By: daveinsingapore

daveinsingapore — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 15:00:13 +0000

great article Jason about sound levels and bad seating…yeah I have been there a couple of times and asides from rotating my speakers so they are not directly pointed at the ‘too close’ tables or having people change tables, there is not much more you can do in the middle of wedding gig. As for what type of speakers to use…I come from a very old school of DJ, where I was taught to put the dance music where it was needed….on the dance floor, and the vocals…when needed…out the back of the room..so when I do have big weddings and I know there will be a lot of speaches, I will put a couple of singles….12″ or 15″ on stands half way down the hall or venue and wind those up when needed for the speaches, and then wind them down during the dancing brackets…using my double 15″ speakers which thump directly on the dance floor…there is no need to wind the volumes up loud and there is less ‘annoying’ levels at the back of the room, cause all the good solid dancing music is going straight to the dance floor at the front of the room….it may seem a bit much, but carrying a couple of singles is nothing compared to my normal rig of double 15″s, my rack always carrys two amps any way, so using one for the singles on poles is never a problem…but then that is the way we do it down this way…btw I worked 25 plus years in New Zealand and now into my 4th year here in Singapore…yep I am an older DJ….

By: Johnny Mack

Johnny Mack — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 03:38:15 +0000

Great post! Sound level is one of those things that you can’t make everyone happy about. But the tip about keeping the elderly away from the speakers if right on!

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