pre-purchase AFS questions on PX
dingerjunkie
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Hello all...noob to the board here. I'm hoping some of you may be willing to share perspectives/opinions on a setup question before I purchase a PX in a couple of days.
Here's the situation I'm working with/in:
Small-club/private party cover band, usually trio that occasionally expands to a four or five-piece as needs dictate. Drummer/soundman (mixer behind band). Different room each night, with no real time to "ring out" system in front of customers. Combination of in-ear and wedge monitoring. Powered mains, with powered subs about to be purchased.
I'm planning on a DriveRack PX for fast balancing and crossover management. What concerns me is the auto feedback supression on the mains. I love the idea of it in principle given the unknown nature of each room we'll play and the tendency for vocalists to "wander." However, we also use "musical" feedback in many tunes, such as the guitar feedback swell in "The End" by The Doors...and we do mic the guitar cab for the mains in many venues (small 15w combo).
I'm concerned that AFS will try to "knock down" intended feedback such as this guitar swell. Is there anything I can do with AFS configuration on the PX that will allow some "controlled feedback" like this while cutting unwanted, uncontrolled feedback on a vocal mic? If not, should I go back to relying on individual feedback control on the vocal mic inserts to handle the occasional walk in front of the mains?
Any advice would be welcome...thanks.
Here's the situation I'm working with/in:
Small-club/private party cover band, usually trio that occasionally expands to a four or five-piece as needs dictate. Drummer/soundman (mixer behind band). Different room each night, with no real time to "ring out" system in front of customers. Combination of in-ear and wedge monitoring. Powered mains, with powered subs about to be purchased.
I'm planning on a DriveRack PX for fast balancing and crossover management. What concerns me is the auto feedback supression on the mains. I love the idea of it in principle given the unknown nature of each room we'll play and the tendency for vocalists to "wander." However, we also use "musical" feedback in many tunes, such as the guitar feedback swell in "The End" by The Doors...and we do mic the guitar cab for the mains in many venues (small 15w combo).
I'm concerned that AFS will try to "knock down" intended feedback such as this guitar swell. Is there anything I can do with AFS configuration on the PX that will allow some "controlled feedback" like this while cutting unwanted, uncontrolled feedback on a vocal mic? If not, should I go back to relying on individual feedback control on the vocal mic inserts to handle the occasional walk in front of the mains?
Any advice would be welcome...thanks.
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Set the filters for 6 fixed and 6 roaming and lock 6 in and set the lift for 5 sec (minimum)
In all the years I've been doing this I can not think of ONCE that a guitar solo went missing because of a feedback eliminators squashing...
Tune 5the system flat and not need the AFS...that's my personal favorite...
Gadget
I'll always balance for the room in advance, and I'll definitely keep a library of venue settings to speed that further as I move forward, so this will likely never be an issue...just making sure.