Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

Hi all,

do someone of you have experience with simmons drum in live contests ?
I mean: what is the best monitor system to let the drummer and the 
others band member hear the punch of the kick and the "feel" of the 
drum ?
I was about to buy a small system with a sub 12' and a mid-hi range 
speaker 10' mounted on it.
Do you think it would do the job ?..
I'm talking about medium stages, like pubs or discos, where you don't 
have a sound tech at your service and you have to bring your own setup.

Giame

Howdy Giame,

I do alot of gigs both big and small, obviously with your big shows 
you'll have your very own monitor send which will sound massive!  

For smaller shows a powered wedge/monitor is the best, I actually 
have an 8 DI unit in my rack and that can double as a line mixer 
which means I just plug in powered monitor and can mix my own 
foldback.

I'd go for a 12" speaker at very least, you'll need something to 
handle the bottom end of you kick and toms.

If I'm using a speaker like this I think it's best to put it on your 
floor tom side facing at your head, you'll feel the "Thump" from 
your kick drum then!

Cheers,

Matt.



--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "giamesimmons" 
<giamesimmons@...> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> 
> do someone of you have experience with simmons drum in live 
contests ?
> I mean: what is the best monitor system to let the drummer and the 
> others band member hear the punch of the kick and the "feel" of 
the 
> drum ?
> I was about to buy a small system with a sub 12' and a mid-hi 
range 
> speaker 10' mounted on it.
> Do you think it would do the job ?..
> I'm talking about medium stages, like pubs or discos, where you 
don't 
> have a sound tech at your service and you have to bring your own 
setup.

> 
> Giame
>

Hi Giame,

here start the all problem of electronic world ...

about the monitor you have to test there are no rules, except maybe  
that you need  a good speaker for the bass frequencies...
I would recommend a 16' but it depends ...SWR are making very good  
low end with small speakers...

Anyway you'll probably have to premix you Simmons & have different  
EQs on theToms , BD & Snare ...
a SPM8 would be perfect for it & especially for the Simmons grain...
Personnaly I'm using a multiband compressor behind the  
premix ...that's very important with these beasts...
& of course you'll need a very good & fast amplifier ...

Now it depends what you're asking to your system , what band... , &  
if you're playing loud ...
But the minimum is to have a comfortable level as loud as your  
acoustics elements...
knowing that with our fellows musicians, our bass drum is often  
disappearing after 3 songs ...
Personnaly I 'm miking the bass drum too....
so anyway , you need a quite sufficient level & it requires quite  
some artillery in the end..

But this is just my advice ...

Good luck ,
Patrice.



Le 10 janv. 08 à 12:16, giamesimmons a écrit :

> Hi all,
>
> do someone of you have experience with simmons drum in live contests ?
> I mean: what is the best monitor system to let the drummer and the
> others band member hear the punch of the kick and the "feel" of the
> drum ?
> I was about to buy a small system with a sub 12' and a mid-hi range
> speaker 10' mounted on it.
> Do you think it would do the job ?..
> I'm talking about medium stages, like pubs or discos, where you don't
> have a sound tech at your service and you have to bring your own  
> setup.
>
> Giame
>
>
> 



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