Comments on: Aviom is here!

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:47:38 +0000

I think I’ve got you beat! LOL

By: alex

alex — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:23:01 +0000

I’ve watched the time-lapse like 4 times now – it’s addicting!

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:43:36 +0000

Watch the TC! I’ll let you guys know…Just pray it doesn’t mess everyone up this weekend! LOL

By: alex

alex — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:27:14 +0000

thanks for the input Erock and Fred – we’ll let you know how the mix goes over the next few weeks… I’m sure Chris will chime in as well.

By: Fred McKinnon

Fred McKinnon — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:16:31 +0000

Hey -
Please post a blog on how you consolidate your overall band into 16 channels – I’m always interested to see what gets submixed .. for me, I usually submix my drums into one aux .. that consoliates about 8 channels on the board into ONE on the Aviom .. or two if the drummer insists on hearing himself in “stereo” in his cans.

By: jamesmclean

jamesmclean — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:52:22 +0000

dude you are sick with a power drill.

By: Chris Stout

Chris Stout — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 01:06:30 +0000

Me too! Oh, I hope that it goes well! Steph says it’s a go for tomorrow afternoon. I just might need a ride home!

By: alex

alex — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:54:07 +0000

ew I highly dislike “boards”

By: bobby

bobby — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:17:17 +0000

I’m jealous. I have a quote on some, but I’m still trying to sell the stinkin board on them Someday…

By: eric

eric — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:45:32 +0000

Sweet!!!

We’re actually using in-ears without the wireless system. Just go down to radio shack and pick up some high-end earbuds and an adapter and you’re good to go (actually, you should have 3 sets of Shure E-1s).

Here’s what I’ve learned in the last few months… 16 channels seem like a lot, but you’d be surprised at how fast it goes, especially when you have different vocalists each weekend.

We started off with the whole drum kit in the mix and realized that it takes up too much space. Sooo… we went to just the kick, snare and overhead. That leaves 13 channels…

4 vocals
2 keyboard
2 a-guitars
1 bass
2 e-guitars
2 lapel mics (can’t hear them with the ears in… and they’re great for communiation if you need them).

I’d like to get two crowd mics in there somewhere because it sucks not being able to hear them respond. We’ll see…

Also, might need to crank the send to the units. There are times when I’ve got my master control maxed out and I have to ask the sound guy to crank the send on specific instruments (or overall).

It’s always good to spend some time teaching people how to use their controls. They’re so simple, but you’d be surprised how many people have trouble dialing them in.

The biggest problem we have now with the in-ears is that our stage noise is so low that the drums overpower the house sound… They have to crank up the house speakers because they’re not aided by the floor wedges anymore… :0 Who would have thought??? (Remember Charlie Hall @ Horizon?)

I’m stoked for you guys!!! And a little jealous!