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Offline boybawang

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Advice on Church PA
« on: February 10, 2016, 08:45:19 AM »
Hi all,
Need advice on our church PA settings. Current setup po is:
PA: Fender Passport PD-250 plus http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/491918-REG/Fender_069_3001_000_Passport_PD_250_Plus_Portable.html
1 Guitar, 1 Keyboard, 1 Drummer.
Guitar & keyboard are directly plugged dun sa PA. Dun sa isang sulok sa stage, dun po kami nka saksak sa what I presume po is a DI box (puro XLR inputs). From that box, snake runs to the PA sa front of house. We're not using any guitar effects. Just straight up dry sound.
Church chapel fits around 100 persons more or less

We're a small church of around 100 active members. Sa worship band and PA persons, wala po ni isang masasabi po nating "PRO". Mostly po, mga nagtratrabaho lng po kami sa palengke :D
Meron pong nagsetup ng sound system sa chapel pero I think wala na pong contact ung mga leaders sa kanya.
Ang problem po is hindi po namin alam i-mix ng maayos ang gitara & keyboard. Pag pinakikinggan, parang the sound is "muddy". Hindi distinct sound ang bawat isa kahit po anong adjust sa volume. Ng research po ako about live sound, may nagsabi na boost ko daw ung mids sa gitara sa PA, pero ung PA po, wala namn MID control haha.

Offline paul0415

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Re: Advice on Church PA
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2016, 08:15:49 AM »
Have you tried the 5 6 7 settings?:) 5 bass 6 mids 7 treb then from there play with it:)

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Offline boybawang

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Re: Advice on Church PA
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2016, 08:44:34 AM »
Thank you po sa reply. Lately, po nagkaroon na po kami ng oras na paglaruan yung EQ. Nagka improvement naman po. Yun nga lang, walang MID control sa PA. Natry ko rin sa bahay coz I have an amp na may mid control & may keyboard & guitar din. Ok nmn pakinggan kapag may boost ung mids ng gitara kahit sabay kami mgplay ng wife ko (sa keys sya). Un nga lng, di kami allowed mg amp sa church haha 

Offline anjell @ kimchiland

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Re: Advice on Church PA
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2016, 07:24:06 PM »
hi! tanong ko lang, sigurado ka bang DI box yung pinagkakabitan ng mga instruments nyo?
baka snake cable lang yun (typically with xlr inputs), then connected to your Pa system.
kung medyo mahaba ang cable run nyo, may signal losses yan lalo pa mahina naman ang output ng pick up ng electric guitar. baka isang dahilan to kung bakit muddy yung sound nyo.
 make sure to connect your instruments sa DI to match the impedance of your instrument sa input signal na kailangan ng mixer.

Offline boybawang

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Re: Advice on Church PA
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2016, 08:07:30 AM »
di po ako sigurado sir. So malamang, parte lng ng snake ang box na un & not a DI box ? sensya na sir. di po tlga ako familiar sa mga sound system stuff. nakacasing po kasi kaya di ko po makita ung actual unit. ung mga xlr inputs lng po ang nkalitaw. may 5 xlr inputs po


Offline anjell @ kimchiland

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Re: Advice on Church PA
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2016, 02:41:48 PM »
sa tingin ko, snake cable yun. ang DI box kasi, typically 1 input is 1 DI unit. may mga units na pwede 2 ang inputs pero most likely snake cable yung box na pinagkakabitan nyo ng mga instrumento.
may signal losses yan lalo kapag medyo mahaba ang snake cable mo ( 50 ft or more).isa sa mga dahilan kung bakit di ganun kaganda ang sound nyo. isa pa ay yung portable PA nyo ay di rin ganun ka-flexible lalo kung wala talagang dedicated EQ section.
short term solution is to borrow a di box, and try if there's an improvement sa sound. if medyo maging maayos ang tunog, try to invest in these boxes depending on the number of your instruments. long term solution is to save for a much better PA system.


Offline boybawang

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Re: Advice on Church PA
« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2016, 08:00:21 AM »
i see. thanks sa advice sir. ttry namin mkahiram ng DI box eheh