i am thinking of buying an L1 compact. I am a solo musician, I do James Taylor, Neil Young & Cat Stevens style music and some original. I'm playing a Martin J16 RE Aura and I'm using for vocals a Shure Beta 58, I do rooms of 50 90 people. My current gear is a Yamaha 600 Watt powered mixer with (2) Yamaha 12"s for vocals and I mic a Fender Acoustasonic FSX 80 160 Watt amp through my PA for my guitar. as you can see it's all back breaking and I'm in the high thinking wattage world. I would consider purchasing the L1 compact but I wanted to get some input from the forum before I spend that money and as you know their not cheap.
Thanks in advance

Hi EO,

The Compact would be great for you.
The only problem is that it has an XLR input for vocal, and only a 1/4" for guitar.
As you mic your guitar, this would be a problem.
You'd need a small mixer to mic with.

Can you run a direct line out from the amp?
We do that with our Roland Micro-cube and it sounds great into the Compact.

Here is a video clip from a few weeks ago with our setup as I described.
Our guitarist is definitely NOT a "toneshark", he's Mr. Plug N. Play.
So don't judge tone too harshly, there is a lot that can be done with some tweaking.

I hope this helps.

Pete

Drumr,
You've been very helpfull, I am planning on purchasing a Behringer 4 input mixer with effects. i was wondering does it make any differance if I use the RCA's or the 1/4" to connect the mixer. Also, do you think the compact will handle the audiance of up to 90 people.
Thanks

Hey how is it going with the Behringer and what was the answer to connect the Behringer? Also does it cut it for a crwod of 90 people??

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Originally posted by Eo6607:
Drumr,
You've been very helpfull, I am planning on purchasing a Behringer 4 input mixer with effects. i was wondering does it make any differance if I use the RCA's or the 1/4" to connect the mixer. Also, do you think the compact will handle the audiance of up to 90 people.
Thanks

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Originally posted by Bill McGoldrick:
Hey how is it going with the Behringer and what was the answer to connect the Behringer?

I've used one with a Compact, and I've done it both ways (depending on what else I was connecting). As long as the Channel 2 switch is in the Line position, it doesn't make any difference.

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Also does it cut it for a crwod of 90 people??

Yes.