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OK, I saw a band a couple of weeks ago with those new Bose PA stick
thingies. Don't hate me... but I was surprised... they sounded way better
than I thought they would. Not muddy... a bit bright, but not too much so.
It DID sound... well... more hi fi then most bands I've seen at the same
location (an outdoor Friday night concert series). Less muddy. The sweet
spot was much wider than I've heard at that location too, which surprised
me. They didn't use monitors. The vocalist appeared to hear herself well,
had no pitch problems. The drummer was live and I think NOT miced. It's
possible the kick was miced, I didn't look. It seemed everyone could
control their own individual volume very well and mix together.
Keyboards were direct (and keys played bass too). Live guitar, drummer,
percussionist, and sax. I have to say, surprisingly, the idea seems to have
worked out, at least in this case. I can see it working in many cases,
though not larger venues... but that's not really an issue for me.
Anyway, the question.... it seems like it wouldn't be difficult at all to
roll your own similar system. It seems to me there are a few of things
going on here that make the system work:
- smaller diameter drivers in the mains so no low mid muddiness buildup (the
usual bose lack of lower mids)
- wide dispersion of audio from drivers to make monitors unnecessary
- some sort of feedback reduction in each unit
- omnidirectional nature of bass frequencies
Thoughts? Has anyone thought of doing their own similar system, using some
aspects of the Bose system and improving on them? Is there more voodoo
going on then I'm aware of?
Info is appreciated... thanks!
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Now available: new Particle Salad CD "The Track Inside."
See http/www.particlesalad.com for more info.
OK, I saw a band a couple of weeks ago with those new Bose PA stick
thingies. Don't hate me... but I was surprised... they sounded way better
than I thought they would. Not muddy... a bit bright, but not too much so.
It DID sound... well... more hi fi then most bands I've seen at the same
location (an outdoor Friday night concert series). Less muddy. The sweet
spot was much wider than I've heard at that location too, which surprised
me. They didn't use monitors. The vocalist appeared to hear herself well,
had no pitch problems. The drummer was live and I think NOT miced. It's
possible the kick was miced, I didn't look. It seemed everyone could
control their own individual volume very well and mix together.
Keyboards were direct (and keys played bass too). Live guitar, drummer,
percussionist, and sax. I have to say, surprisingly, the idea seems to have
worked out, at least in this case. I can see it working in many cases,
though not larger venues... but that's not really an issue for me.
Anyway, the question.... it seems like it wouldn't be difficult at all to
roll your own similar system. It seems to me there are a few of things
going on here that make the system work:
- smaller diameter drivers in the mains so no low mid muddiness buildup (the
usual bose lack of lower mids)
- wide dispersion of audio from drivers to make monitors unnecessary
- some sort of feedback reduction in each unit
- omnidirectional nature of bass frequencies
Thoughts? Has anyone thought of doing their own similar system, using some
aspects of the Bose system and improving on them? Is there more voodoo
going on then I'm aware of?
Info is appreciated... thanks!
--
-------------------------------------------------------------
Now available: new Particle Salad CD "The Track Inside."
See http/www.particlesalad.com for more info.