Maverick10
Senior Member
Good morning all,
I've done some research on here and still haven't found what I was looking for.
So my guitar player decided that he was just going to go ahead and buy a PA system, didn't really sit down with the band to figure out what we needed, how much we needed, and the best options to do that. I have no problem with him doing that since he footed the bill himself and has not asked us to help pay.
This is mostly for use at band practice in a house basement and for any potential gigs at small to medium sized venues we could have coming up in the pipeline.
So I'm looking at miking options. This is not for recording, large stages or theaters.
the mixer he got is an 8 channel, but only 4 of the channels are XLR there's also three channels with quarter inch. He got ProFX8.
He was also saying that he has the Bass running to the Speakers because I guess the ones he got have built in mixer. I'm not a fan of that for a rock show.
So if we have vocal, Bass and guitar, that leaves me one XLR channel and one with spilt quarter inch or two channels with 4 quarter inch.
I'm thinking of just getting my own board, miking my kit through that and then running that to the other board.
I'm on the fence with how I want to mik the kit. Something like the Sabian Sound Kit might work in this instances, or maybe getting a really good 4 channel mixer, and some good quality mics. and just doing kick, snare, toms? or kick, snare, two overheads.
I've seen a lot of threads and posts saying that cymbals and hats will cut so just mik the kick, snare and toms. (I run a 1 up and two down but have been known to just use 1 floor tom for space on stage).
I have a basic understanding of what's going on with miking, but I'm not looking to run a studio, or spend hours doing this. I just need an easy solution and fairly cost effective (I know I'd rather spend a little more money for something good, than to keep replacing subpar gear) to help with practice and the few venues we'd play that I may have to mik my kit at.
Thank You.
J
I've done some research on here and still haven't found what I was looking for.
So my guitar player decided that he was just going to go ahead and buy a PA system, didn't really sit down with the band to figure out what we needed, how much we needed, and the best options to do that. I have no problem with him doing that since he footed the bill himself and has not asked us to help pay.
This is mostly for use at band practice in a house basement and for any potential gigs at small to medium sized venues we could have coming up in the pipeline.
So I'm looking at miking options. This is not for recording, large stages or theaters.
the mixer he got is an 8 channel, but only 4 of the channels are XLR there's also three channels with quarter inch. He got ProFX8.
He was also saying that he has the Bass running to the Speakers because I guess the ones he got have built in mixer. I'm not a fan of that for a rock show.
So if we have vocal, Bass and guitar, that leaves me one XLR channel and one with spilt quarter inch or two channels with 4 quarter inch.
I'm thinking of just getting my own board, miking my kit through that and then running that to the other board.
I'm on the fence with how I want to mik the kit. Something like the Sabian Sound Kit might work in this instances, or maybe getting a really good 4 channel mixer, and some good quality mics. and just doing kick, snare, toms? or kick, snare, two overheads.
I've seen a lot of threads and posts saying that cymbals and hats will cut so just mik the kick, snare and toms. (I run a 1 up and two down but have been known to just use 1 floor tom for space on stage).
I have a basic understanding of what's going on with miking, but I'm not looking to run a studio, or spend hours doing this. I just need an easy solution and fairly cost effective (I know I'd rather spend a little more money for something good, than to keep replacing subpar gear) to help with practice and the few venues we'd play that I may have to mik my kit at.
Thank You.
J