could I have any problem using Monitor Outputs as main PA outputs?

[jsuller]

I intend to buy a Yamaha Stage Pass 300 for small gigs in classrooms, small school and hotel halls, etc.

 

However, I suppose that the 300W of the Yamaha Stage pass 300 won't be enough for bigger gigs. Then I've decided to buy a pair of RCF ART 322-A (big monsters!). Then I would like to use the 2x150W Passive Speakers of the Yamaha as Monitors (fed through the Main PA outputs of the Yamaha, and connect the 2 RCF (as mains) to the Monitor outputs (passive) of the Yamaha Stage Pas mixer.

 

Do you think I could have any problem using the Stage Pas mixer in this way? I mean, the main PA speakers through the Monitor outputs?

Do you also think that with the reverb included in the Yamaha Stage Pas 300 I could have enough? Is it very bad? Some people say it is just a horrible echo, but others say that's perfect for vocals. I just want a little amount of reverb (just sometimes, since depending on the place I play, I prefer to keep the voices dry 'cause there's enough natural reverb). Does the Yamaha mixer provide enough quality to feed two higher quality RCF?

 

I just want to play some backing tracks, an electric guitar through a Boss ME-50 and 2 or 3 vocals.

 

Thanks

[Craig Vecchione]

 

I intend to buy a Yamaha Stage Pass 300 for small gigs in classrooms, small school and hotel halls, etc. However, I suppose that the 300W of the Yamaha Stage pass 300 won't be enough for bigger gigs. Then I've decided to buy a pair of RCF ART 322-A (big monsters!). Then I would like to use the 2x150W Passive Speakers of the Yamaha as Monitors (fed through the Main PA outputs of the Yamaha, and connect the 2 RCF (as mains) to the Monitor outputs (passive) of the Yamaha Stage Pas mixer. Do you think I could have any problem using the Stage Pas mixer in this way? I mean, the main PA speakers through the Monitor outputs? Do you also think that with the reverb included in the Yamaha Stage Pas 300 I could have enough? Is it very bad? Some people say it is just a horrible echo, but others say that's perfect for vocals. I just want a little amount of reverb (just sometimes, since depending on the place I play, I prefer to keep the voices dry 'cause there's enough natural reverb). Does the Yamaha mixer provide enough quality to feed two higher quality RCF? I just want to play some backing tracks, an electric guitar through a Boss ME-50 and 2 or 3 vocals. Thanks

 

 

Should work fine. There's no difference between the main signal and the monitor signal, and neither's level control will affect the other's.

[jwlussow]

 

Should work fine. There's no difference between the main signal and the monitor signal, and neither's level control will affect the other's.

 

 

What about EQ? Some boards keep the monitor sends pretty flat.

[jbutler1982]

With regard to effects, I would strongly recommend a used Peavey Addverb. I have a cheap mixer with built-in FX, and I thought it was OK. Then I picked up my addverb, and it sounds so much better. The used addverbs are really cheap, I saw one go for $30 + shipping on ebay and I got mine for $52 shipped. It seems like a tank, as you would expect from Peavey. Mine has some scratches and looks pretty beat up, but it sounds amazing, especially for $52.

 

I have also heard good things about the Alesis Midiverb line, but I have no personal experience with that.

 

Its probably no coincidence that I set out to get the best deal on all my rack gear, and then woke up three months later and ended up with all Peavey.