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    Heads-up: SpaceStation keyboard amp is apparently back

    in The Keyboard Corner

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    Are you serious? This is ridiculously unfair. Three guitar players ? The din of "three anythings", let alone 3 guitar players... what a roar of sound it can be. There is no way to play with three guitar players with very heavy duty multiple speakers on stage. Not fun, unless everyone involved is a 1st tier player.

     

    I am glad I am not the creator of this fine speaker/amp... he has my support and sympathy.

     

    Agreed. I meant no disrespect. Just stating the situation. We didn't know what we were up against until we got there. I knew there was no chance it could compete when I heard the PA and saw guitar amps that were mic'd. I was happy to know everyone on stage could hear the keys. I'm going to try it in a small club in two weeks. It should shine there.

    Heads-up: SpaceStation keyboard amp is apparently back

    in The Keyboard Corner

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    I received my SS3 on Friday. A friend of mine who is considering buying one had a gig on Saturday so I loaned it to him and I went along to listen. The band was outside on a raised covered stage at the open end of a firehouse. There was another stage at the opposite end. The event was a fundraiser with multiple bands. Each band played one set while the next act was setting up on the other stage.

     

    We decided to place the SS on it's side on an amp stand with the side speaker facing up. It was 10 feet back and to the side of the keyboard and near the drummer. The bass player was on the opposite side of the keyboard from the drummer. Three guitar players were on the far side of the drummer. Keyboard (Nord Stage 2) was plugged into the SS. Sub out went into a JBL 15" stage monitor with the treble down and bass up. It didn't take much volume to support the bottom. Output from that went to PA. SS volume was set to about 1 o'clock and width was about 12 o'clock. The PA was huge and all instruments were either mic'd or direct out to the PA. The band played oldies.

     

    The bad - The venue was probably the worst case scenario for a SS. Band on a raised covered stage projecting through firehouse bay door openings. The PA was LOUD. The guitars were LOUD. I blame the volume on the sound guy having the vocals too loud and the guitars just turned up accordingly. There wasn't enough time to do a good sound check. On all but a few songs the keys were way back in the mix. Keys could be heard best on horn and synth parts. Piano could be heard when it was featured but not so well otherwise. The sound guy was nice enough so I should have just asked him to put more keys in the mix. That wouldn't have helped me hear the SS though. Since they only played one set we didn't get to try different placements of the SS.

     

    The good - everyone in the band could hear the keys on stage and said they sounded great. My friend was very impressed with the amount of sound it puts out for such a small box. The high end is great but we were both wishing it had a 12" or at least a 10" front speaker so that the sub out wouldn't be needed.

     

    My gut feeling is that it will be perfect for smaller venues or as a stage monitor for larger venues. I'll probably be looking for a small lightweight bass amp or stage monitor for reinforcing the bottom. Not sure I want to lug around a 75 pound subwoofer.

     

     

    Heads-up: SpaceStation keyboard amp is apparently back

    in The Keyboard Corner

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    Hmmm, sparks a new idea; what if you stacked 2 SS3 center stage and reversed them; one faces the audience, and the other faces the band just as you used yours in that application.

     

    Aspen - Wouldn't that put the side speakers 180 degrees out of phase and cancel the L-R signal? Could you switch the wiring on one of the side speakers to put the two side speakers in phase.

     

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