Video to xxxCrADxxx, about pa for outside event

This is a video response to what Ellaskins have got called going out to XXX, C-R-A-D-X-X-X. Right, what they want to know, I'll explain in the email now. What type of setup would you recommend for a 200-300 person rave? Being outdoors, the music would be hard dance, hard style. We want to really bring out the sound though, not just big bass, more emphasis on mid and highs. We're thinking of four 15 main speakers, so 15 and a horn, 2-400 watts, two 300-500 watt subwoofers. The main speakers have horns and there you go. Also, passive or active crossovers, which one would you recommend? Also, we would like the system to be upgraded, so if we need to buy more bass we can, and more mid and top we can. Right, now then, I've done this god knows how many times, I don't like editing things, so it's very, very... I could spend a whole day talking about this, but try and keep it under five hours, only joking. Right, now then, when you're inside, okay, a speaker on a stand...

400 watts for, say, two of those for 50 people is fine as adequate. Because sound in a room bounces off all the walls like this now. It'll bounce all over the place and it sounds very loud. But as soon as you put that speaker outside, the sound's gone, it vanishes. Because sound is a wave. And what happens, it hits a wall inside and bounces back. So it just bounces all over the place. As soon as you put that outside, it goes. It's gone, OK? 4 speakers, 2 to 400 watts is on the borderline of being not enough. It's not on the borderline of just about being enough, it's on the borderline of being not really enough. Now then, with regards to your bass, you definitely haven't got enough. Because trust me, you're saying you want more mid and top, that's fine because you want to clear a sound.

Try and explain that to every single punter who's coming along. You know, you'd have to stand at the door saying, well I'm sorry but the sound quality mid and top is going to be fine, there's not going to be much bass. 90% of the clubbers, they love their bass. I do. So you'll need more bass, especially outside because bass will just go. In fact, the funny thing about bass, you could be standing next to the speaker, you could get a full on bass sound. This is so weird. Maybe you can explain the physics of this. 12 foot away from the speaker and you'll think, where is it? Where's the bass? But, you could be standing half a mile away and you'll just hear boom, boom, boom, boom. Trust me on that. So, you need more bass, mid and tops, probably borderline, go for active crossover because that's the best thing whereby if you've got an active crossover you can always upgrade to it. So I think I've covered everything. I hope I've been a help. If you need any more information on this, email me.

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