Live Sound

Journey weirdness
I am just back from Sweden Rock Festival, one of Europe's biggest hard rock festivals. At the festival, I was working for Swedish Radio as a producer for some of the live recordings done for the radio. Normally, I am a live sound engineer but once a year, I tag along with my old friends at Swedish Radio to have som... 19 Jun 2006 02:51

Attenuating line level down to guitar amp input ?
Hi, I'm going to turn my old transistor guitar combo into a stage monitor, but I'll need to attenuate the line level signal from the mixing desk before it hits the guitar input. Would an L-pad be appropriate here, and if so, what resistor values ? ....and is impedance an issue ? Many thanks, Cheers, Kev... 11 Jun 2006 18:58

FOH out too far?
Gene Sweeny wrote: Guys, I want to get a pair of small powered cabinets for filling the audience area closest to the stage. For several shows a year, I have my mains up on scaffold and fairly far apart to cover the mid to rear audience. I have a set of older tops that I use occasionally for fro... 19 Jun 2006 02:51

Sound Damping Question
My band is about to play in a bar with sheetrock walls and a plywood floor. We'll be backed into a corner made mostly of windows. I'm concerned about the natural reverb setting off feedback. We're going to play on a 12X12 carpet. Should I also try to construct a sound baffle to go behind the drummer (in front ... 25 May 2006 18:23

Mic a Guitar amp
Anyone have any good reading material on micing a guitar amp... Tips.... Tricks... etc... Thanks ... 27 May 2006 04:14

Amp Purchase Comments, Insights or Recommendations
I am looking to purchase two amps. The first amp will drive (2) Peavey 600 W 4 ohm sub woofers. Second amp will drive (2) Peavey 700 W 8 ohm cabinets. I?d like sufficient head room to provide flexibility in the future and a good value $$$/watts, reliability and the ability to drive 2 ohm loads (in case those in... 23 May 2006 12:17

Help with building some PA speaker .
I have a couple of eminence Omega 15 speakers and a couple of Selenium D210Ti drivers with 15 inch horns. I wanted to put a couple of speakers together but am a little baffled. The drivers are only rated at 80 w RMS and 160 w total. The woofers are 800 watts. Can I use the drivers with these woofers? I am h... 24 May 2006 12:49

EAW monitors
My search for two floor monitors continues. I had a very cool chance to hear some EAW monitors in a church install the other day. First time I've heard monitors that I really liked. Two different pairs in particular. One pair was the SM200ih the other pair LA212. They were powered by QSC PLX amps. The matchin... 23 May 2006 12:49

In-ear monitors
Hi everyone, I am a sax player and want to invest in a wireless in-ear monitoring system for myself in the $800.00 to $1200.00 range. I am currently looking at a used Sennheiser EW 300 IEM system for $600.00. Anyone have experience with these? In my price range it seems like it's either the Shure or Sennheiser. ... 22 May 2006 14:38

Pay Rate?
As some of you may recall, I posted a while back regarding the change in ownership, at a venue where I mix. Well, my optimism about some 'new blood' was unfounded. The new owners are even cheaper, and less open to opinions, than the previous proprietors. They are trying to change the way that the crew is paid. In... 23 Apr 2006 18:40