Bright Headlight for Winter - Recommendations?
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I just bought one for £40 incl tax, approx half the price you can buy it in UK for.
No SM57 required, in fact that's the goal to remove the amp and so mic and use the IRs on the pedal. Once you've installed the ASIOforALL driver on Win10 it's recognised as a digital audio interface (latency is 10ms) so you can record straight in to the software of choice. Which is actually a quandry as point is also to make this a quick'n'easy to record and don't want to have to get the music studio (Cubase 13 etc) laptop out but just use the WIn10 gaming machine under my desk. Am trying Audacity and Hydrogen / Hammer for quick basic drum pattern multi-track guitar idea recording.
Also bought a Lekato (same company as Cuvave an W Vave) Looper pedal have for years and years avoided buying a looper so we'll see...
In fact I bought quite a few things that of course I don't really need.... ;-)
Interesting how on AliE you get great deals on certain products and amazon prices for others...
This is what I ordered, lets see if I get it all...I think it's all legit (possible the mouse isn't), and no knock-offs.
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Weird little strands of digital sounding waves can be hidden by playing bad amp modelling (like my Boss Micro BR produces, and the first version of Guitar Rig) through a cab, and SM-57 natural compression can make shortcomings even harder to spot... while still leaving scope to make a cheap guitar setup sound unique and slightly more expensive, by tweaking the effects and/or amp modelling earlier in the chain. On the other hand, I could be completely wrong. Fortunately all manner of wrong can be labelled art.
It's handy to keep XLR and other leads and nicnacs in my shopping cart, in case a small item I do actually need, is required to qualify for free delivery or some discount - the only good feature of AliExpress, is the ability to deselect everything in the shopping cart at once, then deselect the same way, and individually select what you actually want to checkout with. I've got about £800 worth of cheap interesting tat in my main AliExpress shopping cart at any one time, prices of which are automatically updated, and every so often during sales, I select/deselect/compare (ebay, Amazon)/replace etc. and checkout a few items I want to buy. Then there's the free delivery for three ualifying items shopping cart, which has a upper limit of 20 items. Plus another shopping cart I discovered the other day, the terms of which I haven't determined.
Remember to select "Guerney" when selecting a reason for returning those 12 LED headlights lol. Actually, they're great for the money. Just not anywhere near as good as the same number of brighter headlights soldered to your ebike battery would be.
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I had that headlight in my basket until the end and was one of the last things I removed, it was a toss up as I had an easy way to get it working, just wire the headlight up to a kettle plug and I can swap it at will with my USB port kettle plug in controller bag.
Real estate was probably a deciding factor too.
Real estate was probably a deciding factor too.
That headlight usually qualifies for free delivery. And it's actually cheaper on ebay, because no VAT is added when you checkout, unlike AliExpress. Might be posted from China, might not:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/166574416148
I never planned to have so many lights. Added what I needed, as it became apparent the road required more illumination. It's got decent coverage now, but good can always be better, and better can always be mine.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/166574416148
I never planned to have so many lights. Added what I needed, as it became apparent the road required more illumination. It's got decent coverage now, but good can always be better, and better can always be mine.
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If my bike didn't need to fold, I could attach that headlight sideways on the handbar stem. Alternatively, the Minoura Spacebar I linked earlier can be vertically oriented, swivels - I had two mounted like that at one point, impeded bike folding. Perhaps some other mount could be attached to some other part of your bike somehow? That headlight is held on to the handlebar clamp using two short bolts. You might need to make an adapter plate for this mount, to attach to the handlebar stem (if the handlebar stem on your bike has room).
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175806787641
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The Tank FX has an XLR output ;-) !!
The CubeBaby is noisy as **** not helped by playing it near lots of electrical gear but anyway the Tank has a built in noise gate too that apparently now works properly with the latest firmware upgrade. So three noise gates should sort it out.
Some reviewers say it's still noisy.
I've seen unwanted noise and tiny noise aterfacts being removed at a granular level using Izotope on Youtube, haven't used it myself. Developed by a boffin dude who analysed seismic noise. Some artists of minimal electronic music remove so much, there's hardly anything left, leaving more space for extreme loudness, or simply more empty space.The Tank FX has an XLR output ;-) !!
The CubeBaby is noisy as **** not helped by playing it near lots of electrical gear but anyway the Tank has a built in noise gate too that apparently now works properly with the latest firmware upgrade. So three noise gates should sort it out.
Some reviewers say it's still noisy.
Hadn't heard of the Hydrogen drum machine, thanks for the heads up. Looks useful for dragging through my fako Korg MS-20 (VST, I can't afford to buy and maintain a real one, or cope with the hiss).
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I don't trust any connector to be waterproof on my rained on and sometimes partially submerged bike, prefer solder and waterproofing using self-adhesive marine heat shrink and self-amalgamating rubber tape. I don't even like that my DPC-18 display has a USB connector. I bought these "Waterproof" connectors for my garden shed sound system ebike battery powered hookup. They're not challenged by water much in that situation. I may in future tow amps and speakers in my bike trailer, host impromptu ebike powered roadside gigs, with cheapo LED projectors and frickin' laser beams (not joking).
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Sorry this took so long - it's been cold and rainy, and I've just now managed to get around to comparing these lights with fixed camera exposure. Dry conditions would have flattered light brightness less. Here a quick and dirty video shot at ISO 1600, 1/60s shutter. I'm only using one in the video, you'd need at least two of the cheap 12 LED powerbank lights minimum, for twice as bright. If that light looks too dim, it's not too late to cancel if they haven't dispatched, AliExpress dudes take days to do that sometimes. Or go the free return route.
(I left the GoPro recording 720P by mistake, because I was recording audio for something completely different previously, forgot to change back to 1080P doh.)
Stills from the video above.
12 LED powerbank headlight:
6000LM headlights, rear 1800LM red flasher:
There's glare visible to the camera from the small headlight facing back from the handlebar at my hi-viz jacket, and the GoPro is tilted too far downwards, but otherwise my view of the road surface looks a lot like this. Same fixed settings as the video above: ISO1600, 1/60s shutter. To set ISO to 1600 so that it doesn't automatically adjust on a GoPro Hero 7 Black or newer, set both MIN ISO and MAX ISO to 1600.
Screencap from 720P upscaled to 1080P:
(I left the GoPro recording 720P by mistake, because I was recording audio for something completely different previously, forgot to change back to 1080P doh.)
Stills from the video above.
12 LED powerbank headlight:
6000LM headlights, rear 1800LM red flasher:
There's glare visible to the camera from the small headlight facing back from the handlebar at my hi-viz jacket, and the GoPro is tilted too far downwards, but otherwise my view of the road surface looks a lot like this. Same fixed settings as the video above: ISO1600, 1/60s shutter. To set ISO to 1600 so that it doesn't automatically adjust on a GoPro Hero 7 Black or newer, set both MIN ISO and MAX ISO to 1600.
Screencap from 720P upscaled to 1080P:
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Thanks for posting that.
I see what you mean... Was about to cancel but I did order two as one is for my son so at £6 a pop I'm gonna keep them, they give off some light so are definitely a step up from the rubbish we currently have and I'm doing pretty low mileage in dark, maybe only 2/3 miles per trip.
Once I've swapped gear shifts if there is enough space for the motorcycle light I'll get that from ebay with a female kettle plug that takes direct feed from battery via a xt60 splitter.
I see what you mean... Was about to cancel but I did order two as one is for my son so at £6 a pop I'm gonna keep them, they give off some light so are definitely a step up from the rubbish we currently have and I'm doing pretty low mileage in dark, maybe only 2/3 miles per trip.
Once I've swapped gear shifts if there is enough space for the motorcycle light I'll get that from ebay with a female kettle plug that takes direct feed from battery via a xt60 splitter.
These ebay ones don't appear to come with a switch so that's another £6 from ebay.
Going to get this one
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That looks exactly like my 12 LED headlight, which only works up to 30V, contrary to the listing. I I had to connect it in series with one of my headlights which actually do operate 12V-80V, to reduce voltage. It has a more diffuse/wider beam compared to the ebay version with fewer LEDs. Next time I make wiring adjustments, I'll put at least two quick blow blade fuses in series inline (instead of the one present presently), because this Grin dude says they don't always blow so quick, sometimes don't blow at all, and have caused battery fires - my ebike battery is too valuable to risk. Maybe I'll solder three blade fuses inline. Increase the odds.
I bought these good few yrs ago thought they might useful for slot car track wiring, were never use in end as found better alternatives. Must admit no idea to actually work them....I don't trust any connector to be waterproof on my rained on and sometimes partially submerged bike, prefer solder and waterproofing using self-adhesive marine heat shrink and self-amalgamating rubber tape. I don't even like that my DPC-18 display has a USB connector. I bought these "Waterproof" connectors for my garden shed sound system ebike battery powered hookup. They're not challenged by water much in that situation. I may in future tow amps and speakers in my bike trailer, host impromptu ebike powered roadside gigs, with cheapo LED projectors and frickin' laser beams (not joking).
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Yes fuse(s) seems like a good idea on +ve wire.
According to the spec for that light is does say 80V and 60W?
P=V*I
60=52*I so I=60/52
I=1.15A so light will draw little over 1A on high beam which seems about right.
So a 1.6A or 2A quick blow is probably in order. Not sure what the benefit is of two in series, when one blows other is redundant and they will either both blow or not blow as they are off very similar tolerances? Or are you using two different types of quick blow fuse?
Need to find an inline fuse holder as will need to make a harness from female kettle lead to fuse holder and maybe try out the funky waterproof connectors on to the light so I can remove the cabling during summer
Says all sorts of stuff on listings. The seller refused to refund, demanded video proof it didn't work at 36V... but apart from my ebike battery, I I didn't have another power supply at the time. Eventually bought a cheapo 36V power supply to test, the light I bought only works up to 32V, looks exactly the same as the one you posted a pic of. However, it's been a year or two, and the inner gubbins may be different.
Link from my "Orders" page lies, says 12V-80V:
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After measuring current drawn by that light, I recall approximating all of my ebike battery soldered lights draw a little less than 2A in total. The 2A blade fuse hasn't blown, so unless the fuse isn't a functional one, they must. With two inline in series, one may blow, or the other, or both, or neither if both blade fuses are dangerous utter shite which should not be trusted by dudes to protect their valuable ebike batteries with.
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I bought those too, and recently. For my ebike battery powered thermal bodysuit, to keep warm at home or while cycling. Available at all good shops now.
One of the other reasons why I went out early morning in the rain and cold, was to test how warm my new Aldi fake fur lined rubber(ish) and neoprene half wellies (£16) kept my feet, while wearing extremely thin socks. Turns out, not very.... so I'll be connecting these via a converter to my ebike battery, or a powerbank:
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