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<blockquote data-quote="Rick Scofield" data-source="post: 129465" data-attributes="member: 749"><p>Re: Balance</p><p></p><p>I feel your pain Peter. I'm in a very similar situation, but with two different bands, each with several configurations depending on the gig.</p><p></p><p>One band is normally an 8-piece, with drummer, percussionist who sings, sax, two singing guitarists, bass, female lead vocalist, and me, the male lead vocalist.</p><p>Everyone tries their best to help with load in and set up, but they are usually very much tied up in their own rig. </p><p>We use the Mackie dl1608, which is great as far as its simplicity and easy-to-use interface. </p><p>Also nice that we are all using IEMs, and each player can have control of their own monitor mix (well six of them can).</p><p></p><p>These gigs usually wear me out almost entirely by the time we get to sound check. But once the performance starts, I find the energy to perform at my best.</p><p></p><p>It really is sort of like turning the switch from "gear-guy" to "front-man".</p><p></p><p>Thankfully, most often I gig with either the smaller 5-piece band, where everyone has a good grasp of what they need to do for set up and sound check, </p><p>or a subset of either band doing acoustic gigs with 3 or 4 of us.</p><p></p><p>The easiest gigs are the 3-piece acoustic, where I attempt to play guitar and sing, along with a bassist and lead guitar. </p><p>Easy "minimal" set up, and I spend more time concentrating getting my guitar playing to be somewhat decent while I sing.</p><p></p><p>Most importantly, I've gotten presets down on the mixing board, so it's fairly easy to set-and-forget. </p><p></p><p>For the larger gigs I also have a pretty decent roll-in and roll-out set up for all the cables, stands, etc by using my large trunk from Audiopile.</p><p>Everything is on wheels, rolls into and out of my trailer in 2 push stacks. </p><p>Mains stacked on two small cases (mixer and wireless rack) stacked on trunk, sub (only one) with it's single amp rack transported on top.</p><p>OK, if I have my guitar, thats one other carry, plus the speaker tripods are usually a separate trip.</p><p></p><p>All that said, I probably spend more off time in my head thinking about how to optimize the system, reading posts here, etc, than I do</p><p>working on performace skills.</p><p></p><p>Probably not very well balanced...</p><p></p><p>-Rick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rick Scofield, post: 129465, member: 749"] Re: Balance I feel your pain Peter. I'm in a very similar situation, but with two different bands, each with several configurations depending on the gig. One band is normally an 8-piece, with drummer, percussionist who sings, sax, two singing guitarists, bass, female lead vocalist, and me, the male lead vocalist. Everyone tries their best to help with load in and set up, but they are usually very much tied up in their own rig. We use the Mackie dl1608, which is great as far as its simplicity and easy-to-use interface. Also nice that we are all using IEMs, and each player can have control of their own monitor mix (well six of them can). These gigs usually wear me out almost entirely by the time we get to sound check. But once the performance starts, I find the energy to perform at my best. It really is sort of like turning the switch from "gear-guy" to "front-man". Thankfully, most often I gig with either the smaller 5-piece band, where everyone has a good grasp of what they need to do for set up and sound check, or a subset of either band doing acoustic gigs with 3 or 4 of us. The easiest gigs are the 3-piece acoustic, where I attempt to play guitar and sing, along with a bassist and lead guitar. Easy "minimal" set up, and I spend more time concentrating getting my guitar playing to be somewhat decent while I sing. Most importantly, I've gotten presets down on the mixing board, so it's fairly easy to set-and-forget. For the larger gigs I also have a pretty decent roll-in and roll-out set up for all the cables, stands, etc by using my large trunk from Audiopile. Everything is on wheels, rolls into and out of my trailer in 2 push stacks. Mains stacked on two small cases (mixer and wireless rack) stacked on trunk, sub (only one) with it's single amp rack transported on top. OK, if I have my guitar, thats one other carry, plus the speaker tripods are usually a separate trip. All that said, I probably spend more off time in my head thinking about how to optimize the system, reading posts here, etc, than I do working on performace skills. Probably not very well balanced... -Rick [/QUOTE]
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