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<blockquote data-quote="Jon Ross" data-source="post: 88080" data-attributes="member: 1521">Re: keeping stages cleanLike Tim says use sub snakes, label everything (snake, sub snakes, cables) and leave plenty of time for setup to do a neat and orderly job.Come up with a generic festival style input list that will meet the demands of most if not all your bands. Mine usually will be something like this:drums- 6,7,8 channels? Bass- 2 or 3 inputs (usually at least a bass di on either side of the stage)Guitars - 4 channelsDirect boxes - 4 channels Horns or Percussion - 4 channelsVocals - 5 channelsUse plenty of sub snakes to keep mic cables short and neat. I use 10ft and 12ft for most instruments and 25 or 30ft for vocals. I have plenty of spares to quickly extend a line if needed.If you can eliminate unused stands and cables from the stage during each changeover it streamlines setup and eliminates searching for cables not used for the last band, makes it easier to find signal on your currently used channels (because the unused channels will have no signal), and helps when troubleshooting bad cables, mics etc. I keep all the unused stands just off stage with a mic and cable hanging from it.I&#039;ve done many of these type festivals and I&#039;ve done a good many by myself being the only foh/monitor/stage guy. When your organized and prepared the stage will run on time and smoothly without a hitch</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jon Ross, post: 88080, member: 1521"] Re: keeping stages clean Like Tim says use sub snakes, label everything (snake, sub snakes, cables) and leave plenty of time for setup to do a neat and orderly job.Come up with a generic festival style input list that will meet the demands of most if not all your bands. Mine usually will be something like this: drums- 6,7,8 channels? Bass- 2 or 3 inputs (usually at least a bass di on either side of the stage) Guitars - 4 channels Direct boxes - 4 channels Horns or Percussion - 4 channels Vocals - 5 channels Use plenty of sub snakes to keep mic cables short and neat. I use 10ft and 12ft for most instruments and 25 or 30ft for vocals. I have plenty of spares to quickly extend a line if needed. If you can eliminate unused stands and cables from the stage during each changeover it streamlines setup and eliminates searching for cables not used for the last band, makes it easier to find signal on your currently used channels (because the unused channels will have no signal), and helps when troubleshooting bad cables, mics etc. I keep all the unused stands just off stage with a mic and cable hanging from it. I've done many of these type festivals and I've done a good many by myself being the only foh/monitor/stage guy. When your organized and prepared the stage will run on time and smoothly without a hitch [/QUOTE]

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