I need Help designing a small FOH System

[bishopthomas]

Where are you located? It sounds like you need to hire a local company to check out the venue, put together a system that works for your space, quote you a price, and install it. Otherwise you're going to get a lot of general opinions on a lot of random gear from some knowledgable people here.

[nathanvacha]

the first thing that comes to mind is qsc rmx series amps. i've been very pleased with them and they're very affordable.

if you want help on g.s. though, you're gonna have to give us more info about the size/shape of the place (sq. ft.age and ceiling height) and really a more specific budget wouldn't hurt.

oh, and i'd personally save a few bones and switch the onyx for an a&h mix wiz.

[Jim vanBergen]

Also I would not rule out a small format but affordable digital mixing console, such as the Yamaha 01V/96 or similar competitor's models. It's well worth your time and effore to be able to have DSP such as compressors, gates, monitor mixes with EQ on the auxes, and reverbs. Better yet, it takes up less room and can be recalled.

As far as the rest of it goes, do we play 20 questions or do you give us more info on what kind of program, how many people, size of bands, goals, space, budget.... you know, minor stuff to help us help you make some decisions?

Hope this helps..

JvB

[Audio Hombre]

thank you guys. i'll try and dig up more info. as for size all i know at this time is that the venue is pretty small. i like the idea of a digi console for the recall alone. typically, there's 5-6 acts playing a night and a soundcheck that occurs a couple of hours before hand, so recall would come in handy for sure.

the a&h mix wiz doesn't look to be large enough. i was hoping for 20-24 ch's.