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This layout is for a church that holds services in a small gymnasium-like room.

Because the stage is so big (roughly 30-35w X 20-25d), I would suggest that we start by putting all of the Bose systems along the back of the stage area and pull the musicians and vocalists as far out from the systems as possible.

Then, if it works for the group, bring the drums forward and off to one side. This puts the drummer well into the sound field for all towers and allows the him to judge how loud he needs to play to blend with the band, so you shouldn't need a drum cage.

I'd run the submix for the top half of the drum kit into channel three of tower #4 behind him (single B1). Then run the keyboard into channel 4, with his vocal into channel 1 (you could also move the keyboard to the other side of the stage if he's too close to the drums). That leaves channel 2 for a vocal on that system if needed.

Next, to the (stage) right of the drummer, I would put the bass player, plugged directly into channel 1 (using one of the great bass presets) of the 2-B1 system #3.

Then I would run the kick drum mic (Audix D6, if possible) into channel 2 (using the Audix D6 preset if appropriate). Just in case we need a little more low end on the top part of the drum kit, I would run a bass line out from system #4 to channel 3 of system #3. That leaves channel 4 of system #3 for a vocal (if there are enough inputs available on the drum submixer, you could use another output channel of that mixer as a preamp for the mic or you could just get a very inexpensive 2-input submixer for under $75). For system #2, You could either run two vocals into channels 1

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This layout is for a church that holds services in a small gymnasium-like room. Because the stage is so big (roughly 30-35w X 20-25d), I would suggest that we start by putting all of the Bose systems along the back of the stage area and pull the musicians and vocalists as far out from the systems as possible. Then, if it works for the group, bring the drums forward and off to one side. This puts the drummer well into the sound field for all towers and allows the him to judge how loud he needs to play to blend with the band, so you shouldn''t need a drum cage.

I''d run the submix for the top half of the drum kit into channel three of tower #4 behind him (single B1). Then run the keyboard into channel 4, with his vocal into channel 1 (you could also move the keyboard to the other side of the stage if he''s too close to the drums). That leaves channel 2 for a vocal on that system if needed. Next, to the (stage) right of the drummer, I would put the bass player, plugged directly into channel 1 (using one of the great bass presets) of the 2-B1 system #3. Then I would run the kick drum mic (Audix D6, if possible) into channel 2 (using the Audix D6 preset if appropriate).

Just in case we need a little more low end on the top part of the drum kit, I would run a bass line out from system #4 to channel 3 of system #3. That leaves channel 4 of system #3 for a vocal (if there are enough inputs available on the drum submixer, you could use another output channel of that mixer as a preamp for the mic or you could just get a very inexpensive 2-input submixer for under $75).

For system #2, You could either run two vocals into channels 1 & 2 and the guitar(s?) into 3 & 4 or you could run the acoustic guitar and its vocal into 1 & 2 and and put the other vocal in tower #1. I would then run the electric guitar via its Line6 POD into channel 3 of system #1 and the remaining vocals into channels 1 & 2. This layout maximizes your use of the Bose presets where it counts (bass, kick drum, acoustic guitar, and vocals), provides a maximum of control over levels to the musicians, and spreads the vocals as much as possible between the four Bose systems.The only thing we haven''t considered is the pastor mics, but it looks like there may still be enough inputs available to handle this either direct or via a submixer, depending upon the number of mics required. The only caveat here is to avoid omnidirectional lavalier mics if at all possible.

If you can remove the piano, since you don't currently use it, that will let you spread out a little bit more, but if it stays, I would try to avoid putting a Bose system directly behind it. If you ever decide to use it, I would pull it out on the stage as much as possible and run a single mic into it with the top closed.

ST: Can you please run some wires for this one? Feel free to make comments and suggestions, too. Thanks. Larry - Gitarzan

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Revised layout for large latin band for Knoxville gig on 6/8:

#1: PS1/L1/B1 - Piano using 1 SM57 into Ch2 and timbale SM57 into Ch1
#2: PS1/L1/2xB1 - Timbale vocal into Ch1, Bass guitar into Ch2, and conga rack SM57 thru small mixer into Ch3
#3: PS1-only w/bass line outs from #2 and #5 into Ch1 and Ch2, outputs to 4 B1s
#4: Stack of 4 B1s connected to amp 2 and amp 3 outputs of #3
#5: Two SM57s passively out of phase into Ch. 1, Kick mic (AKG D112) into Ch. 2
#6: Lead vocal (Audix OM-6) into Ch. 1, conga rack mics (SM57) thru small mixer into Ch. 2
#7: Background vocal (Audix OM-5) into Ch. 1, bongo mic (SM57) into Ch. 2
#8: PS1/L1 (no B1s) with trumpet mics into Ch. 1 and 2
#9: Trombone mic into Ch. 2, Sax mic into Ch. 1

ST: Can you please add wires appropriately. If possible, I would like a GIF of this, too. Thanks.

Larry

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Originally posted by Ken-at-Bose:
Hi ST,

If these things don't fit, perhaps you could have a single keboard picture, then a bunch of labels that you could drag onto the keyboard:

Yamaha xxx
Nord Electro
Roland xxx
Hammond B3
7' Grand Piano
Upgright Piano
etc.

(Could save some space by striking the big image of the grand piano.)

What do you think?

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