Soundcraft Ui-12 and Ui-16 Original DL Platform Contenders?

[ijpengelly]

No worries mate. Sounds like you run a similar sized rig to me, I have the SbA760s and can just get two of those with my RCF 312A in for front of house, then monitors. It does for most venues, but I found I was doing a few more outdoor festivals and weekend hire for FOH was not cheap, plus collecting it etc. so took the punt on the HK as it was a really good deal. I was not disappointed.

With your X32 Compact and rack, so you run them with an Ethernet cable between so you can use the rack as a stage box?

[sam.spoons]

Haven't done it yet but that's the plan, I have bought a 30M Cat6 snake for that purpose. Just a matter of making it work now

I'll shout if I need the extra watts, as I said I do like the Projector. I'm sort of semi-retired now so, while I do a couple of dozen PA gigs a year and about the same playing gigs I probably only need the X32 for two or three of them. It was a bit of an extravagance (especially when I added the Rack) TBH but at least I'm set up for anything I'll ever be asked to do now 

[Keyboard Magic]

If anyone's interested;

I just found out from the horses mouth that you cannot create snapshots and save them on your tablet/laptop, etc. when disconnected from the Ui itself. Bummer. But you can (obviously) use an external wireless router to replace the internal 2.4 GHz built in wireless device. That's a plus not having to relegate that expensive external wireless router (cough, cough, Apple?) to a spot on a shelf in your man cave to collect dust.

[WK154]

Didn't they design that to be a paperweight? KM in your case a coaster for your coffee cup.

[Keyboard Magic]

Didn't they design that to be a paperweight? KM in your case a coaster for your coffee cup.

That slide out tray thingy on my laptop holds my drinks. More convenient. 

[WK154]

Didn't they design that to be a paperweight? KM in your case a coaster for your coffee cup.

That slide out tray thingy on my laptop holds my drinks. More convenient. 

Yeah but it leaves a hell of a mess when you hit the close button. The express not only heats your coffee with RF but it also sits there looking stupid.

[Keyboard Magic]

Didn't they design that to be a paperweight? KM in your case a coaster for your coffee cup.

That slide out tray thingy on my laptop holds my drinks. More convenient. 

Yeah but it leaves a hell of a mess when you hit the close button. The express not only heats your coffee with RF but it also sits there looking stupid.

At least the express is still working as it should, actually from day one, but at least I can nuke some pop-corn with it between numbers. 

And back onto the OP for a commercial break: When you switch the phantom power in on whatever channel (s) you need it, the Ui mutes the channel automatically, to eliminate any pops reaching your FOH, monitors and headphones etc and then unmutes once everything is settled.   

[WK154]

It's always good that someone pays attention to operational details and features that make sense. +1 for Soundcraft.

[Kev tyler]

The soundcraft app looks good on iOS, I tried downloading the win software but suspect it wants to see the console. Does anyone have a link to a win demo please?

Ta

Kev

[WK154]

In the NAMM15 U-Tube presentation our fast talking rep stated that the built in radio is dual but I see no evidence of this in the manual. It either does not exist or it's automatic. Worth the ask of Soundcraft.

[Keyboard Magic]

In the NAMM15 U-Tube presentation our fast talking rep stated that the built in radio is dual but I see no evidence of this in the manual. It either does not exist or it's automatic. Worth the ask of Soundcraft.

From my phone conversation with the Canadian distributor of Sound Craft in Montreal, the Ui models only have 2.4GHz wireless built in. It's smart there's an Ethernet port built in to enable the use of an external dual wireless band router of your preference. 

[WK154]

That's unfortunate, the lesson in that is don't believe everything manufacturers tell you or advertise. Why is it that the audio industry designs EOL (end of life) products into their new toys? Most even cost more than the new replacements such as the 10/100 vs. 10/100/1000 Ethernet chips. Without that Ethernet port (wired connection) this product would be useless.

[Keyboard Magic]

I quite agree. I’ve been lurking on one of the Ui forums and reading about the little bugs and how everyone is waiting for firmware updates to fix them and add more features and so on. Sounds familiar indeed. We are all in the same boat I think, no matter what we own. It all boils down to which issues and features are a big deal and what you can live with to run those gigs to make a living.

[robbocurry]

Qu-Pac is the business.
Turned up at a gig last week without my iPads - they forgot to load themselves into the van after getting some music added
Did the gig from the QU-PAC touch sensitive front panel - quick and easy.
It's a very usable interface and not like an 80's mobile phone menu......
Worth considering whenever the wifi, cat5 & HTML worlds are conspiring against you.

[Keyboard Magic]

Qu-Pac is the business.
Turned up at a gig last week without my iPads - they forgot to load themselves into the van after getting some music added
Did the gig from the QU-PAC touch sensitive front panel - quick and easy.
It's a very usable interface and not like an 80's mobile phone menu......
Worth considering whenever the wifi, cat5 & HTML worlds are conspiring against you.

Ah, so you are still around? Excellent. Nice to see you post again! You have to watch that gear, no matter how much training it gets, it's very sneaky!

I've been playing with the Q App and it looks great, but I still can't quite wrap my old brain around it yet. MF still does it for me. And I must shamefully mention that the Soundcraft Ui HTML app is pretty slick too.  But in all fairness, I will give the Q app some more workouts. You never know.