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    Re: Any gigging musos on Hexus?

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    I do studio work too. Here's one I worked on earlier


    Is that a 5.1 studio monitor system in there? Bejesus. I need to get some paying gigs so I've got more money to invest on kit

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    Re: Any gigging musos on Hexus?

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    Is that a 5.1 studio monitor system in there? Bejesus. I need to get some paying gigs so I've got more money to invest on kit
    PMC TB2S-Aii 5.1 with TLE1S subwoofer in the main studio. In the other studio we have PMC IB1S-Aii in stereo. We also have a listening room with one off activated PMC FB1i. If you've not guessed we're big PMC fans, and are lucky enough to have a good relationship with them.

    Frankly nothing comes close to their honesty and their build quality has to be seen to be believed. The tolerances involved are similar to F1 engineering! Every speaker they build has every component value recorded. That way should they ever go wrong or be serviced they can pull the file on your speaker and only replace components which have the exact same values. This way you don't have to 're-learn' how your speakers sound; as a professional this is obviously rather important.

    Just noticed the press release from SSL has gone live - here's the blurb about the desk, and there's some nice piccies of the monitors too:

    http://www.solidstatelogic.com/news/...asp?ID=418&T=M

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    Re: Any gigging musos on Hexus?

    I take it that's you looking understably smug in the photo I looked at the uni website but it looks like you only do the BA in Music Tech, and I really can't afford to put myself through another batchelors... *sigh*

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    Re: Any gigging musos on Hexus?

    All of my mates who did popular music and recording all live around the manchester area (Chorlton) and are all still heavily into all aspects of the life. Not sure how or which one could help you out... but im sure one of them could

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    Re: Any gigging musos on Hexus?

    Where have you looked at in Manchester ? I'm currently studying at SSR and they have a masses of music based courses, including a live course, for which they have a live music venue to practice in with mobile mixing stations... Jay who runs the live courses spent years touring with people like Doves, Elbow, Snow Patrol... and takes the students out to sound checks at places like the MEN and Academy for bands like Marilyn Manson, Elbow... and then shadow the crew during the gig etc

    I'm not doing a music based course (Film&TV Audio) so don't know about it massively well, but it's worth coming along to an open evening to get a look at what they do...

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    If you've not guessed we're big PMC fans, and are lucky enough to have a good relationship with them.
    Mmmm, PMCs are nice, the main studio at SSR has PMC MB2S-A monitors running to a fully restored and rewired Neve VRP60/40 desk they rescued from a demolition in eastern Europe somewhere - apparently they had to fly an acoustic engineer from Germany over and pay him to consult on the acoustics of the studio before PMC would ALLOW them to purchase the monitors.

    I'm not allowed in there, its music only, I do get full rights on the Icon based 5.1 studio though
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    Re: Any gigging musos on Hexus?

    I looked at SSR (since it's a single straight bus journey from our current house ), but their professional courses are way too expensive for me at the minute. That said, I looked at two or three other places and they're all about they same price - it's just one I can't afford! For what you get on them they'd probably be well worth it, but that doesn't help if you don't have the readies...

    I'll probably look at doing one once the wife's finished Uni and we've got a bit more steady income. Or if I actually make some money off teching (although the problem in Manchester is that a lot of the student bands can probably get rigs from uni / college pretty cheap...). Or perhaps I'll be lucky enough to find a paying tech job oince my current contract runs out in March (although that's almost certainly wishful thinking...)

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    Re: Any gigging musos on Hexus?

    Quote Originally Posted by Barakka View Post
    Where have you looked at in Manchester ? I'm currently studying at SSR and they have a masses of music based courses, including a live course, for which they have a live music venue to practice in with mobile mixing stations... Jay who runs the live courses spent years touring with people like Doves, Elbow, Snow Patrol... and takes the students out to sound checks at places like the MEN and Academy for bands like Marilyn Manson, Elbow... and then shadow the crew during the gig etc

    I'm not doing a music based course (Film&TV Audio) so don't know about it massively well, but it's worth coming along to an open evening to get a look at what they do...



    Mmmm, PMCs are nice, the main studio at SSR has PMC MB2S-A monitors running to a fully restored and rewired Neve VRP60/40 desk they rescued from a demolition in eastern Europe somewhere - apparently they had to fly an acoustic engineer from Germany over and pay him to consult on the acoustics of the studio before PMC would ALLOW them to purchase the monitors.

    I'm not allowed in there, its music only, I do get full rights on the Icon based 5.1 studio though
    Funnily enough I was talking to PMC about that very studio a month or so ago. That german guy is who PMC use for most of their professional stuff and he's exceptionally talented at what he does. Very reasonable as well so I understand.


    Quote Originally Posted by scaryjim View Post
    I take it that's you looking understably smug in the photo I looked at the uni website but it looks like you only do the BA in Music Tech, and I really can't afford to put myself through another batchelors... *sigh*
    Yes that's me. Watch this space; other courses at post grad will follow.

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    ... Watch this space; other courses at post grad will follow.
    Wooooo I'll keep my eyes open.

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