Portable Live Rig Question
Hey all, first time posting so apologies if this is the wrong sub, I'd be happy to delete/re-post somewhere else if appropriate. For some context:
I'm hoping some front of house engineers (that use their own in-house mixer/PA equipment) can provide some feedback on a rig I'm trying to put together. I'm trying to create an IEM rig for both the band I play with and to potentially rent out to other smaller bands so they can have a high quality monitoring setup without having to foot the bill upfront themselves.
This rig would include a digital rack mixer, wireless IEM transmitters (with one wired for the drummer hooked up to a separate stage box, I'm paranoid about a dead battery killing a show), wireless mic/instrument receivers, and some I/O panels/storage.
Now the question:
As a front of house engineer, if you were given full remote control of the mixer (via tablet, 2-in-1 laptop, etc.) would you be okay only getting a main L/R out (and potentially sub) to send to your in-house setup?
The main reasoning behind this is really just to not have to acquire and carry around another stage box and short snake for getting individual channel signal to FoH or increasing the main rack size and having to carry around an even longer snake to do the same thing.
Any input would be appreciated.