Originally Posted by sventvkg (Post 5927667)

Hey guys long time no see. I did 248 gigs this year I play full-time and I’m in an out of a lot of places. Right now I’m using a powered 12 EV on a pole with guitar going into an Aura 12, then zoom ME50 for EQ, Compression, Modulation into a TCHelicon Performer on my mic stage. I got rid of the footpedal because I thought this would be a smaller footprint any easier and it turns out it’s not. I’ve got the power cables mic cables and quarter inch cables going up and down my mic stand and it’s just a mess I hate it. Plus it still takes me just as long as it did before to set up and tear down.

The problem is is I have a sound exactly like I like it for my aggressive style with a lot of lead fills, I need that compression and being able to dial the EQ carve out frequencies, etc is key. But I’m sick of toting in my big tub with the paddleboard a bag for my mic stand and speaker stand this speaker my guitar fan Etc. This past week I’ve been just using my speaker with a mic in one input in my guitar direct into the other input with surprisingly good results it took a little getting used to for the dry sound but I love the simplicity of it.

Now what I’m looking for is a speaker that has the effect build them for my guitar some modulation a little bit of Reverb some EQ and compression. Something where I could just plug my aura pedal directly in from my guitar my mic right into another input and sound great. It’s got to be pretty powerful as I play outdoor on the beach so it’s gonna carry at least as much is the EV.

Only thing I found that exists that seems to have some of that minus the compression is the Line 6 speaker it even has their Variax acoustic that you can blend in which if it sounds decent I may even use in place of the Aura. I’m looking for ease of set up and simplicity hear it actually takes presidents over a perfect sound in this case. I have a lot of PA gear a lot of speakers already but none of them do what I’m looking for. Any suggestions would be welcome thanks gents.

Originally Posted by Revy (Post 5927785)

I've watched a guy that plays in central Iowa for the last few years. He's plays hundreds of shows and has his set up down to a science. A TC Voice Live 3, Mic & Stand, Guitar, 1 speaker stand, and a JBL Eon 15" speaker. He can be set up in 12 minutes, Gone in the same amount. Sounds awesome! No need to make it harder than it needs to be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e9y5C-xQ5s

Originally Posted by Davis Webb (Post 5928214)

Bose S1 with guitar and a mic.

Done

Originally Posted by Revy (Post 5927785)

I've watched a guy that plays in central Iowa for the last few years. He's plays hundreds of shows and has his set up down to a science. A TC Voice Live 3, Mic & Stand, Guitar, 1 speaker stand, and a JBL Eon 15" speaker. He can be set up in 12 minutes, Gone in the same amount. Sounds awesome! No need to make it harder than it needs to be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e9y5C-xQ5s

Originally Posted by sventvkg (Post 5927667)

Hey guys long time no see. I did 248 gigs this year I play full-time and I’m in an out of a lot of places. Right now I’m using a powered 12 EV on a pole with guitar going into an Aura 12, then zoom ME50 for EQ, Compression, Modulation into a TCHelicon Performer on my mic stage. I got rid of the footpedal because I thought this would be a smaller footprint any easier and it turns out it’s not. I’ve got the power cables mic cables and quarter inch cables going up and down my mic stand and it’s just a mess I hate it. Plus it still takes me just as long as it did before to set up and tear down.

Originally Posted by The Kid! (Post 5928313)

Ok, this sounds terrible to me. Maybe it's the recording, or the fact that he's outdoors, but it sounds anemic. It made me want to look him up by name to find better recordings, so I did. Talented kid, but this particular video doesn't do him justice. He has better stuff out there.

I wouldn't go without a sub and active crossover outside unless I'm using my L3T which has really good low end extension, and that's only for background music gigs (pictured below)

It's not about volume either. It's about fullness at any volume.



OP: You don't need to sacrifice anything to improve your setup/tear down time. Like you, I play 250+ gigs a year and my answer was building my pedal board into one flight case and my mixer and drum machine into another. A cable snake connects them and all I need is one wall plug and a powered speaker. I use a folding keyboard stand for the mixer and drum machine. I make 7 connections total and I'm set up in 7 minutes.

I move everything with a rock n roller cart because the individual pieces are heavier than most other offerings, but they're safe in transport and set up fast. I have enough power for any gig that I play, and can leave the sub at home and down scale to one speaker for smaller gigs.

I have a master fader, so its never too loud or over kill. It's always full, clean, clear, and warm. I'd rather have a scalable system working well within its limits, than a tiny underpowered system shouting it's lungs out.

I'd love to have a single battery powered speaker that weighs under 20lbs that can punch as hard as a three or four way system with a musical EQ section and great pre's but it doesn't exist. People try to pretend like it's enough, and it might be for them, but it doesn't work for me.

Floor
http://i67.tinypic.com/1076xyr.jpg

Top
http://i65.tinypic.com/4fwbko.jpg

Small Rig (No Sub)
http://i64.tinypic.com/91ihw2.jpg

Medium Rig Sub, FOH, & Floor Monitor
http://i68.tinypic.com/2helvsi.jpg

Small to medium setups are all one trip on the rock n roller cart. Small rig 7 minute setup. Medium rig is under 15 minutes. All cabling gets stored in the flight cases.

It's worth the extra effort to me.

Originally Posted by sventvkg (Post 5928310)

One of the guys who plays at my regular 2 day a week beach Resort has the Bose stuff and it’s great. However for the tiki on the beach where I play the S1 isn’t powerful enough. My one ZX12 on a pole is as small as I can go for this outside area.