Man, what an awesome weddingband. How did you ring out that PA with all those People around on the second Gig? Or did you get the chance to do so at all? Some more Timenotes in your Videos would be nice. No Idea how long it took you to do that setup. Semmed pretty quick though.
@@jfrohne I can get everything set up in around an hour +/- with this band as far as time goes. The PA tune is an often debated subject with my videos. The trick with people in the room is to listen to music very softly so you can get an idea of where frequencies in the room are at. Next I stand with my back to the PA with a flat channel EQ and flat PA EQ’s and make clicking sounds with my mouth. This excites the higher frequencies in the room. It’s the same as the “teeth” part of “two” when saying “check one two”. The “squirrel noises” are a little less distracting than saying “check two”. That lets you get the ringy/squealing/howling noises in check with steep narrow notches. The music portion will let you make the speakers sound “flat” ish. Then dial in your vocal sound at the channel level. We very rarely ever get a real sound check. The first time I hear the PA is the vibe set followed by introductions followed by the first dance. The first time I hear the full band with a quiet room is the first dance which is a great way to get fast as solving problems!
@@billylaguardia wow, one Hour is quick. A similar setup usually takes me 2-3 hours. The „squirrel Noise“ is a great Idea. I sometimes do a „whistle sweep“ a little like smaart to excite all the Frequencies. That pretty distracting for others though. Thanks for your in-Depth Answer btw
No problem! Thanks for watching! We have 12 mono IEM mixes with this rig. Below is a video on how I generally tune a room. Be warned, the comments section is spicy on that video. They think I am the EQ Antichrist 🤣🤣🤣 ua-cam.com/video/nQxRn6jE5H4/v-deo.htmlsi=Yxb1s0bMfp3D1gOD
Awww thanks! There are a lot of people who really don’t like the way I do things. But I will say I’ve probably done 200 or so gigs with this band and the methods used work. They have to play a variety of rooms that aren’t designed for music. It’s always a challenge acoustically: big boomy rooms where the band needs to remain around 95db. To add to the complexity, people generally will give speeches in front of the PA. You can dial the EQ back a bit once you are in a music venue, but the methods hold true regardless of venue.
@@billylaguardia one more question, how did you convinced those bands and players to switched from having amps to completely digital and go direct to the house? I would surely show these videos to them and have them see these band settings. Thanks again for sharing
@@hsa579 you can ask as many question as ya like! The “no amps” was a dictate from the band owners to make sure stage volume is as low as possible. It’s been that way since day one with this band. As a mixer, it’s a dream. No one really seems to mind as long as their IEM mixes are good. I hate amps on stage. They look cool. But they really muddy things up on stage in the wrong musicians hands.
@@hsa579 the amp modelers win based on the stereo outputs alone. The guitar players can have those sweet ping pong delays! “Lush” choruses. “Dense” reverbs. Etc…
The outer covers are just the normal RCF bags. The band owner got the grill covers. It’s just stretchy fabric that they used the factory grill screws to attach. Not sure where they got them from.
@@Rickpr8nu7px8v the speaker bags are RCF. We just leave them on so we don’t have to store them as “dead space” is always at a premium. The logo mesh covers are screwed in over the grills using the grill screws, they are separate from the RCF bags. Where we got them? I have no idea. The band owner bought them.
Hey Jamie, that band has a very basic Linksys router. I carry the same model as a back up with my rig. I use a little more advanced set up with my rig consisting of an Luxul ABR4500 router, unifi long range access point and a POE switch. Here is a video showing the network rack I carry. I’ve upgraded the AP to the LR model since that video came out. ua-cam.com/video/JUuwvFkfUIQ/v-deo.htmlsi=tFwBhY72ym5pDPVF
Good job 👏🏻
Loved Jon in Steel Train -- glad to see he's still rippin!
Jon is the man. Truly one of my favorite drummers. Can confirm, he is still rippin!
You're awesome Billy!
Awwwwwww thanks! 😘😘
Its the game cube start up music!!
Joey G has the hitzzzzzz!!! Miss you guys! 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
epic weekend!!! Ciao bello!!
Uomo bello! Non vedo l’ora arrivi il nostro prossimo! Tutto il Toto!!
Man, what an awesome weddingband. How did you ring out that PA with all those People around on the second Gig? Or did you get the chance to do so at all?
Some more Timenotes in your Videos would be nice. No Idea how long it took you to do that setup. Semmed pretty quick though.
@@jfrohne I can get everything set up in around an hour +/- with this band as far as time goes. The PA tune is an often debated subject with my videos. The trick with people in the room is to listen to music very softly so you can get an idea of where frequencies in the room are at. Next I stand with my back to the PA with a flat channel EQ and flat PA EQ’s and make clicking sounds with my mouth. This excites the higher frequencies in the room. It’s the same as the “teeth” part of “two” when saying “check one two”. The “squirrel noises” are a little less distracting than saying “check two”. That lets you get the ringy/squealing/howling noises in check with steep narrow notches. The music portion will let you make the speakers sound “flat” ish. Then dial in your vocal sound at the channel level. We very rarely ever get a real sound check. The first time I hear the PA is the vibe set followed by introductions followed by the first dance. The first time I hear the full band with a quiet room is the first dance which is a great way to get fast as solving problems!
@@billylaguardia wow, one Hour is quick. A similar setup usually takes me 2-3 hours. The „squirrel Noise“ is a great Idea. I sometimes do a „whistle sweep“ a little like smaart to excite all the Frequencies. That pretty distracting for others though.
Thanks for your in-Depth Answer btw
Great video!
Thanks! @@MichaelNatrin
Thank you for sharing this! All have IEM yes? Do you have video of how you set up FOH as far as eq goes.
No problem! Thanks for watching! We have 12 mono IEM mixes with this rig. Below is a video on how I generally tune a room. Be warned, the comments section is spicy on that video. They think I am the EQ Antichrist 🤣🤣🤣 ua-cam.com/video/nQxRn6jE5H4/v-deo.htmlsi=Yxb1s0bMfp3D1gOD
@@billylaguardia Enjoyed that video as well. Thank you. Do you set up "Room" mic's for the IEM's?
@@dodo13500 I don’t with this band. Since the stages are small and the singers are right up front, you don’t really need them.
@@billylaguardia Thank you. 🙏
Billy I’ve been watching your videos and trying to introduce your settings to my band, thanks for sharing these gigs we could learn a lot
Awww thanks! There are a lot of people who really don’t like the way I do things. But I will say I’ve probably done 200 or so gigs with this band and the methods used work. They have to play a variety of rooms that aren’t designed for music. It’s always a challenge acoustically: big boomy rooms where the band needs to remain around 95db. To add to the complexity, people generally will give speeches in front of the PA. You can dial the EQ back a bit once you are in a music venue, but the methods hold true regardless of venue.
@@billylaguardia one more question, how did you convinced those bands and players to switched from having amps to completely digital and go direct to the house? I would surely show these videos to them and have them see these band settings. Thanks again for sharing
@@hsa579 you can ask as many question as ya like! The “no amps” was a dictate from the band owners to make sure stage volume is as low as possible. It’s been that way since day one with this band. As a mixer, it’s a dream. No one really seems to mind as long as their IEM mixes are good. I hate amps on stage. They look cool. But they really muddy things up on stage in the wrong musicians hands.
I completely agree, I will send this video to them, let them watch and see if they would agree with me,, thanks again
@@hsa579 the amp modelers win based on the stereo outputs alone. The guitar players can have those sweet ping pong delays! “Lush” choruses. “Dense” reverbs. Etc…
Where did you get those speakers covers with band name on them. Awesome
The outer covers are just the normal RCF bags. The band owner got the grill covers. It’s just stretchy fabric that they used the factory grill screws to attach. Not sure where they got them from.
how did you get those 2 custom logo text loudspeaker 📢 covers with zippers? Is there a Link you can share? thanks
Ditto!🙏
@@Rickpr8nu7px8v the speaker bags are RCF. We just leave them on so we don’t have to store them as “dead space” is always at a premium. The logo mesh covers are screwed in over the grills using the grill screws, they are separate from the RCF bags. Where we got them? I have no idea. The band owner bought them.
Out of interest are you running the tops full range? at 17:50ish I can see them moving a decent amount of air
@@changemeahh they are indeed full range
Hey Billy, what are you using for a router and or access point?
Hey Jamie, that band has a very basic Linksys router. I carry the same model as a back up with my rig. I use a little more advanced set up with my rig consisting of an Luxul ABR4500 router, unifi long range access point and a POE switch. Here is a video showing the network rack I carry. I’ve upgraded the AP to the LR model since that video came out. ua-cam.com/video/JUuwvFkfUIQ/v-deo.htmlsi=tFwBhY72ym5pDPVF
@@billylaguardia thank you very much
Mixing a wedding band
Fold seat forward? (shhh... no spoilers, still watching)
You don’t think we tried that?
@@JoeGraziosi Hey, it's youtube. If the video doesn't show you trying it, it never happened!! :)
@@drunkelbroseph😂