Talk:Introducing Performers to the Bose System

Hearing the Same Thing

I frequently say that everyone is listening to the same sound source, but I NEVER say "Everyone is hearing the same thing".

It is true that if there is only one point of amplified sound for each performer, everyone (performer, other performers, audience) are all listening to the same sound source. But because of room acoustics, what is heard may be different depending on where you are in the listening area. Acoustics vary because of one's position in a room (proximity to sound sources, nodes, anti-nodes, boundaries, Bass Regeneration and Psychoacoustics).

See Hearing the Same Thing for more.

I took this out

 You can't make that point enough, emphasizing that what you hear on stage is what the audience hears.  If you can't hear the vocals, turn down.  If it's your solo, be above the rest of the band.  You can explain that it's like mixing an album live.  Or, that it's like an old school acoustic jam but much louder.

and replaced it with the link same sound source (synonym for Hearing the Same Thing). The great advice about mixing the ensemble, I'd save until later. At the very first introduction to the System I'm just trying to explain some obvious differences between the L1 approach and other systems.

ST 22:44, 23 November 2006 (GMT-7)