Anyone use a Roland Cube 30 Monitor?

[cheapbasslovin]

I'm just getting into vocals and since I can barely hold a tune while I'm not playing bass I really need to get a decent monitor for my vocals. Our band is using their own powered monitors and I've got a little ghetto setup worked out for now, but I would like to lighten my load and still have a decent monitor. The reviews I've read have been decent, but nobody appears to be using it for anything but a singer songwriter setup.

So to sum up: If I place it on a mic stand pretty close to me, would a Roland cube 30 get my vocals over a medium volume band mix (I'm using 200w into a 112 or 115, but no more). If not, then are there any recommendations for a low cost, reasonably lightweight powered monitor that would get it done?

Thanks all.

[jay schrader]

I have one of those Roland 30 cube monitors. I have used it for a few gigs as my vocal monitor. It works quite well because you can put it close.

My drummer and I have switched to using Behringer 205d monitors. It is similar to the Roland except a lot more powerful. 150w vs 30w. The Roland is a little under powered in my opinion.

Some other cool things about the Behringer is it can be mounted right on your mic boom stand so it is arms length away. It also has pass thru so you can run your mic to the monitor and then from the monitor to the mixer.

I like the Roland better as a practice tool because it has a headphone jack. I can plug in a stereo rca cable from a pc or ipod in one channel, my bass in another and my mic in the 3rd channel, put on the headphones and practice.

How I use mine is I run one line from the monitor out of the board to the first channel of the monitor. I also run a seperate second line out of my harmonizer right to second channel of the monitor. That way I can make my voice as loud as I want in only my monitor and still get the full band mix as well.

You don't need a harmonizer to split your mic signal. You can just purchase an XLR y cable to split the signal. One side goes to the PA the other side to your monitor.

Hope this helps.

[cheapbasslovin]

Thank you.

I have small 6 channel mixer coming that I plan to on using to split the signal and recombine (run my mic in both stereo channels, and then run the pa mix to only the left channel of the mixer. Send the right side to the PA and the left to my monitor) so I can crank my vocals in the monitor without destroying the mix. I'm going to see how my After Eight holds up as a monitor before deciding how much power I need.

Thanks again for your advice.