On May 12, 8:03=A0am, James <worthlamb...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> My PA that I
> have been using is just a four channel Kustom 100 watt for the vocals
> only. =A0 I need something bigger with the other instruments.
> What are your thoughts.
(a voice from the peanut gallery speaks)
Well, WTH, I played in bands from high school (1966) up through the
early 80's. (How's that for a professional CV?)
In my (very, in this neighborhood) HO, the move to "mic everything"
for live sound in small-medium rooms and similar outdoor gigs was not
a good thing.
Monitors, on the other hand, were a good thing, if operated with
brains/ears.
If I may? The object of playing out is to have a good time and make a
little (or WTH, a lot of!) money. EZ setup, ****tability, low cost is
the way to go; anything that gets away from that-- like a PA that's a
PITA to load after a gig, or painful to make payments on-- can really
spoil the enjoyment.
Hey, it's live music, usually with dancing, eating/drinking (high
ambient noise factor), not a night at the opera <g>.
If the Kustom isn't completely hopeless as is, I'd use it, or maybe
try swapping speakers/amps around to see if maybe that Crown (for
example) wouldn't work with your speakers, or whatever combination of
what you have and what's in the stores might be good bang for the
buck. (Trying to save you some money here) IMHO, the best thing about
a PA speaker for club use is, "can you get it up in the air so it's
working over the heads of dancers, and people can hear the thing?" The
JBL's that go up on poles work fine; maybe there's better out there
but you'll need to ask those with current knowledge of what's
available.
How about mics? What do you use? If you're not at the old "standard"
Shure 58 level, there would be a place to spend some money. EV, others
have some goodies out from what I've seen here and elsewhere. Some
mics suit a particular voice (and habits) better than others. There
have been discussions here you could google for, or ask. A good place
to instill some performer confidence.
If you're a multi-member vocal group, a monitor or two could really
help the singers now that you have percussion and bass. Small, light,
cheap, EZ to run and set up/tear down, and "good enough" is all you
need. --D-y
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