Any way to seperate the stage and PA volumes?

myguitar123 · Fierce Puppy Joined: 16 Oct 2003 Posts: 236

I have a flextone 3 XL and onstage in my church, I only stand one to two feet from the amp! I am wondering if there is any way that I can seperate my volume of the amp on stage, while they would have plenty of signal out to the PA? The reason I ask is because I usually have to turn my amp up to such a loud volume onstage for them to get a good signal to the board that it actually hurts my ears!
I would stand farther away, but I can't because of space! Can anyone tell me the optimum setup for this amp so that I can set it at a comfortable "monitor" setting onstage, while at the same time still give the sound man running the board plenty of volume? (I have my amp facing me onstage and am using it as a monitor and running a XLR line out to the PA)

Bates15 · Moderator Joined: 19 Feb 2002 Posts: 1084

I dont realy see the problem. You turn down your amp untill you have your perfect setting, a lot less loud i asume. Then the soundguy fixes the loss of signal by turning up his gain. Then you have a nice balance.

If the soundguy is any good he will know what to do. You just dont worry about that. I can not imagine that he cant find the gain knob, i can not imagine him not being able to fix the los of signal..... If he cant, send him to me Smile

Kane17 · Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 11:38 pm Post subject:

Depending on the size of the stage it might be better to mic' the amp. That's what I've been doing and our stage is still pretty small. I'm just using a cheap mic too. Sounds great and the levels are easy to control

Bates15 · Moderator Joined: 19 Feb 2002 Posts: 1084

I think he is doing the right thing, using the xlr out of the flextone. It simulates the sound of a miced amp without the hassle. Micing always has some bleed sound on the mic from instruments of monitors close to the amp. Now he has a 'clean' sound without problems.

Kane17 · Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2003 9:30 pm Post subject:

I see.

I guess the only question is what you suggested earlier, Is the board at maximum input gain?

If not then I'd just think that a loud amp into a mic would put a pretty high signal to the PA.

myguitar123 · Fierce Puppy Joined: 16 Oct 2003 Posts: 236