Silicon_Knight
Active Member
I am a volunteer tech manager (as well as sound mixer/light operator) for my church, and we produce 3-4 musical theater productions each year (one of which we take on tour). We started with borrowing equipment from various members as it was needed, but I am trying to slowly acquire equipment for the church so that we can start to have a consistent setup on which we can rely.
We have some powered PAs, a good mixer in a rolling rack, amps for monitors, wireless receivers, graphic EQs, etc. The next purchase I am weighing is whether subs would actually add anything. As I understand it, for music, splitting the very low freqs to subs can be a great way to clean up the muddiness out of the PAs and improve the intelligibility of the vocals.
My question is, for musical theater, will subs really make any significant difference? (At this time, we are not mic'ing the bass guitar (when present) or drums).
As an aside, our challenge is often that the live music is too loud. Especially when on the road with unknown venues - any bright ideas?
We have some powered PAs, a good mixer in a rolling rack, amps for monitors, wireless receivers, graphic EQs, etc. The next purchase I am weighing is whether subs would actually add anything. As I understand it, for music, splitting the very low freqs to subs can be a great way to clean up the muddiness out of the PAs and improve the intelligibility of the vocals.
My question is, for musical theater, will subs really make any significant difference? (At this time, we are not mic'ing the bass guitar (when present) or drums).
As an aside, our challenge is often that the live music is too loud. Especially when on the road with unknown venues - any bright ideas?