So I have an awesome boss, who likes music. The other day a few of us had a "band" meeting at lunch time and our boss overheard us talking. Then he said why don't we have a proper company band? He will give us rehearsal space in this huge (really huge) studio in our new office building and he will buy us gear! ?arty:
Now we have a Wharfdale PA and a 32 channel mixer (or something like that) and some mics already. We need an electric drumkit, keyboard, bass amp and guitar amp as well as two monitor speakers. We supply our own instruments and effects pedals if required.
We got an initial quote of nearly R50k and he seems happy with it, but we arent quite sure what to get and this isnt exactly gonna happen for certain, but let's see what happens.
So we will spend about R15k on a keyboard, R15k on drumkit, and the rest on monitors and amps. We also need a DI box for acoustic guitar. The keyboard needs to be a good one with full midi and weighted keys etc.
We will just get two mid range wharfdale monitors.
For bass amp we are looking at the fender rumble 150 -- does that seem like a good choice?
For guitar amp we can't decide. Tube or solid state or modeling multi effects into the desk? We can spend R5-10k on the guitar amp. Music connection advised we get a blackstar ID30. If we go tube, then what would you recommend? I don't like the idea of micing it up, seems like effort. So should we just get a multi effects and go into the desk? Seems the simplest option, and different people can save their presets. Or maybe a Roland cube? The nice thing there is the guitar amp becomes a monitor speaker for the guitarist and the cubes seem to take any input really well, like electric violin. The other guitarists hate the idea of multi effects but they don't have an answer when I ask them about micing up the amp and keeping levels correct.
We got quoted on a samson DI box. Are they any good?
I have the model numbers of the roland drums and yamaha keys at work, so I will get them tomorrow.
The people in the company play everything from trumpet to violin and many people play guitar. The idea is that we get to jam at the office and occasionally perform for people for fun. We want to be able to practice quietly as well as perform using the same gear. Style of music ranges from country to jazz to rock. No really heavy stuff, Muse is about as heavy as it would get.
A subsidiary company of ours is a film production house that does music videos as well. So we can record and edit too. We have an abundance of macbook pro's on the way so any gear that interfaces well with mac will be beneficial since the boss is an apple fan.
How does a drummer typically hear the band? Do they have headphones that run all the way to the desk?
Thanks for the advice!
P.S. yes, I am aware that he is a good business man and is using the band gear as incentive for us to stay at work longer, but honestly, we don't mind hehe
Now we have a Wharfdale PA and a 32 channel mixer (or something like that) and some mics already. We need an electric drumkit, keyboard, bass amp and guitar amp as well as two monitor speakers. We supply our own instruments and effects pedals if required.
We got an initial quote of nearly R50k and he seems happy with it, but we arent quite sure what to get and this isnt exactly gonna happen for certain, but let's see what happens.
So we will spend about R15k on a keyboard, R15k on drumkit, and the rest on monitors and amps. We also need a DI box for acoustic guitar. The keyboard needs to be a good one with full midi and weighted keys etc.
We will just get two mid range wharfdale monitors.
For bass amp we are looking at the fender rumble 150 -- does that seem like a good choice?
For guitar amp we can't decide. Tube or solid state or modeling multi effects into the desk? We can spend R5-10k on the guitar amp. Music connection advised we get a blackstar ID30. If we go tube, then what would you recommend? I don't like the idea of micing it up, seems like effort. So should we just get a multi effects and go into the desk? Seems the simplest option, and different people can save their presets. Or maybe a Roland cube? The nice thing there is the guitar amp becomes a monitor speaker for the guitarist and the cubes seem to take any input really well, like electric violin. The other guitarists hate the idea of multi effects but they don't have an answer when I ask them about micing up the amp and keeping levels correct.
We got quoted on a samson DI box. Are they any good?
I have the model numbers of the roland drums and yamaha keys at work, so I will get them tomorrow.
The people in the company play everything from trumpet to violin and many people play guitar. The idea is that we get to jam at the office and occasionally perform for people for fun. We want to be able to practice quietly as well as perform using the same gear. Style of music ranges from country to jazz to rock. No really heavy stuff, Muse is about as heavy as it would get.
A subsidiary company of ours is a film production house that does music videos as well. So we can record and edit too. We have an abundance of macbook pro's on the way so any gear that interfaces well with mac will be beneficial since the boss is an apple fan.
How does a drummer typically hear the band? Do they have headphones that run all the way to the desk?
Thanks for the advice!
P.S. yes, I am aware that he is a good business man and is using the band gear as incentive for us to stay at work longer, but honestly, we don't mind hehe