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[QUOTE="ShadowSD:393028"]anonymous said:[QUOTE]it's all about maximum gain before clipping to achieve dynamics shadow no offense that is why your sound system always sounds muffled because you turn your power amp all the way up and use your channel gain's to control volume before feedback. this kills the dynamics, especially on vocals[/QUOTE] Ianonymous, ahem, I mean anonymous, to be fair I have tried things many different ways with my set up, and I tried experimenting with it again after getting this advice from you the first time (because Cliff knows I'm certainly no expert sound engineer, just a musician who loves metal and cares about giving bands good sound). But turning up the power amp as much as I can without clipping, leaving the channel gains down, and using the sliders to do the mixing ultimately sounds the best with my set up every time, based on trial and error. In fact, turning up the power amp up all the way was originally suggested to me by an engineering professional who totally disagreed with me on other sonic matters (my guitar tone) and was not afraid to say so. However, if I am running sound for a particular band (a- ahem) and they prefer me do to things a certain way, I am more than happy to break my own rules and do what they want. After all, when my band is playing through someone else's system, I want the soundguy to listen to me. anonymous said:[QUOTE]this is why you think you are smart getting away with putting your FOH behind the mics, and that it's great to not need monitors[/QUOTE] Actually, when the guy who originally sold the gear to me said that I wouldn't need monitors because I could put the mains behind the band, I thought he was nuts. But once I started to mix my band (long before I mixed any other bands), I realized that we got optimum sound standing in front of the main PA speakers. Why? Number one, we heard crystal clear compared to shows with monitor mixes, because unless both a monitor head and speakers are REALLY powerful, they're not going to give a band as clear a mix (The Webster Theatre is a HUGE place with monitors better than most venues, but when we play there my guitar has to be put through the monitors just loud enough, and not any louder, or the monitors start to fart because the monitor speakers can't handle it). Number two: [b]We hear what the crowd hears[/b]. As mentioned above, monitors can deceive you into say thinking your guitar is loud enough, and then people in the crowd tell you afterwards that they couldn't hear the guitar. In this case, there is no doubt. (I'm not telling anyone else how to run sound in this post, nor am I telling anyone not to take your advice, just what in my opinion has worked for me with my gear. I respect your right to disagree.) [/QUOTE]
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