What kind of tips would you give someone if he had to make sure a band sounds good but with little to no PA assistance? It's a small venue, probably no more than 120 people capacity and that would be packed, it's all wooden walls, with wooden floor and a big wooden pillar in the middle, there is a PA but it's just a big Behringer mixer connected to active monitors and that's it, no compressors, eq, or any rack equipment whatsoever, normally in this place they mic guitar amps, they use one overhead for drums (no need for stereo in such a small place), they mic or trigger snare and kick drum, bass can vary, mostly it's line out of the bass amp if possible, or just plain DI if not. Obviously the first thing is to make sure the band itself sounds good and powerful through their amps and gear, but does anyone here have any experience with effectively reinforcing the sound with the amp, given that all I have to "mix" the sound is a behringer eurorack mixer (IIRC no effects, although it might have, don't remember). I've been to several gigs there and generally they all sound pretty good, I played there 1 1/2 years ago and it sounded pretty well, with the assistance of two pretty good friends who do live sound well. This time around I'll be assisting my buddies in Human Error for whom I mixed their Ep, just wanted to make sure there's nothing special I should know, so feel free to share your experiences, tips, do's and don'ts!
Edit: Another pain in the ass is that last time I was there, the mixer was right to the left of the band on the stage, so it's difficult to actually hear the PA cause I would have to be moving back and forth, but oh well
Edit: Another pain in the ass is that last time I was there, the mixer was right to the left of the band on the stage, so it's difficult to actually hear the PA cause I would have to be moving back and forth, but oh well
