There are a few steps to renaming a kit, but it's not too difficult once you do it a few times. Check out page 47 of the owners manual for the details.

Since their laptop is acting as the synthesizer, running MainStage, an audio interface allows us to connect the computer to the main audio system in a much more stable, controllable way. They also have separate headphone and "main" outputs, which allows us to feed the main audio system and a monitor speaker AND have separate volume controls for both.

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I use heat shrink and have a few different sizes on hand most of the time. I've found I use 1" heat shrink the most and would like to add 1.25" heat shrink to my tool kit because 1.5" is a tad too big for certain cable combinations. The heat gun is the expensive part, but a worthwhile investment if you'll be doing a lot of bundles.

@@microphonicdesigns thanks!

This is the exact same question I have. Same phone, filming from pressbox. I need a usb-c (hopefully stereo) mic. Any help would be super awesome.

Oh no! I may have to grab another one; The one in this video was knocked over and the base where it mounts to a tripod broke during the very first rehearsal I brought it out to. Talk about poor luck.

No drumset mics this time, but there are more than enough open channels in the TF5 to accommodate adding drumset mics. I'd simply run a 3rd 8-channel snake to the drum kit and would likely opt for a modular snake to contain the cables to the cart. Check out the Forney 2023 setup video for what that looks like.

It's more or less just trading one convenience for another. The modular snakes are great, but they do require more short cables to implement properly, are prone to the little pins getting bent, and are more expensive (one modular snake requires three separate pieces, though that is the point of being modular). Plus, the keyboard with the breakout cable has to be present to use the modular snake, even if that student is sick or out for whatever reason. The sub-snakes may take a few extra seconds for the students to plug (which can be reduced with simplifying the color coding), but they need less cables, are just as nimble as modular snakes, and don't require the inner keyboards to be present if those students have to be absent. This is a great question and would make a really great video topic.

Maybe this is a dumb question, but with the sub snakes, if someone is out sick for the day or something, it’s not a problem for the keyboards that are usually jumper cabled to the absent kid because they can just plug directly into the sub snake itself instead?

@@Fluffyness97 That is absolutely correct, though you'd need to plan ahead and ensure that the cables on the outer marimbas have enough slack to reach the ground where the snake is.

Usually I steer away from those combiners, especially for marimbas, because the EQ settings I use are different for the high and low microphones; So I like to have that separate control of each mic. I would also say that groups this large are very rare and channel count isn't something I usually have to worry about. This set up definitely required some extra consideration on how to best use the Yamaha TF3, but even with all of this, there are still 4 or so open channels.