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Subwoofer & Top vs. Traditional Amp and Speaker
- Thread starter LowDown Hal
- Start date
- Jan 27, 2010
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- Endorsing Artist: Genz Benz Amplification
Not knocking those that make this work, but having a sub onstage can cause a lot of problems with all the open mics on stage. All the stuff under 60 Hz or so can muddy things up onstage, and can lead to volume wars as well. Not saying it can't work, but it requires a bit of effort and thoughtfulness.
Heard. Personally I am just wanting to get a powered sub so I can use it with my powered PA speakers....and since I am not gigging I was just going to get rid of my bass rig (the cabinet anyways) for the time being.
I've been thinking about this ever since a couple of recent gigs where I went bass to SansAmp to board with in-ears and no onstage amp. They were really small venues so I wandered out and stood about a foot in front of one of our P.A. stacks and... wow. Just wow. The IEMs kept the volume from killing my ears but I still had that bass and kick thumping through my whole body. Pretty amazing experience.
I doubt I'll ever go that route though. The whole point of going ampless was to clean up our stage (visibly and audibly), make set-up faster and allow us to use a smaller trailer (gas mileage). So to pipe the FOH via a 3rd P.A. stack set up behind me kinda defeats the whole purpose.
I doubt I'll ever go that route though. The whole point of going ampless was to clean up our stage (visibly and audibly), make set-up faster and allow us to use a smaller trailer (gas mileage). So to pipe the FOH via a 3rd P.A. stack set up behind me kinda defeats the whole purpose.
