djtrumptight wrote:Thanks for the kudo's Tom.Now the only problem is i want to build 2 WH10's,maybe 3 or 4 WH6's a XF guitar cab,maybe a Jack for a bass rig and i want to buy a drum mic setup,but b4 i buy any of that i got alot of studying to do in order to know what i need to be doing but this would be a good investment for me.
Good grief man lol. You've got your mains covered, so just go with your monitors/foldback for now. Most guitar players and bass players have their own preference for gear anyway, you don't need the added headache of arguing that you know the XF and Jack would sound better, more likely, than what they are presently using.
djtrumptight wrote:Are expensive drum mics worth the money or should i do it like i do with cordless mics ? I never buy expensive cordless mic's,especially for the things i do like comedy shows where comedians sometimes have a need to do all kinds of crazy things with your mic in order to tell their joke,rappers will abuse your mics,some people have this thing about "dropping" the mic.I get deposits on my cordless mic or they wont be used.
You shouldn't do drums with cordless mike IMO. I reckon the only thing you should use cordless mikes for is vocals, at a pinch. "Expensive" drum mikes are designed to take the high SPL produced, in particular, by bass drum and snare drum, and many are designed around acoustic drums EQ/response. Over the years Shure, AKG and Sennheiser have made some classic drum mikes and withstand the rigours of touring.
I'm in the same boat. I will have to buy drum mikes soon. Shure PG pack or PG/SM57 pack?? lol. That's what I'd prefer.
There are plenty of good reviews though about the more budget oriented Samson/NTS/Audix kits which should cover everything, so Bass drum, snare drum, tom drums (usually 3) and overheads. With drum rim mounts, because that saves you on microphone stands and space on stage.
You're other option may well be (I have considered this for myself) to buy a decent bass drum mike. Then a bunch of Shure SM57 clones (1 for snare, 1 for each tom, 1 per guitar cab) a few DI's (2 for keyboards, 1 or 2 for acoustic guitar etc) and you should be covered.
For the super cheapest option for drums, 1 bass drum mike and 2 condensors as overheads (down low from just behind and either side of the drummers back, aimed to pick up drums and cymbals and snare) can be doable unless it's a metal gig...
It's not just the mikes though... extra amps (1 channel per monitor send), extra EQ for each monitor send, extra mike cables, audio snake. And dealing with the "not so nice" bands...
i had 5 cordless mics (very cheap ones) and 1 corded mic.I designated the corded mic for lead vocals,i put a mic in front of the guitar players amp,one in front of the drummers bass drum,i wanted to put a mic up high on the drums near the snare and symbols but it was such an echo in the room that it carried ok since i had to turn the bass drum down to hear the bass player out in the crowd,his rig sounded terrible,like he needed to tighten the speakers down.I ran the keyboard through my Mackie mixer,T 48's V Plated in front of the stage,DR's to the sides of the stage,i tried to show the DR's but it was too dark in the video.The video is of the pre show set up,the DJ is the guy that rented from me.
This wouldn't be a problem with hard-wired.