From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2016121223542876624-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > Big monitors swamp the stage with crosstalk, echo off any back walls   
   > causing phase and echo issues with the FOH system, and raise the overall   
   > levels.  Outdoors, on a big stage, say 60 or 80 feet across, use all the   
   > big floor wedges you want. Just keep yours pointed at your head, and   
   > nowhere at all aimed in my direction. We'll be good :-)   
      
   I'd like to get to such venues to see how well they work ;)   
      
   > They don't need to be. Talked to extra guy this evening. We agreed on   
   > using the side fills again this weekend.  Oddly, he offered his set   
   > instead of mine. Reason ?  Because his are 15's and horn, mine are 10's   
   > and a horn.  For some reason he thinks bigger is better.   
      
   Those big monitors are part of the sound reinforcement system, kind of makes   
   a joke out of the  idea of  personal monitors because their enormous output   
   makes them anything but personal.   
      
   > See, the natural thing seems always towards bigger, and inevitably LOUDER.   
   > I know of his own band being fired ( not rehired ) at on at least three   
   > occasions over volume.  Wonder why .....   
      
   > Even if we go with the bigger monitors, I'm keeping the volume knob under   
   > my control.   
      
   Even the biggest speaker systems and most powerful amplifiers can be   
   effectively controlled to keep the spl at safe levels.   
   The problem is that the biggest Idiots are the most Out of control and   
   therefore pose the greatest Danger of Deafness!!!   
      
   > Sure. And that's why I was trying the system out myself in real live   
   > conditions. If I can't make it work to suit me, I know she'd be unhappy.   
      
   In any case, one needs to know rather than guess.   
      
   > We move.  She doesn't use a mic on a stand, and I don't sit down.   
      
   In the last touring band I was in, I used to stand and play keys...so much   
   for that, I HATED IT!   
      
   > Yes.  wireless is far better sometimes.  But it has to work, reliably, all   
   > the time, or it's junk.   
      
   All that black spaghetti has to work reliably all the time too, or it's junk   
   )   
      
   > I have two of those, and yes, they are the best we've ever seen for   
   > instruments. The G30 has 6 channels possible, selectable by switches. Only   
   > 6 is no problem for me, I only use two. Got 4 channels left :-)  The   
   > higher numbered models have more channels. Useful if you need to use more   
   > than 6 units at a time.   
      
   > It's nice and small, the transmitter runs for several gigs on 2 ordinary   
   > AA bateries. Looked today as some NiMH battery and rechargers. Up until   
   > now we've just been buying quality Alkaline AA's in bulk packs at about   
   > $10 a grab. Since the wireless are working well, then over the long haul   
   > some quality rechargables will save us some $$$.   
      
   I've heard that there's yet to be a conflicting frequency problem with them   
   too.   
      
   > One downside, if you drop the transmitter enough eventually the latch that   
   > holds the battery door will snap off.  That's be easy, it's a very thin   
   > fleck of plastic for a latch. Don't drop it :-)  If you do, then you'll be   
   > holding the door closed with gray duct tape.   
      
   I wouldn't want to drop my digital piano to see how much it's built like a   
   tank, or isn't, so I'll just be very careful and enjoy it ;)   
      
   > I like them. It depends on finding some ear pieces that fit comfortably.   
   > Maybe it's from my years wearing ear plugs while competitive shooting. I   
   > have custom molded ear plugs for that, and so am used to wearing those.   
   > The only real difference is these have a little wire from the earbud to a   
   > receiver.  Yesterday I put the receiver in my front left shirt pocket.   
   > That was simple and wasn't in my way playing guitar or keys.  The sound   
   > quality, when the stage levels don't just swamp the things, is amazing.   
   > Far better than any speaker system is or could be.   
      
   So you're used to earplugs...and I've Never used them at the range, rather   
   I'd use the headphone style over-the-ear suppressors...because I don't like   
   things stuck in my ears ;)   
      
   > I only used them in one ear tho, as things weren't working 100% yesterday.   
   > But the one I put in, I left in from then on out. It sounded really nice.   
      
   Ooh, that unbalanced feel ;)   
      
   > The earpieces I had didn't fit in band girls ears.  She tired them, but   
   > they would just fall out. These aren't custom moulded, they are normal (   
   > but expensive ) buds with several sizes of cushion. I like the middle   
   > size, that clearly doesn't work for her. If we get this going, she'll go   
   > to an audiologist and have some custom moulds done.  For me, the stock   
   > ones work just fine.   
      
   Sounds  kind of like a hassle.   
      
   > She's " just " a singer. As in a far far better singer than me :-)   She's   
   > good enough she made her living for many years as " just " a singer.   
   > Gotta go with what you're good at :-)   
      
   I enjoy doing both together too much to only  do one ;)   
      
   > I saw the graph of mine ... two narrow, very deep dips.  Band girl has   
   > some also.  Had the audiologist puzzled, until she explained she was a   
   > singer and worked with live bands.  The response was " oh, ok, that   
   > explains it ".   
      
   No joy there in any case.   
      
   > Please take care of your ears.  It's a lesson I learned too late.  Eh,   
   > that's life.   
      
      
   Jim   
      
   I do, and if the sound level is too high, either it gets turned down, or I   
   pop in the earplugs, or just Leave!   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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