I was also wondering about this. I play guitar through a custom built half stack (NAU
Engineering) it like a Soldano and I was assuming I could use an A/B switch between my
guitar and my synth. Of course attenuating the signal down first. If this is not a good idea
someone let me know.
As a side note to other ageing gigging musicans check out
http://www.jucifer.com/ Its a
rock duo and this girl played guitar through like 14 amp heads and I counted 71 speaker
in the cabinents excluding horns. The concert was cool and your whole body vibrated from
sound waves. RAWK!
--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, Greg Amann <greg.amann@s...> wrote:
> Assuming you don't roam, and I take this to be a good assumption given
> your equipment list, in-ear monitoring is my preferred choice. It is
> relatively cheap, portable and it keeps the on-stage sound pressure down
> to manageable levels. Any local music store can help you glue together
> whatever you would need for your specific application. I use a
> Behringer 1602 or a Mackie 1402 and just grab a line off of whatever I
> want to hear.
>
> YMMV, BFG
>
>
> Larry David wrote:
>
> > Well since I delurked, I'll post one more before I relurk. :) Like
> > many of you, I'm in a band, and we have recently started playing bigger
> > shows (with an actual stage, as opposed to a ridiculously small corner
> > in a bar). Up to now I have used a 100W combo amp as a monitor, and
> > sent a DI signal to the house PA. This doesn't work anymore, since I
> > have to have that amp practically strapped to my head to hear over the
> > drums 10 feet away and the Marshall half stack behind me. We are not
> > to the level yet where we play places that actually have capable sound
> > engineers, let alone separate stage mixes, so I cannot rely on the
> > house monitors at all. So, my question to all you gigging vets: What
> > have you found to be a good solution for medium to large size venues
> > for amplifying (i.e. being able to hear onstage) high bandwidth synth
> > music? I'm playing organ, piano and analog synth, fwiw. (The organ
> > uses a stereo leslie sim for now.) I bought a Roland KC 550, which is
> > 180W, and much, much louder than my 100W Carvin amp (though for those,
> > like I used to be, who wonder if Carvin gear is any good, this is a
> > great little amp - excellent feature set and sound for the price). The
> > Roland has a line out that sends all of the left sides of each channel
> > to another amp, for a stereo set up. Paired with my Carvin, it is a
> > 100% improvement - way louder and stereo to boot. But I realize to be
> > really satisfied with such a set up, I'd want a pair of KC 550s, which
> > would be roughly $1200 altogether. Besides the fact that they weigh a
> > ton and are bulky, that is a lot of cash to me, and I'm wondering if I
> > wouldn't do better with a small PA system. I already have a nice JBL
> > 12" passive monitor (that I use on another gig with a bar duo) and I
> > figured I could get a matching one and a small powered mixer for as
> > much or less than the 2 KC 550s. I'm old (according to my bandmates
> > who are all at least 10 yrs younger than me :) and set up/tear down
> > ease, and schlepping factor are important to me - almost as much as
> > sound quality (it's punk rock, after all).
> >
> > So what do you guys use to amplify your MOTM based, analog synth rigs
> > at rock shows? <on-topic content> :-)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Larry D.
> >
> >
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