Members DBR Posted January 30, 2010 Members Share Posted January 30, 2010 Hello Folks,Seeing as how I have the QSC's on their way, I have these G-732's laying around. I know they need driver on one and a X-over on the other to match. I feel like I can use them as an unmatched sounding pair. Can they be used as side-fills at this point? Eventually, I will replace the components. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Coaster Posted January 30, 2010 Members Share Posted January 30, 2010 do you use side fills now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Square Posted January 30, 2010 Members Share Posted January 30, 2010 Unless you are for hire at at least a mid-grade level (not the normal small club level), or you personally need side fills for your group (and with the low cost of IEMs, why would you?), I can see no need/use for side fills. I have them, and they work well, but I do mostly outdoor festival work with my typical stage being 40 feet wide and 32 feet deep. I also run a total of 9 monitor mixes when I use sidefills. As someone who owns and uses them, I cannot see how they are useful on the smaller stages, or better than IEMs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mogwix Posted January 30, 2010 Members Share Posted January 30, 2010 As square said, they're more of a deal for large stages. I've used Claire P-4's as sidefills as well as a host of other boxes. I'd say they do need to be fairly high quality because the bands that are doing these size stages want them excruciatingly loud. They generally get a sort of criss-cross LR mix, to fill in musicians on one side of the stage with the ones on the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TimmyP Posted January 30, 2010 Members Share Posted January 30, 2010 In most situations, sidefills will serve only to spill even more mud and gak into the house than the wedges do. And wedge spill is often quite a detriment to the sound in the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DBR Posted January 30, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 30, 2010 No need for the fills for now..but further on up the road I might. Looks like I have a spare set of speaks that really aren't very good. Can't really get s*** for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Unalaska Posted January 30, 2010 Members Share Posted January 30, 2010 Part them out on ebay, you'd be suprised what they go for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Scodiddly Posted January 30, 2010 Members Share Posted January 30, 2010 Sidefills are either: a) A solution in search of a problemb) Something that should have gone out with the 70'sc) Demanded by classic rock fogies because they had them back in the 70's, and still think they have a use of some sort Seriously... with modern monitor systems where everybody gets their own wedge with its own mix (at the pro level, at least) there's no need for more crap on the sides of the stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted January 31, 2010 Members Share Posted January 31, 2010 It really depends on the situation. I like sidefills when I am trying to make a larger stage more intimate, or reinforcing the front line for folks who move about a lot. Sometimes I can keep the wedges lower by having a nice side fill mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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