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In Reply to: RE: new band seeks advice on setup posted by kavu on July 31, 2008 at 09:08:27
Quote: "Money is somewhat limited, but I think the band really wants to have good equipment that can do their sound justice..."
Ah, yes. Where have I heard that a thousand times before? Hahahahaha!
"Their sound" is the sound which the audience hears. If sound reinforcement is being used, THAT is a big part of "their sound".
It really comes down to what they think is acceptable, and, more importantly, what their clients and audiences will BUY. (BUY = Getting gigs).
But since you said that it's a new band and that they'll be playing bars and such, I'll cut ya some slack from my usual stark-reality position.
Get a pair of 12" 2- or 3-way self-powered speakers (preferably 3-way), a decent mixing board with good channel EQ, a proper snake, and high quality microphones. 12", not 15". Good channel EQ. High quality microphones.
I'm not in a position to benefit from recommending certain brands (thankfully). So I'll just say that Mackie makes some appropriate speakers and a decent mixing board. EV, JBL, Yamaha, and others also make some nice speakers.
Forget the monitors and all the baggage that goes with them. We're not talking about loud rock-and-roll or 16-piece jazz or 110 dB here. If a small band of bluegrass musicians aren't good enough to hear and balance themselves in a bar, monitors ain't gonna help their career. At the most, in the more rowdy bars, they might need their own self-powered speaker feeding them the same mix as the audience gets (with some bass cut).
hth
Quote: "Sound like you want to sound. Screw the alternatives."
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