FFPA our story
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Topic: FFPA our story
Posted By: nuclearbass
Subject: FFPA our story
Date Posted: 26 September 2011 at 6:50pm
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From the begining lol.... scroll thru the pages to see my progression....  ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
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Posted By: Sparkydude
Date Posted: 26 September 2011 at 7:42pm
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Nice job Rich :-) That Peavy needs to go though ;-) ------------- Con te partirò |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 26 September 2011 at 7:45pm
that was 2 year ago, the rigs come on heaps since then, im gunna upload some more tomorow ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Sparkydude wrote:Posted By: Edd Jordan
Date Posted: 26 September 2011 at 9:26pm
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are they apt's in the tops? ------------- I do a sideline in ply wood wheels. |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 26 September 2011 at 9:47pm
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doubt it lol, there as bog standard as they come mate ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: Edd Jordan
Date Posted: 26 September 2011 at 10:24pm
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so what are they then? they look pretty small just wondering realy. wasn't a dig at the system. ------------- I do a sideline in ply wood wheels. |
Posted By: Timebomb
Date Posted: 27 September 2011 at 12:42am
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Ita generic horn, blue aran sell them as fane FH.195, other people sell them as other things. ------------- James Secker facebook.com/soundgearuk James@soundgear.co.uk www.soundgear.co.uk |
Posted By: Edd Jordan
Date Posted: 27 September 2011 at 12:55am
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doh! just install 2 of those on my own project!! cant believe i couldn't figuer out what they were. err its to hot today. any how like to see some pics of how this rig has progressed. ------------- I do a sideline in ply wood wheels. |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 27 September 2011 at 7:13am
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wasnt sure what tops they were mate, they just come stadard with the intimidation aka 215s, but they wernt much cop as the tops blew after been used around 6 times, anyways i bought these off ebay. used these 3 times then sold em on as they were rediculasly heavy  ill upload some more pics later when i get home as after this i started buying some lighting and some half decent box's.... all off here
------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 27 September 2011 at 9:43pm
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After i realised these were too heavy and i also needed more kick for my music i bought 4 hd 15s of maxwell on here, they were very dinted and tatty so neded a bit of tlc, and so did the mids i bought off soundsystemdan, also off here... also made some boxs for the horns and comps i bought, again off here    heres a pic of a small bassline event i did with the 2 reflex, 2 hds & some cheap peavy mid tops  ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: Edd Jordan
Date Posted: 27 September 2011 at 11:17pm
Liking the progression.  ------------- I do a sideline in ply wood wheels. |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 28 September 2011 at 8:28am
the mids wen i first got them ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: AUDIO HABIT
Date Posted: 28 September 2011 at 10:05am
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good to see your progression here rich,i know its looking dam fine now you have bought the whole of the speaker plans for sale section .....but also funny to see you fell for the old intimidation speakers as everyone does at first...i did the same but got prosound lol ------------- https://www.facebook.com/fxstageproductions |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 28 September 2011 at 10:18am
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they cost me a whopping £50 of ebay lol.... rigs getting there now, i have half decent lighting "for sm,aller gigs anyways", just need sum subs now :) but apparently i gotta buy presents for xmas now lol ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 28 September 2011 at 9:07pm
just stripped the guts outta the cans i got off biggus.....ready to be sand blasted and re-painted ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: AUDIO HABIT
Date Posted: 29 September 2011 at 3:39am
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what the hell are they rich??? some sort of par cans? ------------- https://www.facebook.com/fxstageproductions |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 29 September 2011 at 7:05am
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yeh im guessing there some old style sqaure ones... kick out some light tho, n there less bulky ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 30 September 2011 at 7:08am
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this is a small charity event the rig was at, with some lighting 
------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: idzard
Date Posted: 30 September 2011 at 8:05pm
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Are those microscans? |
Posted By: MattStolton
Date Posted: 01 October 2011 at 3:16pm
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They look to me like the Light Engineering parabem 300 Cans, designed for sealed beam Par 56 lamps. Nice design, until the hank bushes go loose. ------------- Matt Stolton - Technical Director (!!!) - http://www.wildingsound.co.uk" rel="nofollow - Wilding Sound Ltd "Sparkius metiretur vestra" - "Meter Your Mains" |
Posted By: Plaguesguitarist
Date Posted: 01 October 2011 at 3:46pm
Lampie mate of mine has 16 of them. Some were specially made for Electromusic in Doncaster too. ------------- Why did the lampy cross the road? To steal MY sharpie. |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 01 October 2011 at 4:37pm
there acme party scans ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 20 October 2011 at 7:58pm
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ive just had the cans back, sand blasted and sprayed... ready to but the guts back in!! 
   ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: Biggus
Date Posted: 20 October 2011 at 8:11pm
| wow them cans look really well mate! how did you do it? glad there getting another lease of life |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 20 October 2011 at 8:17pm
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Sandblasted n powder coating ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: Biggus
Date Posted: 20 October 2011 at 8:20pm
| Did you do them yourself or pay someone if so how much if you don't mind me asking? |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 20 October 2011 at 8:21pm
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My mate did them, cost me a 4 pack ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: Biggus
Date Posted: 20 October 2011 at 8:23pm
| wow hes a good mate.. looking good anyway dude! |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 20 October 2011 at 8:30pm
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Aye he is that...... ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: AJordan
Date Posted: 21 October 2011 at 8:59pm
| I got eight of those. Use em four a side on t bars nice to see someone else using em I was starting to think Iwas on my own. |
Posted By: Biggus
Date Posted: 22 October 2011 at 3:57pm
| I use 8 of them aswell. I think its nice to have some big lighting as well as lighting effects. |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 22 October 2011 at 5:41pm
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biggus were you after some stripping n painting?? i could have a word with the guy if you like ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: Biggus
Date Posted: 22 October 2011 at 6:17pm
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Hi mate, Mine are better condition what yours where, but unsure if its worth me stripping back and repainting, as mine have flickers of paint on them and a few scratches, think depends on price really. but heres a pic. http://i54.tinypic.com/2j68y7m.jpg |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 22 October 2011 at 8:52pm
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yeh they are all in decent condition to be fair.. al have a word with him ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: maxwell92
Date Posted: 27 November 2011 at 9:45pm
 Looking smart, just need to paint those horns! |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 27 November 2011 at 9:46pm
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There just temperory boxs so havnt painted them..gunna make some after xmas ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 09 January 2012 at 3:29pm
had the rig out on my garden for a quick test to find i have a druiver down... this is going to be the last pic i put up of the rig till ive built my new hds, and changed my colour scheme
   ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: Strange Daze
Date Posted: 10 January 2012 at 10:46am
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Looking GOOD! Personally, I'd stack the Blue HDs, spalyed side-ways...with the black ones (also side-ways), on top, beneath Dan's old Omni-Tops (nice refurb on them by the way).. That'd look tidy as fook, and give you (ever so slightly), better dispersion in my experience. :) |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 10 January 2012 at 11:08am
would that sound better?
i havnt really tried different variations as yet, this was just a quick rig up and a play i had at home..
I didnt think it would make much difference to wich way the hds were stacked as long as all the mooths were togeva..
Any one else add any input to this? ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: mk2_ginger_biscuit69
Date Posted: 10 January 2012 at 12:18pm
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haha, Plymouth union have mountains of those oldstyle par 56/36/birdies, some still installed in the stage room, and many more sat in the cupboard with blown lamps!! think we skipped a good 30 last year which were dented ect to free up the storage ------------- ''Remember that the object of a subwoofer is to enhance the output of your main speakers, not overpower it'' ''Dubstep - an elongated electronic fart'' |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 10 January 2012 at 1:08pm
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i like em, there tidy little units, and best thing is, 8 working and cleaned up like that cost me about £40 in total... so spot on i think ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: Tocooltom
Date Posted: 10 January 2012 at 1:20pm
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If it was me i would i would stack them in 6 block, in 2 piles of 3 |
Posted By: Strange Daze
Date Posted: 10 January 2012 at 1:35pm
Yup.
In my experience?....yes...it will.
One problem you may come across is that the tops are a little high, so a bit of 1x1" wooden baton at the back of your tops, to angle them forward will be needed. If you do this, you'll notice better projection of the tops, further back because of the height...but because of the tilt forward, they'll still cover in front of the speaker stacks. If you do this: BE CAREFUL and make sure the tops are strapped down tight and safe!! 
See above. As well as the extra height to your tops, you'll still be getting the coupling with the floor, and a bit of extra dispersion. When we had access to a pile of HDs (x12), we ran them this way occassionally...and found it better then the way you'd stacked them, which seemed to just result in a very narrow, forward firing ''power alley'' of bass. Depends on what you want, I guess... Good luck |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 10 January 2012 at 1:53pm
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cheers mate, ill have a play next time i get chance... ive gotta replace that driver 1st :( ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 18 March 2012 at 4:03pm
done a little more work on the rig, painted the hds, had the horns and tob boxes sprayed., gunna get a pic of the rack up this week          still a way to go yet, all the hds have yellow grills to be fitted and i have som eyellow paint to give the mids some personality :) But yeh, im getting there, not bad for a 1 man band lol ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: phildat
Date Posted: 18 March 2012 at 7:21pm
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Nice pain work.what technic got you that finish? ------------- Its just a ride. |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 18 March 2012 at 7:24pm
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gloss roller mate the sponge type, gave them 2 thinish coats, then last one put on very thick and rolered very slowly and very light handed, line in the bottom picture is a scratch in the wood, i cnt really see any lines ive left, but it is a pain in the arse to get it to go on without showing where the roller ends, the lighter handed you are the better chance youve got of not getting the lines ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: phildat
Date Posted: 18 March 2012 at 8:01pm
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Looking really good mate ------------- Its just a ride. |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 18 March 2012 at 8:07pm
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Thanks mate, close up all cabs have tht finish ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 19 March 2012 at 9:05pm
 ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: infrasound
Date Posted: 19 March 2012 at 9:14pm
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Looks very professional Rich, nice work
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Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 19 March 2012 at 9:24pm
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Cheers mate, im getting there now. Hoping summers work will aid me in loading my x1s up and get an amp to power them. Put some hours in, and 99% my own work, do big smiles :) ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: Edd Jordan
Date Posted: 19 March 2012 at 10:32pm
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Looking tidy i use the same technique for my paint finishes but your right can be a real pain! ------------- I do a sideline in ply wood wheels. |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 20 March 2012 at 6:40am
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yeh its hard not to get line isnt it, i did use to spary but i couldnt get the fecker to work, and it got sold ha ha, so bk to the trusty roller ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: AUDIO HABIT
Date Posted: 20 March 2012 at 8:04am
looking dam nice that rack mate  ------------- https://www.facebook.com/fxstageproductions |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 20 March 2012 at 8:21am
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ohhh, the xp3000 is a xp5000 too, andy gave it the upgrade ;) ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: wires
Date Posted: 20 March 2012 at 9:32am
| Looking good mate. Lol at the gambling machine in your front room! |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 20 March 2012 at 9:47am
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ha ha, thats the dining room, what ive took over for painting the cabs lol. its really used as a chill room and to have a drink in till we get round to decorating it as a cinema/social room... ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: Marvin
Date Posted: 21 March 2012 at 2:43am
| System progression is coming along really well. Keep up the good work |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 21 March 2012 at 7:01am
Cheers Marvin hopefully I will have pics of the re vamped cabs up this week ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 26 March 2012 at 9:01pm
well shes all painted now, just got the grills to add to the hds, and the party begins saturday.. :)    ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: soundchippy
Date Posted: 26 March 2012 at 9:16pm
| they look real nice! whats the hf horn? |
Posted By: godge
Date Posted: 26 March 2012 at 9:23pm
| Good choice of horn colour, yellow on black always looks good |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 26 March 2012 at 9:28pm
hey godge, i wasnt pinching honest  ... i could only get them done white or yellow, and whites a huuuuuge no no lol. i have the grills sprayed to match, so going to get them on this week hoprfully @mike, i cnt remember off hand, i know there 2" with 1.5 inch p audio comp, with an adaptor on. i bought them off here, let me see if i can find an old email :) ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 26 March 2012 at 9:31pm
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couldnt find the email, just these pics from when i 1st bought them, there a copy of somthing if i remember rightly ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 26 March 2012 at 9:32pm
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annnnd the pics dont work, thats about right init ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: godge
Date Posted: 26 March 2012 at 9:43pm
| Yeah I agree I wouldn't of gone for white either, looks good though, I'll be building myself some hd215's soon, as well as upgrading a few amps...... Haha its just never ending building a system, there's always something new to do |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 26 March 2012 at 9:46pm
------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 26 March 2012 at 9:47pm
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n yeh godge, it dont ever seem to end, my rigs come quite some way since last year tho ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: Biggus
Date Posted: 26 March 2012 at 10:14pm
| Looking sweet! |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 26 March 2012 at 10:33pm
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It's getting there now ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: soundforyou
Date Posted: 26 March 2012 at 10:35pm
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Great project ... you must be chuffed with the end result ------------- Life is Now |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 26 March 2012 at 11:00pm
Will be when its finished mate. ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 02 April 2012 at 6:15am
did a small promotion "mainly for the locals" saturday night, use a small 150 capacity boozer had about 110, but it seems now ive got somthing half decent spanking my HDs the roof doesnt like it.... i wondered what all the powder was on the floor, thought it was contraband at first, then i saw this pic
wtf is gunna happen when i stick my x1s in there lol ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 02 April 2012 at 6:20am
not the best pic, was half way thru setting up tbf, but this is the only pic i took of the stack with its newly painted horns & grills
------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: AUDIO HABIT
Date Posted: 02 April 2012 at 6:54am
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looking good rich,but lose the pallet lol....i bet it sounded wicked in that little room though ------------- https://www.facebook.com/fxstageproductions |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 02 April 2012 at 6:55am
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Lol, the pallet helps em stay up right lol. Till I pinch I mean borrow some council railings its staying lol. ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: jbinks
Date Posted: 02 April 2012 at 8:00am
Make your own "pallet" that's exactly the same size as your cabs, painted black. It'll look smart, keep the cabs out of the beer/spew/muck and also make it easy to loop the straps under. Regular pallets make it look a bit... pikey! ------------- Can you have too many 1850-horns or PKN XE amps?? |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 02 April 2012 at 8:24am
Ah good idea, simple but effective, ive got 2 more hds to renovate & load, and the mother mid to paint, so that can be added to the project list cheers :) ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 02 April 2012 at 8:25am
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linky to rest of the images from that night for anyone with faceboooook http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2923624015147.2118659.1397278339&type=3" rel="nofollow - http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2923624015147.2118659.1397278339&type=3 ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: mk2_ginger_biscuit69
Date Posted: 02 April 2012 at 3:13pm
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nice setup, i quite like the sound of HD15's in a pile doing oneway bass, never heard them sound right when used just as a kick bin. What freq range were they doing? Interesting looking house install, pretty sure the peavys arnt designed to be flown (upside down with the grill reversed?)  ------------- ''Remember that the object of a subwoofer is to enhance the output of your main speakers, not overpower it'' ''Dubstep - an elongated electronic fart'' |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 02 April 2012 at 3:20pm
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the hds i played at 48ish-155hz mids from 155-1.1khz not really sure what the mids are sposed to be crossed at but this sounded ok to my ear, the HDS did sound wicked tho even tho i thought that maybe a little low, but our music isnt bass heavy really. I intend to stick some x1s under there shortly too.. as for the install, i noticed this, go only knows the reason why lol, we dont link into this either lol ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 02 April 2012 at 3:25pm
the rack ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 18 April 2012 at 3:18pm
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a small vid i did before the event. not glastonbury quality lol, but i think its not a bad job for a small pub stage http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=2920048445760&ref=notif¬if_t=like" rel="nofollow - http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=2920048445760&ref=notif¬if_t=like ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: andycw
Date Posted: 18 April 2012 at 3:47pm
Link doesn't work for me  ------------- No Bass No Fun |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 18 April 2012 at 6:07pm
try it again now mate, it was set to friends only ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 18 April 2012 at 6:08pm
new addition
------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 22 April 2012 at 7:55pm
finally got it racked up and had a play today
------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: spongebob
Date Posted: 22 April 2012 at 8:18pm
| How are you finding the db-mark ? |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 22 April 2012 at 8:25pm
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all good at the minute, im probably not using it to its full potential as ive just started to play with the eqs and limiters, but for non of a better word its "idiot proof" real easy to use, easy to navigate round etc etc i had the dcx before and i deffinatley prefer this, the softwere is alot better to use than the dcx. Cant really compare it to anything else as ive only ever had the dcx. But im well happy with it, and with tony been on here answering any questions you cant ask for better after service hopefully buy the summer, the kam will be replaced with an xt2000 and the pam with a xt1000 ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: dlyxover
Date Posted: 22 April 2012 at 8:57pm
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looking good. Completely agree with you on the DCX Vs DB mark processors. ------------- Lignum_ww@icloud.com GNKaudio@icloud.com |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 22 April 2012 at 9:00pm
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wish i could elaborate more, but im still pretty new to this game ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: phildat
Date Posted: 23 April 2012 at 10:57am
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mmmm.looking good there mate.
------------- Its just a ride. |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 23 April 2012 at 11:48am
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Cheers bud, its getting there now. hoping to have some more matrix by summer time ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 24 April 2012 at 7:03pm
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started stripping down some opld par bars, re spraying them then re-wiring heres the start      give it another coat tomorow and start re-wiring them. Will keep this thread updated with any other pics along the way ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 27 April 2012 at 10:27am
under 18s night at a local youth club, just the barriers to go up and where cooking on gas. ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: colint
Date Posted: 27 April 2012 at 5:08pm
Hope your not going to re-cable them like that first photo if so best get a fire extinguisher, some internal insulating would be a real good idea. ------------- Never criticise another man until you've walked a mile in his shoes. Once you have, call him what you like, you're a mile away and you've got his shoes! |
Posted By: lost eden
Date Posted: 27 April 2012 at 6:24pm
I thought I was on the 'worst soundsystems' thread when I saw that, some seriously nasty wiring!
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Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 27 April 2012 at 7:39pm
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No gunna totally re wire them don't worry ladies ------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |
Posted By: nuclearbass
Date Posted: 29 April 2012 at 8:05pm
under 18s night i just got
------------- one life - have fun! Force fusion pro audio |