Members maarkr Posted July 24, 2015 Members Share Posted July 24, 2015 We've done a few gigs for charity where we play for an hour and just take our instruments and use the opening/ending band amps and FOH sound. I usually just take one keyboard, a light stand, and seat to make things easy. The prob is I can't hear my keys thru the FOH very well when i get stuck behind the speakers and/or next to the drums. If I turn myself up so i can hear well, then i'm louder than the rest of the band on the FOH. What do you do in those situations??? Do you use a smaller monitor for yourself that you feed out of the R output? or use earplugs/headphones? Just wondering what works or what you have tried? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members delaware dave Posted July 25, 2015 Members Share Posted July 25, 2015 Your signature says that you own a zlx12p, so why aren't you using it as a monitor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members maarkr Posted July 25, 2015 Author Members Share Posted July 25, 2015 a bit big to haul just to monitor my sound... maybe not. I also have an older Behringer 90W keyboard amp that would work also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members delaware dave Posted July 26, 2015 Members Share Posted July 26, 2015 Plug a set of headphones into the keyboard's headphone jack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Suilebhain Posted July 30, 2015 Members Share Posted July 30, 2015 Yeah, if you are only using one keyboard, the old "headphones direct into the instrument's headphone jack" routine should play well. Are there no stage monitors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members maarkr Posted July 30, 2015 Author Members Share Posted July 30, 2015 yeah, for a quick one hour set, i want to bring as little as possible... usually no stage monitors. I can try the headphones but i was more curious if anyone has tried headphones or if they just bring their own monitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members moogerfooger Posted July 30, 2015 Members Share Posted July 30, 2015 I just bought an eon 610 and its perfect for a keyboard rig, or anything else you want to monitor. http://www.jblpro.com/www/products/portable-market/eon600-series/eon610#.VbpLsnhG_dk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SpaceNorman Posted August 2, 2015 Members Share Posted August 2, 2015 Unless it's something that I can do as a "piano only" gig - chances are that I'll schlepp my regular live rig. It's certainly NOT the lightest rig out there - but the reality is there's not much that can be cut out of it. 2 boards, 2 speakers, 1 rack, 1 stand, 1 bench and 1 rolling case of pedals, cables and miscellaneous stuff. There's really not much that can be left out. Stand? Nope - gotta have that!Bench? Nope - I play seated, that's on the keep listRack? Nope - Line mixer, sound modules, MIDI interfaces ... it's all in there.2nd Board? Maybe - BUT, many if not most of my favorite sounds are achieved using both boardsMisc Case? Nope - Too much "gotta have" stuff in there!2nd Speaker Maybe - BUT, hell, if I schlepped everything else - why leave 1 damn wedge behind? I love how my stuff sounds in stereo In the end, I schlepp it all - and put my best foot forward. If a gig ain't worth taking what's needed to actually hear myself - I'd be seriously questioning why I'm even there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pinkfloydcramer61 Posted August 2, 2015 Members Share Posted August 2, 2015 I generally take as little as possible to a gig, keeping things as simple and with as little setup hassle amd footprint as possible. Severely limited stage space is another consideration. My smallest rig is a lone 17 lb Hammond SK1 keyboard, Alto TS10 powered speaker, X stand and stool, small Behringer mixer, and a Radial Duplex DI. That's enough to get the job done and sound good while having a good time. Although I much prefer bringing along my Yamaha CP300 digital piano for piano-heavy gigs (CP300 is nothing if not heavy, lol). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members theGman Posted August 7, 2015 Members Share Posted August 7, 2015 For the monitor, buy a Mackie SM 150; about the size of a loaf of bakery made rye bread. Buy a mic stand, put the SM on it about ear level, at your side.Very light, very effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chuck Manson Posted September 11, 2015 Members Share Posted September 11, 2015 +1 on the Mackie "Hot Spot". Works great for a small stage or to lighten load. I keep mine next to a chair in my living room with a pod and an iPod hooked up to it. Makes a great little practice setup for guitar or keys. Sounds much bigger than it looks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members koolkat Posted September 15, 2015 Members Share Posted September 15, 2015 I got stuck behind the FOH on Labor Day playing a party/jam session. That was easily the suckiest place to try and hear what's going on. Made worse by the fact I was stuck behind my own amp and couldn't gage how loud I was. I thought I was quite loud until someone came up after a couple of songs and told me they could barely hear me. So then I cranked it for the a synth solo and everyone said it sounded great, although to my ears, I thought I had completely over-saturated the bands sound with synth; go figure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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