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Pa guy insists on putting me into pa

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Chaddycakes

Mar 19, 2007
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New Orleans, LA 70115
#1
So the sound guy, who also happens to be the vocalist and guitarist in the band, insists on putting me in pa mix. He want me to take the DI out from my Markbass cmd121 to the DI so he can mix it with his guitar signal that only comes out of the pa. This is in every single gig, small and large.

Why does this suck so much and how can I convince him that his reasoning is flawed?
 
#4
Chaddycakes said:
So the sound guy, who also happens to be the vocalist and guitarist in the band, insists on putting me in pa mix. He want me to take the DI out from my Markbass cmd121 to the DI so he can mix it with his guitar signal that only comes out of the pa. This is in every single gig, small and large.

Why does this suck so much and how can I convince him that his reasoning is flawed?
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am i reading this as he wants to mix his and your signal together in one channel?
 
#8
Hmm, like others here have already said (unless he can’t mix), I don’t know what the problem is?

Personally, I like the idea because I wouldn’t have to haul a bass rig to those gigs and just use IEM instead.

Chaddycakes said:
So the sound guy, who also happens to be the vocalist and guitarist in the band, insists on putting me in pa mix. He want me to take the DI out from my Markbass cmd121 to the DI so he can mix it with his guitar signal that only comes out of the pa. This is in every single gig, small and large.

Why does this suck so much and how can I convince him that his reasoning is flawed?
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#14
If nothing else, it helps everybody else's monitor mix, which can only improve the band's cohesiveness. You also have to be careful about your stage rig's sound rolling into the mikes at high volumes. As long as the PA has enough power resources to accommodate the bass, it's a good way to go. If there isn't enough power in the PA, the sound guy should know it.
 
#15
The only problem I can see here is that you have some serious comb filtering of low frequencies if you've got a lot of volume on both your amp and PA.

Else, I'd go to PA everyday! It's simply a nicer approach for most things and it makes sure you're heard out of more than one speaker. Read the 'makes sure you're heard' part again.

To avoid comb filtering I have the lows on my amp maxed out (40-200hz basically) and 200+ goes through PA (some 8khz upped by 3db and compressed a bit). It works marvelous.
 
#16
Chaddycakes said:
Why does this suck so much and how can I convince him that his reasoning is flawed?
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What the hell are you smoking?

Of course he wants a little bass in the mix. Now get a little kick drum and snare in the PA too, and you guys might actually sound like a real band.

And thank your lucky stars that your guitar player is actually forward thinking about these details.
 

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