i have a three piece band

drums

acoustic guitar

bass

two vocals

can one l1 maybe with 2 bass units handle this?

im the only on that can get one so im curious if its "do able" i know it wont be best ..thanks

Hi jlott,

Thanks for joining us.

It would be great if you could give us some more information before we get into your question about whether on L1® will do the job. We need to know at least a little more about the job.

Please tell us more about your music:

• What kind(s) of music you play?
  
• Where you do it (size, type of venue)?
  
• Who is there (audience) - how many, what are they doing while you are performing?
  
• Do you use microphones on the Drums?
  
• Do you have an amplifier for the Bass?
  
  
• Do you have a web site?
  
• If no web site, could you post a picture of your ensemble?
  

Thank you.

we play acoustic rock. with alot of harmony

usualy bars...so id say 100 ppl most of the time maybe more some nights
most ppl are drinking,dancing or talking

not sure if we would need mics on the drums?

right now no amp for the bass player but he may get an ampeg bass amp

i dont have any pics,we arnt playing right now.hope i answered everything, thanks

Hi jlott,

Thanks, that helps.

About putting microphones on the Drums. That may depend on what kind of music you are doing. So, what kind of music are you doing?

Who is singing? You and the Bassist?

If so, the lineup through the L1® sounds like this to me.

You - Vocal Microphone and Acoustic Guitar


Bassist - Vocal microphone and maybe Bass or this might go through a separate amp.

Drums - Maybe kick drum.

So as I'm counting the inputs can you tell me what kind of Acoustic Guitar you've got and most importantly - does it have a pickup system or were you going to try to use a microphone for it?

we play an acoustic rock..so alot of strumming

i have a "ken hodges" acoustic and it has the fishman pick up system...with the barn door pre amp so i wont use a mic for my guitar,it sounds like you have it down what we are thinking of doing

Okay jlott,

Thanks for that info. I just checked out
http://www.hodgesguitars.com/

That was fun. Thanks.

What's your physical line-up from left to right as the audience sees you?

You can show us using our stage layout tool.
The Sketcher.

Please let me know either in text or using the Sketcher (try it - it's fun) and I'll be back late this afternoon with some ideas for you.

Where are you? Just trying to get a sense of times zones. I'm on the west coast just north of Seattle.

your welcome ken builds super nice guitars

anywho

i think we would prob go

me , drums (behind) , bass

im in central time, far east oklahoma

to answer you a little more, im the lead singer and the bass player sings harmony though he may sing a few songs as well,

Hi jlott00,

Thanks for using The Sketcher!


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1. Me,vocals and acoustic....(is an acoutic amp something needed here?) os some acoustic pedal?
2.bass plaer w/ vocals, 2)the bass amp Might be an option,though im not sure he will have one,is the bass amp a plus????
3. does Not need a vocal, this is where i have no clue what we should do.
4. this is a total guess to where to have the L1

Great. This is probably pretty much as I would have set your stage. I might have nudged the Drums over to the right a little to get the L1® closer to the centre. But other than that we're thinking along the same lines.

I didn't see that you were building a Sketch and I was doing one for you at the same time. The biggest difference was I had set you up with a Model II and a T1 ToneMatch® audio engine so you would have a few more inputs.

I will think about this some more and come up with some ideas soon.

Hi Jlott
I occasionally play with a trio much like yours, acoustic drums unmiked and no vocals, acoustic guitar and vocals and the exception Keyboard player plays left hand bass and vocals. We put the drums to the side and the keyboard/ bass and guitar in front of the T1.It works very well and the drums don't mess with the vocals making it much easier for harmonies. It also helps me (the Drummer) find my place in the mix. I tend to over play if I’m too close to the L1 .

sort of like this Stage Layout

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Hi jlott00

The night got the better of me and I'm sorry I didn't get back here sooner.

It looks like you or someone did a new version of your Sketch.



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I'm sorry ST that looks like one of my attempts at the link above.

Aha,

And here's another one from starvin007.


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ok those are some good ideas...so it is possible for one tower to handle us...
thats good to know....

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so it is possible for one tower to handle us...

Hey jlott....just wanna throw in my 2 cents on this.

To paraphrase what I believe you asked: Is it possible to run a guitar, bass and 2 vocals thru a single L1 with twin b1's?

Sure. You can run a whole orchestra through it.

Is it logical? That's another question.

I run one guitar with lead vocal thru this setup and at louder bar volumes they fight for space on the system. If I add in the vocal harmonizer, it's moreso.

We run a keyboard and bass thru another L1 with FOUR b1's and if we have it cranked up, they are still fighting for space.

I think that the volume you need to play at in these bars will ultimately determine your level of happiness wtth the system. Check on the trial period to make sure you can return the system if you aren't happy.

Who knows? You may love it so much yhat you'll look to buy a second one. But try it out on the gig asap.

JD

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ok those are some good ideas...so it is possible for one tower to handle us...
thats good to know

Hi Jlott
JD1 is dead on here. What I didn't mention is we play for that amount of people but in a restaurant not a bar. The point I was trying to make was the positioning of the drums. When using one L1 you really have to get the drums out of the road. At the very least if I was doing your gig I would have 4 b1s.
Sorry if I misled you
Rick

ok....

so is it better to use a bass amp? or get more B1's?

lets say i had 2 bose pas ,would you want a bass amp then?

thanks for all the help so far

im wondering if i had 2 bose l1's if we could run 2 vocals and an acoustic through one, and the drums through the other and the bass player use his amp?

Here is a link to My Stage Layout in The Sketcher

Hi jlott,

Here is your most recent Sketch.

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