MOTM

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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