D. Parker wrote on Fri, 15 October 2004 15:56 |
I believe one of the advantages of the bassist having 10's onstage is that the 10's are easier to hear up close.
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Yup and that is because smaller cones
usually have better response where it really counts iow. in the 1kHz and up range (definition is in the 2-5kHz range).
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A bassist standing near his stage rig cannot hear the lower freqs an 18 puts out.
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BS. It's because they have it directed to their legs. In the 2-5kHz range they have serious directivity and that's why they must be cranked higher.
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They develop out farther in the room and the sound guy has to deal with them. 10's do this too, but not nearly as bad.
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Nope. A soundwave does not need any distance to develope. See above for the explanation. 10" woofers has less directive response at upper frequencies so you don't have to turn then so loud.
Besides quad 10" cabinets are not that better than very large woofers. They have serious directivity and destructive interference up where the definition is -> bassplayer turn them louder. That's the real reason why FOH engineers have hard time with bassplayers.
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One thing I noticed early on in this business is that to satisfy the bassist onstage, (me included), the stage rig will be pretty much filling the room with bass. AND, it doesn't matter if the bassist doesn't have a rig onstage, if he only has wedges, when I get the wedges cranked enough to make the bassist happy, the wedges are filling the room with bass.
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It's about the feel. Boost HF and see what happens.