Getting rid of the boom.....

[mrokern]

Originally Posted by Bob Lee (QSC)

Usually in a live band situation, it sounds better if you pull 200 to 250 Hz down a bit. It might be stage bounce that causes the abundance of acoustic energy in that frequency range, but it's usually there and if you compensate for it your mix will sound cleaner.

+1

I'd venture that at least 80% of my shows end up with at least a slight cut somewhere in this range. That number gets close to 100% in an indoor or shed environment.

-Mark

[TimmyP]

Originally Posted by mrokern

YEOUCH! What PAs have you been working on?

6dB down at 80Hz would suck the life out of most of the decent rigs I've come across.

-Mark

Just about every system I've mixed on. As most folks have never heard anything below 60Hz, they consider the 80Hz bump to be "great chest chrushing bass!" I consider it to be obnoxious shite. Get rig of the 80 bump and you find out how little real bass most subs have. Then crank up the subs a bit and/or put a little 35 into it, and it's not too bad - if you don't push them into too much distortion - which does not take much given how bad they all are.