THINKING ABOUT STARTING TO PUT ON FREE EVENTS OUTDOORS

This topic has 7 replies, 6 voices, and was last updated July 20, 2006 at 8:00 pm by Shit Robot.

Viewing 8 posts - 1 through 8 (of 8 total)

Author

Posts
July 19, 2006 at 12:24 am #1038576
danelectro
Participant
But…the only problem we are really currently facing is the biggest…where to get good PAs, SUBS etc etc…just the general soundstacks from…where do you get , make, steal blabla your?

geet really need help!

cheers !

*cshht*
July 19, 2006 at 1:55 pm #1083300
globalloon
Participant
a lot of people build there own soundsystems

it’s expensive and time consuming, but very rewarding when you’ve built a beauty

look out on ebay for second hand parts

speakerplans.com has loads of good advice
July 19, 2006 at 3:16 pm #1083303
Shit Robot
Participant
We used to do a few small free partys and found a lot less aggro from OB if we held em on days coinciding with carnivals,fairs or other largish public events.If that helps:wink:
July 19, 2006 at 3:45 pm #1083297
General Lighting
Moderator
danelectro wrote:

But…the only problem we are really currently facing is the biggest…where to get good PAs, SUBS etc etc…just the general soundstacks from…where do you get , make, steal blabla your?

geet really need help!

cheers !

*cshht*

keep an eye on the ads on here and squatjuice. Loads of Southern crews are selling kit – because of the clampdowns many people are keeping some best bits of rig for licensed events and selling up their excess kit to raise cash.

An old mate of mine from REading (Dan OOOPS!) is selling his old rig as well. its in the classified sections.
July 19, 2006 at 11:37 pm #1083298
BioTech
Participant
danelectro wrote:

But…the only problem we are really currently facing is the biggest…where to get good PAs, SUBS etc etc…just the general soundstacks from…where do you get , make, steal blabla your?

geet really need help!

cheers !

*cshht*

If you don’t know much about sound systems it’s best to start small with a rig that you can add to and expand upon.

It’s been mentioned already but building a system is a good way to get quality and modern designs at a more reasonable price than buying modern, badged designs from retailers. It can be tricky but if you don’t fancy doing it yourself then there are a fair few rig builders cropping up on speakerplans.com that do reasonable deals on cabs.

Alternatively buy second hand from places such as Ebay, Concert Trade, Crystal Pro Audio, BDLM, and forum classifieds.

It’s tricky to give advice about systems as a whole so if you have anything more specific to ask then let us know. In the meantime, research as much as you can by reading speakplans.com (including the helpful FAQ) and other forums such as this and the soundsystem section of squatjuice.com.
July 20, 2006 at 11:28 am #1083302
danelectro
Participant
cheers all!

all taken into concideration, i do know quite alot about sound etc, know how to build , set up blabla it was just because ive only recently got on this whole scene and wasnt sure what was the best way to approach sorting out the rig but…now i do haha so yeah!

*cshht*
July 20, 2006 at 12:21 pm #1083299
BioTech
Participant
If you do plan to build then there are plenty of designs:

HERE

and

HERE
July 20, 2006 at 8:00 pm #1083301
Linz
Participant
To buy a rig thats already been put togeather is quite a good idea. At least then hopefully it’ll all sounds good togeather.

(well asuming they did it right!)

But rigs are set up diffrently any-suippose its down to peresonal preference at the end of the day.:crazy:
Author

Posts