How to Arrange Your Sound System Onstage Part 1

Organizing an event needs quality sound systems in order to produce clear and audible sounds. Make sure that when the speaker speaks that it can be heard from across the room. If you wish to do all the preparations yourself, including the setting up of the equipments, make sure to list down the following units for your sound equipments rental:

• Speakers
• Subwoofers
• Audio delays
• Amplifiers
• Mixing console
• CD/cassette players
• Lectern microphones
• Wireless microphones
• Audio equalizers

These equipments are readily available in IT solutions provider near you. Make sure to choose from their wide array of sound equipment brands and choose those that have good specifications. These solutions provider also offer technical support but if you wish to learn it yourself, have the equipments ready and follow these steps on how to set up and get ready for a fantastic sound experience.

Speakers:

There are two ways to arrange speakers on to a stage. First is by putting an array of giant speakers on to each side of the stage then blasting the audio out to the back rows. Second, you can set up small arrays of speakers by putting one speaker next to the stage and another one halfway back. The first method blasts people on the front row so they may have to suffer a bit. The second method is okay but you will need to add sound delays.

Sound Delay:

Using small arrays delay the sound coming from the back speakers so you must delay it or else their output will be heard by the people in the back rows ahead of the sound from the front speakers. This makes a lousy and sometimes gibberish sounds that will annoy your audience.

How to Arrange Your Sound System Onstage Part 2

Subwoofers:

Subwoofers are not really that important but if you can squeeze it in to your sound equipments rental budget, adding them could add a rich and deep texture to your sound. Adding them for your event creates a big a noticeable difference.

Sound Amplifiers:

As for sound amplifiers, any brand will do so long as the output sounds okay to you. For the best type of amplifiers, you can ask people for advice or you can get help from your sound equipments rental provider. They are experienced in this field thus they will be a great technical support for you.

Just remember these specifications as your guide in choosing amplifiers. For big sessions, consider 1 to 2 watts as minimum amplification per person; for a 500 person audience, consider at least a 500 watt amplifier. For live music such as live bands, try 8 to 10 watts of amplification per person.

Mixing Consoles:

For your mixing consoles, channel capacity and brands do not matter. You can use any equipment but the only important thing to consider is the operator. If you want to operate the console, be sure to know what to do and that you actually have an experience doing it. If not, you can count on the IT solutions provider to suggest their technical support.

In using the right kind of mixing consoles, for example you only have two microphones and an apple computer or iPod; an 8-channel console will be fine. If you have more audio sources then that's when you need to use a larger one.