From jackoverfull@gmail.com Thu Oct 11 12:43:15 2012
Subject:Re: OT Mixers and outputs

I guess bands without a lead guitar will end up being the favorites
among them! :D Unless the other issue (being frustrated guitar players
as well) arises, anyway.

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Il giorno 11/ott/2012, alle ore 17.15, Bobby Simons > ha scritto:

> It's not like he's got nothing to do. There are the usual overall
> issues that need to be minded: a guitarist gets too loud, someone's
> not singing quite on his mike like he did at soundcheck and needs to
> be raised up, a guitarist gets too loud, the organ solo is coming up
> and needs to get goosed a bit to sit on top of the mix, a guitarist
> gets too loud, someone needs more or less of something in their
> monitor, you know how it goes. Not to mention, sometimes a guitarist
> gets too loud. But no need to micro-manage my keyboard mix, thank you.
>
> On a slightly related matter (since 'outputs' is in the subject
> line): after a dozen years of criminally careless abuse, my Roland
> KC-500/550 (whatever it is) finally developed a bad crackle in the
> Line Outs that I think isn't worth fixing, it's all beat up anyway.
> I know there are some here who routinely and gleefully trash the
> Rolands but I've always liked them. After much back-and forth, I
> replaced it last week with the next one down, the KC-350. I've only
> used for one show so far, but I have to say it sounded great. I'm
> really liking the tone of 12" speaker for both the organ and piano
> patches, not to mention it being 15 lbs lighter. It's fewer watts,
> but I as I'm also always in the PA and that's what people are
> hearing, it's only for me. I have it close, on a tilt stand, and can
> barely turn it up past a quarter. The one nuisance is that it
> doesn't have the XLR Line Outs that it's big brother sported, they
> were convenient. But I'll probably velcro a stereo DI to the top of
> it and that will be that.
> The only other amp Iooked at was the Hartke. I Iike the way the
> sound, the tilt enclosures and the lower price but a little leery of
> the aluminum cones and damn, those bad boys are heavy! Too bad,
> because I even have a Hartke t-shirt. Oh well.
>