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Live setup advice
Hi,
I have a limited number of compressor channels (4 RNC's) for the following live light rock/folky band set up : - 1 - Drums kick 2 - Drums snare 3 - Drums O/H 4 - Bass 5 - Elec guitar 1 - mainly rhythm 6 - Elec guitar 2 - mainly lead 7 - Vocal lead 8 - Vocal backing I'm worried about grouping channels and putting them through the compressors. My thoughts are currently :- Group drums, put through RNC 1 Group vocals and put through RNC 2 (super-nice mode) Bass through RNC 3 Elec guitars through RNC 4 Normally I have as many channels of compression as I need in a DAW environment and occasionally running out to the few outboards I have, but I'm starting to get into live sound too, so being limited is a bit new to me (its terrible, I've been spoilt!), so any advice would be much appreciated. My concerns a Snare and kick will cause weird affects with the cymbals in the O/H's. Perhaps the O/H's do not need compression. Same problem with vocals, if one singer suddenly hits a loud spot, the backing singers volume will be reduced, and vise-versa, same problem with guitars. I could get some more compressors, but I'm not convinced I need them yet, and I am starting to run low on my current budget, and this gig is before my next pay day ! I know this is all a bit vague, but I'd be interested in any advice or experiences people may have. I know when I record and mix this band I use a fair amount of compression, it is especially needed on the bass in this particular case....... PS, I am also sticking an Aphex Dominator II on the mains to catch transients mainly from the drums and bass. Cheers, Mark. |
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