So we're currently using a friend's PA setup for practice at the moment, mainly for vocals. It's a powered mixer (IIRC a Phonic PowerPod 402) which seems pretty decent but I can't seem to find anything on the web about it. Can find the 410, but it's different.
Now we're using dynamic mics into the 1/4" "line in" jack and then sending the output into a single 15" speaker. We're maxing the level on the mixer, but we can barely hear ourselves over the drums. Now considering I can't actually find specs for the mixer, I don't actually know what the power rating is. If, as I suspect, the PPP410 is the updated version of the 402, it would be 100W a side, but that's purely guesswork.
Now I would think 100W should lift a couple of mics above the drums, so I'm confused. I have 3 possible ideas why this could be happening:
1) We've only connected a single speaker to the setup, thus losing the benefit of the other "side"
2) For some reason, this powered mixer needs a separate pre-amp between the mics and the input.
3) Now if I've done wrong, don't lynch me, I know nothing about PA. I've connected the speaker to the PPP using a regular guitar cable. Could this be causing a volume loss? I would never attempt that kind of thing with a guitar amp, I have proper speaker cable for that, but I wasn't expecting that from a PA setup.
Any clues gurus?
Now we're using dynamic mics into the 1/4" "line in" jack and then sending the output into a single 15" speaker. We're maxing the level on the mixer, but we can barely hear ourselves over the drums. Now considering I can't actually find specs for the mixer, I don't actually know what the power rating is. If, as I suspect, the PPP410 is the updated version of the 402, it would be 100W a side, but that's purely guesswork.
Now I would think 100W should lift a couple of mics above the drums, so I'm confused. I have 3 possible ideas why this could be happening:
1) We've only connected a single speaker to the setup, thus losing the benefit of the other "side"
2) For some reason, this powered mixer needs a separate pre-amp between the mics and the input.
3) Now if I've done wrong, don't lynch me, I know nothing about PA. I've connected the speaker to the PPP using a regular guitar cable. Could this be causing a volume loss? I would never attempt that kind of thing with a guitar amp, I have proper speaker cable for that, but I wasn't expecting that from a PA setup.
Any clues gurus?