Update:
We had our Homecoming picnic yesterday, but at the last minute everything was moved indoors due to threat of rain. When I say everyting, I mean everything. We had inflatable ammusements for the kids and people eating while we were supposed to play. We had a lot of compitition for sound. We decided to modify the arrangement you worked out. The only thing we did differently was not plug the bass and drum into the system. We just weren't getting the right sound with just two B1's, so we just used the amps on their own. So here's what happened, the third song in, I was approached by a senior person in our congregation requesting that we turn it down. There were complaints that we were too loud. That's when the problems started. There was no way to easily do that without another sound check because we had to turn down both L1's and the bass and drums. I'm not even sure they did that. We spent the rest of our time playing fidling with the voulume. One side of the stage couldn't hear the other. It was pretty frustrating. Unfortunatly, we don't have an easy way to practice with the system because of time constrants and the fact that we don't have it all set up in one location all the time. It's a long story, but basically, this system was baught for it's portability and ease of use and not a replacement for our sanctuary system. Bottom line is, we need to be able to figure this out so we can make these overall volume adjustments without screwing it all up. I realize that we may need to push the bass and drums through to aid in that, but we'll see. We need to be frugal and practical. My thought is to use a mixing board to run everything through to both systems and that way one person on the stage can control everything. Keep in mind that this was a rare venue. We are still happy with the system and can see many uses for it. We have a number of musicians that aren't in our band, but would like to use it and what we have would be perfect for them. Any thoughts?

RCDrafting, September 15, 2008

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