Extreme panning in club music?

[dirty_bass]

Bad practice if there`s no balance.
Totally pointless for most club soundsystems.

[loopdon]

Bad practice if there`s no balance.
Totally pointless for most club soundsystems.

i must re-listen then, maybe there was some kind of balance after all. just wanted to learn about the effect on a clubsystem.

thanks for clearing this up! didn't make any sense to me so i asked.

[Jay Pace]

I've never heard of any club running a stereo PA ever.

Which makes stereo effects nice for home listeners, but pointless on a rig.

[TechMouse]

I've never heard of any club running a stereo PA ever.

Which makes stereo effects nice for home listeners, but pointless on a rig.

We run in stereo at Filth, as far as I'm aware.

One time Dom accidentally wired up the rear speakers the wrong way round and if you stood in the middle of the room it played all kinds of funny tricks on your mind.

[Jay Pace]

We run in stereo at Filth, as far as I'm aware.

One time Dom accidentally wired up the rear speakers the wrong way round and if you stood in the middle of the room it played all kinds of funny tricks on your mind.

Sounds like he had them out of phase. If the speakers are out of phase frequencies get cancelled out and it sounds weird.

Nearly all PA's run in mono to avoid phase issues, and because it makes the most efficient use of amps. You get the most power out of an amp by bridging it - combining the stereo channels of the amp into one output thus massively increasing the power.

[dirty_bass]

Sounds like he had them out of phase. If the speakers are out of phase frequencies get cancelled out and it sounds weird.

Nearly all PA's run in mono to avoid phase issues, and because it makes the most efficient use of amps. You get the most power out of an amp by bridging it - combining the stereo channels of the amp into one output thus massively increasing the power.

not only that, but to make efective placement of cabinets to get workable stereo in your average club, it`s just too difficult.

The placement of the soundsystem is normally low on the list of priorities in all but the greatest of nightclubs.
Shame really.

But then, I¬m a Rig junkie anyway.

[TechMouse]

not only that, but to make efective placement of cabinets to get workable stereo in your average club, it`s just too difficult.

The placement of the soundsystem is normally low on the list of priorities in all but the greatest of nightclubs.
Shame really.

But then, I¬m a Rig junkie anyway.

The main room at BluePrint is roughly rectangular and we bring our own stack.

[TechMouse]

Sounds like he had them out of phase. If the speakers are out of phase frequencies get cancelled out and it sounds weird.

No, not out of phase... is that even possible with Speakon connectors?