To get to a UX8800.....
Had a weekend show for country legend John Conlee for a crowd of 2.5 - 3K in a city park. Mostly sit down crowd that's over 50 years of age. However, all I brought for mains were 2 KF650's over 4 SB1000's per side (with some assorted front and side fills of course). Had plenty of sub room (hey...it's 70's country now!). Tops were close to limit, but I'm telling you....the KF series with that 8800 dsp is just amazing! Vocals were still intelligable to a gazebo about 250 to 300 feet away and things were pretty even tonally (for point source, that is!) as you moved around. I didn't have to do a lot on the mains eq at all.
This rig is actually our sidefill rig for the big rock system, but we like to use it for small town festivals. If you haven't used an old KF series cabinet with a UX8800 and a greybox, you at least need to try it once! I think some used 650's and an 8800 is hard to beat for a small durable rig that actually sounds pretty darn good! We had a SC48 at FOH and they were all on ears, so the stage volume was well controlled also. Their BE remarked on how good it sounded....can't beat that I guess!
/soapbox on/
On a side note...having done sound for many stars of yesterday...I really miss seeing "entertainers" in the young newcomers. These young-uns have *no* idea how it's really done! Yeh, they are "musicians", but you gotta take it up a notch to be an *entertainer*! Go see some of these older acts and see how you really work a crowd!!
/soapbox off/
Had a weekend show for country legend John Conlee for a crowd of 2.5 - 3K in a city park. Mostly sit down crowd that's over 50 years of age. However, all I brought for mains were 2 KF650's over 4 SB1000's per side (with some assorted front and side fills of course). Had plenty of sub room (hey...it's 70's country now!). Tops were close to limit, but I'm telling you....the KF series with that 8800 dsp is just amazing! Vocals were still intelligable to a gazebo about 250 to 300 feet away and things were pretty even tonally (for point source, that is!) as you moved around. I didn't have to do a lot on the mains eq at all.
This rig is actually our sidefill rig for the big rock system, but we like to use it for small town festivals. If you haven't used an old KF series cabinet with a UX8800 and a greybox, you at least need to try it once! I think some used 650's and an 8800 is hard to beat for a small durable rig that actually sounds pretty darn good! We had a SC48 at FOH and they were all on ears, so the stage volume was well controlled also. Their BE remarked on how good it sounded....can't beat that I guess!
/soapbox on/
On a side note...having done sound for many stars of yesterday...I really miss seeing "entertainers" in the young newcomers. These young-uns have *no* idea how it's really done! Yeh, they are "musicians", but you gotta take it up a notch to be an *entertainer*! Go see some of these older acts and see how you really work a crowd!!
/soapbox off/