Keith Herron
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I'm helping a school with their auditorium sound where it looks like they've had at least 3 layers of sound equipment installs overlapping each other. XLR jacks in the wall have been taped over because, I was told, their wires had been commandeered for some hanging choir mics; there are Bose speakers in the wings that, I was told, worked at one time, but not anymore; channel labels on the mixer don't correspond to the labels on XLR jacks on the stage, tho they supposedly do control whatever gets plugged into them - ya know, stuff like that.
My question - there are 4 Speakon jacks on stage, 2 SL and 2 SR. How do I know if those jacks carry any signal, and if so, is it straight out of the mixer (where I'd need an active, powered speaker) or is it coming from a power amp (and I'd need a passive speaker)? I was told that these were once connectors for backstage monitor speakers, "but I don't know if they work anymore or where the speakers are..."
Fun and games. Any help greatly appreciated - I know I'll learn tons. And thank you in advance.
My question - there are 4 Speakon jacks on stage, 2 SL and 2 SR. How do I know if those jacks carry any signal, and if so, is it straight out of the mixer (where I'd need an active, powered speaker) or is it coming from a power amp (and I'd need a passive speaker)? I was told that these were once connectors for backstage monitor speakers, "but I don't know if they work anymore or where the speakers are..."
Fun and games. Any help greatly appreciated - I know I'll learn tons. And thank you in advance.