L1® Unofficial Users' Guide

This is the Unofficial Users' Guide for the Bose^® Personalized Amplification System™ family of products. It is a collection of advice, hints and tips from system owners and people-at-Bose. Many of the ideas here originated on the Bose^® Pro Portable PA Community.

If you just got your System or want to get to know it better, you are in the right place. If you just got a gig and have found out the house system is a Bose^® Personalized Amplication System™ you probably want to read the L1™ Unofficial Performers' Guide

There is also great information in the Official Product FAQs.

Highly Recommended (10 minutes) Four short setup videos. Presets - Ken Jacob Setting up - Kyle Sullivan Microphone Gain with T1® Microphone Gain (L1® Classic / Model I) - Steve Skillings A1 PackLite® - Kyle Sullivan These videos were created before the release of the L1 Model II and T1 ToneMatch Audio Engine. The principles are still applicable. These videos were provided for use here by Bose®. These originally appeared on the Bose website Video #3 was added later.

The Gear

• PackLite^® power amplifier model A1
• B1 Bass Module
  • Bass Frequencies
  • Bass Outdoors
• L1 Cylindrical Radiator^® loudspeaker
• PS1 Power Stand (Classic) / Model I
  • PS1 Powerstand Connections / Interactive version
• R1 Remote
• Steve's Tips and Tricks

Setting up

• Presets What they are, how to upgrade
• Gain Staging Tips from Owners and people-at-Bose
• Mixers / Mixing Desks Connection notes for several different makes and models
• Effects Connection notes for several different makes and models
• Setup 5 Minutes Hints from the stage
• Hearing Yourself with the L1™ Understanding your System
• Feedback Everyone wants to know about this

Accessories

• Bags - Standard
• Deluxe Logo Bags
• Hardshell Cases
• Spare Parts

Carrying the Gear

• Rock N Roller carts
• Using a dolly

Stage Layouts

• Stage Layouts
• Stage Size

Some illustrations that demonstrate principles

Musical Instruments and Their Use with the L1

• Acoustic Guitar
  • Acoustic Guitar Tone & the L1®
  • Reducing Bleedthrough from Guitar to Vocal Microphone
• Amp Modellers
• Drums / Other Percussion
• Electric Bass
• Keyboards Mono vs. Stereo
• Line6 patches at Vettaville (submitted by Chuck-at-Bose, CJ-at-Bose, SteveG-at-Bose and others]
  • Bose L1 Studio Mode Bundle for PODxt (series) at Vettaville (bdotson submitted)

Operating

• PS1 Powerstand - What do the LEDs mean?
• R1 Remote - What do the LEDs mean?

Terminology & Concepts

• Terminology & Concepts

Troubleshooting

• Troubleshooting: Acoustics, Gear, Venue

Working with Others

• Introducing Performers to the Bose System

Acknowledgement

A great deal of this information has come from the
Unofficial User's Guide on the Bose® Musicians Community Message Boards (the Forum).

I have done some light editing mainly for formatting. Most footnotes lead to a link to the original Forum post.

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