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Post by stevepie on May 24, 2008 11:36:33 GMT 1
I just bought a Soundcraft Vi6 .......... see Soundcraft web for full details ............ ooooohh, its scary... 64 ins and up to 34 outs ...... and no multi-core ( hurrah ) ... all sent up a lump of Cat5. ( is 'lump' a technical term ?? ) Available for hire ----- contact me through here. Thanks, Steve.
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Post by soundmanjim on May 26, 2008 14:11:54 GMT 1
how much to hire it steven?
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Post by stevepie on May 26, 2008 20:02:10 GMT 1
Jim ..... standard rate is £300 per day - weekly price based on a 4 day week. Thats the same as Concert Sound, ML, or any of the 'big boys' ................ Regards, Steve.
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Post by soundmanjim on May 28, 2008 23:54:57 GMT 1
love to hire that on one of my alldayers!!! thanks mate, info noted.
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Post by soundmanjim on May 28, 2008 23:55:44 GMT 1
ESL didnt need me apparently by the way - i think its becuase i was a bit late getting to them; your original e mail was in my junk folder. doh. never mind.
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Post by sw2407 on Jun 5, 2008 23:14:26 GMT 1
BTW - did you buy a new one or a 2nd hand one - there are a few being touted around at the moment..................If new I hope you didn't pay "List" price!
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Post by stevepie on Jun 6, 2008 11:46:24 GMT 1
tis a part worn ......... it wasnt far from you .......... has now been checked over by Soundcraft / they've confirmed its got the latest software installed / and very very low hours use ......... and a bargain too !!
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Post by sw2407 on Jun 6, 2008 21:58:56 GMT 1
Now know where you got it - good move to get it checked over, most of his gear was seriously abused - Spoke to the purchaser of a lot of the Shure radio kit today, and a lot of it has had to go got repair!
Word on the street is you got a bargain though!
Best of luck.
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Post by stevepie on Jun 7, 2008 9:52:00 GMT 1
I thought you'd suss the previous owner !! Yes, a lot of the stuff had been abused ....... the d&b cabs in particular were in a terrible state . I have spent a few hours and a few quid tidying up the racks ( bad cable management / very dusty inside etc )but all looking groovy now. Soundcraft man has verified the total hours usage........ thankfully extremely low as i suspected, ie predominantly a lighting company that did a bit of audio too ?? Its been on soak now for 3 days, all working fine ......... can be very complex if you need it to be !!
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Post by sw2407 on Jun 7, 2008 10:10:30 GMT 1
You are right - a lighting company that could not walk away from anything - was undercutting everyone just to get work & that meant he could not pay the bills. Pity really, as I'm told he was a nice guy - just not a business brain. One job we costed at over £10,000 on hire alone, he quoted £3,500 for to INCLUDE labour!
He didn't pay his freelancers for months which meant only the bad ones who could not get work anywhere else worked for him - result was trashed gear. Some of that d&b was less than 18 months old!
We bought a pile on new SOCO cable for a bargain, (13 x 20 metres!)some new wind up stands & some new DI boxes and Par 56s we wanted. I was too scared to bid on any of the electronics in case of a big repair bill.
We bought an i-LIVE instead! Out with it tonight for 1st real gig - and recording off it (just 2 track) NO MULTICORE and NO OUTBOARD, yet full facilities on every input and output. It's a no-brainer now. Analogue is not dead, but it is going to slowly fade away!
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Post by stevepie on Jun 10, 2008 20:43:58 GMT 1
Spent all day today with a Soundcraft Vi6 tech support guy showing us what the Vi6 is really capable of .................... OMG !!!!!!!!!!!!!! .......... if anyone is interested in digital mixing i suggest you book a place on the next Vi6 training day. I / we learnt more today than i ever imagined. Thoroughly enjoyable but as scary as hell !!!! Full credit to Soundcraft for their customer support .......... this guy Ian was brilliant, had the desk apart in 3 mins , confirmed it'd got the screen and fader upgrades and installed the latest version of their software. Now its all ready to rock ........ cant wait.
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Post by soundmanjim on Jun 11, 2008 1:52:36 GMT 1
certainly is a winner - easiest digital desk ive used live so far.
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Post by razorback on Jun 29, 2008 1:57:46 GMT 1
That's a desk I want to use! Hope you have fun with it. Now just to see if I can get the WSAF (Warwick arts festival) budget to cover it next year... Rather than a million year old GL3300  |
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Post by Simon Ryder on Jun 29, 2008 20:07:58 GMT 1
If you need more of them Steve, I now have 4 * Vi6s available and a Vi4. They are finding huge favour on tours and festis this Summer. I find quite a few "analogue" engineers are being well and truly won over this year. A friend of mine who is mixing Bjork this Summer has one rather than his usual XL4.
Incidentally list prices are the same as every one else (though we work on a 3 day week). Email me for trade pricing.
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Post by stevepie on Jun 30, 2008 12:27:46 GMT 1
Simon .... 4 x VI6's noted  ........ it certainly has generated a lot of interest ......... prob out for 4 weeks with a seriously big name soon ..... watch this space. We've used it a couple of times on smaller shows - just to have a play really - and by eck, its awesome. Also used the new RCF TT line array ......... thats pretty scary too ............ 4 off 2x18 sub and 8 cells mid-hi per side a Vi6 fits neatly into a 4M Sprinter ............ now thats the way to tour !!!!! |
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........ it certainly has generated a lot of interest ......... prob out for 4 weeks with a seriously big name soon ..... watch this space. We've used it a couple of times on smaller shows - just to have a play really - and by eck, its awesome. Also used the new RCF TT line array ......... thats pretty scary too ............ 4 off 2x18 sub and 8 cells mid-hi per side a Vi6 fits neatly into a 4M Sprinter ............ now thats the way to tour !!!!!