[Harp-L] Re: tone of small PA

[Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Robert Hale wrote:
<As I sound-checked at a jam recently, someone in the small audience called out "More bass!"The host-band's PA was adequate, but had very small <speakers up on stands. 
<Compared to the harp players with an amp on stage that night, maybe my tone wasn't full and complete. In situations like this, I thought about using <my 50 watt monitor wedge as an amp on stage, facing the audience. Its 10" speaker can deliver a little more bass than the 6 or 8" found in the PA <speakers. More bass EQ from the board didn't help much.
<Comments, please?

I think a single 10" speaker is the minimum configuration for adequate expression of low frequencies, with or without pitch shifting to lower the pitch. A 10" speaker is enough to convey the power of a low octave adequately, though not a low double octave in many cases. 

So the monitor wedge would certainly help.

Regards, Richard Hunter
  
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