Auditorium speaker wiring help needed!
vandy79
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Please forgive this post if I am out of line, but I did not know where else to ask such knowledgeable folks.
So after years of begging, I am finally getting a sound room built at the back of my school's auditorium. This will keep me from having to mix sound for live performances from backstage (Yea, I know). Currently our speakers are daisy chained on either side and run to a box in the center of the stage. I have attached a diagram of our current situation and would appreciate any and all advice on what to do. Thanks.
So after years of begging, I am finally getting a sound room built at the back of my school's auditorium. This will keep me from having to mix sound for live performances from backstage (Yea, I know). Currently our speakers are daisy chained on either side and run to a box in the center of the stage. I have attached a diagram of our current situation and would appreciate any and all advice on what to do. Thanks.
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Again, I was finally granted the sound room that I have been wanting for years, and I just wanted to make sure I was utilizing my resources.
You have little in the way of resources to make use of. You need to delay the Samson 12" but the PX does not have a delay function. I found an earlier thread that you started where you described the bad acoustics in the room. Not delaying the 12s will make that worse. The Samson 15" speakers look to be a third of the way back in the room...what is covering the sound from the lip of the stage to the 15s?. You indicate that all of the speakers are wall mounted......is flying some or all of them from the ceiling an option? Getting them up higher and tilted down will help with reflections in the room.
I'll through something against the wall. Tell me if it sticks.
In this case could he...
Use the hi outs for the front 15's (access to filter gain and PEQs) and setting the HPF accordingly.
Use the Lo outs for the rear 12's (access to filter gain and PEQs) and setting the HPF accordingly.
Here is where it gets dicey. Insert a delay unit after the lo output and the 12's. By delay unit I mean an fx box, like a Peavey Deltafex for example, with the mix set to 100% wet. Of course, this would be a totally manual (by ear) tuning. This unit has 500ms available, which is more than enough for his 35' needs.
I know. I know. :roll: :roll: Not designed for such a thing, but would it improve his situation?
I just happen to have one for sell on Ebay. 8)
DRA
Being a professional musician and educator, I am good at determining what a "good" sound is versus a bad one. My issue is with the science of it all. As I mentioned in an earlier thread, I am a visual and hands on learner. While I have picked up an ENORMOUS amount of information by simply reading and digesting as much of this forum as possible, there are gaps in what I know.
Bad DRA bad. No biscuit for you
That's a bad deal with the speakers mounted the way they are...
Gadget
I no longer have a vested ($) interest, but my question remains. Would the use of such a device (not a true system device) be of ANY benefit in this application?
DRA
Maybe it could be made to work in an adequate fashion but it is not the correct tool for the job and I wouldn't suggest it as a possible solution to this problem because someone reading this thread might take me seriously.
One of my questions didn't get answered....can you mount speakers from the ceiling? Also, what is the current trim height of the speakers (from floor to top of speaker)? What is ceiling height?