Re: Live Performance - Dynamics v. Condensers v. a mix of both
The biggest issue with live acoustic music is the venue or room itself. In a good venue, you can do things that are literally impossible in a 'bad' room. You have to be able to cope with whatever the gig throws at you.
Hence, a 'Plan A' and a 'Plan B' backup position.
Major bands tend not to have to deal with lousy venues that much, but if you play small venues you certainly will.
On the topic of compression, in a really bad room this is not a great idea as it lowers the feedback threshold considerably. In a decent venue (especially with no floor monitors or using IEM's) you can get away with it.
Ringing out the room and using an AFS system can buy you quite a few extra dB 'headroom'. Your current mixer options lack the kind of EQ precision required for this.....take a look at the QSC Touchmix 8 (with V3 firmware) which has exactly what's needed on board.
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