gzc_stageTech wrote:Great job Bruce. Did you have to 'push it' or could you coast for the benefit? Too bad you didn't shoot a quick video of the set up and sound.
Did you create a scene on your SL16.4.2 to recall for another show? The board is quite intuitive and runs a lot like an analog board. But the digital features are nice to have available.
Chris
I only took a few seconds of video of two 14 yr old girls playing and singing. The guitar player was in the band that was performing (she's been gigging since she was 12), and the singer was her friend - she had some pipes! In fact, I asked 'em to play our break at an outdoor concert we do every year.
The subs were coasting. I didn't get to put a voltmeter on 'em while the band was playing, but when I had some music going, I was topping out around 3 volts. I'm sure it was much higher with the band. I'm running 4 OT12s with the two T39s. It all sounded good, but honestly a couple of times I felt like a got a little distortion from the tops - I couldn't tell if it was a kick drum hit or bass guitar......but it might have just been something else. I was a bit of a pop, but it never did it when I went up close. I might not have been the speaker at all but rather some sound that was sounding like a pop from one of the players.
Since it was my first time out with the board, I did a little prep work in the garage. I knew the band setup, so I laid out the channels and used the presets that come with the board for each instrument - choosing the first preset of each instrument since there are several. Then I saved that scene. The whole process didn't take 30 minutes and that included trying out several different reverbs and delays.
So, I showed up, set up, and fired it up. Ran a little Steely Dan to set the onboard GEQ, very little adjustment as I had RTA'd with the driverack for outside a couple of days ago. Then brought up the faders......WOW! Actually, it was a little embarrassing.....I'm used to screwing around with EQ on every instrument trying to get it right. I made one adjustment to the kick, a little tweak on the snare and that was pretty much it. The bass sounded amazing....and I've run sound for that player for years and years - it's never sounded better. The vocals were really nice too.
Ran up a little 'verb and delay and the mix was done. Had to scowl, frown, and look busy so they thought they were getting their money's worth...(it was a free gig).
That board, with it's presets - could be make a new engineer pretty good right out of the box once they learn it. I was really impressed. Looking forward to using it again.
Yes, that was a plug. Unabashed man-love for a piece of sound equipment (and quite a looker too!)
