Re: Danley demo on 11/13 in Atlanta
Power wise here is what was used.
Low 1 TH812 had a Lab 13K bridged and the other had a 14K bridged (gains were matched).
We effectively used a 4 channel Lab 10K for the J3. I used 2 amps however-using 2 channels of each. The idea being that if you push that amp really hard-you can run out of power supply. So to get the most I ran the 2 low channels of the J3 (each channel has 3 15" woofers-so 6 15" driver total per J3) on one amp and the other amp had the mids and highs and the SM80 on it.
As it turned out-the J2's were loafing along-so they would easily have run off of a single 10K.
The J3 and the Sm80 were all running around -15dB with maybe some peaks hitting -10 (of where I had the limiters set).
I would disagree slightly with Evan on the top end response. The cabinets/DSP settings that we brought were very flat-out to about 15-16K. Evan seems to like to have a bit of extra "sizzle" on the top. This can help the vocal cut through. So he boosted the top octave a bit.
Which brings up an interesting argument. It has often been discussed that a lot of "sound guys" like to have a "sloping" top end. One that rolls of at a certain rate above 2Kz.
This is fine for most playback music-to help it be a little less "overpowering" in the top end.
I disagree for live music. I believe the system should be as flat as possible (above 100Hz) to as high as the system can easily go. This way it provides a "pure white canvas" upon which the sound guy can "paint his picture".
Evan likes a bit more top end than flat. So if we had provided a "sloping top end" response-then it would have required more boost to get it where he wanted it.
So you quickly realize that there are 3 different opinions of what is "right". But ultimately it is about the band that is playing at the time in the particular venue as to what is "right" and what works for them. Different styles require different approaches to "their " sound. And everybody is entitled to their opinion.
Evan did leave out some facts from the show-like the guy jumping off the bridge onto the street (so we can't say everybody had fun and nobody got killed in this case-not sure of the outcome of that incident yet)-the drug overdosed guy who kept the load out blocked-the run away tow truck operator who was hauling cars (sideways often) as fast as he could and so forth.
You know-just your average rock and roll show.
At least the floor didn't cave in-which is a great relief. I am just waiting for that to happen. There is one section in the middle that is a bit "soft" and just waiting. Hopefully I have done my last show there.
Since we were in "heaven" if you fall through you go straight to "hell", which is the dance club right below "heaven". With the bass drone of the dance club coming through the floor. You can't hear it during the music, but between songs it gets really annoying.
But I am sure that we were really screwing with them (bass wise), but our gig was the one paying the bills for the club.
Evan-may the rest of your tour be less "interesting" than last night. Have a safe trip home-and start getting the Christmas lights out!
