4x4 drop snake

[4Mal]

There is a stage management aspect to it and there is also a musicality aspect. I'm beginning to believe that thing about the bubbles of me. Maybe as sound people, we need to encourage more across the stage listening... Yes I understand we don't like pro active sound guys ... It is an interesting aspect I think... Of course if players notice then we've gone too far. Kinda like compression...

 

[s0c9]

yeah, screw that.

with wedges, they start with their own vocals period, anything else they have to ask for. (chances are in small clubs and bars that's all they'll need). everything you add into a wedge mix increases overall stage volume, so don't put it in unless it's really needed.

with IEMs they can have whatever they want, it doesn't matter out front; if they can tweak their own mixes via iphone and leave you alone all the better.

+1000%
I only ever put vocals and acoustic guitar, maybe some keys into wedges. Other than that, adding anything else clutters the spectrum real fast and it eventually turns to mush.

Yes, IEM's let the musician mix to their hearts desire, and at the volume they want!

 

[cultrvultr]

Everything @walterw said is true. Love my hosa little bro. Makes the stage so much cleaner and easier to deal with.

Always worth getting the next size up on a snake. That way the inevitable bad channel won't hold you up

 

[Rockin Mike]

I wound up purchasing the Hosa Little Bro. The TRS send/return will work great with drummer's IEMs.
We'll be trying it out Saturday, I'm sure it will be a benefit.

 

[cultrvultr]

I wound up purchasing the Hosa Little Bro. The TRS send/return will work great with drummer's IEMs.
We'll be trying it out Saturday, I'm sure it will be a benefit.

Hope you like it! I keep mine clean and coiled up in a little contracter bag from harbor freight

 

[troy mcclure]

Funny enough I have been internally fighting with myself about the need for a snake in my cover band I use a total of 9 inputs , 3 sends and 2 mains using powered speakers and a digital board and have been using separate cables. I decided on using a Lil bro in the front to handle the the front vocals and guitar amp and monitors and use some gender changers to go to the mains through the snake. I will probably buy another lil brother for the rear of the stage in the not to distant future. Now what do I do with all my long xlr cords?

 

[walterw]

I will probably buy another lil brother for the rear of the stage in the not to distant future. Now what do I do with all my long xlr cords?

chop 'em in half and solder on new ends to get double the number of shorter XLR cables?

 

[troy mcclure]

chop 'em in half and solder on new ends to get double the number of shorter XLR cables?

If only I could solder.... you have never seen suck a mess as my attempts. I do have a friend who does all my cords about every 6 months.

 

[cultrvultr]

Just keep for the inevitable time when the snake breaks omit you need more cables. They last forever if you zero wrap them.

 

[Rockin Mike]

What is "zero wrap" ?

 

[walterw]

What is "zero wrap" ?

a quick googlin' turns up a bunch of references to "over-under" wrapping, so i assume that is what it means.

over-under keeps the cable from getting twisted up as you wrap, great for dealing with fat cables and long cables.

 

[cultrvultr]

yeah, zero wrap and over-under are same thing. lots of youtube videos about it. A few practice rounds after a gig and you will get the hang of it.

 

[Rockin Mike]

I just never heard it called that before.

 

[Bufalo]

I am convinced that I've learned that wrap method all wrong because my cables come out tied in a series of overhand knots...