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From: stagehand on 25 Mar 2010 10:02 Hello. I write on behalf of a small group of volunteers at an art centre, Our chief tech is evasive on some issues so i thought we would try here. If the questions are too 'not for us' i see from other posts you will not hesitate to let us know.....we would not have it any other way! 1: Why not sit stage monitors on spikes or similar to isolate them from the stage. We do use a pre-set that rolls of the bass when appropriate. 2: What things can xlr y-spilts be safely used for? cheers
From: GregS on 25 Mar 2010 11:13 In article <e5f66ed3-0f7d-4ad7-a178-aeb3d3e0a204(a)g11g2000yqe.googlegroups.com>, stagehand <oldtime100(a)o2.co.uk> wrote: >Hello. I write on behalf of a small group of volunteers at an art >centre, Our chief tech is evasive on some issues so i thought we >would try here. If the questions are too 'not for us' i see from >other posts you will not hesitate to let us know.....we would not have >it any other way! > >1: Why not sit stage monitors on spikes or similar to isolate them >from the stage. We do use a pre-set that rolls of the bass when >appropriate. > Spikes, yikes !!! Spikes are mainly for stabilizing giving good coupling to the floor. Some poorly constructed boxes can walk across the floor. Rubber is another good thing to use. Good boxes do vibrate that much. If you decoupled the box, the main coupling to the floor is sound waves. >2: What things can xlr y-spilts be safely used for? Probably one line out to two inputs. Forget two in to one out. greg
From: Denny Strauser on 25 Mar 2010 11:34 GregS wrote: > In article <e5f66ed3-0f7d-4ad7-a178-aeb3d3e0a204(a)g11g2000yqe.googlegroups.com>, stagehand <oldtime100(a)o2.co.uk> wrote: >> Hello. I write on behalf of a small group of volunteers at an art >> centre, Our chief tech is evasive on some issues so i thought we >> would try here. If the questions are too 'not for us' i see from >> other posts you will not hesitate to let us know.....we would not have >> it any other way! >> >> 1: Why not sit stage monitors on spikes or similar to isolate them >>from the stage. We do use a pre-set that rolls of the bass when >> appropriate. >> > > Spikes, yikes !!! > > Spikes are mainly for stabilizing giving good coupling to the floor. > Some poorly constructed boxes can walk across the floor. > Rubber is another good thing to use. > Good boxes do vibrate that much. If you decoupled > the box, the main coupling to the floor is sound waves. I have spikes on my home stereo speakers, but I'd never use them for live sound. they could cause serious injury & major liability suits. > >> 2: What things can xlr y-spilts be safely used for? > > Probably one line out to two inputs. Forget two in to one out. I've used a Wye to plug two mics or two iPod outputs inputs into one channel when I didn't have enough channels. This might not be kosher, but it works, & I never had a problem doing so. - Denny
From: Ron on 25 Mar 2010 11:54 On 25/03/2010 15:34, Denny Strauser wrote: > GregS wrote: >> In article >> <e5f66ed3-0f7d-4ad7-a178-aeb3d3e0a204(a)g11g2000yqe.googlegroups.com>, >> stagehand <oldtime100(a)o2.co.uk> wrote: >>> Hello. I write on behalf of a small group of volunteers at an art >>> centre, Our chief tech is evasive on some issues so i thought we >>> would try here. If the questions are too 'not for us' i see from >>> other posts you will not hesitate to let us know.....we would not have >>> it any other way! >>> >>> 1: Why not sit stage monitors on spikes or similar to isolate them >>> from the stage. We do use a pre-set that rolls of the bass when >>> appropriate. >>> >> >> Spikes, yikes !!! >> >> Spikes are mainly for stabilizing giving good coupling to the floor. >> Some poorly constructed boxes can walk across the floor. >> Rubber is another good thing to use. >> Good boxes do vibrate that much. If you decoupled >> the box, the main coupling to the floor is sound waves. > > I have spikes on my home stereo speakers, but I'd never use them for > live sound. they could cause serious injury & major liability suits. > >> >>> 2: What things can xlr y-spilts be safely used for? >> >> Probably one line out to two inputs. Forget two in to one out. > > I've used a Wye to plug two mics or two iPod outputs inputs into one > channel when I didn't have enough channels. This might not be kosher, > but it works, & I never had a problem doing so. > > - Denny Or one mike into two channels Ron
From: GregS on 25 Mar 2010 13:13
In article <hofvr1$4bu$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Denny Strauser <dsdennysound(a)gmail.com> wrote: >GregS wrote: >> In article > <e5f66ed3-0f7d-4ad7-a178-aeb3d3e0a204(a)g11g2000yqe.googlegroups.com>, stagehand > <oldtime100(a)o2.co.uk> wrote: >>> Hello. I write on behalf of a small group of volunteers at an art >>> centre, Our chief tech is evasive on some issues so i thought we >>> would try here. If the questions are too 'not for us' i see from >>> other posts you will not hesitate to let us know.....we would not have >>> it any other way! >>> >>> 1: Why not sit stage monitors on spikes or similar to isolate them >>>from the stage. We do use a pre-set that rolls of the bass when >>> appropriate. >>> >> >> Spikes, yikes !!! >> >> Spikes are mainly for stabilizing giving good coupling to the floor. >> Some poorly constructed boxes can walk across the floor. >> Rubber is another good thing to use. >> Good boxes do vibrate that much. If you decoupled >> the box, the main coupling to the floor is sound waves. > >I have spikes on my home stereo speakers, but I'd never use them for >live sound. they could cause serious injury & major liability suits. The only thing usefull about spikes, in my mind, is getting through a thick rug to keep them from rocking. greg >> >>> 2: What things can xlr y-spilts be safely used for? >> >> Probably one line out to two inputs. Forget two in to one out. > >I've used a Wye to plug two mics or two iPod outputs inputs into one >channel when I didn't have enough channels. This might not be kosher, >but it works, & I never had a problem doing so. > Most things have built in safety resistors on the outputs on line levels. Headphone outs you can run into trouble. |