The future of amps & cabs - stage props only?

[Lozz196]

Yeah I don’t know why we - and our fellow bandmates - allow it to happen. 

[SimonK]

3 hours ago, YellowLedBetterBass said:

I have been asked by the soundman at our next gig to not take a bass amp and the basses for all three bands are going to be DI'ed in with either his Sansamp or our own DI boxes.

 

Not sure what is contentious about this - I can't remember the last time I didn't DI for a gig... although I'm guessing if the DI is built into the amp it's just a case of accepting the amp will be there and asking for the stage volume to be low as well?

[PinkMohawk]

21 minutes ago, SimonK said:

 

Not sure what is contentious about this - I can't remember the last time I didn't DI for a gig... although I'm guessing if the DI is built into the amp it's just a case of accepting the amp will be there and asking for the stage volume to be low as well?

Mainly, it's that we disagree that sound engineers should be dictating what's on stage and in use. When I was touring, I rolled with 2 8x10's and that was that, I was happy to work with engineers but they didn't get to dictate terms to me. As an engineer now, I don't tell bands what they can and can't use on stage, I'm there to figure it out and make it work. Will I ask them to turn down? Sometimes, if I have to, but in a small venue, I'm just as likely to let them turn it up and just not have them in the PA. 

[SimonK]

48 minutes ago, PinkMohawk said:

 When I was touring, I rolled with 2 8x10's and that was that, 

 

My hero 💖 !

[Lozz196]

For me it’s the insistence of the use of equipment/a set up that the bands may not use. It’s their performance, they should be as comfortable as possible so as to put on their best show.
 

Now controlled stage volume, well I get that, but I can’t see why it wouldn’t be possible to DI from an amp set very low on volume and then have monitor feed. Given it would be there as a DI it wouldn’t even need to be pointing in the direction of stage mics.