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On 2004-05-10 (ScottDorsey) said:
1 - How can I control this beast of a hall. No matter what I do I
can not predict what kind of sound I get from gig to gig.
What kind of hall is it and what sort of problems are you hearing?
I see the original poster didn't bother to read the faq or he'd have
probably already answered this question.
3 - Comp settings and EQ settings and speaker level
to look for? Without having any idea what the hall is like, how
could anyone suggest anything? Walk around the hall, listen to
what it sounds like. Clap your hands. You can usually predict
where the big feedback modes are going to be.

but of course, he's got an Alesis 3630 and the controls have numbers
so we oughta be able to tell him he thinks.

Cllue number one: It's audio. USe your ears.

CLue numero dos: MOre information if you expect constructive help.
MR. DOrsey did pretty good with what he had to work with, but I doubt
I would have bothered to go that far.

THough the gear has markings on the controls that's for repeatability
the next time. WE can't give you suggested compressor or eq settings
without knowing something about the application etc. Even then for
most things its down to your ears. After all it's a sound system.

Please don't take this as a flame against you personally, but I see in
this group and alt.audio.pro.live-sound about half a dozen bonehead
questions a week where the guy wants the magic setting to make his box
perform the magic they told him about when he bought it from Guitar
center or Musician's friend.
You can't get there from here.

Richard Webb
Electric Spider Productions
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