setup to play @ live gig

Appfro · Unread post by **Appfro** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 6:42 pm

i saw that. i wasn't sure how great it was cause i hadn't heard of the brand before. honestly, i'm am idiot w/ this stuff.

what i'm looking for though is to be able to play from small coffee shops to a bar that'll fit 75 - 100 people. nothing huge, but semi-flexible

RunsWithBuffalo · Unread post by **RunsWithBuffalo** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 7:01 pm

do you want one or two loudspeakers? there are a lot of decent packages with one monitor and one loudspeaker, however when you get to two loudspeakers and one monitor it gets expensive. That and two speakers is really really loud. I guess it just depends how rowdy the bar is.

Edit: If its just you and a keyboard player you could get away with one loudspeaker however if you want to throw drums into the mix i would get two. Drums are super loud and for some reason, sound guys love to mic the shit out of them.

Appfro · Unread post by **Appfro** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 7:42 pm

if you think me and a keyboard w/ both of us on vocals would sound good in 1 then i can go w/ 1. but i want to have the option to buy another speaker and make it two in the future if i have to

RunsWithBuffalo · Unread post by **RunsWithBuffalo** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 9:22 pm

It would definitely sound better with two because you could pan guitar right and keys left leaving the vocals up the middle. The result would be much clearer than if it was in one. It just depends on your budget.

Im sure there are packages where you can upgrade to another loudspeaker, just look at the mixer. Otherwise i would think you could daisy chain the speakers. Just remember that doing so would cut the ohms in half and might overload the mixer. A decent mixer can handle 4 ohms so if your speakers are rated at 8 ohms and you daisy chain two of them you would be good.

GuitarGuy305 · Unread post by **GuitarGuy305** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 12:49 pm

Don't want to sound like a broken record, but just to reiterate, my friend uses this to play coffee shops and smaller bars:

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/ ... sku=480176

You wouldn't think so to look at it, but the thing is a powerhouse. I used it at a coffee shop gig last Saturday and my wife actually asked me to turn it down because it was too loud, as did a fellow musician that was there.

Also, with this thing, a monitor is not really necessary. You can set it behind you or off to the right or left a bit, and you basically hear what the audience is hearing. I didn't have any issues with feedback, but it also has a feedback control feature that my friend and I have both never had to use.

I have used a full size PA for years and I am seriously considering selling it and buying one of these for myself. My friends setup time has gone from 15-20 minutes to about 5 minutes using this, including sound check. And most of his setup is connecting pedals and power supplies.

c_tietze · Unread post by **c_tietze** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 12:32 pm

If the house has a PA you should only need at minimum a Direct Input Box, cables and your instrument.

Assuming the house PA has a board you can plug your PC into the board with I think rca cables.

If you're live btw I'd ditch that studio mic and consider an industry standard like a Shure SM58, most venues have these if they have a decent PA system.

c_tietze · Unread post by **c_tietze** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 12:37 pm

If you need a PA, goto craiglist or research on musician's friend. You don't need that much for smaller solo gigs, you'd be surprised.

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