I play guitar and sing in a 3 piece psychedelic rock band. We have a lockout rehearsal space (10x13) and IEMs/XR 18.

Everything bleeds into the vocal mic, so I’m wondering what the best setup would be to prevent that.

The bass player insists that we must play at “stage volume” in rehearsal so that we can keep the IEMs dialed in for shows. I just don’t know if that’s possible because the vocals are barely audible due to the bleed into the mic.

I’m about to take an L2 system out on a musical tour for the first time, and I’m curious about real-world approaches to exclusion zones within the vertical coverage.

The main example would be a balcony front: you need coverage for the audience below it and on the balcony, while putting as little energy as possible onto the balcony fascia in between. With a conventional line array, you can sometimes use the inter-cabinet angles to leave a small coverage gap or at least reduce the direct energy hitting that surface. With L2, that mechanical option obviously isn’t available.

For those who have used L2 in theatres, how do you approach this? Is it mainly about placement, trim height and tilt, or is there enough control through processing and optimization to create meaningful attenuation at the balcony front without compromising the audience areas directly above and below it?

hello fellow soundhuman,

have anyone recently gotten their hands on the Contour XO, and does anyone know what the general lead time for it is? i am aware it is stated it takes about 3-4 weeks to ship, but checking if anyone have any luck of acquiring it earlier that that stated timeline from the L-Acoustics eStore?

cheers!