Stage Monitors vs. Speakers
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From: julian8888888 on 3 Jan 2006 20:32 Can someone please educate me on the differences between these two; stage monitors and stage speakers. Is there some sort of feedback control on a monitor that is not present on a speaker? Or is it simply the way most monitors face up at an angle as opposed to horizontally straight. How is it you can face a monitor towards you on stage and not get feedback problems? Is it something inherent in the monitor design? Why not just use a good speaker?
From: Chris Hornbeck on 3 Jan 2006 22:07 On 3 Jan 2006 17:32:51 -0800, julian8888888(a)hotmail.com wrote: >How is it you can face a monitor towards you on stage and not get >feedback problems? Is it something inherent in the monitor design? >Why not just use a good speaker? The trick is to point the "back" of the microphone at the monitor speaker. This almost works. And, yes, a good speaker here is a good thing. If it survives. Good fortune, Chris Hornbeck "Only necessity is heavy, and only what is heavy has value." -Milan Kundera, _The Unbearable Lightness of Being_
From: Agent 86 on 3 Jan 2006 22:30 Chris Hornbeck wrote: > And, yes, a good speaker here is a good thing. If it survives. Good point. It's high time somebody invented a good alternative to horns for HF drivers in wedges. It's stupid to put something that looks like a funnel in close proximity to idiots with beer.
From: julian8888888 on 3 Jan 2006 22:30 Ok thanks guys. I will definitely use a hyper-cardioid from now on, but how does the design of a monitor differ from a regular speaker? I'm really paranoid about feedback now so I'm wondering what the trick with monitors is to achieve good levels without feedback. Is my problem solely that I've been using a cardioid up till now? I have had the back of the microphone to the back of the speaker so I'm scared of turning the speaker into a position more prone to feedback. Playing halfway through a tune, hearing a feedback loop coming, stopping to turn it down, really messes up your disposition... prevents you from playing at your best At the moment I'm considering in-ear monitors but would like to know more about regular monitors and if I can put my paranoia at rest now. .. Chris Hornbeck wrote: > On 3 Jan 2006 17:32:51 -0800, julian8888888(a)hotmail.com wrote: > > >How is it you can face a monitor towards you on stage and not get > >feedback problems? Is it something inherent in the monitor design? > >Why not just use a good speaker? > > The trick is to point the "back" of the microphone at the > monitor speaker. This almost works. > > And, yes, a good speaker here is a good thing. If it survives. > > Good fortune, > > Chris Hornbeck > "Only necessity is heavy, and only what is heavy has value." > -Milan Kundera, _The Unbearable Lightness of Being_
From: Chris Hornbeck on 3 Jan 2006 22:52
On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 03:30:04 GMT, Agent 86 <maxwellsmart(a)control.gov> wrote: >> And, yes, a good speaker here is a good thing. If it survives. > >Good point. It's high time somebody invented a good alternative to horns for >HF drivers in wedges. It's stupid to put something that looks like a funnel >in close proximity to idiots with beer. Arf! I built on-stage monitors for our theater with line-arrays of nine (each) 5" drivers, all hooked up so they could be driven by ordinary amplifiers. These are very robust electrically, but I'd be very afraid if any drinks were allowed on stage. Also, there're both good and bad points to the dispersion pattern. Not for everybody, fersure. Horns come from the twin requirements of high volumes and tight patterns, but too-small-by-necessity designs don't really solve either requirement very well. Good fortune, Chris Hornbeck "Only necessity is heavy, and only what is heavy has value." -Milan Kundera, _The Unbearable Lightness of Being_ |