I've finally got myself into gear and started off a new band. Just standard rock covers, just for a laugh.
Its a four piece, two guitars, bass and drummer, now the drummer has an extensive electric kit. He also drums, along with the bass player in an 80's party band. Their other band owns a really decent 4.5kw PA system and they sound class with it, but that's not available for our use as it's owned by all of their other band.
I'm absolutely clueless when it comes to PA, having either left it to someone else or hired in PA from a mate who also did the FOH mixing stuff.
Does anyone else have experience of gigging with an electric drummer? What PA did you use? Did you have a couple of 12"s for the vox and something separate for the drums, or run it all through one system?
Are bass bins a necessity due to the punch and low frequencies needed?
Any advice gratefully received.
Ta!
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Because I'm mobile with my gear I wanted compact, so I use one of those little Yamaha Stagepas rigs but with an added speaker to use as a monitor. I don't use a sub, but everything sounds great and is more than loud enough for us to do little shows with parents there. I don't have it above half volume. I reckon getting a sub would make a big difference if you're actually gigging on reasonable sized venues but the rig itself is a great starting point because it has more than enough inputs and punch
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Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after youSo for a start we could probably get away with something similar. For vocals are you going through a mixer & speaker or straight into a powered speaker, then adjusting the bass and guitar backline to match?
Vocals and guitar x 2 into mixer then 2 x Yamaha dsr 12 speakers - bass amp - acoustic or electronic drums into roland kb amp and makie thump 15
I much prefer playing with an acoustic kit but sometimes it's just not an option.
Yep, it's the first time I've played with an electronic kit in a band, I've got two electronic kits at home but only play through headphones so have no real reference as far as amplifying it goes.
I'll drop the thought during next practice, see if he's got something that'll do small gigs squirrelled away somewhere.
Just seems like a massive faff... shame he's such a good drummer!
The good news is that if you're putting it through the PA and you're on a tight budget you probably only need one sub because they're very un-directional - although it can still be better to have two so you can use them as the stands for the top cabs.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
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I’ve got a Yamaha DXR12 for my Kemper, maybe one more of them and a sub and we’re good to go for Vox and drums?
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
where does it end?!?
Im sure there’s a rule somewhere that the PA is solely the singers problem.
Saying that, at least with electric drums you only have one output rather than six drum mic inputs to mix.
Chances are it’ll be like my last few bands where we get to a gigging stage and then someone throws a fit and ragequits and then it won’t be a problem!