Task 1 - Music Venue PA Systems - Unit 29.
O2, Ibiza & College Atrium Performance set up.
In this assignment, I'm going to analyse and assess specific sound equipment needed for 3 different venues. Two of these venues are going to outdoors based, 1 being in the UK and the other being abroad and the final venue is indoors, which is the atrium.
O2 Arena
Ibiza
College Atrium
The Atrium is the smallest venue out of the two that I've already explained up above. Atriums are common in schools, colleges, hotels, etc. They cover quite a lot of space, which normally hundreds of people can walk through together without the space getting too cramped. My college's atrium is spacious and is very ideal for a performance to be held there too. The equipment needed to ensure this performance happens, you'll need 2 PA monitors, 3 fold-back monitors, amplifiers, a mixing desk & pair of headphones. You would need microphones, depending on the number of performers there are, also separate microphones for a drum kit if there is one on stage. As I've been involved with the performances in college, I'm going to go into brief detail about the equipment that's used and the purpose it's used for.
PA Monitors (Mackie SRM450)
The PA monitors we use are SRM450s which are developed by sound tech group called Mackie. These monitors are capable of producing high quality sound over short-long distances. The SRM450 has two frequency responses, as it's features a 2-way crossover, (-3dB) 47Hz - 20kHz and the secondary frequency response is (-10dB) 42Hz - 23kHz. The use of having two different frequency responses delivers sound differently, making it sound richer with clarity being present at all times. The monitors are usually placed at the back of the performers, 1 on each side, so that it is hearable for both the performers and the audience to hear the mix of the instruments and vocals.
Behringer F1220a (Fold-Back Monitors)
The next set of monitors that are essential in any performance are fold-back monitors. The minimum requirement of fold-back monitors you would need is 3, which was advised by our music teacher whilst doing this performance. As we only had two, he said it is enough for this performance only as there wasn't a lot of singers and instrumentalists either. The fold-back speakers that we owned were a pair of Behringers F1220a, which produces 125 Watts of sound and is also a active monitor system. These monitors are useful for the performers to hear what they can't normally hear from the main PA monitors (Mackie SRM450). This is because the speakers are facing towards the audience, not the performers. So whatever the performers play, the audience will hear it first from the Mackie SRM450. However, the flip side to this is that the fold-back monitors are placed right in front of the performers so they can hear exactly how it sounds like to the audience. This is a helpful technique because helps the performers listen to how good/bad themselves are playing or they're own peers too. Fold-back is the basic way of a performer having better hearing of music in a live situation.
Microphones (SM58, SM57 & AKG D112)
Microphones during live performances are necessary. Especially when you are performing along with loud instruments. Microphones convert sound waves into an electric energy before it is then amplified through a monitor system.
SM58 - This microphone was used in the atrium whilst the performance went on. They were used for the vocalists that were singing and rapping on several occasions. The SM58 is a commonly used microphone in live performances as they are reliable of taking in sound as well as being robust. This microphone being robust allows the performers to take less precautions of taking good care of this piece of equipment compared to a more expensive microphone such as a condenser mic. The SM58 Microphones are usually placed at the front of the stage where the performers can be seen and heard.
SM57 - This microphone was attached to the drum kit so it could pick up the sound from the snare drum. As the microphone's head is flat, it enables the performer to place the microphone as close as possible to the snare's skin which enables the sound produced by the snare to be picked up better. An SM57 can also be used for singers to but we were better off using the SM58s as we didn't have many SM57s.
AKG D112 -
In this assignment, I'm going to analyse and assess specific sound equipment needed for 3 different venues. Two of these venues are going to outdoors based, 1 being in the UK and the other being abroad and the final venue is indoors, which is the atrium.
O2 Arena
Ibiza
College Atrium
The Atrium is the smallest venue out of the two that I've already explained up above. Atriums are common in schools, colleges, hotels, etc. They cover quite a lot of space, which normally hundreds of people can walk through together without the space getting too cramped. My college's atrium is spacious and is very ideal for a performance to be held there too. The equipment needed to ensure this performance happens, you'll need 2 PA monitors, 3 fold-back monitors, amplifiers, a mixing desk & pair of headphones. You would need microphones, depending on the number of performers there are, also separate microphones for a drum kit if there is one on stage. As I've been involved with the performances in college, I'm going to go into brief detail about the equipment that's used and the purpose it's used for.
PA Monitors (Mackie SRM450)
The PA monitors we use are SRM450s which are developed by sound tech group called Mackie. These monitors are capable of producing high quality sound over short-long distances. The SRM450 has two frequency responses, as it's features a 2-way crossover, (-3dB) 47Hz - 20kHz and the secondary frequency response is (-10dB) 42Hz - 23kHz. The use of having two different frequency responses delivers sound differently, making it sound richer with clarity being present at all times. The monitors are usually placed at the back of the performers, 1 on each side, so that it is hearable for both the performers and the audience to hear the mix of the instruments and vocals.
Behringer F1220a (Fold-Back Monitors)
The next set of monitors that are essential in any performance are fold-back monitors. The minimum requirement of fold-back monitors you would need is 3, which was advised by our music teacher whilst doing this performance. As we only had two, he said it is enough for this performance only as there wasn't a lot of singers and instrumentalists either. The fold-back speakers that we owned were a pair of Behringers F1220a, which produces 125 Watts of sound and is also a active monitor system. These monitors are useful for the performers to hear what they can't normally hear from the main PA monitors (Mackie SRM450). This is because the speakers are facing towards the audience, not the performers. So whatever the performers play, the audience will hear it first from the Mackie SRM450. However, the flip side to this is that the fold-back monitors are placed right in front of the performers so they can hear exactly how it sounds like to the audience. This is a helpful technique because helps the performers listen to how good/bad themselves are playing or they're own peers too. Fold-back is the basic way of a performer having better hearing of music in a live situation.
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| SM57 (Dynamic Microphone) |
Microphones (SM58, SM57 & AKG D112)
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| SM58 (Dynamic Microphone) |
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| AKG D112 (Dynamic Microphone) |
Microphones during live performances are necessary. Especially when you are performing along with loud instruments. Microphones convert sound waves into an electric energy before it is then amplified through a monitor system.
SM58 - This microphone was used in the atrium whilst the performance went on. They were used for the vocalists that were singing and rapping on several occasions. The SM58 is a commonly used microphone in live performances as they are reliable of taking in sound as well as being robust. This microphone being robust allows the performers to take less precautions of taking good care of this piece of equipment compared to a more expensive microphone such as a condenser mic. The SM58 Microphones are usually placed at the front of the stage where the performers can be seen and heard.
SM57 - This microphone was attached to the drum kit so it could pick up the sound from the snare drum. As the microphone's head is flat, it enables the performer to place the microphone as close as possible to the snare's skin which enables the sound produced by the snare to be picked up better. An SM57 can also be used for singers to but we were better off using the SM58s as we didn't have many SM57s.
AKG D112 -
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