https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/help-me-with-my-pa-system/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:56:06 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/help-me-with-my-pa-system/#post-167503 Wed, 22 Mar 2006 04:15:22 +0000 Live Sound jayrod36 https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/help-me-with-my-pa-system/#post-167503 https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/help-me-with-my-pa-system/#post-167476 Wed, 22 Mar 2006 02:53:01 +0000
An excellent website to learn about PA systems and how they work is Scotts PA Tutorial. Go through the tutorial. It will explain very basic to very complex systems and how they work. You will also become familiar with terms you might not know at this time. Plus, they have a great message board with very friendly and knowledgeable folks who are always very happy to answer any questions you might have. Check it out.

Scott's PA Tutorial

Are you an acoustic group? Acoustic guitars are very prone to feedback. You usually have to keep monitor volume very low, or use soundhole plugs to reduce the chance of feedback.

Speaker placement is very important. Keep your mains or FOH (front of house) speakers well out in front of any microphones. Monitors should be placed in front of mics with the back of the mic aiming at the woofer of the monitor. The front (part you sing in) of a mic should never face a speaker. Feedback is simply a circle of sound where sound from your speakers is going back into the mic and being amplified again.

There are many factors that cause feedback. If you are practicing in a basement or small room, sound reflects everywhere. This is a big cause of feedback. Every room is different. You have to learn to use the EQ to "equalize" the different frequencies for each particular setting. This too is covered at Scott's PA.

It takes a little study to understand PAs, but it's a lot of fun and very interesting. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask.

Wes]]> Live Sound Wes Inman https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/help-me-with-my-pa-system/#post-167476 https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/help-me-with-my-pa-system/#post-167232 Tue, 21 Mar 2006 04:39:56 +0000

1. move monitors away from mics
2. play quiter( as forrok star stated above)
3. make sure all the highs are up a little and lows turned down some (this will make it less muddy to start with)
4. If your just practicing don't mic anything dont' use the sub just mains and monitors
5. SINCE YOU HAVEN'T LEARNED ABOUT THEM YET, DO NOT (REPEAT) DO NOT MIC ANY INSTRUMENTS EXCEPT SAY AN ACOUSTIC GUITAR. JUST USE IT FOR VOCALS
6. If you follow step 5 when u perform you won't need ur subs for a while since you just micing vocals.
7. Learn about Gain Structure and how to run a PA in general as far as EQ and mic placement.



Learn your PA then u can mic everything and so forth until then keep it simple (TURN DOWN EVERYTHING, and JUST MIC VOCALS)

follow these steps you should be fine for now................If you have more questions email me at bignoiseproductions2005@yahoo.com or IM bignoiseproductions (yahoo) or warpedtele (AOL)]]> Live Sound leear https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/help-me-with-my-pa-system/#post-167232 https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/help-me-with-my-pa-system/#post-166821 Sun, 19 Mar 2006 15:28:44 +0000
How to Guide line

Gain without pain

Joe]]> Live Sound forrok_star https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/help-me-with-my-pa-system/#post-166821 https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/help-me-with-my-pa-system/#post-16379 Sun, 19 Mar 2006 10:29:32 +0000 Live Sound jayrod36 https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/help-me-with-my-pa-system/#post-16379