Thanks guys, more info for you. We are four musicians and a drummer, ( Couldn't help myself there :-) Guitar, Banjo, bass, fiddle and drums. We almost always supply our own sound and we have no sound guy. All our instruments have their own channels and they are run through the PA board. No seperate instrument amps. We have a stereo board and use one side for the fron end and the other for monitors. We have three vocal channels covering a solid tenor, an upper range baritone and a lower range baritone. The bass player has a wireless hook up for the bass, The other guitarist is also wireless both in the instrument and in vocals, I am on guitar and banjo and am not wireless.

Does the wireless pick send a hotter mix to the board or does it need more power at the board?

How much of balance in the room changes as the population of the room changes?

In anyones opinion is it better to hear the mix that goes out front or just enough in monitor to hear your instruments and be able to sing according to the the keys played?

Thanks again

Don