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<blockquote data-quote="Frank van Vliet" data-source="post: 30929" data-attributes="member: 740">Re: My festival strategiesJay, I love how your game plan! FYI, here is ours:We are a 12-piece folk band, 22 inputs (no drums) and 2 sound techs. Most festivals we play, we do get decent time for a soundcheck in the afternoon but change-overs need to be fast.Our strategy is based on two key principles: our mixing is performed wireless using a tablet and ipad on a IDR-32 we bring and we bring our own stage cabling, microphones, stands, etc.With our strategy, we only use the house PA and monitor wedges. The IDR is connected to the house system using an XLR snake with channels: Main L, Main R, Monitor 1, 2, 3 and 4. Stage cabling is provided in three boxes, each with a snake and the XLR cables already connected to them. Everything is labelled and the band is able to setup the stage within minutes.Of course, the IDR already contains our preset, so the soundcheck is mainly used to set the monitor levels. This is easy since the tablet allows me to walk on stage while setting levels. One day, I hope we&#039;ll also switch to in-ears to eliminate the wedge-dependency. Frank</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Frank van Vliet, post: 30929, member: 740"] Re: My festival strategies Jay, I love how your game plan! FYI, here is ours: We are a 12-piece folk band, 22 inputs (no drums) and 2 sound techs. Most festivals we play, we do get decent time for a soundcheck in the afternoon but change-overs need to be fast. Our strategy is based on two key principles: our mixing is performed wireless using a tablet and ipad on a IDR-32 we bring and we bring our own stage cabling, microphones, stands, etc. With our strategy, we only use the house PA and monitor wedges. The IDR is connected to the house system using an XLR snake with channels: Main L, Main R, Monitor 1, 2, 3 and 4. Stage cabling is provided in three boxes, each with a snake and the XLR cables already connected to them. Everything is labelled and the band is able to setup the stage within minutes. Of course, the IDR already contains our preset, so the soundcheck is mainly used to set the monitor levels. This is easy since the tablet allows me to walk on stage while setting levels. One day, I hope we'll also switch to in-ears to eliminate the wedge-dependency. Frank [/QUOTE]

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