[Studio42Participant]

I keep my wireless mic receivers near me at FOH where I have to do double duty doing mains and monitors. Granted, I’m analog running an A&H ML5000 48B, but I’m saving for an iLIve T112 with the IDR48.

My recommendation would be to get external antennas(LPDA’s would be my recommendation). Active might be a good way to go. That and an antenna distro/splitter would also be highly advisable. Personally, I’d prefer leave the wireless rack on my stagebox rack, but since I don’t have someone at monitor or stage, I have to keep an eye on things. I’ve been a decent distance from the stage and had good results.

I also run wireless in-ears. I run those down my Aviom system(no controllers, just the AN 16/i and 0 units, it’s just a transport system for me). Again, antenna combiner and external LPDA antenna. The IEM rack is at the stage though.

Once I go iLive, I won’t need the Aviom and I’ll just leave the wireless racks at the stage area regardless if I’ve got a guy a monitor land or not as the T112 surface doesn’t have enough local IO. I plan to use local IO for some basic recording and any playback decks I need to keep handy.

I look forward to the moment when I have sufficient cash in hand to buy my system. I hope the case offers are still in effect then. I also hope they upgrade to a 3-piece case for the surface so I don’t need help removing the lid.

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Chris Pickett, Studio42 916-601-7089
https://www.studio42.com
Allen & Heath ML5000 48B and future iLive T112/IDR48 owner.

[Studio42Participant]

I suppose if one must use external signal processing, you could use the local I/O to handle integrating this stuff, just like with a regular analog console.

I don’t think Yamaha would want to license their SPX engines and algorithms, but you never know. With so many pluggable options for the iLive, I suppose almost anything could be possible.

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Chris Pickett, Studio42 916-601-7089
https://www.studio42.com
Allen & Heath ML5000 48B and future iLive T112/IDR48 owner.

[Studio42Participant]

I gotta agree. I like what I’m hearing. Rack mounted UPS’s will be standard in my racks for my iLive system. I mean, once I get it, I’ll have over-budgetted anyways.

Then, onto some custom cabling and wiring so I can rack mount a wireless router so I can remote mount the antennas as well so all I have to do is roll up, plug in and get going. Of course, I’m still going to use a Furman power in those racks just to be safe.

For the cost, it’s cheap insurance. Since we’re dealing with “mission critical” devices in a live environment, anything we can do to minimize disaster should be taken. UPS’s aren’t that much and I do so much business with APC, I can definately get a few extra points off for a pair for myself.

Might as well learn from the mistakes of ohters. I sure as hell don’t have the time to make them all myself!

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Chris Pickett, Studio42 916-601-7089
https://www.studio42.com
Allen & Heath ML5000 48B and future iLive T112/IDR48 owner.

[Studio42Participant]

I agree that having the power for the mixrack on the front is a bad idea. That’s why my rack will have rails on the front and back, so I I can put the Furman unit and some other bits in the back. But the rack will still be at least 12-spaces, so plenty of room for other gear or routing cables. I can still put a light bar on the front inline with the mixrack’s front for illuminating that for the crew to be able to see what they are doing.

For live apps, I definately am not a fan of the IEC cables unless a lock bracket is included, and even then, I’m not a fan of it. I’d much prefer any sort of locking connector and a powercon would do just as good as anything else.

No point in going over the digital/analog debate. I love analog, love out it sounds. Already an A&H customer, and the iLive seems to be designed with the way I operate in mind. The iLive will be a great desk to have at my command once I get used to it. Once I get it, I’m just gonna lock myself up with it for a month or more and learn absoslutely everything, then work with a band for another month to do real-world testing for their rehearsals, then time to bring it out to the world. I have a learning curve for digital, and I’ll be able to take my time learning it while still having a fully functional system ready at a moment’s notice.

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Chris Pickett, Studio42 916-601-7089
https://www.studio42.com
Allen & Heath ML5000 48B and future iLive T112/IRD48 owner.

[Studio42Participant]

I like your idea. I was just thinking the same thing myself when looking at the big IDR48 pictures. The whole bank concept is nifty, but, sometimes, when pressure mounts and things are moving fast in a festival change-over or a troubleshooting under pressure scenario, it can be a bit confusing.

I can quickly do the “math” in my head to ensure I land in the right spot, but I like my current stage box that is clearly labelled 1-56, appropriately.

I like the bank option better for outputs. That grouping makes a bit more sense to me.

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Chris Pickett, Studio42 916-601-7089
https://www.studio42.com
Allen & Heath ML5000 48B and future iLive T112/IRD48 owner.

[Studio42Participant]

Well, I can’t speak for your greasy paws, but when have to clean displays, including touch screens, I’ve had good results sometimes with a damp towel or cloth. If I need a bit stronger, I’ll use a bit of Windex sprayed sparingly on a dry cloth or towel(cotton only!) and gently wipe and check from a zillion angles and repeat as necessary.

I use it on my iPhone, all my LCD screens on laptops, my flat panel Plasma, my CRT’s and many other plastic and glass surfaces.

It removes my greasy prints no problem.

As far as response time, I think firmware 1.53 is out and addresses this issue. Let’s see what A&H says to do. Patience and a show are two mutually exclusive things!

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Chris Pickett, Studio42 916-601-7089
https://www.studio42.com
Allen & Heath ML5000 48B and future iLive T112/IRD48 owner.

[Studio42Participant]

Suffer is the wrong word. I’m perfectly content with the ML5000, but my clients want digital since it’s the “thing to have these days”.

I’d gladly use the ML5000 until my fingers and ears wear out. But, when I upgrade, the ML5000 will be an ideal monitor desk. Just order my splitter cables and a few other parts and I’m there. Honestly, I’m sure I’ll find myself missing being behind that desk even once I get up to speed with the iLive. I just feel “at home” behind that ML5000.

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Chris Pickett, Studio42 916-601-7089
https://www.studio42.com
Allen & Heath ML5000 48B and future iLive T112/IRD48 owner.

[Studio42Participant]

Well, my thoughts are that the surface is merely a really fancy interface with some audio IO, and that ultimately, the shows are stored on the IDR-48, which could be flawed logic since shows can be loaded from the editor software as well as the surface. I intend to use my iLive both with and without the surface, but mainly with the surface. I have one cramped venue where not having the surface will be handy, just route extra cabling back to the IDR-48 so I can record right off a matrix set of outputs.

Since it seems to me that the IDR rack has to be powered up first, then the surface to sync, it would make sense to power down in reverse order of power on. At least that’s how my line of thought is working.

I do like how the power switch on the surface is not very accessible. Even so, I’d have appreciated a set of rails around it just to ensure no accidental pressings, perhaps even with a safety cover. No excuse for it bouncing around in a dog house and getting hit by accident. I also like how the IDR has no front-panel accessible power switch, which is just one less thing for people on the stage to try to mess with. But, when I get mine, it will arrive and be placed in a shock mounted rack with 4″ casters, and will have room for a Furman PL-Plus. Fortunately, bands know to not touch the stage gear. Since my application is pretty much touring, I gotta protect the gear best I can.

I’m anxious to see what A&H says. I think I’ll go read a few pages of the manual this evening. Since I’ll be waiting much longer than expected to dive in, might as well get caught up on printed material.

And to think, I could have bought mine in full in cash before the end of October….

I can’t totally complaint. I have an ML5000 48B and I absolutely love that console. I’ll just have to “suffer” another year with that fantastic console!

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Chris Pickett, Studio42 916-601-7089
https://www.studio42.com
Allen & Heath ML5000 48B and future iLive T112/IRD48 owner.

[Studio42Participant]

I don’t have an iLive T112 with an IDR48 yet. Thanks to a client changing contract payment terms, I will now have to put off my purchase over 18 months, while taking a massive loss. Isn’t small business great?
(I have to pay up front, but the client pays me back monthly… I’m out the money up front, client has now crippled business for the year since all my capital was tied into that purchase for them)

Anyhow, powering off? I’d power off my amps first. Last on, first off. Why change that? Then I’d say the surface, then the rack. Smack your colleague around until he gets it through his thick skull the proper order of things.

Powering off the IDR rack? All my racks have a Furman power unit of some sort in there, which has power on the front, plus I almost always go for the units with the lights on the front. Flip the lit-up red switch to power on/off.

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Chris Pickett, Studio42 916-601-7089
https://www.studio42.com
Allen & Heath ML5000 48B and future iLive T112/IRD48 owner.

[Studio42Participant]

According to how A&H presents it, it sounds like it is as simple as that: buy the right monitor and hook up the VGA and USB from the display and you’re ready to go.

I’m rarely in the same place more than 1 day unless it’s a multi-day event, which is nice because it means I don’t have to load up the truck and have to drive to the next site and do it all again the next day.

If you’re in a fixed location, why not spoil yourself a little bit and provide yourself with a few extra tools to make life a bit easier. Never any harm in that if you can afford it.

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Chris Pickett, Studio42 916-601-7089
https://www.studio42.com
Allen & Heath ML5000 48B and future iLive T112/IRD48 owner.

[Studio42Participant]

I’d guess that since the iLive series has, or at least in pictures, appears to have a 15-pin VGA video output port, plus the USB ports, that you should be good to go with the larger external screen solution A&H recommended.

Looking at page 10 of the iLive(not iLive T-series) reference manual, I see that there is in fact a VGA port, which as they say “Option to connect a monitor screen to the VGA output to duplicate the TouchScreen Display”. Plus, with the very specific recommendation by A&H, I’d say you don’t need to do anything outside of get the right display and fnd something to stand it on. I suppose with the doghouse area being rather sparse, assuming you have a road case, I guess you could somehow find a way to permanently mount a swing-arm intended for mounted an LCD flat panel display onto if you must go for compact.

For me, I don’t want to lug around an extra screen since I’ll be mobile 95% of time since I’m a live sound production company. It’s nice to know there is an option.

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Chris Pickett, Studio42 916-601-7089
https://www.studio42.com
Allen & Heath ML5000 48B and future iLive T112/IRD48 owner.

[Studio42Participant]

Autographs?

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Chris Pickett, Studio42 916-601-7089
https://www.studio42.com
Allen & Heath ML5000 48B and future iLive T112/IRD48 owner.

[Studio42Participant]

Sure, a Sharpie with the cap on should work, but in my past experiences, I find I need a smaller tip that is a not quite so smooth. But that’s just me.

I’m still getting uesd to my iPhone and my Nintendo DS!

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Chris Pickett, Studio42 916-601-7089
https://www.studio42.com
Allen & Heath ML5000 48B and future iLive T112/IRD48 owner.

[Studio42Participant]

It’s nice to see not only A&H standing behind the product, but responding to known working solutions for what could be common issues such as this, so we don’t have to go find out for ourselves.

I think if I can handle my iPhone, I’m probably doing pretty good as far as being “toch screen” compatible. I just wonder how I’ll be when the crap starts flying thick and heavy when I do a festival show and for some reason a band starts tanking on me and it’s time to get off the “donut chair” so I can “pull a miracle out of the posterior” to compensate for a bad band.

Time is ticking down until I can afford an iLive T112 with an IRD48. I just hope i still have money left over for road cases! A&H was great in letting me play with an ML5000 a while back which resulted in the sale of a ML5000 48B. Been pleased with the attitude of the company(as opposed to some of the others who won’t give me the time of day), and so A&H and I seem to be a natural choice for each other.

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Chris Pickett, Studio42 916-601-7089
https://www.studio42.com
Allen & Heath ML5000 48B and future iLive T112/IRD48 owner.

[Studio42Participant]

I’m planning on upgrading to Snow Leopard fairly soon, but even so, I’m buying it in a few days so I have it handy when it comes time to upgrade. I’m mainly holding off since DigiDesign is saying to wait. Since I do most of my work on an MacBook Pro running BootCamp, I also have XP Home loaded on the machine. I find if some upgrade/update causes something I use(such as ProTools) to stop working, I boot to the other OS and keep on chugging along. Sort of a best of both worlds. The current iLive editor, to the best of what I can determine, works just fine on XP on a MacBook Pro. Of course, I don’t have an iLive system yet, so I’m learing the editor to jump start my learning. I haven’t installed it when booted as a Mac yet. I mainly use this laptop as a PC, but I prefer ProTools as a Mac.

My solution is good as it means fewer computers to lug around, or at least in theory.

I wonder what will happen when Apple runs out of big cats to name their OS after? Could be interesting!

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Chris Pickett, Studio42 916-601-7089
https://www.studio42.com
Allen & Heath ML5000 48B and future iLive T112/IRD48 owner.

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