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In Reply to: How do YOU set PA levels? posted by Inmate51 on October 13, 2006 at 12:45:33:
Rock and Jazz/Fusion are two different things.For Jazz/R&B/Fusion, balance is the key, not sheer volume. You are trying to amp horns, piano... acoustic instruments. You want to keep the levels down and keep the need for monitors at a minimum. The musicians need to be able to hear each other. Don't try to run the sound like rock concert levels. KISS.
Keep the PA low, turn up the master gain just enough to balance the horns with the drums. Bass, guitar, and synth should have their own amps, but these can be kept low. Turn up the bass enough to balance with the drums. Then add guitar and synth. Now readjust the main on the PA to balance the horns with the rhythm section.
DON'T ride the gain on the horn players' mics. Set them and leave them alone. Nothing is worse than playing 16 bars (or more) before the amateurish soundman turns your mic up. Do that, and at the break they will take you out back for a discussion.
See the guy on the left? He's soloing, the guy on the right has backed off. Don't turn his mic down... they may start trading licks for all you know. Leave the mics hot.
Tonal balance... for horn players, if the mic sounds natural for the male speaking voice, that's about right for horn players. No bassy boom. Just a touch of warmth with the reverb, no echo-y sound.
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- Re: How do YOU set PA levels? - Paul C. 23:15:33 10/27/06 (1)
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