Dj getting back into the bizz

[SeisTres]

And you freaks were telling me to get a minivan. Sheesh. This is what I fit into my 2001 Tahoe for the gig last weekend:

2 24" T39s
4 OT12s
1 Gator slant rack
Plastic tub with 4 uplights and stands
2 Global Truss ST90, 2 speaker stands, and 8 feet of truss
1 Colorstrip in case
1 Martin EFX600
2 Martin SCX500
1 Jack 10 in the front seat
Traktor S4 in road case
Laptop bag
Bag with all the cables
A Coke and a smile

Oh, and me driving it.


Poinf is, you should make cardboard mockups of the designs and see if you can Tetris them all in. I'm really good at Tetris. High score, what's that mean? Did I break it?

I don't want to rub it in (well i guess just a little ) but here goes my minivan tetris:

6 16" t39's
4 jack 10
2 wedge8
10 channel mixer
16 channel mixer
10channel powered mixer
16channel powered mixer
3 amps
6 rackable effects
1 4x12 guitar cab
1 88key keyboard
guitar head
2 big moving lights
2 small lights
5 mic stands
2 speaker stands
stand for the lights
portable dj table
1 jrx112
1 slapro-sized cable case
1 jack12-sized cable case
Speaker cables and extension cords (not in cases)
mics for drums and five for intrusments/vox
Laptop
AND spare tire

Phewww, almost got tired of listing everything

OH and let's not forgot my cousin who was riding shotgun.

EDIT: forgot the two guitars and bass.

[hilo4noff]

follow up... Yep did get in touch with Preston, and he called me with about a moment's notice that he was demonstrating his speakers for some other people that were going to borrow them and if I could get there in about an hour I could give them a listen. So, I did... and all I can say is WOW! I'm sooooo glad that I found this site and Bill's designs. Preston had a pair of the jacks (maybe 12s on stands and 4 T-39's stacked in the v configuration with the v plate bolted on top out in his back yard for the demo. I'm going to have to use slang here because no other words are sufficient, the sound was sick! even turning the tops 90 degrees away from where were standing the clarity didn't change. Moving around to the front yard, even with a building in between us and the speakers, the sound was still just sick. I bet we could have walked 2 blocks away and the sound would have been just as good. All the while he had a volt meter running and I don't think it ever got above 24 volts and we were lighting up the whole damn neighborhood with sound. Nice nice nice. He even had the eq locked out on the driverack so we could just hear the speaker performance. All I can say is Wow!

To sum up the experience... Remember your first time as a youngster, when after months of holding hands and kissing, your 16 year old girlfriend took off her shirt in front of you? The words wouldn't form right in your mouth (even if you could come up with something to say) even someone beating you about the head with a tire iron wouldn't break your concentration or smile at that moment.

It was kind of like that. Now, I can't wait to get going on my dr200s and t-48s.

[UROK]

Excellent review!