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From: bob urz on 20 Apr 2008 02:37 I just did Ruthie foster blues act this evening and was thinking about how i have been laying the board out and what makes the most sense. Tonight, i had across the front: guitar vocal, guitar DI, headliner key vox, headliner guitar vox, headliner keys DI, headliner guitar DI, bass vox and bass DI across the front starting with channel 1. I kept them grouped by individuals together. The way i have been doing it. But i had considered doing all vox first, then instruments. How have you guys been laying out the board in PAYING gigs? This gig was a club series gig in a 300 seat room. and i was warned the grand Puba of the facility was going to be a few tables from me and that i should keep the level down. Hell, what did they think i was doing? playing a CD? The volume crept up as the musician on stage did. It was NO elevator music, but i did not pierce any eardrums. I had JBL self powered traps on poles with self powered subs. I liked the subs, but the 12/2 powered traps sounded way vocally mushy compared to the VRX JBL's i usually use in the room. And 125 was killing me. I did experiment with some SM99 goose neck mikes for toms mikes on clamps (did not have any 98's). That worked out pretty good. I used Beta91 for kick which was stout. i used 81's overhead and it seemed i did not get the shimmer i am used to (usually use KSM32/414's). We had two simultaneous events at the hall this weekend so my mike supply and equipment was limited. The mix was on a GB-8 which was OK, but i miss the VCA's on the halls MH3. And YES, it was vocal 58's accross the front. As the act requested. Bob
From: Ron(UK) on 20 Apr 2008 06:04 bob urz wrote: > I just did Ruthie foster blues act this evening and was thinking about > how i have been laying the board out and what makes the most sense. > > Tonight, i had across the front: > > guitar vocal, guitar DI, headliner key vox, headliner guitar vox, > headliner keys DI, headliner guitar DI, bass vox and bass DI across the > front starting with channel 1. > > I kept them grouped by individuals together. The way i have been doing > it. But i had considered doing all vox first, then instruments. On that kind if gig I usually do (from channel 1) Kick, snare, hat, rack, floor, ovh, bass, then depending on where they are on stage, keys, guitars, others, then vocals. I usually group the kit, and vocals if there`s more than a couple You're going to get a lot of opinions, because everyone does it their own way. Ron(UK)
From: FatBoySlimFast on 20 Apr 2008 06:32 On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 01:37:14 -0500, bob urz <sound(a)inetnebr.com> wrote: >How have you guys been laying out the board in PAYING gigs? Hi Bob, For what it's worth this is what I do (as a weekend warrior!) ... left to right ... Mics for vocals (main first, BVs later) Mics for a/c instruments Drums DIs CD / MD / iPod / whatever I don't know why I do it this way. Cheers, Steve W
From: Tim S Kemp on 20 Apr 2008 08:48 bob urz wrote: > I just did Ruthie foster blues act this evening and was thinking about > how i have been laying the board out and what makes the most sense. For me - right to left (so from the master) I have BGM and announcers mics. Left to right - lead vox, trax,lead inst, drums, backing inst, BVs, choirs. Kind of. Varies as to the kind of gig but normally.
From: Stuart Padbury on 20 Apr 2008 09:28
Ron(UK) wrote: > bob urz wrote: >> I just did Ruthie foster blues act this evening and was thinking about >> how i have been laying the board out and what makes the most sense. I like to keep the rhythm section, the other instruments and the vocals together. Typically, something like this: drums bass other backline (stage right to left) frontline (stage right to left) downstage vocals (stage right to left) yapping drummers fx returns talk-to-stage I'll vary the plan if there's stuff that need lots of fx tweaking; I like to keep them together, near the fx returns. Where possible, I try to keep groups of channels together ie not on different channel banks, not separated by the master section of the board and so on. That's what I think about when planning the patch, anyway. Cheers, Stu. |