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Re: How do you all get your levels even on stage?
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You'll always sound better mic'ed through a good PA with a decent soundman. Not a bad idea, if you're swapping solos, to give him a diagram of who plays solos in which song, so he can boost the right guy at the right time.
Otherwise he'll pick te guy who "looks" like the lead player and boost him every time, till he catches on a couple bars in and your solo's build was lost while the rhythm was cranked.
The sound man can be your friend or foe, and you are in charge of making sure he's your friend. Sometimes he's the other band's friend and you're fukked, but most of the time you can make friends by treating him like a pro, the way you want to be treated, and not acting like a rockstar. He's used to bands who do that, so do something different and show respect. Of course some clubs just have crappy sound techs, but as a rule treat 'em nice and they won't fukk you up, and will do all they can to make you sound good.
Yeah, Band #2's guitars, one has 60 watts and 2 12s, the other 120 watts and 4 12s; no way will that be balanced without micing unless the XXX guy turns down, and how likely is that? Let 'em hear a board tape were their guitars aren't eve in there because the're nit mic'ed and they will probably get the idea.
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I'm real big on using a seperate patch/setting on my amps for solos so I can have a volume bump - 2db tends to work pretty well imho. That way, I can blend in during the rhthyms and fills, and peek out a bit more while I'm doing solos. On songs where I get to basically play lead the whole dang song I just keep it boosted. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
Pete
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You'll always sound better mic'ed through a good PA with a decent soundman. Not a bad idea, if you're swapping solos, to give him a diagram of who plays solos in which song, so he can boost the right guy at the right time.
Otherwise he'll pick te guy who "looks" like the lead player and boost him every time, till he catches on a couple bars in and your solo's build was lost while the rhythm was cranked.
The sound man can be your friend or foe, and you are in charge of making sure he's your friend. Sometimes he's the other band's friend and you're fukked, but most of the time you can make friends by treating him like a pro, the way you want to be treated, and not acting like a rockstar. He's used to bands who do that, so do something different and show respect. Of course some clubs just have crappy sound techs, but as a rule treat 'em nice and they won't fukk you up, and will do all they can to make you sound good.
Yeah, Band #2's guitars, one has 60 watts and 2 12s, the other 120 watts and 4 12s; no way will that be balanced without micing unless the XXX guy turns down, and how likely is that? Let 'em hear a board tape were their guitars aren't eve in there because the're nit mic'ed and they will probably get the idea.
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I'm real big on using a seperate patch/setting on my amps for solos so I can have a volume bump - 2db tends to work pretty well imho. That way, I can blend in during the rhthyms and fills, and peek out a bit more while I'm doing solos. On songs where I get to basically play lead the whole dang song I just keep it boosted. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
Pete
And this is one of the clearer shots.
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