Re: [Harp-L] Best PA setting to play with band

[Mike <mikefugazzi@xxxxxxxxx>]

Do you have a monitor with your own mix?  Did you use the amp for stage 
volume or front of house volume too?  Where was the amp position relative 
to stage?  What mic are you going to use to the PA?

If you don't have access to a good monitor with your own mix, you'll hate 
playing through the PA regardless of mix.  If you have a good monitor, and 
know the sound guy, make sure he is willing to sound check with you.  IMO, 
if you use a clean dynamic mic, all you have to do is bump some lows, cut 
some highs, and add a hint of reverb.  When sitting in with Blues Traveler, 
I used a Beta 57a and that's how it was mixed.  It sounds like a clean harp 
tone - sorta hi-fi.  Pull some more highs and compensate with mids to get a 
warmer tone.

On Wednesday, August 21, 2013 11:41:54 AM UTC-5, dennis wrote:
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> After years of the sound man's grimacing in a club I am going to try and 
> defer to his wish to "just play through the PA mike" rather than setting up 
> my miked amp. This is a paying gig in a major NYC joint that I do weekly so 
> the opportunity is worth the degradation in tonal quality if it's the price 
> I have to pay. I must go through one of the house wireless mikes into the 
> PA without the addition of any added effects so what would give me the most 
> resonantly smooth sound regarding PA settings please? Thanks. d 
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