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Richard Monroe
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OK, I'm a solo act. My standard setup is a Taylor with a Fishman stereo blender plugged into a Fender PD250 Passport. Vox is usually into Shure SM7. Electric guitars get plugged into a Behringer VAMP2, then straight into the PA. Yeah, it's a kind of wussy little system, but it works for me. Problem is- no monitor(s). In some clubs, that's a problem. At GC's President's Day sale, I picked up a Fender 10" 8 ohm wedge monitor, 200 watts program, $42 out the door. Cool. The problem? The Passport has only 2 speaker outs, and no power to drive a monitor. It can be set for dual mono mode, so panning is disabled, and the right channel bypasses all FX, but that cuts me down to one PA cab and drops me to 125 watts out. I'm not losing half my power and one of my cabs for a monitor. Fuck that.
I'm trying to jury rig some gear I already have to solve the problem. Here's the plan- The only outs other than the 2 speaker outs are a stereo pair of RCA tape outs, -10 dBV, no gain controls, fixed line level. Say I take one of those outs with an RCA to 1/4" TS patch cable
> EBTECH Line Level Shifter (this converts it to +4 dBU- we're getting somewhere) > 1/4" to 1/4" patch cable > Carver PM125 power amp (bridged to 8 ohms mono) > 1/4" TS to 1/4" TS speaker cable > 8 ohm wedge monitor.
If the mixer is set for stereo output and everything is panned to center, the monitor should get the same mix as the mains, and monitor level can be set
at the power amp. Am I with the program? Thanks in advance for any input. I just want to make sure I have got power and impedence in the ballpark before I patch it up and blow something up.-Richie
I'm trying to jury rig some gear I already have to solve the problem. Here's the plan- The only outs other than the 2 speaker outs are a stereo pair of RCA tape outs, -10 dBV, no gain controls, fixed line level. Say I take one of those outs with an RCA to 1/4" TS patch cable
> EBTECH Line Level Shifter (this converts it to +4 dBU- we're getting somewhere) > 1/4" to 1/4" patch cable > Carver PM125 power amp (bridged to 8 ohms mono) > 1/4" TS to 1/4" TS speaker cable > 8 ohm wedge monitor.
If the mixer is set for stereo output and everything is panned to center, the monitor should get the same mix as the mains, and monitor level can be set
at the power amp. Am I with the program? Thanks in advance for any input. I just want to make sure I have got power and impedence in the ballpark before I patch it up and blow something up.-Richie
