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Re: Purpose of having a small array facing the stage?... There is a school of thought that side fills should be considered "cross stage monitoring" meaning that the side fill speakers opposite the stage from where a performer is standing is there to give him the illusion that the people way over on the other side are closer to him/her than they really are making the playing/singing more itimate and "tight". Personal floor wedges are still used for the usual stuff.
Re: Purpose of having a small array facing the stage?...
There is a school of thought that side fills should be considered "cross stage monitoring" meaning that the side fill speakers opposite the stage from where a performer is standing is there to give him the illusion that the people way over on the other side are closer to him/her than they really are making the playing/singing more itimate and "tight". Personal floor wedges are still used for the usual stuff.