live mix

My apologies if this thread has been created before. We were setting up before a gig last year and I was staring up at the cavernous open ceiling and said "this high open ceiling is going to kill our sound again". The rhythm guitarist looked over and said: "the ceiling has nothing to do with the...

Ok I’m buying a modern class D rig. I’m actually considering buying an 800w (Genzler 800) but the one I am probably buying is a 500w (pf500). Even if I go with the 800, with a single cab it’s rated for 400w & im looking at a single 210 cabinet for that. So even w the genzler I’d be running just...

Hey folks! We are putting together a wedding band where I will assume the mantle of sound guy. I have a basic training of PA systems and analogue mixers with some outboard stuff, but I constantly educate myself on modern digital mixers as well, while also running a project studio recording and...

I work with an extremely talented lyricist and he has been wanting to work together musically since we started working together professionally. He has tons of lyrics together that just need fit together. He has played live shows before but always to a backing track. He is wanting some actual...

Anyone use drum triggers live with there band? We just did some recordings and the drums triggered sound so much bigger and cleaner than acoustic drums. I see Roland now makes a trigger that has a built in mic and sends two outputs a mic and a trigger. I was thinking of adding this to our...

Hey! I am slowly turning into a tone snob, and for someone that tries to play a variety of styles in a single show, I have some questions from experienced gigging musicians on how they deal with keeping a nice mix when switching basses and streamlining going back and forth without having to...