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08-24-2008, 04:42 PM
|  | Jazz Chicken | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Ennui, IN USA | | | PA is too Loud!
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I'm from the old school of bands, were you supplied the sound, including the PA. I retired from music back in the eighties, but came back a few years ago. The one thing I've noticed is the every place we've played supplies the PA(all monster rigs) and pa crew. And everyone seems to set the PA too loud. We played last night and the PA was just kickin'! It hollered and screamed and I could only hear the drums and the mid ranges of my bass. If I stepped away from the front of the stage, I could hear the band, but everything still seemed too loud. Is it just me, yearning for the olden days, or do I have a point. And how do you guys deal with it?
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08-24-2008, 04:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: SE Wisconsin | | | ear plugs... it balances everything nicely |
08-24-2008, 04:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: somewhere in middle America | | | Hmmmm, come to think of it, I've noticed that most bar bands tend to overpower their sound. At my friend's wedding, the band was cool...but talking and screaming "WHAAATT??" all the time got old. |
08-24-2008, 05:00 PM
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08-24-2008, 08:29 PM
| | Jazz Chicken | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Ennui, IN USA | | | Hmmm, I used to wear earplugs at work, but I have strange shaped ear canal and had to wear noise cancelling headphones, instead. I wonder if I could rig up some kind of personal noise blocking/monitoring system. I may have all I need to do that.
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08-24-2008, 08:46 PM
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Artist:TC Electronic RH450 bass system | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Fort Madison, IA | | | I'm from the 60's &70's ....and if it's that loud on stage ......it is TOO DARN LOUD!!!!
You will be deaf in about 2 years.(if you're lucky) try it and see.. |
08-24-2008, 09:01 PM
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Artist:TC Electronic RH450 bass system | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Fort Madison, IA | | | The PA should make "how you sound" louder...in front of the house.
We always play the same volume that we have at practice or in the studio..just enough to keep up with the tubs (drums for all the young'n's)
Set up tight on stage so you can hear each other ..use monitors "sparingly" with just vocals if you can...it will save your butt.(and ears) in the long-run.
with all of the volume from modern systems...all you need is a little "clairity" from the monitors to add to what is coming off of the subs and refections in the room...
Last edited by John Wentzien : 08-24-2008 at 09:05 PM.
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08-24-2008, 10:15 PM
| | Jazz Chicken | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Ennui, IN USA | | | That was pretty much how we were set up. And the Sound check was ok. But, soon as the show started, the volume increased. On stage it wasn't ear ringing bad, but it over-powered the band.
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