jefflibby
Inspired
Hi everyone!
I'm looking to get some opinions about something... I always play direct to FOH and monitor only through IEMs. I have always noticed that when the FOH volume is cranked (during rehearsals only), I get that special interaction between speaker and guitar. When the FOH volume drops (we run pretty quiet for church services), I lose that interaction and it affects the "feel" of things. I'm starting to wonder if I should get an Xitone or CLR wedge or even use my cheapo crate acoustic amp to have control over this. I spoke to our FOH engineer about it and he said he'd prefer not to have any wedges on stage since it makes mixing a bit more difficult given our lower volume requirements. But he said that it's up to me.
When I'm playing at home through my crate, I can get some guitar/speaker interaction even at fairly low volumes. Do you think it's worth it going this route or should I just stick to IEM only? I'd hate to invest in a monitoring solution and then have to keep the volume so low that it wouldn't make a difference.
Thoughts?
I'm looking to get some opinions about something... I always play direct to FOH and monitor only through IEMs. I have always noticed that when the FOH volume is cranked (during rehearsals only), I get that special interaction between speaker and guitar. When the FOH volume drops (we run pretty quiet for church services), I lose that interaction and it affects the "feel" of things. I'm starting to wonder if I should get an Xitone or CLR wedge or even use my cheapo crate acoustic amp to have control over this. I spoke to our FOH engineer about it and he said he'd prefer not to have any wedges on stage since it makes mixing a bit more difficult given our lower volume requirements. But he said that it's up to me.
When I'm playing at home through my crate, I can get some guitar/speaker interaction even at fairly low volumes. Do you think it's worth it going this route or should I just stick to IEM only? I'd hate to invest in a monitoring solution and then have to keep the volume so low that it wouldn't make a difference.
Thoughts?