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Date: 15-Jan-05 @ 11:41 PM -
RE: Mackie_DFX 12
whats the band btw (drums? keys? bass? guitar?)
who has amps? - probably put vox and keys only thru pa, the kik & rest of kit will carry in church.
what you gotta do is get the band to play, and get them to adjust everything so they balance right with the drums - then adjust the channel for the keyboards thru the PA (if no keyboard amp) so it sits right with the band.
Then when that is set roughly ok, set the vocals levels - you just have to get the balance right between NON PA'd sounds & the PA'd sounds - that's the only serious criteria
then eq to taste, but with conventional dynamic mic's all you might need to do it roll off some bottom end on the vocal mic's to stop booming & pops so much from occurring and drop some mid off the kys so they dont clutter up the vocal midrange space and resonate to much in the ambient space of the church.
Also the the band has to discipline not to turn their amps up or down after you kick off or the balance is ruined.
make sure the PA speakers are in front of the mic's if at all possible - that is the speakers should be further towards the audience than the microphones, otherwise feedback is more likely from the mic's (squeely feedback)
for any FX see the manual as to how to add - most likely you just raise the AUX on a channle and the built in FX unit can be programmed to whatever FX for that AUX channel I wouldnt advise reverb in a church which has enuff reverb already
anyways it's an option to add FX to channels - see manual for how.
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