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Re: Vocals on top of the mix
      16/05/11 06:58 AM
Hi there!

Stating channel levels is largely irrelevant here, as it all depends on your amplification.

1. How loud are the back-line amps and un-amplified drum kit

compared to....

2. How loud does your FOH system go.

Having said that......I normally put everything minus vocals through a group, then with one fader movement I can have more or less instrumentation, while keeping the instrumental mix intact.

But i have done plenty of gig where there is only vocals going through the PA, or vocals plus a small boost for solos.

AND i've also seen plenty of pub/200 capacity gigs where they have tried to ram everything into an under-spec'd PA and then wondered why they cant here the vocals!
(really? you need overhead mics? when most of the audience are less than 10 meters away?!?!?!)

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