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Re: Mixing ResourcesThat is such an excellent point. We have such a great advantage now with being able to delay the mains to (or actually a few milliseconds behind) the backline that this shouldn't even be an issue except for the worst offenders. In a small room the term sound "reinforcement" takes on a whole new meaning. We can build our mix using the stage volume as a major part of it and truly have a three dimensional sound field. The first time I ever heard it done correctly (thanks Kemper) it was like I could reach out and touch the snare drum yet the fader actually would make the volume go up and down. There is another trick that sometimes works a little bit and that is reversing the phase on something with really loud stage volume. It is hit and miss and you have to play with the EQ but sometimes it helps. Also sometimes you can reverse the phase on one or more of the vocal mics and clean up some of the slosh. This often works especially well if you have a matched pair of open vocal mics each picking up bleed from about the same distance.
Re: Mixing Resources
That is such an excellent point. We have such a great advantage now with being able to delay the mains to (or actually a few milliseconds behind) the backline that this shouldn't even be an issue except for the worst offenders. In a small room the term sound "reinforcement" takes on a whole new meaning. We can build our mix using the stage volume as a major part of it and truly have a three dimensional sound field. The first time I ever heard it done correctly (thanks Kemper) it was like I could reach out and touch the snare drum yet the fader actually would make the volume go up and down. There is another trick that sometimes works a little bit and that is reversing the phase on something with really loud stage volume. It is hit and miss and you have to play with the EQ but sometimes it helps. Also sometimes you can reverse the phase on one or more of the vocal mics and clean up some of the slosh. This often works especially well if you have a matched pair of open vocal mics each picking up bleed from about the same distance.
