| Being a singer for quite a long time, I would say don't even bother with a pa, because then you have to buy monitors to hear yourself on stage as well.
Try out a bose L1
Every singer I've had sing through my L1 instantly lit up and was very surprised because they could really hear themselves sing very well.
If you can wing it get a bose L1 system. Go to bose and check out "products for musicans," and go to the forum.
I use two for my rock trio. It makes vocals much easier, as they spread out everywhere. You won't have to worry about being right in front of a monitor, and if you use it right you can get it way louder before feedback than a regular PA, for vocals.
I would get at least one bass module otherwise it doesn't have any low end ooomph.
It's also light,very easy to transport, and setup. I can set up two systems set up for my trio in 15 minutes tops and ready to play with no tweaking.
Someone mentioned clarity is more important that power for vocals. Well, there simply is not a sound system around that has better clarity of vocals than the bose L1
Next thing you want, is to pair it with a really good mic. Most on the bose forum use om5s, I would like to try the new om7, I have a sennheiser 945e, it slices through a mix quite easily.
Be prepared though to hear your voice exactly how it is, maybe with a little mic coloring. And that could please you or shatter your ego depending on how good your voice is. The L1 quickly points out flaws and makes you a better singer if you use it a lot.
Unless you buy their new system L2 with the mixer add on, the L1 doesn't have vocal effects. Most users though report that their voice sounds so nice, after some practice they don't feel the need to cover it up with heaps of reverb.
I've been using mine for over a year now, rehearse with it twice a week, and have played a few gigs with it. I have nothing but nice things to say about it. Everything on the site it true. I've been to a couple of jam nights with regular systems and I will never use house sound again, unless the place is so huge and packed with people my L1 isn't powerful enough. Even then I might not play the place and limit my gigs to no more than a couple hundred. After playing through my L1, the usual pa system just sounds like crap to me. FOH maybe not so much, but almost always the stage sound is crap what with monitors and amps blaring and not being able to hear my vocal properly.
And yes, I have owned my own PA system in the past and knew how to use it right. I often did my own sound with my crappy little pa and got better sound than most house sound would give me, but then again it's a pain to bring your own PA and riggs on top of that.
with my bose I plop them down, plug in and go.
Last edited by ric1312 : 06-27-2007 at 03:07 PM.
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