Everything else can come through the tops. Run your crossover so the subs get the thump of the kick, and the "meat" of the lowest bass notes. Powered speakers often are hissy wide open unfortunately.Īs a general rule, we used to run 4 times the amount of power to our subs that went to the tops (two double 18s for subs, 15+horn for tops). Secondly, you can adjust the amount of signal being sent to the tops and subs separately.įinally, yes, it's true that you should run power amps wide open - unless they are noisy/hissy. I see no reason why a one-over-one of yours wouldn't be enough for the average gig, and have plenty of punch.
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I give a lot of credit to the rig, but I have to give the engineer props for knowing how to make it do what it did. The last time we ran on it, we were playing a large frat party to about 800 folks, and it was impressive to my ears. I have played a couple of gigs through the exact rig you are running, just x2. Seek out someone locally with some real live sound knowledge to help you, maybe even have them come mix a show or two for you on your rig, and get them to school you up on wringing the most out of it. Having the operating knowhow on the ins-and-outs of live sound is what can determine if a PA, and the band playing through it, sounds like solid gold, or is more akin to sounding like a herd of cows in a hailstorm.
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And not just the Driverack presets, but lots of details setting up and running the rig can make a large cumulative difference on system performance you might be missing out on. I'll expand some on what Moose is talking about.