Any pro sound engineers here? A bit of help needed :)

xHymnal

I'm helping spec out a full in house sound system and I'm struggling a bit. I'm an experienced gigging guitarist so know quite a bit from a musicians perspective I'm just struggling a bit on the techy side of things. Could i PM someone with the equipment list so far and a few comments just to make sure we get the right thing?  

would REALLY appreciate the help! 

Fusionista

Sounds like you might want to pay a real expert to advise.  If so, try Howard at Base Sound - he's reasonable and very good www.basesound.co.uk

IanSavage

What kind of size venue, how big's the stage, what's the budget? 

xHymnal

The venue is a church, lots of reflective surfaces so this is purely an interim solution. We know sound quality is compromised. Its had three experts have a look and I think they've overlooked a couple of bits as I can highlight when I email equipment list budget is £7k. We have it costed up to about 6k so far. In the next five years it is getting a proper 50k plus job done but we need something for the meantime!

xHymnal

The venue is a church, lots of reflective surfaces so this is purely an interim solution. We know sound quality is compromised. Its had three experts have a look and I think they've overlooked a couple of bits as I can highlight when I email equipment list budget is £7k. We have it costed up to about 6k so far. In the next five years it is getting a proper 50k plus job done but we need something for the meantime!

IanSavage

Hmmm - assuming that you'll want as unobtrusive visually as possible then? 

octatonic

Way too many variables- even knowing the room, budget and the band.

There are many ways to skin this particular cat.

maltingsaudio

Send me venue and kit details ect will have a look for you 

xHymnal

octatonic said:

Way too many variables- even knowing the room, budget and the band.

There are many ways to skin this particular cat.

I appreciate that: it's just an interim solution for now. For the main installation in a few years we will be getting sound mapping technology in etc and doing it properly. 

Oh and visually it doesn't matter, the space is a church yet it's deordaned and is now a multi use space though we have a lot of funding for the work we do with young bands  

xHymnal

maltingsaudio said:

Send me venue and kit details ect will have a look for you 

Fab, really appreciate it. There's only one or two little bits i'm unsure on. 

bob21

If you want another pair of eyes on it, feel free to PM it over. I do lots of work for and with churches from a sound point of view - my most regular venue, in fact, is a church!

xHymnal

Hey Bob, much appreciated though I think i have narrowed down a few of the queries I had. If anything else arisises I'll be sure to drop you a PM and thank you for your offer of some advice  

Also, a big thank you to maltingsaudio for clarifying a few things! 

Cheers.