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My covers band does attract its share of "musos" (shudder), but they don't interact with the band like a pissed-up hen party does, and quite frankly none of us would care if they never turned up at all.
FWIW I totally agree with you about the control of lower-mid frequencies, it's a big source of clutter in a lot of live mixes I hear. Standing waves are less of a problem for us, I like to cure that by playing to packed rooms.
"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
Micing up seems to be a bit emotive for some. Personally speaking, we have a sound guy who is pretty much part of the band. If you don't trust who is doing your sound, sack them. Otherwise they are *the best* person to be controlling volumes, EQ etc. if you disagree with that, then see comment above about and perhaps you need help for being an obsessive control freek, maybe.
But agreed, most bands get it wrong. Too loud, too much mids, over ponderous bass and distorting vocals. Then again, getting musicians to spend good money on quality PA equipment can be hard work.
It's been interesting reading, though! :-)
I would get some 9mm thich and some 12mm thick. Try the 12mm first, if you find it kills the beam and it knocks off a little too much treble (it will knock off some, you'll need to re-EQ but only slightly) then try the 9mm. Best to get some of their spray adhesive.
Fitting, depends on what the baffle arrangement is. All mine are both speaker and grille mounted to a ply baffle. Cut a round about 2" diameter bigger than needed. Feed it in between the baffle and the grille (after having unbolted the speaker obviously), make sure its not squashed or stretched in anyway, then draw a cut line with a felt pen. Now remove the foam.
Before cutting the outer circle, get a tin lid about 3" in diameter (or a saucer etc) centre it on the foam (on a cutting board) push down hard to compress the foam and use a stanley knife or modelling knife to cut it out. Sharper the better.
Now cut the outer circle with a sharp pair of scissors
Apply spray glue, wait until nearly dry then push it onto the grille cloth (put a board or something similar on the other side to be able to press against).
Remount the speaker and you're good to go.