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<blockquote data-quote="Karl Barnes" data-source="post: 83235" data-attributes="member: 2121"><p>First gig with a complete X32/S16/P16 system</p><p></p><p>Just a quick to post to mention that after a couple of weeks of rehearsals with my band, we finally gigged with our complete X32 system at the weekend.</p><p></p><p>X32</p><p>S16 x 2</p><p>P16-M x 5</p><p>P16-D</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]152109[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]152110[/ATTACH]</p><p>The S16's and P16-D are in the rack case somewhere!</p><p>There's even room at the front for some wireless bits.</p><p>The ABS rack is MIDI stuff for the bass player.</p><p> </p><p>This is the way that gigs should be.</p><p>I set up the desk at FOH, plugged in the mains power (I have a block inside the case that also feeds a wireless router, also fixed into the case) and the CAT5 snake and that was it. In only a couple of mins, FOH was ready to go.</p><p>It was pleasantly strange to only make one connection to the desk, rather than having to hookup 32 XLRs and then the inserts.</p><p>It looked a lot tidier as well. Only two cables poking out from the dogbox (mains and CAT5).</p><p>The CAT5 snake was easily deployed to the stage and packed away afterwards (in fact, one of the female venue techs did that, on her own; it used to take two men to wrestle with the analog snakes we carried!).</p><p>Btw, it's the Thomann 50m blue snake. In rehearsal, I hooked it up to our spare and ran the full 100m with no issues.</p><p>OK, so all the cable stayed on the reels. I don't know how that would play out in a real world situation.</p><p></p><p>At the stage end, it was just a matter of plugging the instruments into their channels and we were away.</p><p>I'm glad I put the time in with the rehearsals, as the S16's needed to be set up, as well as getting the desk to talk to them.</p><p>But that only had to be done the once.</p><p>It's all plug and play now.</p><p></p><p>The guys have used the P16-M's for a while now, and they love them. Send them everything pre-fade and they can only blame themselves for a bad IEM mix! Mind you, they've now all turned on the guitar player and told him to sort his levels out!</p><p></p><p>The one big thing I noticed was how much quiter the PA system self noise was when connecting the PA amps to the S16's.</p><p>The analog run from the S16's to the amps was only about 3m, which I suppose was the reason for this.</p><p>Before the S16's the amps were fed from the outputs on the desk, down 35m of analog snake.</p><p>There aren't enough superlatives to describe how good this system is for the application I bought it for.</p><p>It does everything I've ever wanted from a desk, snake and personal monitoring system and at an amazing price.</p><p>Bring on the v2 software, et al...</p><p></p><p>Speaking of things to come, has anyone got hold of the IQ speakers yet?</p><p>I'd very much like to take some for a test drive.....</p><p></p><p>Karl.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Karl Barnes, post: 83235, member: 2121"] First gig with a complete X32/S16/P16 system Just a quick to post to mention that after a couple of weeks of rehearsals with my band, we finally gigged with our complete X32 system at the weekend. X32 S16 x 2 P16-M x 5 P16-D [ATTACH=CONFIG]152109.vB5-legacyid=6271[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]152110.vB5-legacyid=6272[/ATTACH] The S16's and P16-D are in the rack case somewhere! There's even room at the front for some wireless bits. The ABS rack is MIDI stuff for the bass player. This is the way that gigs should be. I set up the desk at FOH, plugged in the mains power (I have a block inside the case that also feeds a wireless router, also fixed into the case) and the CAT5 snake and that was it. In only a couple of mins, FOH was ready to go. It was pleasantly strange to only make one connection to the desk, rather than having to hookup 32 XLRs and then the inserts. It looked a lot tidier as well. Only two cables poking out from the dogbox (mains and CAT5). The CAT5 snake was easily deployed to the stage and packed away afterwards (in fact, one of the female venue techs did that, on her own; it used to take two men to wrestle with the analog snakes we carried!). Btw, it's the Thomann 50m blue snake. In rehearsal, I hooked it up to our spare and ran the full 100m with no issues. OK, so all the cable stayed on the reels. I don't know how that would play out in a real world situation. At the stage end, it was just a matter of plugging the instruments into their channels and we were away. I'm glad I put the time in with the rehearsals, as the S16's needed to be set up, as well as getting the desk to talk to them. But that only had to be done the once. It's all plug and play now. The guys have used the P16-M's for a while now, and they love them. Send them everything pre-fade and they can only blame themselves for a bad IEM mix! Mind you, they've now all turned on the guitar player and told him to sort his levels out! The one big thing I noticed was how much quiter the PA system self noise was when connecting the PA amps to the S16's. The analog run from the S16's to the amps was only about 3m, which I suppose was the reason for this. Before the S16's the amps were fed from the outputs on the desk, down 35m of analog snake. There aren't enough superlatives to describe how good this system is for the application I bought it for. It does everything I've ever wanted from a desk, snake and personal monitoring system and at an amazing price. Bring on the v2 software, et al... Speaking of things to come, has anyone got hold of the IQ speakers yet? I'd very much like to take some for a test drive..... Karl. [/QUOTE]
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