Sampler >DI > desk

[Mark M]

Got my first gig coming up on Monday and Im bricking it :D

 

Nothing is every simple and the drummer informs me that he needs his kit mic'd up, no problem there, and also a Roland SPD-20 (sampler) which apparently goes out of the Roland (via stereo) and into a DI. When he says stereo does that mean he will be using 2 DI's? Not ever really using one but I thought they only had one input and 2 outputs? As you will see from the below picture it has left and right output (left being mono) so in theory do I need 2 x mono jack to jack leads into the DI(x2?) then XLR into the desk/multi

 

Heres a picture of the back;

 

http://www.roland.com/products/en/SPD-20/images/image_02_L.jpg

 

Thanks, Mark

[savage1]

2 DIs or a stereo DI, 2 mono jack leads and then an XLR from each DI (or 2 if you find a stereo DI)

[Mark M]

I assumed he would be bringing his own DI :D

 

The drummer in question is a pro drummer, previosly of the Paul Wellar band. Hes a mate so wont have any problems with me learning the ropes but dont want him to turn up expecting to just plug into a DI...I had better give him a call....

[Doug Siddons]

I would just use the mono out and treat it as a single channel. Then a single di box into the stage box and make sure he turns the volume up on the unit, many a frantic half hour has been spent faultfinding on these sorts of things when the units volume has been turned down. Unless the whole mix is being done in stereo and the sounds he uses are stereo then mono is the way.

[paulears]

I wouldn't - if he's a pro drummer, then he'll almost certainly have spent time panning and tweaking, let alone and weird slapback stereo echos he may have used. It has two outputs, and for the sake of a DI seems a bit 'cheap' not to allow him to use it to the fullest extent. "Sorry mate, but I know Paul Weller had two DIs, but we don't" is a poor excuse in my book.

[Mark M]

They wont come in wrong I doubt so I'll order 2 and if he brings his own then so be it.

[StevenW2]

They wont come in wrong I doubt so I'll order 2 and if he brings his own then so be it.

 

 

You can never have enough DIs in your kit - we used 12 on saturday night, even when the kit list we were supplied only asked for 6 - One band turned up with the bass and backing tracks on a MIDI, one guitarist wanted to DI two channels of his amp and so it went on.............

 

SW

[lightsource]

I wouldn't - if he's a pro drummer, then he'll almost certainly have spent time panning and tweaking, let alone and weird slapback stereo echos he may have used. It has two outputs, and for the sake of a DI seems a bit 'cheap' not to allow him to use it to the fullest extent. "Sorry mate, but I know Paul Weller had two DIs, but we don't" is a poor excuse in my book.

 

Totally agree here.

 

I assumed he would be bringing his own DI

 

I'm yet to find a musician to provide a DI box. Why should they. That's what the PA company's there for - to amplify the instruments, whatever they throw at us. Simple DI boxes can be bought very cheaply, the Behringer DI1000 is a good example, but other makes such as the industry standard BSS will cost a lot more.

[Mark M]

I assumed he would be bringing his own DI

 

Why should they.

 

 

Pass. Totally new to most of this which is why Im glad I asked here and wont look like an idiot when he turned up expecting 2 DIs

 

Only thing to make me look like an idiot now is the sound....

[Doug Siddons]

I wouldn't - if he's a pro drummer, then he'll almost certainly have spent time panning and tweaking, let alone and weird slapback stereo echos he may have used. It has two outputs, and for the sake of a DI seems a bit 'cheap' not to allow him to use it to the fullest extent. "Sorry mate, but I know Paul Weller had two DIs, but we don't" is a poor excuse in my book.

 

I do agree, and would supply a stereo di as a matter of course, however was trying to make it simple for the OP's first gig and did not have the full facts ie pro drummer when I posted

[TimmyP1955]

The only time a band should be expected to have DIs is if they want premium models, or they need a quantity that no reasonable sound crew could be expected to....expect. I have 7 channels of DI, and that's more than a lot of the providers around here take to a gig.

 

Please avoid the Behringer. I made that mistake. So did the poor bugger who bought them from me (for $20 each). We've become chums in spite of it :-)

 

On the cheap side, over here I like the ones from Audiopile.net. I don't know what might be comparable on your side of the pond. The Whirlwind IMP always get the job done. On the top end (buy once, cry once) there's Countryman and Radial - in the UK the BSS and KT might be more cost effective.