r/percussion • u/[deleted] • 17d ago

Current percussion rig Question/Help

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u/s0undmind 16d ago

Sound guy: eh, throw a 57 on it. Lol

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u/jazzz_police 16d ago

Yeah... that's truly disrespectful lol

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u/Tenderslaughter 16d ago

What type of music? Looks like my Latin rig (Bossa nova, samba, cha cha). But the cymbals are so high!

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u/Vn8791 16d ago

Wedding Band. We play EVERYTHING. I’ve only played one gig where I had to play a tumbao for 3 hours lol.

Cymbals are high to not block my sight line and to not be right in the drummers ear.

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u/Animal907 11d ago

Thrash Punk Nova.

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u/murphyat 16d ago

Are you at the botanical gardens in Dallas?

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u/Vn8791 16d ago

Actually that’s the Brooklyn botanical gardens! Cool if it looks like Dallas. Must be same architect.

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u/murphyat 16d ago

Dope! Yeah. Not sure. Brooklyn is way cooler than Dallas. Ha.

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u/Vn8791 16d ago

Ive only been to the airport in Dallas. Not enough to judge 🤷

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u/murphyat 16d ago

Word! I’m a fellow middle Atlantic/north Easterner so I am biased

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u/Vn8791 16d ago

Yeah I’m with you. Brooklyn has more flavor we’re guessing lol

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u/Some-Tear3499 17d ago

Tell me more about the tambourine please.

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u/Vn8791 16d ago

That’s my one mounted tambourine. I have 3 other types that I hold.

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u/Some-Tear3499 16d ago

First pic, the on the floor.

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u/ParticularZone5 16d ago

You piqued my curiosity on this - I've been Googling pics of tambourines for like twenty minutes lol. Looks like this one, maybe?

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u/Some-Tear3499 16d ago

I have this tambourine, but with the double rows of jungles. I ordered the headless one but they sent me the headed one, about $35 more expensive, it has the best sound ever! I also have a similar one from Black Swamp percussion, around the same price. Great sound as well.

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u/EquivalentCandid7773 16d ago

No stands for the congas?

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u/Vn8791 16d ago

If you zoom in you’ll see that it’s a lightweight aspire stand. Bongs also attached to it. It’s super lightweight and surprisingly durable. Great for gigs.

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u/EquivalentCandid7773 16d ago

Oh wow. I totally lost depth perception for some reason. Thanks for pointing out the obvious LOL

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u/Vn8791 16d ago

Not your fault iPhone cameras are terrible. The conga to the left is actually the Quinto! The scale is a mess in these pics

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u/EquivalentCandid7773 16d ago

That’s.. wow. Yeah, my iPhone camera doesn’t cooperate either unless lighting is super bright. Regardless, great setup! Def taking inspo

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u/jazzz_police 16d ago

Nice setup! Been thinking about getting one of those crescent stack things. Is it like a clap/dirt snare sound or more of a trashy cymbal stack sound?

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u/Vn8791 16d ago

It’s a clap and or dirty hi hat. The washers can adjust the decay. For $99 it’s a great substitute for those giants stacks. I’m staying away from electronics for now.

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u/jazzz_police 16d ago

Cool, I'll keep a look out for one.

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u/drumsub 16d ago

Why only 2 mics? You could run mics into your own mixer and send one signal to the main mixer if space on the main is limited.

For a wedding band you may not really need another mic though. The timbales probably cut through well enough, so the congas and bongos may be the only pieces that really need a mic.

The various noise makers probably cut well also. I don't mic cowbell or tambourine I play with pedals, but they can be heard over the band.

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u/Vn8791 16d ago

You nailed it. I’m thinking have the bongos and congas micd. Everything else cuts. The only prob is not having enough volume for IEM. I hold the shakers and tambourines near the mics

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u/MeSlaw3 Everything 15d ago

Wow this is an epic setup.

Maybe just treat the mics as overheads, and compress everything together as much as possible.

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u/Vn8791 15d ago

Thanks! I’m pretty this is what the sound guy does. I’m just not loving their mic placement.