Exactly! If you tag along with the band , you'd d*** well better make yourself useful and not just take up space at the band table during breaks.
Uhhh...what were we talking about?
Riis
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My band's sound setup - discuss and analyze
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Exactly! If you tag along with the band , you'd d*** well better make yourself useful and not just take up space at the band table during breaks.
Uhhh...what were we talking about?
Riis
Amazon.com … do a search for TSSS lighting and you'll come across the same little 86LED lights that Elation sells, at half the price. A wee bit north of $20 per piece. Narrow beam as opposed to a bit wide beam, but at 5-10', you get a solid 4-6' of beam width from the light. I'd venture that for under $100, you could have a nice little bit of lighting. Under $200, and you could really be well off. Just take care not to bust 'em all to crap. They're not like old school Halogen pars. LOL.
I'll check out some of those LED's you guys have mentioned.
As for the texter and sammiches? That's actually an audience member, I have no idea who it is. That place we were playing has tables set up all the way around the "stage" to the point where some people are actually watching from behind us.
As for the texter and sammiches? That's actually an audience member, I have no idea who it is. That place we were playing has tables set up all the way around the "stage" to the point where some people are actually watching from behind us.
Quite nice setup I say.
Re: drum micing........I find individual drum mics, clamps, etc. at smallish DIY PA gigs like this to usually be more hassle without enough good stuff, IMO. Gigs like that, I'll use a kick + 3 more, placed sort of left, center, and right around the kit. I use the same mics that are "tom mics" out of a package kit for the top 3, or good ol' 57's, on stands placed a foot or so back/in between the main components they're catching and turned up to blend. 1 between snare and hat, that catches both of those as well as enough of a crash on that side. 1 in the middle catching both toms as well as the "inside" of both crashes, and 1 one the right catching floor tom and ride, and of course a decent, dedicated kick mic.
Little bleed never hurt nobody, never had a feedback problem with it, and it works quite well provided the drummers kit is well tuned, fairly even in volume with no drums having a bad ring. In that case it's more just micing and amplifying the thing without much if any processing, gating, or other "fixing" needed on individual drums.
If that stuff becomes an issue, I'd rather find a better drummer than invest in more mics, more channels, more processing, and more hassle.
Re: drum micing........I find individual drum mics, clamps, etc. at smallish DIY PA gigs like this to usually be more hassle without enough good stuff, IMO. Gigs like that, I'll use a kick + 3 more, placed sort of left, center, and right around the kit. I use the same mics that are "tom mics" out of a package kit for the top 3, or good ol' 57's, on stands placed a foot or so back/in between the main components they're catching and turned up to blend. 1 between snare and hat, that catches both of those as well as enough of a crash on that side. 1 in the middle catching both toms as well as the "inside" of both crashes, and 1 one the right catching floor tom and ride, and of course a decent, dedicated kick mic.
Little bleed never hurt nobody, never had a feedback problem with it, and it works quite well provided the drummers kit is well tuned, fairly even in volume with no drums having a bad ring. In that case it's more just micing and amplifying the thing without much if any processing, gating, or other "fixing" needed on individual drums.
If that stuff becomes an issue, I'd rather find a better drummer than invest in more mics, more channels, more processing, and more hassle.
I have a MXL 990 that a friend gave me, I use as part of mic'ing drum kits sometimes. http://www.musiciansfriend.com/cond...crophone-with-shockmount?rNtt=mxl 990&index=4
If the kit isn't huge - a kick mic in the drum, this under the toms, pointed across the set and a sm 57 outside of the hat towards the snare - and that usually covers it. More if needed, but honestly, this has been pretty good. Sometimes an overhead to capture the brass, but if there is a vocal mic, I haven't needed it.
If the kit isn't huge - a kick mic in the drum, this under the toms, pointed across the set and a sm 57 outside of the hat towards the snare - and that usually covers it. More if needed, but honestly, this has been pretty good. Sometimes an overhead to capture the brass, but if there is a vocal mic, I haven't needed it.
That's a pretty neat trick. Probably works out good....but...it's a condensor...and it looks delicate.
Thinking as much mechanical robustness as sound here. You can tie a pair of 57's together and use them as makeshift nunchucks....and they'll still work up to spec after the beating.
It seems to have held up pretty well so far, I agree on the 57s though. I have a double mic clip adapter I use that way sometimes, and use a Y cable (XLR) to do exactly that. I have been cautioned that it will cause cancellation, but I never really noticed anything bad with it. Of course, I am not a "real" sound guy so I guess I don't know any better.......
I did call MXL and spoke with a couple of different people there - they advised me that this is a good use for this mic, and that it should hold up well - so I am running with it - for now
I did call MXL and spoke with a couple of different people there - they advised me that this is a good use for this mic, and that it should hold up well - so I am running with it - for now
Thanks for the sammich reference.
From what you've described, that's what we call "theater in the round"....classy but more than likely unintentional in your case. Either way, she is obviously enthralled, mesmerized, whatever by the performance.
Keep us posted on the lighting selection.
Riis
