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wooden stage - wooden floor

Discussion in 'Live Sound [BG]' started by MAGUS®, Nov 14, 2012.

  1. Nov 14, 2012 #1
    MAGUS®

    MAGUS®

    Dec 23, 2004
    How do you gigging guys stack your cabs on wooden stages or wooden floors ?

    We got a gig coming up, and instead of the usual wood stage, or carpeted floor, its a wood floor. This is just the band area, not the whole bar

    Both my cabs have castors on the bottom - call it old age, but they're a breeze to move around, but i'm wondering about coupling, or rather de-coupling.

    I figure a wooden floor would not be as resonant as a wooden stage, so is it worth shoving a bit of carpet under each cabs' castors ? Or just leave alone
     
  2. Nov 14, 2012 #2
    HolmeBass

    HolmeBass

    Jan 18, 2007
    Charlottesville, VA
    A bit of carpet isn't going to appreciably change either the mechanical or acoustic coupling with the floor, so I would definitely forget that. The castors themselves do much more to alleviate mechanical coupling than the carpet will. If you're getting a lot of mechanical coupling with the floor I'd put your cabinets up on a chair, or maybe invest in a Gramma pad.

    If you actually want mechanical coupling then take the castors off and increase the contact area between the cabinets and the floor.
     
  3. Nov 14, 2012 #3
    uhdinator

    uhdinator Guest

    Apr 20, 2010
    Maine
    I use 2 auralex gramma's under each 215 sub and top cabs on stands.
     
  4. Nov 14, 2012 #4
    MAGUS®

    MAGUS®

    Dec 23, 2004
    These are my bass cabs, not the PA cabs.

    Thanks guys - i'll probably just leave them as is, on the castors, and take note of the results.