PA gear

[Rich Glauber <rglauber...>]

It seems that nobody has any response to Carol Rivel's question about a
lightweight system that can handle a keyboard and a microphone.  Perhaps
that's because it's a tough call.

I bought a Yorkville amp (made up here in Canada I believe), that meets my
similar needs.  It's got three inputs, the first of which accepts a
microphone jack, and the other two can handle a guitar or keyboard.  It's
not super lightweight, but it works for those numerous occassions when you
need to plug in both a mic and an electric instrument.

The drawbacks of this type system are that you don't have a separate EQ for
the vocals and instrument, but for the vast majority of casual gigs, this
isn't a problem.

Carol, there are several ways you might go, depending on what you really
need.  If you could describe what type of gigs you are needing to
accomodate, perhaps I could get more specific about some of the options.
For instance, is one speaker enough, or do you need to be in stereo?  Also,
do you understand the basics about mixers and the like, or would it be
helpful to have a little discussion about the basic set-up of using
electric instruments and microphones?  I remember that before I had any
experience with this stuff, it seemed so complicated, but eventually I came
to see that it's no great mystery  (kind of like the circle of fifths, but
that's another story)

Take care,

Rich