kingnic Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Hi I am in a band and me being the most technical person in it was told that we were going to invest in speakers and that I need to choose on budget (max £1500). The thing is instead of just buying what I think is good I want to know what everyone else thinks is good and what would work well. Literally, The band : 1 vocalist1 electric guitarist (me)1 bassist1 drummer Type of music we play : stuff like Red Hot Chili Peppers/Blink182 (not too heavy but not too light.) Me and the bassist have amps and the vocalist's mic is Shure SM58. Anyway we would need a mixer, drum mics, amp mics, speakers (bass bins as well), amps (for speakers), maybe one or two effects (budget allowing) and also (budget allowing) monitors for the vocalist. Oh yeah not to forget leads and if needed a mic that is maybe you think would be more suitable. Anyway thanks for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Si Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 is that budget of £1500 : 1. just for the speakers?2. just for the speakers, their respective amplifiers and the speaker cables?3. for the entire PA system Ta, Si Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingnic Posted April 10, 2006 Author Share Posted April 10, 2006 depends what we can get : if we can only get the speakers, amplifiers and cables then that is fine but if there is a good rig which can include 1 or 2 effectsracks then it would be nice to have them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Si Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 ah, some other things that possible repliers might want to know are: 1. what sort of venues do you play at? location/size/number of people2. how often? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Some friends of mine recently asked me the same question they had searched about and not managed to get too much for there money, I contacted a friend who run's a PA company called Sound Acoustic's and bought some of there older stock from them worked out very reasonable.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Beech Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 I certainly agree with maybe buying a couple of items second hand, you'll be able to spend the remaining budget elsewhere on the PA with that you've saved. Or at least get slightly better quality for the same sort of money. its vital to know what sort of venues you play though. Without this we cannot relaly give any tips. If you only play small bars then it may not be necessary to mic everything up. that way you could maybe get slightly higher quality components or afford an extra fx processor or eq etc. However if you are playing larger clubs and definitely need subs as well as tops then budget will be somewhat tighter. It may also be handy for us to know if there are any other types of limitations, physical size...do you have a van or large cars. No matter how hard you try you wont get a pair of bins a pair of tops a desk an amp rack some wedges the leads a couple of effects processors in the back of a fiat punto. not with a driver aswell :) Weight. are most of your gigs on the 2nd floor with no lift. no amount of wheelboards and trolleys can improve a flight of stairs at 3am pouring with rain. Setup time. How simple does this system have to be. Do you have to get to a venue at 7 and be ready to play on stage for half past? Pack down time. Very similar, do venues want you to play til kicking out time, and yet kick you out with the rest of them? Expandability...is that a word?Would you like to be able to buy another pair of tops and/or subs at a later date and run them off the same amps. Would you then like to be able to chose what gear to take in to a particular venue. This can either be a case of take it all and only take in what you need, or contact the venue before hand and check the size of the room. Will you ever add any keyboards/effects/synth/cd/md backing tracks or click track? Will you need to buy a desk big enough to accommodate everything you may have in say. 18 months time. Will the rest of you want monitors at some point. Particularly if you expand FOH for larger venues? A few questions for you to think about. if you can give us a little more information we can then throw some system ideas your way. rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Newlands Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 You may find it worth looking at all the little bits you need for a PA first, it is easy to book a few items from a hire co but all the little bits can add up, think DIs, mic stands, looms, stage looms, XLR leads etc. these can be some of the best things to have as they are easy to miss out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beware Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 I just specced up a budget PA for a practise rooms in Edinburgh. Total 2600 UKPClass-D Bas bins and topsBehringer AmpsClass D MonitorsBehringer XENYX 2442CrossoverRack2xSM58s2x SM57sCables etc. PM if you want the full email with links Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingnic Posted April 18, 2006 Author Share Posted April 18, 2006 I already got a small pa system (200 watts). what it is generally for is the vocalist and maybe if needed drum mics. so . . . I am not sure. mainly it is a rehearsal pa because otherwise as I said the vocalist would have nothing to use. generally I want a mixer with min 10 XLR inputs, speakers and amps min 400 watts and cables/accesories etc (like stands)is there anything that you could advise me for, for rehearsing? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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