macsound
Well-Known Member
In most of my theatre (and corporate) sound design and building consulting, the Meyer UPM has always been the defacto front fill speaker. Most of the time is we needed a sound effect to come from somewhere else on stage like a vacuum or goat or whatever, it was also usually a UPM.
Working in smaller theatre, youth theatre and churches, they usually had speakers laying around that ended up being used for these purposes.
On a project I'm currently working on, the front of the stage has a lip that was built to shield striplight footlights that have now been removed and we're looking to add front fill to a small space, about 20' across. I'd love place 3 UPMs but the budget won't allow it and the building is also afraid of something so small being so expensive living on the floor. (Someone spilling a mop bucket of water or something)
Soo0o0ooooo, what other small speakers have you used as front fill?
I'm leaning toward a JBL Control 25AV which I've used for immersive sfx speakers and restaurants and sounded ok, but have honestly never used them in a live environment. Also looking at the Control 52, also used for small scale sfx but never anything live.
Am I going to blow them up? I'm not usually one who uses AV boxes for live audio. Any thoughts?
Working in smaller theatre, youth theatre and churches, they usually had speakers laying around that ended up being used for these purposes.
On a project I'm currently working on, the front of the stage has a lip that was built to shield striplight footlights that have now been removed and we're looking to add front fill to a small space, about 20' across. I'd love place 3 UPMs but the budget won't allow it and the building is also afraid of something so small being so expensive living on the floor. (Someone spilling a mop bucket of water or something)
Soo0o0ooooo, what other small speakers have you used as front fill?
I'm leaning toward a JBL Control 25AV which I've used for immersive sfx speakers and restaurants and sounded ok, but have honestly never used them in a live environment. Also looking at the Control 52, also used for small scale sfx but never anything live.
Am I going to blow them up? I'm not usually one who uses AV boxes for live audio. Any thoughts?