Re: Behringer MX802A -vs Mackie DFX6 6x2

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> 
> --- Jeffrey Lomas <jeff.lomas@oasis-open.org> wrote:
>> I would then give two signals (right/left) to the
>> house which could just be panned hard.
> 
> Sounds good.
> 
> One caveat: things may have changed since I was
> gigging a lot (like you, I'm talking about the Boston
> area), but I found that stereo was the exception more
> than the rule in house systems. A couple of reasons
> for this: mono requires half the number of power amps
> (a lot of clubs run the mains off one side and the
> monitors off the other), and significantly, a lot of
> sound guys/club owners are concerned that the mix be
> essentially the same in any part of the room.
> (Instruments panned hard aren't heard at all by many
> of the patrons in odd-shaped rooms.
> 
> So, go ahead with your two-signal plan, but be
> prepared in the event that the sound guy is running
> mono.
> 
> -t-


~MONO RULES~

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phil spector&brian wilson