah, the band smoked. Seriously killed.
CrashClint
I Play Bass therefore I Am
What is the deal with that filthy Roscoe in the pic, don't you ever wipe the neck down?
LOL
That's actually a Gecko that I put together many many years ago. And I paid extra for the dirty wood!
CrashClint
I Play Bass therefore I Am
I believe Jimmy has an endorsement deal with Aguilar so I could see him covering the logos.
So, I saw Jimmy Haslip play at the Iridium last night as a member of the Oz Noy Trio, working w/ Weckl on the kit (and Oz, duh, on guitar). Jimmy sounded marvelous on his 6-string Roscoe (thru a markbass rig w/ electrical tape covering the logos). I realize that's neither here nor there, but figured this was as good a place to post this observation as any other.
Yeah, I figured it was something like that. The regular house backline includes markbass gear.
I have a set of DR Stainless Lowriders, used one gig, taken off my Century. I love the Sunbeams and Nickel Lowriders, thought I would try the stainless, but don't like them at all. I hate to just toss them, send me your address and they are yours (conus).
Mark
Mark
+1 to that Clint. I got my A4's shortly after you did. When at church I'm running my volumeat 1/2 what it was before. For you guys who play live with a rig, switching to or adding IEM's will protect your hearing. The fitted earpieces create a great seal and protect you from high stage volume.Just want to share with you Roscoeheads about the 64 Audio IEMs. Before I bought my A4's I was using a less expensive set of ear buds and I noticed I was constantly turning up the volume as the gig went on due to ear fatigue. At the end I noticed I had turned up the volume significantly. I left the volume where it was set on the headphone amp from the night before and listened to an mp3 and thought I was going to blow my ear drums out. I did research and found the 1964/64 Audio page here on TB a year ago and started saving my money. I have been using the A4's with ADEL Technology and have to say these IEMs are impressive. I have reduced my volume by 75% and hear all instruments clearly. These also give a lot of isolation so you are hearing the mix through the IEMs and not a lot of bleed over. It used to be painful to stand next to some drummers with my old IEMs but now I have to have drums put in my mix. I am not affiliated nor am I endorsed by 64 Audio, just a huge fan of their IEMs. I use these for listening to mp3s as well for 4 plus hours a day at work and no ear fatigue and I don't hear my noisy suite mates.
Too late for that Dennis .........
And I'm not so sure how true that really is (IEM's protecting your hearing). They can be run at levels much louder than I'm subjected to in front of my little 1-12 Berg (and the IEM's are injecting sound directly into your ears).
Agree to disagree.Too late for that Dennis .........
And I'm not so sure how true that really is (IEM's protecting your hearing). They can be run at levels much louder than I'm subjected to in front of my little 1-12 Berg (and the IEM's are injecting sound directly into your ears).
'can' being the operative word.
They can also be run at levels much lower than stage volume due to excellent sound isolation properties. To the extent that many IEM users want some kind of 'ambience' added to the monitor mix so they are not totally isolated from other players and band reaction.
Cr&ppy earbuds that provide poor isolation and inferior reproduction are going to need more volume to compensate.
My Westone UMPro30's seem to provide a good balance (for me) of excellent noise rejection but not so much that I feel totally isolated from my surroundings, and excellent reproduction so I don't need to turn them up loud to hear bass. As a fretless player, I rely on my ability to hear what I'm doing. I'd love to have the opportunity to move up to the higher echelons of 64's for instance, but that'll have to wait until until the band is making more than it is costing... (Meanwhile, it's earplugs every session to preserve what I've got...)
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I'm sure that my limited experience with IEM's is the driving negative force in bad attitude of IEM's. I had to share a monitor station with a guitar player and when he turned up his guitar in the mix it also turned it up in my mix. I literally thought that I might have blood oozing out of my ears after that gig! It was terrible! I'm sure that some venues (and churches) do it right but the couple that I played did not. On the other hand, the guys that I've played with the last 15 years maintain a very decent (low) stage volume and the tone that I get out of my Berg (mixed with the floor monitors) is just wonderful. I'm sure if IEM's are done right (good equipment and good sound personnel) it works really well. But oh do I love hearing and FEELING my bass tone!
Enjoy your A4's guys!
I'm more into B3's & C3's.
OK, back to the topic of Roscoe's!
Enjoy your A4's guys!
I'm more into B3's & C3's.
OK, back to the topic of Roscoe's!
I have JH Audio JH16 IEMs. It literally hurts to play live without them. They are eight driver monitors so the freq response is way better than a typical bass rig. Years of loud gigs, loud jet engines, and loud cockpits have done a number on my ears so I have to take every precaution I can. Part of the reason why I'll probably never fly the 737 (stupid loud).
...lemme guess, the other part is you don't want to be seen flying a football with wings?
"...nice punt."
I'm no fan of the 737 in pax-mode, but I have seen both C-5's and SuperGuppy in flight. You wanna talk football...
