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<blockquote data-quote="Tim McCulloch" data-source="post: 215469" data-attributes="member: 67"><p>If I were the "band engineer", I'd start with 2 DIs and a mic on the rig. First DI is right off the bass (or the wireless receiver), the second after any stop-boxes or processing chain. Between those 2 I can pick either/or, blend, or use the mic... or some other combination thereof. If I can't get a usable signal from them, the problems are not in my input chain...</p><p></p><p>The biggest impact a player has at FOH is stage SPL and the tonality of that. Some room shapes and sizes contribute more than others to the 'fun' with their standing waves and room modes - so what might have been a fairly balanced tonality across the bass scale yesterday may well be all funked up today. To the extent the player can adjust without putting a big crimp in performance, I'll ask for accommodation, otherwise I'll have to treat it as an "input I cannot change" and mix up/to/around it.</p><p></p><p>But tell the bassist to select a different instrument? Naw, that's not what I'm paid to do. Those folks make a lot more money...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tim McCulloch, post: 215469, member: 67"] If I were the "band engineer", I'd start with 2 DIs and a mic on the rig. First DI is right off the bass (or the wireless receiver), the second after any stop-boxes or processing chain. Between those 2 I can pick either/or, blend, or use the mic... or some other combination thereof. If I can't get a usable signal from them, the problems are not in my input chain... The biggest impact a player has at FOH is stage SPL and the tonality of that. Some room shapes and sizes contribute more than others to the 'fun' with their standing waves and room modes - so what might have been a fairly balanced tonality across the bass scale yesterday may well be all funked up today. To the extent the player can adjust without putting a big crimp in performance, I'll ask for accommodation, otherwise I'll have to treat it as an "input I cannot change" and mix up/to/around it. But tell the bassist to select a different instrument? Naw, that's not what I'm paid to do. Those folks make a lot more money... [/QUOTE]
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