Combo vs Monitor - echo

[Richie Rich]

I play in a church Worship Team and I run an electro-acoustic through a Peavey Bandit 65, on stage today I noticed that I could hear both my combo and a slightly delayed version through my monitor also, they were clashing with each other and when I listened back to the livestream it was annoyingly noticeable.

 

It’s never happened before so I might go back to running straight into the DI again obviously I want what’s best for everyone.

 

Has anybody else had this problem before and how did you get over it?

[Richie Rich]

Never found out what it was but we just moved the combo and it sorted it out.

[ezbass]

Sometimes the simplest things provide a fix. Glad you got it sorted.

[Kiwi]

If there's any ADA processing in any part of the signal chain after the feed is split, sometimes it can introduce a slight delay.  But moving the combo to fix it suggests the issue might have been reflection off a wall or ceiling.

[EdwardMarlowe]

Interesting to read this experience with your equipment. My church is a large, Georgian building, and when it comes to the hymns, if you listen very closely, the balcony are just a fraction of a second ahead of the main seating area in the ground floor, owing to the organ pipes being up on the balcony. It's a fascinating delay if you notice it - though you have to be listening out carefully for it or you wouldn't notice. These aspects of the relationship between the physical space and the player's equipment are fascinating, imo.