It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
Subscribe to our Patreon, and get image uploads with no ads on the site!
Base theme by DesignModo & ported to Powered by Vanilla by Chris Ireland, modified by the "theFB" team.
Comments
Oh, and as regards sizes - I too would be tempted to steer away from trying to do everything with 15" + horn speakers, whether active or passive; as @koneguitarist says, if you end up having to expand you'll get a far better overall sound with less money lost starting off with 10" or 12"ers for vocals-only (personally I'd lean towards the latter though, especially if you're wanting to play full-range 'interval music' and/or acoustic guitar through them) and adding a subwoofer as and when.
In small-to-medium venues you'll often find that one subwoofer is actually better-sounding than a spaced pair of them, as with low frequencies you can get reinforcement and cancellation between a spaced pair making it harder to get a balanced sound across a whole room.
If you're going for cheap and simple I'd run one active sub off a spare aux send of the desk. Ideally to do it properly you want to run into an active crossover and then split the signal between the tops and the sub, but if you're only really wanting a bit more wallop from the kick drum you can 'fudge it' like that.
So if your drummer is loud enough, you would still mic him up to be louder ?
I would say a sub on its own is often ideal when it's needed. A lot of bands do that type of system, coupLe of active tops, and an active sub, ideal for pretty much any pub or WMC type gigs.
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
I would have thought with an active bass sub, you would come out of main out into sub, then from sub to tops, using internal crossover which is normally set around 120hz. I was thinking more about using 1 not two subs, which is more than adequate in most small venues.
"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