Played in one of those rooms we all dread over the weekend - ceramic tiled floors, high ceiling, plain plastered walls, large expanse of glass doors etc.
As expected, it sounded like we were carrying out an experiment with the furthest extremes of reverb, and all definition was lost.
I turned all reverb and delay off to give myself the driest guitar sound possible and STILL I sounded like The Edge soundchecking in an aircraft hangar...
We turned the drums up FOH compared to our usual levels, as the more directional sound from the speakers reached the ears with less reverb than the acoustic sound of the drums in the room...but what other tips are there for handling these rooms?!
More volume FOH? Less? All advice welcome.
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There is a venue we played in Bristol years ago, something to do with the uni.
PA nightmare. one regular wall all the length of the room quite large and high. (covered by glass mirrors )
the other wall to ceiling is a glass curve, the whole length of the room and ceiling.
We were a country band and dressed accordingly fancy shirt and cowboy boots etc . I walked down room and when I stopped walking, my footsteps carried on so well, I almost fell over, it was really freaky.
worst sound I have ever encountered.
Worse still, you had to go out of room up some steps and along a garden to bar, where did all the students stay ?
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
Still, I got paid