Drum kit: two overhead (Shure sm81)Snare(shuresm57) toms (beta87x2)kick (beyer88) Intant replay (directx2) mpc?(two more for stereo) thats 10 just for ?uest. Group one.

Keys, 2 DI's for the Korg 2 for the hammond
14

bass DI+1 sm57 on the amp
16
GTR DI+ sm57
18
Skratch sm58
Thought sm 58
?uest sm58

so that 21 in a simple format.

now verb, returns, for each instument.

monitor mixes:
Mix one ?uest 2 wedges
mix two Ben one wedge
mix 3 Hub one wedge+sub
mix 4 Kamal one wedge
mix 5 for vox 2 for thought
mix 6 for vox 2 for skratch

thats potentially 9 amps, plus processing sends to each mix.

not includung FOH
4 subs along the front
4 tops a side (stereo)
2 front fills (mono)

delays? two a side every 50 feet?

thats a lot of work for a hip hop show.

Now imagine the okp tour. Who's got what mic? what mix are they listening for? M1 wants more snare in mix two but Guru's on in 3 minutes and wants less. Ahhhh I'm a nerd!

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