jkowtko
Well-Known Member
We are doing Smokey Joe's Cafe in a couple of weeks, and for this I am fully micing the band (7 or 8 mics on the drums, plus keyboard, guitar, bass and sax) and 8 wireless vocalists, plus an extra Shure 55SH on stage.
I bought four used Lexicon reverb units over the past several weeks (mpx100, mpx110, 2 x mx200) to give me capacity for two stereo reverbs each on vocals and band.
Listening to the SJC Broadway CD I get the idea of how to use the reverb on the vocals for the various songs (generally split between lead and chorus effects), but I don't know how to deal with the band. I'm also a fan of the Jersey Boys CD and the great effects that Steve Kennedy put on the drums.
I have manual boards with no VCAs, so I'm stuck with either adjusting aux sends for each input channel for each of the 40 songs in this show (fun, huh?), or just permanently assigning the two reverbs to two different sets of mics. (fyi, I also have 8 channels of gate/compression so I assume I should be able to get the drum mics sounding pretty clean to start with.)
From what I hear from the SJC CD the snare has the most reverb coverage, with the sax coming in a close second. I occasionally hear toms, and once in a while, the kick. Jersey Boys seemed to have a great way of using these to the proper effect.
As I've never done this before, for my first attempt I would like to produce a reasonably good result.
I would appreciate advice on the usage of reverb on the band:
- permanent assignment of invididual mics to Reverb unit A or B?
- which reverb algorithms to use (Lexicon, remember)
- anything else you think I need to know to not make a complete fool of myself in this production
Thanks. John
I bought four used Lexicon reverb units over the past several weeks (mpx100, mpx110, 2 x mx200) to give me capacity for two stereo reverbs each on vocals and band.
Listening to the SJC Broadway CD I get the idea of how to use the reverb on the vocals for the various songs (generally split between lead and chorus effects), but I don't know how to deal with the band. I'm also a fan of the Jersey Boys CD and the great effects that Steve Kennedy put on the drums.
I have manual boards with no VCAs, so I'm stuck with either adjusting aux sends for each input channel for each of the 40 songs in this show (fun, huh?), or just permanently assigning the two reverbs to two different sets of mics. (fyi, I also have 8 channels of gate/compression so I assume I should be able to get the drum mics sounding pretty clean to start with.)
From what I hear from the SJC CD the snare has the most reverb coverage, with the sax coming in a close second. I occasionally hear toms, and once in a while, the kick. Jersey Boys seemed to have a great way of using these to the proper effect.
As I've never done this before, for my first attempt I would like to produce a reasonably good result.
I would appreciate advice on the usage of reverb on the band:
- permanent assignment of invididual mics to Reverb unit A or B?
- which reverb algorithms to use (Lexicon, remember)
- anything else you think I need to know to not make a complete fool of myself in this production
Thanks. John