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Yes, I have show management and performance management. There is a posted response by @scott21113 that is pretty darn insightful! I am going to be down your way during Christmas, by the way. Multitracker is supposed to have a new version coming so, whenever that is released, I will go into that, as well. The last of my 4 part videos is Staff management and business aspect of management staff-wise. How are you guys doing? Good to hear from you!

WOW!! This is such valuable information!! Amazing! I am going to have to employ this stuff and do a 2.0 video thanks to you!

@@scott21113 Wow! I am going to have to refer back to this. Lots of great ideas about buying out the band! Thanks!

@@CaliforniaCreedence John - our band member who created the majority of our sequences for backing tracks had a contract for ongoing payment from every show for 3 years after they left because the remaining and new members did not want to do a one-time lump sum for them. The time and effort that went into track creation and customization is substantial and as the band switched from Ableton to Stage Traxx they were very glad they were paying that fee to keep themselves covered. It also helped when they lost their bass player for 2 months and the backing tracks were modified to cover for the bassist. No gigs cancelled and the gig $$ flowed. Just more food for thought if that is your role in the band.

@@oneminuteguitarlessons6060 No. My band is on vacation until early 2025. I am doing sound for bands, and this one was pretty darn good! Cal Creed will be back around April 2025.

I actually don't use StageTraxx. It is not powerful enough for my needs. If that is the case, maybe exporting Cubasis tracks as Flac since I know StageTraxx 3 can run FLAC files. Stage Traxx is more for a solo, duo or trio but not for a full band with a complete show with lights. The mixer on Stage Traxx 3 mixer and audio routing, last I checked, didn't meet the needs for me (MIDI lanes, Mixer Interface, Audio Routing without fiddling with Pan, and other things). I ported all music over to stage traxx 3 to try it fully and it was way low my threshold needs and workflow expectations! MIDI learn is not my jam, I like to assign my devices. There are other things, too.

@@CaliforniaCreedence It looks like I am going to go the same route as you. I might try to fiddle with it a little more first. Your videos have been very helpful over the years. Thanks John -from another Steelers fan from PA. 😀

@ Yes!!! Go Steelers! What a great game yesterday!!!

Thanks for the reply! I am not hearing it. The sub has a much higher threshold and much better voicecoil than the ip300s. I can’t hear what you are hearing, but I would look more at the ip300s however, the crossover filters those frequencies so I am not sure.

@@CaliforniaCreedence ok, so maybe it's my headphones that are messing up

Thanks for asking! I master the tracks in the DAW to get the best levels, but, ultimately, I mix within the app and save the song in the app.

@ thank you.

@@RoadBlockReggaeBand Heres how I do it th-cam.com/video/0kG6p5djn0M/w-d-xo.html

Thanks so much! Which iPad do you have and what connector does it have (Lightening or USB C)?

@@bmh8674 Thanks for the question!Honestly, I don’t know how to update the firmware. Mine runs perfectly without any update. I think you are good to go! FW update on these types of items (active speakers) seems to have to do more with onboard effects and BLE. These are very loud speakers!

@ good to know!

@@vtmpe Thanks for the encouragement! Check out this video I did th-cam.com/video/Xu2joKnKBcg/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared Go to 1:40 to start the actual info. Don’t let the length scare you. I go slowly so that you come out of it feeling comfortable about routing. Let me know what you think and if you need more help.

@CaliforniaCreedence thank you. I wasn't clear on my question. If I plug the ipad into the Behringer via USB, how do I assign the outputs of the Behringer so I can then connect to me digital mixer ? Will the Behringer work without having to be plugged in to a computer like when used in a DAW scenario?

@CaliforniaCreedence p.s. I hit the thumbs down button by mistake, sorry about that.

@@vtmpe ha ha!! No worries! I DO get thumbs down at times. About your clearer question, which is really good news, the UMC1820 is the best interface but the umc404hd is good too. Your iPad will see the Behringer output offerings. All of them. So, any multi output app in your iPad can smoothly route to any output on the back of the Behringer! For the 404 you get 2 stereo outputs which can be panned to be 4 outputs. The umc1820 is fantastic in that outputs 1 and 2 are stereo linked but 3 to 8 are completely independent! Think of it this way. Your iPad actually IS a DAW even if you only use it for playback. Just plug the outputs from your Behringer into your separate mixer channels. The mistake people make is trying to use an audio interface as a mixing console to combine the audio interface hardware inputs like a mixing console for instruments/vocals and combine them with the digital interface. That will not go well. However, If that is your goal, just the UI24r will do that or something like the Soundcraft Notepad 12fx. Let me know if I missed anything.

@CaliforniaCreedence Perfect, I just ordered the 404. I only need a stereo and 2 indie for click and cues. I'm using Multitracker so I'm hoping everything will work out. I'm assuming I'll pan the click and cues hard left and hard right in multitracker (the band only wants the cues). As the drummer, I'll get the click and cues in my mix. I just purchased the presonus 24 rack mixer which I saw used in another video. I connected the ipad to the usb input, the input selection window popped up, I made the selections and hit play. It played for 2 seconds (with nonsound) then stopped suddenly. I tried a few times and same thing kept happening. After a while, multitracker wouldn't even recognize the presonus. The input selector wouldn't even pop up. I bought new lightning/usb. Even bought a brand new iPad and nothing. Oddly enough, I had to return presonus and get a new replacement due to a faulty XLR input. I thought, maybe this will do it! And nothing. So that's why I decided to just go external interface as you've described. If it's ok, I'll keep you updated once the 404 gets here.

@@OtonielCayetano You can contact me at my phone number. If you send me an email at johnobrien@californiacreedence.com I will email you my phone number.

@@OtonielCayetano Hi Otoniel, thanks for the question. The reason it is not showing up is that is uses what is called BLE (Bluetooth low energy). So it won’s show up like your typical Bluetooth devices. You will be able to see it when you go to the subwoofer settings, then Bluetooth, and make it visible. Then it will only be seen in the JBL connect app under “Add Speaker” and it will not show in your iPad or Android Bluetooth devices. Only in the JBL app. Then, when you select the speaker in the app when it sees the 718s, you have to go back to the 718s menu to hit “Yes” or else the app will keep saying “verifying”. Be sure to only have one 718s powered up at a time when setting up in JBL connect. Once the speaker is set up in the JBL connect app, be sure to update the firmware! If you need help with any of this, let me know!

@@CaliforniaCreedence Thanks for that information, but the configuration appears different to me. I'm in personalized and my configurations are different. I try to reset the configuration and nothing happens.

@@OtonielCayetano Are you using the JBL connect app?

@@CaliforniaCreedence yes

@@CaliforniaCreedence I try to reset the presets but it won't let me set it to flat. How can I fix that?

@@elzegergoncalves4737 Are you referring to the Cues? There is an Isolate button in the Scene Names menu. If you only want certain things loaded, use the isolate button to select the items you do not want to be loaded with the json file. If I didn’t understand you correctly, let me know.

@@CaliforniaCreedence no, Im talking about PATCHING session.

@@elzegergoncalves4737 Oh!! Duh! I should have known that! LOL! Yes! The patching is saved as well! That is what I love about the json file save. All of those precious settings like complex Patching, Slideout, Gains, literally everything is saved in that file. Per snapshot because these are loaded with their respective settings. Bummer is that you have to save per snapshot. I hope that answers your question.

@@CaliforniaCreedence thank you so much!

@@daniellemorin Wow! Brilliant! I plan to convert everything to MP3. When I made all my backing tracks “from scratch” I used wav for lossless mastered sound. How did you compress the files in the File app?

@@CaliforniaCreedence I selected all files including the backup file and used the 3 dots for more options, the compress option is there. It created a zip file that I transfered with airdrop. Hope my answer is clear.

Wow! That is amazing! I am going to try that. I may have to do an update video on that! Thanks so much!

@@CaliforniaCreedence Great ! Just one thing I notices, my playlists were not showing automatically, I had to load a list. Fortunately I have saved them.

@@ladjkaoz thanks so much for the encouragement. I use the Linksys EA6350-4B. I think these are out of stock. I would look for the next gen of this router. The distance at 5g is amazing!

@@CaliforniaCreedence do you get good range. with that router.

@@ladjkaoz yes, very good range!

@@CaliforniaCreedence can you get 50..60 ft range?

@@CaliforniaCreedence I found a few used ones close by for sale 😉👍

@@alltehstuffs Filter 2.5k????

@@CaliforniaCreedence yeah it’s weird but it works. Particularly for metal. 2.5k specifically, and honestly pretty narrow band, it’s the direct pain baby crying region for most people. If you need insane spl without complaints, notch 2.5 and see what happens, you can go so loud. Everything above 10k is just air in venue anyways

@@alltehstuffs right on! I’ll try it!

@@CaliforniaCreedence in the dance scene it’s common to fly tweeter pods around the club, in the past they even gave DJs control over a knob that would swirl treble around different pods to create a unique experience. The air just filled with 15k+ from every direction. Sounds miserable but it’s not so bad. Very clubby haha

Just a follow up. Your advice worked really well! I wanted to say, "thank you!" That 2.5k was the culprit for a few things. I have done sound for a few other bands and had the time to spend working with what you recommended and the results were excellent!

Tap your instrument track (which is a MIDI track), tap the arrow at the top left to change from "region" to "track" go down to MIDI input and make sure it is your MIDI keyboard, and go down to MIDI output and select Photon 2. This will give you the results that you are looking for. Let me know if it doesn't work for some reason, but I am 99 percent that it should fix the problem. Thanks for reaching out! Feel free to follow up if you have any questions!

@@CaliforniaCreedence many thanks 🙏 it worked indeed. I also noticed that I forgot to switch IPV4 from Chauvet AN2’s 2.0.0.X… perhaps a coincidence. Very much appreciate your help.

@@workingmanilya Yea, that ip address is not good. I change mine to the more familiar octet 192.168.1.x I saw your username and immediately knew you were a Rush fan!

@@CaliforniaCreedence got everything to work great on the same iPad running Logic Pro and Photon 2. I tried using Photon ON MY MAC and it works, but Photon (which was not designed for Mac) crashes frequently. It is much easier to edit in Logic Pro on my Mac than on iPad. Is it possible to have Logic Pro on my Mac talk to Photon on my iPad? Thanks in advance.

@@workingmanilya absolutely. Logic Pro on Mac send BLE MIDI to iPad. Using midimttr free app on iPad to route BLE midi to photon2 and photon2 to WiFi to DMX node. support.apple.com/guide/audio-midi-setup/set-up-bluetooth-midi-devices-ams33f013765/mac

Hi James. First I would make sure that no other speaker is on except one of the subwoofers (718S), then I would not try to connect to the subwoofer via the Bluetooth in the Settings in IOS since the subs connect via the app using BLE (Bluetooth low energy). So, the 718s will not appear as an offering when you scan for it as you would scan for your air pods or any other Bluetooth device. Being that it is BLE, you can only connect to the sub if you use the app. Secondly, you will need to add speaker and the single powered up speaker SHOULD come up as an offering. Once you tap it to connect, it will just sit there and do nothing. That is because after tapping the speaker in the app, you have to go over to the sub and select "Yes" on the screen to accept the pair. This is a very common issue that is very scary to many users because they think the speaker may be defective. It is not. If you need more support I can walk you through it. After the speaker is connected, be sure to update the firmware right away. The app and connectivity are frustrating for SEVERAL users. Powering the speaker off for 1 minute and powering back on with all other speakers off resolves issues and using a different iPad or android device can also help. Let me know if you need more help. This sub will work just fine, we may need to connect if it seems impossible to connect. Good luck!

Thank you!

@@shermanlillie6040 ha ha!! Nice! I am so glad you are taking advantage of the information! Our band has made good money and repeat customers with that paradigm! So glad you got the UI24R!!

@@paulmason828 I would pay attention to the crossover and make sure there is no overlap or summation at the crossover point. Measure the room or area with nothing blocking speaker (people walking by etc.). The level and eq settings are very durable across crowd numbers since it measures speaker behavior in the environment. I would set it and forget it.

@@CaliforniaCreedence Thanks for your advice.

@@TheModernGentlemen Hi, thanks for the encouragement! Performers who subscribe to my channel and have to fly to their gigs seem to enjoy this one, but there are some fixes to apply and you may need a powered hub depending. th-cam.com/video/OWaoMf5XUcA/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared There are “audio snobs” who “poo-poo” this device, but I never hear that these folks make it out of their garage. Performing professionals have used it. I don’t like the RCA outs but traveling performers like the 8 outs in a usb playback device that can fit in carry on. I prefer the UMC1820, personally.

@@CaliforniaCreedence thanks. I’ll check it out.

@@TheModernGentlemen Wow! You guys are Pro!! Probably should have had a more gentlemanly response! Keep in mind Multitracker is going to have a significant update coming out this fall.

@@CaliforniaCreedence that’s ok. We appreciate the quick response. We’ve always gone live with no sweeteners but have finally decided to give this a try. Mainly got times we can’t find horn players or keyboard. The interface part is the real tricky thing as we imagine we might need 6-8 inputs for instruments, click and vocals. Thank you again.

@@GiovanniSena I have not had that problem with these, but in a situation where ground lift does not resolve the buzz or hum, then it is important to plug everything into the same outlet and enable ground lift to prevent the ground loop and see if it silences that. If 2 different circuits are the source (wall sockets) then ground lift won’t work. If all are on the same circuit and buzzing persists then the venue is not properly grounded.

@@leifpearson5205 thanks so much Leif! Live performance with automated light shows, professionally, rely on a click/cue paradigm to make sure musicians sync with the lights. IEMs should have ambient sound as a feature. Backing tracks are not needed for timed lighting. Only (MIDI in our case or system exclusive in other cases) is needed with a clock source to automate lights. AI would likely make the process easier by the way. In this video I show how I use the respective apps to make the light show work. th-cam.com/video/RU-JmCCkQlU/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared Most bands use the sound-trigger paradigm to avoid all the work, but that is not a light show, it is more like dj situations (still exciting). For us, Backing tracks feed to photon very easily by inter-app within the iPad. MIDI track output is selected to Photon ( it’s just that easy!). Photon sends WiFi DMX to a router (no need for internet), which sends via Ethernet to a DMX node which transmits wirelessly to Donner Wireless receivers (one per lighting cluster and the rest of the lights are wired and dependent on the receiver) which results in lightning that is timed. Apps, node, Donners are still about $500 in total. The nice thing is that light shows can be changed or updated fairly easily. I hope this makes sense! The signal flow of the lights can easily be a little bit delayed since light travels much faster than sound, so they hit very close to the same time.

@@julianoteyza22b I sure can. Let me see if I can make a video of that. If you need help you can email me at johnobrien@californiacreedence.com

@@DavidOHearn1963 the Jason file saves only one snapshot with the settings and presets/cues, slide out bar settings, etc. Also, when importing the Jason file, it will not load the snapshot name, so it looks like it didn’t import, but it did, you just need to name and save it.

@@CaliforniaCreedence thank you!!

@@rockingsurfer1 TBH, I am not WOWed by these. The videos comparing these to the QSC k12.2 are foolish. There is no comparison. The QSC’s are superior. I purchased these SRM212’s to make the band an easier setup and breakdown. As you can see, I have no videos touting the positives about these. They are very midrange heavy, but they can go loud. Thankfully, I have the dbx driverack PA2 to make them sound better than they should. Regarding EV, I have found a wild range in quality between their speakers. You have the ELX, EKX and ETX which vary quite a bit. The difference between 12 and 15 inch speakers usually tend toward a more favorable sound with 12”. To get low end from a top speaker, the displacement of the woofer has more to do with it than the size. Displacement is the distance the speaker pumps back and forth.

@@CaliforniaCreedence thanks for the detailed reply!

Thanks! It was a bit rushed, but you had a good point in that if I am talking about the DriverackPA2 in the previous video, why would I not address how that impacts my setup.

@@oneminuteguitarlessons6060 I will do that one this weekend.

@@FransJCMartins Thanks for that observation! At the time of the video, I failed to mention that we used to use the audio interface, but at a gig I tripped over the USB cord and broke the port. We got another UI24R and on the video I titled My Setup, we are back to using the UI24R onboard sound card. I should have clarified. Again, thanks for leaving this comment. I love the UI24R!

@@CaliforniaCreedence Thanks, so do I ❤️ This thing is next level 😉