Initial system for acoustic duo, progressing to full band

[Jim_Cross]

I currently play in an acoustic duo with following setup:

Lead vocal + keyboard/cajon (cajon may be optional)

Backing vocal + acoustic guitar

 

We're looking to buy a PA that will be suitable for our current setup, and which we can then expand as required when we (hopefully) add a third person to the acoustic act (guitar + vocal) and eventually build it into a full band.

 

The Line 6 setup looks great, but is a fairly large initial outlay if we go for an M20D plus speakers and monitors. As a duo playing small/medium size pub gigs, would we need an M20D from the outset, or could we get away with say a couple of L2t speakers initially using their onboard mixers? If we did this, could we also add a monitor to this setup, or would we need 1 monitor per main speaker?

 

Any recommendations for setups and progression recommended!

 

[silverhead]

Yes - you could use two L2t (or L3t) speakers either not connected to each other at all or connected via bi-directional L6 LINK, meaning the L6 LINK OUT from each connected to the L6 LINK IN of the other. The former will give you clear L/R separation with each speakers' inputs heard only through that speaker. The latter will result in each speaker's inputs being heard through both speakers. However, there is no PAN feature in the speaker mixers so there won't really be any stereo effect unless it's provided by an external source and fed into the stereo inputs on the L2/3t.

 

Each speaker has a balanced stereo mix output that could be used to feed monitor(s).

 

This setup can carry a duo, or even a trio, a long way before you would need to add the M20d. Have a look at some possible setups at the bottom of this page particularly the 10-input setup with two speakers:

http://line6.com/stagesource-pa-speaker/resources/

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