Members Angry Possum Posted August 1, 2022 Members Share Posted August 1, 2022 Hi we just got a new drummer for our band but ran into some issues. Our drummer uses about 6 mics for his drums and relys heavily on the mics to drive his kit. Our first gig together outdoors, we mic'd him up straight to our mainboard but we were clipping heavily with our powered 12" EVs. Distortion City. Ughhhh Anyways, A friend said to remedy this issue, we should purchase separate powered subs and have the drummer go from his kit to his own mixer via XLRs, to a direct box and then to our main mixer. Will this work? Reason is his kit was using a lot of lows and it was crashing our PA speakers. If this is correct, please elaborate. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angry Possum Posted August 1, 2022 Author Members Share Posted August 1, 2022 Any help/ideas would be most appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted August 2, 2022 Members Share Posted August 2, 2022 Remix so everything behaves and then bring the house up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted August 15, 2022 Moderators Share Posted August 15, 2022 I agree^.... use the drums to set your 'max' level, then mix the rest of the band to that. I would also suggest that you need 15" powered speakers or 18" subs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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