Just reviewing the live audio recording of our latest gig. It occurred to me that we haven’t had the luxury of a sound check before audience arrives for the last five years.
The L1 system lets us mix on the fly and I’m amazed at how well it works. All thought I may feel uncomfortable at the time - the live recording from the zoom h6 at the back of the room hears what the audience hears.
Love my L1,s
We are a rock trio playing with three L1s in the way that it was designed - each musician has own L1. Fantastic sound. 
Hey Valvenerd,
Great to hear from you.
You have hit on one of my favourite aspects of working with the L1® - no need for sound checks, and the confidence that the system works.
Thanks for the reminder.
quote:We are a rock trio playing with three L1s in the way that it was designed - each musician has own L1. Fantastic sound.
I love that!
We don't do sound checks either, never have...other than maybe some slight tweaking after the first song.
My trio has changed though, our bassist went back to a combo amp a couple years ago, and I miss that look.
But admit, he didn't really need his own system, bass tends to go in all directions.
It is great when users use the L1 the way it was intended, most all problems go away.
Glad things are still going well for you.
Thanks guys, you are awesome.
It’s the fact that we can set up unobtrusively thru the back door while their guests are there, and we don’t need a sound check.
quote:As a bassist I find that the L1 improved my ability to hear the detail in the mid and upper frequencies. I catch myself exploring the neck more because I KNOW what note I am playing. With a conventional bass amp the detail can be lost because the mid-highs often travel up only as far as the knees and thighs. The deep bass that goes "everywhere" doesn't have much pitch information. Just my 2 cents.
Mark, and all, I agree, bass in an all-Bose band sounds better through an L1.
There is much more warmth and range, but less of that "arena" punch that kick drums like.
That is what John missed, and I hear it with his combo amp...though it's not "better", just "what he likes".
John thought the Model II & 4-B1s was too much labor for the benefit as well.
quote:Originally posted by Mark-at-Bose:
As a bassist I find that the L1 improved my ability to hear the detail in the mid and upper frequencies. I catch myself exploring the neck more because I KNOW what note I am playing. With a conventional bass amp the detail can be lost because the mid-highs often travel up only as far as the knees and thighs. The deep bass that goes "everywhere" doesn't have much pitch information. Just my 2 cents.
I am the bass player and I have to confess to playing the signature riff in the verse of Jailhouse Rock with the wrong note for years because I couldn't hear the upper mid frequencies.
I had an top of the line Eden bass rig at that time. It wasn't until I switched to the Bose L1 and finally heard it clearly and discovered to my horror that I'd been playing it wrong all that time.
embarrassed
Hi valvenerd,
Shortly after I got my L1® I learned a new concept:
You can’t fix what you can’t hear.
Playing through the L1® led to all kinds of fixin’.
We ALWAYS do a soundcheck…“check, check, check”. Ok, sometimes we do 4 “checks” but never 5.
Yes - you are right. The check, check, check, check proves that the system is
live and working.
But as for a sound blend … That is up to us on the fly…"…