Mixing a full live band with a 96db restriction

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   Clearsonic drums screen round the drummer, with Zorba panels to create a roof.
Looks a bit weird, but it bloody works wonders in venues like that.

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Ben_Lawrance Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Registered User Joined: 12 January 2006 Location: Liphook Status: Offline Points: 763	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ben_Lawrance Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 February 2012 at 6:22pm
	Clearsonic drums screen round the drummer, with Zorba panels to create a roof. Looks a bit weird, but it bloody works wonders in venues like that.

ceharden Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 05 June 2005 Location: Southampton Status: Offline Points: 8348	Post Options Post Reply Quote ceharden Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 February 2012 at 6:43pm
	Was doing a corporate lighting job in a hotel once where some idiot had wired the 3ph 32A outlet in the room I was working in onto the sound limiter! It was a room which which had dividers to turn it into multiple rooms and at the other end of the room a DJ set up for the evening entertainment, plugging into the sockets at that end which weren't on the limiter. As soon as he got going, the limiter would cut in and just turn all my lights of, leaving the DJ playing . So, after a word with the manager about the fact I couldn't run my lights from any other supply, he showed me to the plant room where the main part of the Formula Sound Sentry system and the contactor for the 3ph supply was located. I just moved the contactor control supply from the switched output of the Sentry to the permanently live input supply and normality was resumed!

trance addict Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Registered User Joined: 27 April 2009 Location: FR / NL Status: Offline Points: 262	Post Options Post Reply Quote trance addict Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 February 2012 at 6:59pm
	Edit; OOps I hadn't see the gig was already done By 96db, do you mean LEQ or db(A) peak? If it's LEQ it shouldn't be too hard. Make your best so that the volume on stage is not too loud .Talk with the band and their monitor guy. As always it's a team work. If the venue is not very big, don't track the drums. Also, you could place the gtrs amps in another room if the band is ok with that. Edited by trance addict - 04 February 2012 at 7:03pm
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p.j. Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Registered User Joined: 17 July 2011 Location: Bristol Status: Offline Points: 137	Post Options Post Reply Quote p.j. Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 February 2012 at 3:04pm
	So it wasn't too terrible then..
	"Your sound engineer doesn't seem to be taking me seriously"

Stray-Sounds Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 13 March 2008 Location: Wales Status: Offline Points: 2181	Post Options Post Reply Quote Stray-Sounds Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 February 2012 at 3:31pm
	Haha no, Not too terrible! Still alive, got paid.. Edited by Stray-Sounds - 05 February 2012 at 6:30pm