BFM Mobile DJ Setup

[loaferz]

Alrite, so me and my friend finished up our second set of Omnitop 1x12's and T36 this week and had the opportunity last nite to test these bad boys out. Sound was unbelievable, we had so many people complimenting our setup, and v coupling? Wow, I thought corner loading was good, but the amount of bass produced by this deadly combo had the Marriott manager coming down and telling us to turn it down because the conference room on the THIRD floor had their glasses shaking.

Being a military ball, it was a little annoying that we kept getting cut on a few songs (apparently my music causes grinding and hormone loaded kids to touch each other), but w/e, its military. We snuck a few hip-hop songs at the end, mainly a lot of trance, techno, pop, and country, but the kids loved it. We even had the flight commander dancing to "Thriller".

Overall, I love my new system. A little bit of a pain to move around and load, but thats why theres two of us. (I'm the one in the green shirt, my friend David in the black). If any of you were having doubts about BFM systems, forget it. These builds were a lot of fun, as well as a HUGE money saver, probably only costing 1/4 of what I would have had to pay for commecial cabs.

Thanks again Bill,

Giovanni












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[Dusneed]

Great setup, I want mine to look similar to yours. Looks like a sweet party in a huge space. also, it looks like the Macarena in one of those pictures.

[KENNY]

Hey looks like you had a blast of a time.What did you run for a setup,amps,dbx,mono or stereo????
thanks kenny

[loaferz]

I was running dual SHS SA-2500's to the omni's (1 amp per side) in stereo.
The tuba's I ran both off a EP1500 in stereo (max around 270w at 8 ohms).

Behringer cx2310 crossover crossing the tops at 120 Hz with the right channel going to one amp, and the left to another, and a mono sub output to the tubas. Looking to get a dcx after this gig.

As for the bulkiness of the tuba's, yes they are massive, but with a partner, it's not that bad at all to move around. Plus, the wheels on the back are a real lifesaver. For one man shows, I don't know how you could transport them, but if you have some roadies to help you out, they are definitely worth the weight IMO.

[Philip Weston]

For one man shows, I don't know how you could transport them, but if you have some roadies to help you out, they are definitely worth the weight IMO.

I used to load a pair of 185lb CV Earthquakes into the back of a Dodge Grand Caravan (all seats removed). If you tilt the sub back as much as possible, you can walk it up to the lip of the hatch. Then you rest the first six inches or so in the hatch and push the sub upright, levering the rear off the ground. Then you just slide them in. It's not as hard as it sounds, although they were heavy. The Tuba 36 cabs are lighter, so it should be easier. Of course the load height of your hatch/tailgate is critical - putting them into the back of a pickup truck is a completely different animal.

[Les Webb]

I used to load a pair of 185lb CV Earthquakes into the back of a Dodge Grand Caravan (all seats removed). If you tilt the sub back as much as possible, you can walk it up to the lip of the hatch. Then you rest the first six inches or so in the hatch and push the sub upright, levering the rear off the ground. Then you just slide them in. It's not as hard as it sounds, although they were heavy. The Tuba 36 cabs are lighter, so it should be easier. Of course the load height of your hatch/tailgate is critical - putting them into the back of a pickup truck is a completely different animal.

+1 tiltback handles are a must in my opinion. Works just like rolling a dolly then. I load Tuba 36s by myself all the time.

Les

[Bob G]

Could you post some close-up pics of your OT12's?

Pretty sweet setup you have there. Great job!

[Tim A]

and v coupling? Wow, I thought corner loading was good, but the amount of bass produced by this deadly combo had the Marriott manager coming down and telling us to turn it down because the conference room on the THIRD floor had their glasses shaking.

I kept looking at the picture and it finally ocurred to me...

You don't have the coupling plate on them! Try the plate and the manager from the next hotel up the street may be coming down....

[mlkras]

No 'V' plate and set up in the middle of the room. Get those subs to a wall and bring the hotel down.

[ReelDiel3]

awesome looking cabs...it looks great.

just a little constructive cristism. Your lighting rig hide the wires. GEt some velcro ties and hide the wires to the truss and run your main power down one of the stands. Then you will have the super sounding super clean looking set up.

Still love it though!

[SoundInMotionDJ]

just a little constructive cristism. Your lighting rig hide the wires. GEt some velcro ties and hide the wires to the truss and run your main power down one of the stands. Then you will have the super sounding super clean looking set up.

+1

Seeing the wires hanging down in the first pic was distracting...velcro or zip tie them in place (you can leave the cords on the lighting truss and just remove the lights).

I also noticed a puddle of wire on the floor on the right side of the table in the first pic...but I can't tell if that got hidden under the table by the time the show started.

You are 99% of the way to an awesome setup....now it's time to start focusing on the final 1%.

--Stan Graves

[Sydney]

GEt some velcro ties and hide the wires to the truss and run your main power down one of the stands.

Velcro strip is very cheap at fabric stores and very useful.
Some advise I was given that has helped me:
Do NOT wrap the lighting, sound and especially power cable around the metal truss pipes. It can be strapped to it, or better still suspended/harnesses from it using velcro strap.
I have heard a lot of hum from lighting systems injected into the sound system when cable is wrapped around a pipe ( in essence making the pipe part of a transformer ). When unwrapped the noise drops significantly.
* I also have fabric wrapped "floral wire" in my rigging bag.

[AntonZ]

GEt some velcro ties and hide the wires to the truss and run your main power down one of the stands.

Velcro strip is very cheap at fabric stores and very useful.

Don't buy individual velcro strips, rather get reels of two sided velcro. We have some at work for tying up cables in server rooms. You can cut both shorter and longer strips. For cable thick and thin, and depending on where you want to tie it to. Much more cost effective than prefab stribs as well, like $15 for 5 yards.