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[Scott Nelson]

Andrew,

What the CueMode does is allow the engineer to quickly switch from one mix to another on the front of the pack.  With larger IEM systems you program the monitor engineer's pack with the frequencies/channels being used.  Then when the buttons are pressed on the receiver pack it switches between mixes skipping any unused channels.

[Andrew Broughton]

Scott Nelson wrote on Tue, 09 February 2010 13:37

Andrew, What the CueMode does is allow the engineer to quickly switch from one mix to another on the front of the pack.  With larger IEM systems you program the monitor engineer's pack with the frequencies/channels being used.  Then when the buttons are pressed on the receiver pack it switches between mixes skipping any unused channels.

I understand what it's for, but, again, what is new or even different about this?

[Eytan Gidron]

Scott Nelson wrote on Tue, 09 February 2010 22:37

Andrew, What the CueMode does is allow the engineer to quickly switch from one mix to another on the front of the pack.  With larger IEM systems you program the monitor engineer's pack with the frequencies/channels being used.  Then when the buttons are pressed on the receiver pack it switches between mixes skipping any unused channels.

Can you access a mix with one press of a button? For instance, if you have a 16 mix system, you are now listening to mix #1, can you immediately access mix #8 without going through all the mixes in between?

[Scott Helmke (Scodiddly)]

Eytan Gidron wrote on Wed, 10 February 2010 02:26

Scott Nelson wrote on Tue, 09 February 2010 22:37 Andrew, What the CueMode does is allow the engineer to quickly switch from one mix to another on the front of the pack.  With larger IEM systems you program the monitor engineer's pack with the frequencies/channels being used.  Then when the buttons are pressed on the receiver pack it switches between mixes skipping any unused channels. Can you access a mix with one press of a button? For instance, if you have a 16 mix system, you are now listening to mix #1, can you immediately access mix #8 without going through all the mixes in between?

There aren't direct access buttons - Cue Mode uses the pan buttons.  It's still pretty neat, if not the first system to have it.  Easy to set up (go into Cue Mode, add mixes by pressing the Sync button on each transmitter).  It'll display names if you've assigned them.

[A Man]

I still don't see what the big deal about this is.

It's no different than programming user channels on the Sennheiser packs and cycling through your mixes that way.

[Chase Tower]

Less buttons to press?? I don't know.
You don't have to have the battery door open to access the buttons?? Just my guess.

[Andrew Broughton]

Chase Tower wrote on Wed, 10 February 2010 11:10

Less buttons to press?? I don't know. You don't have to have the battery door open to access the buttons?? Just my guess.

Whoopidy-doo.

[A Man]

I don't know why Shure or Sennheiser hasn't come out with a "engineer pack"  

I never wear my pack on the back of my pants like a muso, 90% of the time it is sitting on the console or in my hand. I have a 64" cable and a 24" extension cable (thanks Fred Merkle ) if I need to wander a bit..

I'd like to see a flatter pack, about the size of a iPhone with large, backlit toggle buttons, 2 1/8 out jacks, a lock button and large display.

[Fred Merkle]

Jon Martin wrote on Wed, 10 February 2010 15:53

I don't know why Shure or Sennheiser hasn't come out with a "engineer pack"

Probably development costs.  They don't think they'll sell enough to make the additional $100k of tooling worthwhile.

Note:  There was no announcement of a wired PSM900...  Which is a similar lower quantity solution.

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I have a 64" cable and a 24" extension cable (thanks Fred Merkle ) if I need to wander a bit..

You're welcome.

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I'd like to see a flatter pack, about the size of a iPhone with large, backlit toggle buttons, 2 1/8 out jacks, a lock button and large display.

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I'd like to see an engineer pack interfaced with the console, so that AFL buttons made the engineer pack change to the appropriate channel.  That said, I can't think of an inexpensive way to do that right now.

-Fred

[Ville Kauhanen]

The fact is that there is no networking capability on the new Shure unit. There is no words to describe how disappointed I am. I actually thought Shure had a clue.

I've been waiting to be able to sort all my wireless stuff from WWB5 and combine UHF-Rs and IEMs to the same network and to be able to monitor and control my setup from a single software.

For 3-4 years now I've set up the UHF-R stuff with WWB and always thought how great it'll be when all wireless can be set up and monitored from a single software.

I've used the PSM700s from when they were introduced and I still use them for 90% of my IEM gigs. Now it really looks like it's time to change to Sennheiser. Last time when I changed brand it was from Garwood to Shure. Now it looks like Shure has made the decision for me. They've apparently chosen the path of the consumer products with more volume and leave the most high end professional stuff to others.

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