Explain PA setups to me like I'm an idiot

[proy900]

Oh dear...

My apologies to all who have provided excellent advice here. I should have absolutely, most definitely, acknowledged your kind responses in a timely fashion; but as such I have not. I shan't provide explanation as to the why, but I will stand here and take my licks for the poor showing of forum decorum. *screws tippy-toe into floor and looks coy* Sowee...

 

To update all on my endeavours. I took all your advice - plugged things into the correct places, turned things on in the correct order, turned volumes up, then down, then down a bit more... then the vocalist shouted at me and I turned things up a little. All in all everything works great! Had a quick bit of a flashing DDT clipping light issue on the PA which was easily resolved with some trial and error on which input was to blame. Of course it was the lead guitarist! But we've settled into our new space really well (bar the single-glazed wooden framed windows that I swear will fall out eventually) and everything is working as expected. The drummer is most pleased after years of only being able to practice for 3 hours once a week, half the time of which was setting up and breaking down the kit, to now having a permanently set up kit and the option to pop in whenever he wants a practice/jam 24 hours a day!
So thanks again for the tips and stuff. I did inwardly digest all of them and all advice provided is appreciated greatly. I will now await a good berating on BC etiquette.

 

As penance I will also pop along to a very old thread discussing my bricked Microtubes 900 with a recent update to the positive! 

Edited 12 hours ago by proy900

[Phil Starr]

Pleased that it went well. Thanks for the update, we all like a happy ending

[tauzero]

Nice to see that you've been successful on two fronts.

[Steve Browning]

Yes. Thank you for the update. Glad it's all sorted in the end.

[Jack]

Don't blame us, we don't have a lot going on in our lives outside of Basschat.

 

Pleased it went well.