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You can always add the compressor later, but save up for a dbx 266XL minimum. Especially with a nicer mixer.

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oops too late shes seen the post .
i know ive gone the long way about it but learming a bit off you guys and want to get it right.

Yeah, Lonman knows way more than I ever will about sound but I was smart enough to buy this A&H and the dbx compressor and they sound phenomenal together. I never knew you could manipulate one's voice so drastically with these two pieces of gear.

just a case of finding one in stock here in the uk now ,most have a wait on them or lots more money than everywhere else.
edit through duff keyboard ,well thats my excuse.

They're a little hard to find in stock to be honest, mine just arrived the day before and they had only 2 in stock They can't even put one for the showcase, it keeps selling

Zonerc have you tried here ? It's the cheapest I've found for the ZED-12fx. This is where I got my ex-demo ZED-14

http://www.newstagesound.com/index.php? ... =2a&page=2

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Gadget's Karaoke : Boldly singing what no one has dared sing before.

yes ty gunghouk
found that one ,as long as they are they say brand new and depending on postage as it dont say,going to ring them in a min .
thanks all the same.

Quoted me £10 for shipping but I beat 'em down to £5 hehe...

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Gadget's Karaoke : Boldly singing what no one has dared sing before.

well ive rang them but he said he needs to check if the 2 showing online are in stock and will be ringing back ,that was half an hour ago or more so must be a big place .
was delivery quick?

To be honest I dunno if it's his business or if he's running it into the ground for someone else !

Took him 24 hrs just to send me an invoice so that I could pay with Paypal. In the meantime the clock's ticking on my weekend gig

Bottom line is it should be here tomorrow. But I can't really complain at this price £240 with shipping knocked down to £235. I don't know if he's really busy or just 'busy doing nothing'.

From his inventory you'd think he had a huge warehouse of top of the range gear.

Hey ho

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Gadget's Karaoke : Boldly singing what no one has dared sing before.

think ill try elswhere as over 2 hours later still no reply to if they in stock or not .
must not be in a hurry for business.

sorted just got a price match from http://www.reidys.com/index.pl
£343 including the Vat £10 postage.

Kewl

That man's a fool to himself.

Enjoy !

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Gadget's Karaoke : Boldly singing what no one has dared sing before.

well ordered from other place with a pricematch and still no phone call from newstagesound so there loss.

once the zed 12FX as arrived whats best setting on the built in effects for karaoke ?

Sorry mate I can't help you with that as the ZED-14 doesn't have the effects built-in so I'll be hooking up to my TC Electronic M3000 for fx duties.

I'm sure someone will chip in with some suggestions and the settings they're using.

Good luck

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Gadget's Karaoke : Boldly singing what no one has dared sing before.

I looked at the specs for the Zed. What is a 4-bus mixer? I think I know what a stereo mixer is...

--Tad

Edited...

ok, well I think I found an explanation here:

http://www.tweakheadz.com/choosing_a_mixer_p2.htm

Handy link

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gunghouk
just had call from newstage 27 hours after ringing them ,they dont have the 2 in stock they was showing and could get one for next week some time .
.hope you get your item ok

Well I used the ZED-14 Saturday and have to say it was an interesting experience.

Some of the issues to be addressed for the next gig are :-

1.Don't introduce 2 new variables at the same time. Namely a new mixer and the inclusion of my little Boss MA-15 personal monitor

This combination of totally different system gain structure and proximity of the monitor to me/my mic and mixer caused a few squeals

2. I think the gain structure of this mixer needs to be a little hotter than my CFX-12.

Mic gain trim was 0dB on the meters using PFL on my Mackie and so I set the A&H the same for the gig. The result was a very low recording output on the USB port.

Since the gig I contacted A&H support and they suggested +6dB on the ZED-14 meters for mic trim setup. (There is no information on channel trim setup in the manual !)

The ability to switch the PFL between USB input (for the backing tracks) and USB output (for recording from pre main fader) has enabled me to match input/output levels, over USB, which subsequently means the mixer is running about 6dB higher than I ran the CFX-12.

Now I have had to turn my compressor thresholds down, to accomodate the hotter mic channels, and the main faders below unity (my normal setting) or set the speaker management down, to get back to where the overall volume is the same as before. Phew !

In the past my mic channel faders were set at or around unity, -6dB to -10dB for the backing tracks and the master faders also at the unity setting. This made it easy to start off with the right sound every time (I only play one venue).

Anyway the mixer is very quiet and has a crisp and clear sound which I'm sure will surpass the Mackie once all the tweaking is complete.

/END RAMBLING/

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