Gig Log #4

Hi Guys!
In this gig log, we provide supplemental sound at FOH for T-Productions (Tony Talmaro) for the annual Pequannock township "Hoedown". We brought out half of our BassBoss system- 4 Vs21 powered 21" subwoofers and 2 Dv12 powered Micromains. We mounted the Dv12's on On-Stage-Stands sub poles which at their maximum height had a little bit of wiggle to them. We have since ordered the k&m locking sub poles which will eliminate any wiggle and the need for the (bright orange) straps. All in all the setup/deployment of this system is incredibly fast, and with an all powered system we have no need for heavy amp racks and multiple speakon cables. Simply Run Power and signal to the speakers.

We used the Midas Consoles M32 (full size) desk to run FOH and monitors. We ran a Left/Right/Mono setup for FOH and used the mono bus as our "aux fed" subwoofer out. This seems to really clean up the mix and allows you to only send what you want to the subs. We ran our drums, bass, and keyboards into the subs and kept all vocals, guitars, and cymbals only in the 2 dv12 micro mains. Also setup DCA groups for vocals,drums,strings,keyboard, and FOH tape (filler music).
I find that the DCA groups are most helpful when we run different bands/musicians back to back as with the school of rock. It gives you a single fader to bring down to compensate for a hard or soft drummer/singer etc. I tend to use them less once I get a band dialed in where I like them. Also ran a slight 40ms reverb and just a touch of stereo delay on the vocals to fatten them up a little.

We ran absolutely NO EQ on FOH. I repeat, we ran NO EQ on FOH. The BassBoss system performs that well right out of the box. We ran the dv12's in preset 4 (100hz x-over) and the vs21's somewhere around 3-4 o'clock on the XFO knob. We also ran the tops and subs at unity gain.

We ran two qsc k12.2 monitors and 2 yamaha dsr112 on monitor duty. We had to cut a significant amount of the higher end on them to eliminate feedback. Under the tent and the acoustics of it required some big notches around 5khz and some in the lower mids as well. With this eq though we were able to achieve plenty of gain before feedback.

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Music Credit: Opiuo- Don't hold back (original mix)
SoulFix, Jay Jacob- in the air 2012 (original mix)
time lapse music from royaltyfreeedm.net

Thanks For Watching!!!!!

-Dan