So... I am in charge of the media ministry at my church - which includes the sound system
A quick overview - we have a mackie 32 channel board - don't remember the name- but it has its age - something like sx32.4
we have 4 150w self amped mons on stage, with the front floor mons powering 2 rear non-powered mons.
For the house speakers, we have a 900 watt amp, and split that across 3 speakers (mono)
Worship service on sundays consists of live drums (not electronic), bass - on it's own amp - not hooked to the sound system
Live electric guitar - not hooked to the sound system
mic'ed piano
keyboard plugged into the sound system
1 or 2 acoustics plugged into sound system
2 female vocallists
The band has a hard time hearing the mons, and keeps wanting them louder.
at some point, I can almost have more volume on stage than in house...
I tend to think the drums are overpowering the small stage we have...
What can I do to balance things out and/or quite the drums without loosing the "heart felt" rythm from the drummer?
BTW: I have my ideas... but want to see some other suggestions on this...
A quick overview - we have a mackie 32 channel board - don't remember the name- but it has its age - something like sx32.4
we have 4 150w self amped mons on stage, with the front floor mons powering 2 rear non-powered mons.
For the house speakers, we have a 900 watt amp, and split that across 3 speakers (mono)
Worship service on sundays consists of live drums (not electronic), bass - on it's own amp - not hooked to the sound system
Live electric guitar - not hooked to the sound system
mic'ed piano
keyboard plugged into the sound system
1 or 2 acoustics plugged into sound system
2 female vocallists
The band has a hard time hearing the mons, and keeps wanting them louder.
at some point, I can almost have more volume on stage than in house...
I tend to think the drums are overpowering the small stage we have...
What can I do to balance things out and/or quite the drums without loosing the "heart felt" rythm from the drummer?
BTW: I have my ideas... but want to see some other suggestions on this...