Sub Placement

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Unless you're hard panning, the effect will be minimal to all those not dead center in the field. Like I said above, stereo is great, assuming you can control the environment for most listeners. If you can't, then mono will benefit more, as more people will get more of the intended mix.

If it works for you, fine. Just pointing out that running in mono will help a lot of issues in sound in the typical places we set up in, and I would bet the change in overall sound would be almost unnoticeable.
 
It is good to know that one can switch to Mono if needed. I will reserve that move in the case of if there is some sort of equipment or channel failure.
 
ahoustondj said:
It is good to know that one can switch to Mono if needed. I will reserve that move in the case of if there is some sort of equipment or channel failure.
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or because it may actually sound better in a room or two (or three) ...
 
steve149 said:
or because it may actually sound better in a room or two (or three) ...
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Go tell that to the other DJ whose Gig I took over at the Club down the street. :trismug: Patrons wanted me back, so I guess somebody noticed a difference in sound!
 
You know what they say .... "Once you go mono ...."
 
And good equipment sounds good whether in stereo or in mono. I'm not saying run 1 speaker ...:eek:
 
steve149 said:
Unless you're hard panning, the effect will be minimal to all those not dead center in the field. Like I said above, stereo is great, assuming you can control the environment for most listeners. If you can't, then mono will benefit more, as more people will get more of the intended mix.

If it works for you, fine. Just pointing out that running in mono will help a lot of issues in sound in the typical places we set up in, and I would bet the change in overall sound would be almost unnoticeable.
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Oh it works and it sounds awesome! There are typically 6 stereo (12 hard panned) channels: keyboard, elec piano, stereo guitar 1, stereo guitar 2, drum overheads, stereo chorus effect.
 
Scott Harris said:
Oh it works and it sounds awesome! There are typically 6 stereo (12 hard panned) channels: keyboard, elec piano, stereo guitar 1, stereo guitar 2, drum overheads, stereo chorus effect.
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I said it above .. stereo sounds great .. WHEN .. you can control it. In a bar, in a function or reception room, you have listeners all over the place and you generally can't set the system up to accommodate all of them. SO you need to decide if you're going to set it up to make it sound great in the middle of the two speakers out to maybe 30-40' or if you're going to make it sound pretty darn good to a much wider coverage area .. I choose the later and YMMV.
 
steve149 said:
Given a mean subwoofer frequency of around 50-60Hz, the wavelength of the sound is about 20 feet. If you place 2 subs about 10 feet from each other and stand in front of one of them, the two waves will hit you at 180 degrees out of phase and will cancel each other for the most part. So the trick is to place the subs where the cancellation is minimized. Spreading them farther than 10' will help as will putting them together. Some subs have a phase switch on them to adjust for this as do some crossovers (in fact some allow setting in finer increments). As Art said, putting them together MAY bump up the gain, but that also depends on sub design (not a given). I don't think you will see a lot of difference. If you plan to mount the tops on stands above the subs, go for it, just make sure you have them spread enough to minimize the phase cancellation (15-20' should be fine).
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I have a single 18 inch sub. How far should I spread out my tops
 
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