Sound system setup overview for an outdoor event using an A&H QU-16 console - Event Video 46

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Sound system setup for two bands on one stage. This is a sound system setup for an outdoor event. We are using an A&H QU-16 console with RCF NX45-A for tops and a single Tannoy dual-18" sub powered with a QSC PLD 4.2 in parallel-bridged mode using all 4 channels of the amplifier.
K.C. with Midway Pro Audio, LLC worked with us on this show.
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Thanks again to One:40 for having us back again as their sound provider!!
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10 окт 2023

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@paratyshow 7 месяцев назад

👍✅👏 Nice to be sitting down watching someone else do it for a change. Thanks for making these videos and sharing with us man.

@stageleftaudio 7 месяцев назад

Yes, sometimes it is nice to be the one watching.

@paratyshow 7 месяцев назад

@@stageleftaudio 👍✅ Always find something in your videos to incorporate into our work. If you ever make it down our way let me know and your can run the mix for us one night. We pay in caipIrinhas and great Brazillian food LOL

@stageleftaudio 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for your great comment! CaipIrinhas and Brazillian food... that does sound good.

@johnmcquay82 7 месяцев назад

I've had that power challenge myself. One particular venue has power pillars with only single-phase power, and this particular pillar had 6x 16A commando outlets (common here in the UK and Europe). Knowing we had only 16A feeds, we distributed the load among all the outlets, putting the FOH Mid/Highs and Monitors on one outlet, and the sub amp on it's own dedicated receptacle. Later in the show, we lost all the bottom end and noted the sub amp had cut out; when looking into it, we found that the current draw had popped one of the breakers. It turned out that instead of having the correct type and rating of breaker, all the outlets had only10A breakers. We were running 4x Dual 18" subwoofers, and as the headliner band had attracted more attendees than expected, we opened the throttle on the PA; we should have had plenty of power from the pillar, but with only 10A available, I'm not surprised we popped the breaker on the sub amp. After that rather embarrassing situation in front of 4500 attendees, we decided in future to hire a generator when working in that location.

@stageleftaudio 7 месяцев назад

We have only had power issues about 5 times over the past many years. Thanks for sharing your experience! Looks like it was a big issue. It is common to see undersized breakers at event locations... and this most always does cause issues. Good move to use a generator next time!

@aswanemil8278 2 месяца назад

Saya sudah menonton video ini sebanyak 5 kali dan saya tetap menyukainya

@stageleftaudio 2 месяца назад

Senang Anda masih menyukainya! Terima kasih telah menonton!

@sgb3894 7 месяцев назад

We’ve worked these guys several times, they are top notch, very knowledgeable. Great guys! Look forward to working with you later this month in Bahama!

@stageleftaudio 7 месяцев назад

Thank you Southern Guns Band!! Looking forward to seeing (and mixing) you guys this month!

@peterziders7249 7 месяцев назад

Love your videos, I was thinking while watching this, how about a video on equipment and liability insurance for a show. Nobody seems to want to talk about that subject. Thanks again for posting ..

@stageleftaudio 7 месяцев назад

I may cover this in a future video.

@wharman1 7 месяцев назад

WOW! That's a lotta gear running off one outlet.

@stageleftaudio 7 месяцев назад

Yes it was!

@davidwellerk.5341 7 месяцев назад

thank you for your professional and kindly service

@TinoSchulz1990 7 месяцев назад

Nice show and neat setup. Just wondering: Are you not running any music in between change-overs and breaks?

@stageleftaudio 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for your comment. Good question. Stage Left Audio does not provide the break music. However, if the band(s) or the event organizers want break music, they will provide the music and we will play it over the PA. In this video, there was break music (provided by one of the bands), but it was not played until about half way through the allotted time for the band change-over. Also, due to potential copyright issues, we normally do not include break music in the videos, unless the music is free of copyrights, or the music (lyrics and notes) belongs to one of the bands.

@ELSSAUDIOELECTRONICS 7 месяцев назад

nice job sir ,watching here from the philiphines

@ruskirchner 7 месяцев назад

Great video and insight! Any thoughts on using a stage box and “d-snake” cable as opposed to analog snake? Thx 👍🏻

@stageleftaudio 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for your comment. We do have a digital snake, but for our Presonus consoles (no D-snake at the moment). With events similar to the one in this video (mostly outdoor events), we'll stay with analog due to the (sometimes) sporadic weather issues in NC, along with the amount of pedestrian traffic in and around the snake as well as the stage. We will use digital snakes for indoor events.

@TheSomjee 7 месяцев назад

What monitor wedges do you use?

@stageleftaudio 7 месяцев назад

We use Yamaha CM12V. They are passive cabinets we power with a QSC PLD 4.2 amplifier.

@dallasslim1838 5 месяцев назад

Kinda weird seeing bands with out Amps anymore lol but nice man good production and crew 👍

@LIXOSonidoyDiscos 7 месяцев назад

Its just amazing, Bob! Congratulations! Everyday I love more and more my A&H Qu desk. I hope to get in a future a RCF PA System like you!

@stageleftaudio 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for your kind words!

@paolorussian1081 7 месяцев назад

Thanks sir for the video. Here in Italy the Tannoy dual-18" is not imported. I think it is a fabulous sub. Strange that the total load of electrical current triggered the sub's protection. In total you should have an absorption of less than 1000 watts. At live events I have not had any situations of power failure. Just once in a mountain town. On to the next video

@stageleftaudio 7 месяцев назад

This was a classic case of not enough current. Thank you for your comment.

@dustinthiessen 7 месяцев назад

@@stageleftaudio that's not exactly how current works.... the amplifier will draw as much current as it needs. IF the breaker cannot handle it, the breaker will trip. You may have had a low voltage situation, causing a spike in current draw.

@stageleftaudio 7 месяцев назад

Correct, no breaker was tripped, but there was a low (low enough) voltage at the sub amp, that caused the amp to "disable" itself. The sub amp never shut off, but self-protected itself (which required a power-off/on reset). There was probably 150' of 10ga electrical (1-feed) to the stage... the electrical setup for this show was not the best.

@dustinthiessen 7 месяцев назад

@@stageleftaudio right. Voltage and current are not the same thing, is kinda what I was getting at

@stageleftaudio 7 месяцев назад

For sure. Got that!

@robertaycock3251 7 месяцев назад

Do you run your subs in with your driverack pa2

@stageleftaudio 7 месяцев назад

For the passive subs, yes; we use a driverack 260.

@robertaycock3251 7 месяцев назад

Thanks do you have separate controls over your subs and foh or is it all together? On one control

@stageleftaudio 7 месяцев назад

The only controls we have for the subs and mid/high speakers are the settings within the Driverack 260 (crossover setting, levels, high-pass and low-pass filtering). However, once the settings are setup, we rarely need to set them again during a show. Our only control for FOH is the main FOH fader.

@josiazate1019 7 месяцев назад

Hello sir How to connect an m and mixer far use zing snake cable...?

@stageleftaudio 7 месяцев назад

I am not sure what you are referencing.

@user-vf7bl4uy2c 7 месяцев назад

10:04 - what is the reason to use splitter? Also it makes cable unbalanced.

@stageleftaudio 7 месяцев назад

The splitter sends the FOH signal to both FOH speakers at the same time. Another way of doing this would have been to daisy chain the signal from one FOH mid/high speaker to the other. Sometimes, it's easier to split the signal at the snake.

@user-vf7bl4uy2c 7 месяцев назад

@@stageleftaudio same signal for left and right, no stereo??

@stageleftaudio 7 месяцев назад

Correct, same signal, no stereo. We do not run stereo sound, only mono. Nearly all concerts are actually mono, very few are in actual stereo. There's a physics reason for not running stereo.

@jboz1992 6 месяцев назад

Great Video as Always. I’m hoping you can help me out with something in regard to line level input to the NX45a. I recently purchased a set of NX45A speakers and own an Allen and heath QU16. Basically my question is, Where do you set your “volume control” on the RCF NX45a?

@stageleftaudio 6 месяцев назад

Thank you for your comment. For the NX45A speakers, we set their volume control to the 3 o'clock position. For our other RCF speakers, their volume controls are set at the detent position (usually the 12 o'clock position).

@henichrist6609 7 месяцев назад

I don't understand eliminate feedback manage ?

@stageleftaudio 7 месяцев назад

Eliminating feedback starts with setting proper gain on the microphone (do not use too much gain). Next, is reducing the audio frequencies that are feeding back).

@david_matheny 4 месяца назад

I love what you do. Do you find it hectic when a band is trying to set up right in the middle of your setup?

@stageleftaudio 4 месяца назад

Thanks for your comment. Most of the time, it is not actually hectic. We communicate with the band that we need to have the stage first to get basic things setup and run; after that, the band can have the stage for their setup. During the time the band is setting up, we are setting mics, stands, drum-mics, monitors to accommodate how the band is setting up... in other words, when the band is setting up, we are working around the band to get them interfaced into our system. It's not too hectic. If the band was setting up at the same time we are trying to get basic things setup (snake, power, stringers, speakers, etc...) it would be very hectic!

@david_matheny 4 месяца назад

@@stageleftaudio That makes sense.

@vicdl7528 6 месяцев назад

Hello, this set up looks and sounds great. So I have been thinking of doing something similar in my area when I retire. Can you share what you charge for a set up like this one with two bands. Thx

@stageleftaudio 6 месяцев назад

Thank you for your comment. We can't talk talk about service rates on public forums. There's a lot of variables involved with quoting an event. You may want to inquire about service rates in the area that you live. Service rates can vary a lot between geographic areas for the same service.

@vicdl7528 6 месяцев назад

Thx

@sukmagatotpurwantoro4819 6 месяцев назад

Tetep semangat ya, salam kompak dan fokus dari jakarta indonesia. Kebetulan saya juga rental sound system kecil kecilan juga. Terimakasih videonya

@stageleftaudio 6 месяцев назад

Terima kasih atas komentar Anda yang luar biasa!

@Acoustic_Theory 7 месяцев назад

I always get concerned when I see those tripod speakers on small stages like that, one wrong move and they can end up in the audience's lap.

@stageleftaudio 7 месяцев назад

Good eye. That is always our concern as well. We will not place the stands and speakers on a platform that we feel would not be able to support the weight or have other issues.

@basseybasseyjnr2874 6 месяцев назад

❤❤❤😊❤❤❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤erd

@junjun9517 4 месяца назад

How much is the service fee sir?

@stageleftaudio 4 месяца назад

Sorry, we are unable to discuss service rates. Most events we do are different and may require more (or less) gear for the event. Our service rates are based on many variables for each event.

@antoniofranco2203 7 месяцев назад

Sounded good! Specially efx on voices....Stage too Small and lights efx too limited...great work and people had fun aftershave all!

@richardbelisle4807 7 месяцев назад

Long power runs

@petershute3580 7 месяцев назад

These guys just don’t get it, Tripod stands,parking the trailer not in a position for easy access,not everything on wheels,very unprofessional, carrying gear is a thing in this day and age is just plain nonsense,put the subs under those speakers on the riser you will get more coverage and much safer.

@stageleftaudio 7 месяцев назад

Do not forget... there's a lot of planning and decision making that goes on "behind-the-scenes" for every event we do... no matter the size or type of event. I do not narrate nor show these decisions on video (it's too boring and would make these videos too long). BEFORE you want to make a comment on our videos (or anyone's video) on how a setup is conducted, you will need to assess what you see on the video and apply critical-thinking to the entire setup. For example, how many subs do you see in the video?