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lowfreq33 t1_ixn4w9u wrote

You need a small mixing board and one or two powered speakers. Go to Guitar Center or any music store. You’ll be spending a few hundred dollars. If it’s just for vocals in the garage you should be able to get a 4 channel mixer for around $150, and a cheap but useable powered speaker will run about $350. You’ll need a few cables too. If you only need one or two vocals most powered speakers these days have two inputs with their own volume controls, you just won’t be able to eq anything. But hey, you gotta start somewhere.

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ChilliWarmKangaroo OP t1_ixn51kf wrote

I have like 20 bucks to my name haha, I was hoping for some magical solution. I tried using guitar amps before lol

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lowfreq33 t1_ixndwb8 wrote

You can do that with an xlr to 1/4 inch cable, but it won’t sound very good. Unfortunately it costs money to make music. I just looked on the GC site and there’s an American audio speaker for $170 that would probably get it done in a garage setting.

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percygreen t1_ixnnrcs wrote

Do you play an instrument or just sing? If you’re also a guitarist, maybe you have a spare guitar to trade for a PA?

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ChilliWarmKangaroo OP t1_ixno4kz wrote

Yea i am but all my other guitars are like 200 dollar used peices of shit

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percygreen t1_ixnssuh wrote

I feel your pain. We sang through a bass amp in my high school punk band until we got a new bass player whose parents bought him a PA. Do you have any rich friends who play?

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