Indeed. This thread and others like it are TB at its best - But, i always learn something useful on this one.
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AudioKinesis Cabs Part VI...
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One of the most variable size juggling pins when it comes to low end is the room itself. I don't usually twist eq knobs on my preamp, but when I do, it's usually the bass and low mids.
Beautiful bass! Is it just me, or is there a family resemblance between the poster on the wall the Valenti headstock?
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I figured you did and was conforming your call...I can't ever remember those cutesy names exactly either, it's just that someone I played music with recently had a bag from that company so the name was fresh in my head.
It’s the Gruv Gear Duostrap. There’s another strap that’s hidden so it goes over both shoulders and looks like I’m wearing suspenders when I play but I love it. I have terrible low back and neck issues so this strap has been miraculous. After long gigs I would have back pain on the side my bass hung but no longer. I’m more balanced now.
My Valenti is also ultra light.
Now my Hathor 1203 makes things even easier.
I took it to a rehearsal last night and the guitarist was blown away by the size and then the power! Thanks Duke.
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I just played my first gig with the pair of Changeling 112T's, and boy, howdy! This little rig kills! The Reidmar 750 was a great match, as well, and I was slamming with both Gain and Master well below noon.
Here are the instruments I used at the show (we play a very wide variety):
Here are the instruments I used at the show (we play a very wide variety):
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LOL, yep! That bar gets so packed when we play there, it is very hard to get a beverage during set breaks, so I just get my own little bucket of ice and beer at the start of the evening.
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I commented on this a bit earlier in the thread, but to reiterate, the Changeling 112T definitely goes deeper, but also has a bit more high end content and clarity.
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Is there a benefit, if you have one cab, to put it up a PA pole stand to about ear level? Beyond being able to hear yourself better.
Would this allow all the bass that is reflected down on the floor to be better dispersed on the stage and FOH?
And allow cabs with rear/side speakers/ports better dispersion as well?
Is there a benefit, if you have one cab, to put it up a PA pole stand to about ear level? Beyond being able to hear yourself better.
Would this allow all the bass that is reflected down on the floor to be better dispersed on the stage and FOH?
And allow cabs with rear/side speakers/ports better dispersion as well?
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The bass is already omnidirectional, but pole-mounting would give your mids and highs (which are directional) a "clearer shot" at people's ears, whether they are in the band or on the stage. The downside is, you would lose a lot of boundary reinforcement in the low end. Most bass cabs are designed with the expectation of there being at least one nearby reflective surface.
In my Hathor and Changeling cabs, I have tried to get some mids and highs up to the bass player's ears without having to resort to pole stands or tilt-back. The midrange cones are in a chamber that has big openings on the top, which bounces some of the cone's backwave energy up towards your ears. Probably not a perfect solution, but hopefully "better than nothing".
Some of my Thunderchild cabs have an optional rear-firing tweeter, which can help with that too, if there's a reflective surface behind the cab.
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IME, in pretty much all of the venues I've played in, reflections created by stage floor boundary reinforcement get lost in venue acoustics and can create stage boominess.
Seems that raising cabs on a stand(yea for @JimmyM's milkcrates), vertical stacks, HPFs and foam pads have all come more into use in the past 10 years to improve how the bass sits in the FOH mix.
The reason I brought up the PA pole stand is that it can create more distance from the stage floor than other methods.
Anyone ever try this?
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The provision I make for addressing boominess, onstage and/or out in the venue, is pluggable ports. Arguably, this addresses the issue at one of its sources (the other being the room's acoustics).
