Been having trouble hearing my kicks at rehearsal, I have kick mics.. so I brought them along last night. Set them up carefully.. no clipping on input, didn't crank the channels at all, and the master level was well below going into the red. Everything was safe as far as I could tell.
It sounded nice, wasn't over bearing.. just filled out the sound more.
Then before we'd actually starting playing, the guy who runs the rehearsal rooms comes in checking leads and shit, sees the kicks mic'd and says, basically "no no no, you'll blow the horns".
He went on to say that it's cause the mixer isn't powerful enough, it'll "go into clip" then the horns will go. Well I was a bit confused, and I'm still inclined to say he doesn't know what he's talking about, but maybe I don't?
To me.. if it's definitely never gonna clip the channel input, then it's safe.. doesn't matter what it is. I don't understand how from there it's going to go RAAAH I'M A KICK DRUM and explode through the system.
(btw the speakers there are big genz benz pa speakers. I think - 15" sub, 10" mid and the horn. but the mixer is definitely not too crash hot)
It sounded nice, wasn't over bearing.. just filled out the sound more.
Then before we'd actually starting playing, the guy who runs the rehearsal rooms comes in checking leads and shit, sees the kicks mic'd and says, basically "no no no, you'll blow the horns".
He went on to say that it's cause the mixer isn't powerful enough, it'll "go into clip" then the horns will go. Well I was a bit confused, and I'm still inclined to say he doesn't know what he's talking about, but maybe I don't?
To me.. if it's definitely never gonna clip the channel input, then it's safe.. doesn't matter what it is. I don't understand how from there it's going to go RAAAH I'M A KICK DRUM and explode through the system.
(btw the speakers there are big genz benz pa speakers. I think - 15" sub, 10" mid and the horn. but the mixer is definitely not too crash hot)