bimbo question re. mic

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El Craic

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Joined: Jul. 28 2003
From: Atlantic battered NW Ireland

bimbo question re. mic

Potentially embarrassing but what the hell...I've been scanning mic posts. I'm at basic accompaniment stage and our dancer has been asked to do a workshop for the pockets of novice dancers in other parts...which means i'll need to mic up if there's going to be a bunch of them.

Im on a fairly tight budget at the moment, coz i'm only going to use it from time to time and also i don't like owning too much in case i have to leave in a hurry only joking...

My question is, would it be really unreasonable to use my sony ecm-ms907 omni/uni digital mic? I only normally use to record stuff for practice and it's good for that but any reason why it wouldn't serve just for volume purposes in a hall? Thanks

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 13 2004 15:41:55

Miguel de Maria

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From: Phoenix, AZ

RE: bimbo question re. mic (in reply to El Craic)

Try it out. Dancers don't really listen to the music anyway.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 13 2004 15:50:14

El Craic

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From: Atlantic battered NW Ireland

RE: bimbo question re. mic (in reply to El Craic)

Probably try it out at practice this week anyway, if the owner of the dancer school forgives me for tripping the fuses, not finding the fuse box (coz it was dark u c) and leaving an apology note two days before the little darlings debut at the Waterfront Hall.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 13 2004 15:55:26

Jon Boyes

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RE: bimbo question re. mic (in reply to El Craic)

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ORIGINAL: El Craic
Probably try it out at practice this week anyway, if the owner of the dancer school forgives me for tripping the fuses, not finding the fuse box (coz it was dark u c)
...<snip>
My question is, would it be really unreasonable to use my sony ecm-ms907 omni/uni digital mic? I only normally use to record stuff for practice and it's good for that but any reason why it wouldn't serve just for volume purposes in a hall?

Quick tip - get yourself an RCD. Its one thing blowing the fuses, but quite another frying yourself due to some venue having slightly dodgy electrics. Every musician should have one.

As regards the mic, set it for uni-directional to avoid picking up extraneous noise (the dancers). The mic is not the issue when it comes to adequate volume - the question is what kind of amplification (and preamp) would you be using. However, you will find that
if you need a lot of volume, there will be some point at which your mic starts to feedback. Best to experiment and see how you get on.
Good luck.

Jon

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 14 2004 8:21:40

Miguel de Maria

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From: Phoenix, AZ

RE: bimbo question re. mic (in reply to El Craic)

What's an RCD? I guess I need one too!

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 14 2004 15:26:00

Jon Boyes

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RE: bimbo question re. mic (in reply to Miguel de Maria)

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ORIGINAL: Miguel de Maria
What's an RCD? I guess I need one too!

residual current device. Stops you getting electrocuted from power surges etc.
Somebody else wil be able to give you a better technical explanation, but its a cheap way to save your life. Essential really, if you do a lot of gigging, especially in older buildings.

I plug mine into the wall socket wherever I gig, then plug my four way socket into that.

Jon

PS Mike, you have got public liability insurance too, haven't you?

Thats in case you electrocute anybody else!

..or if anyone trips over your cables or whatever and decides to sue.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 14 2004 15:37:54

Colzo

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RE: bimbo question re. mic (in reply to El Craic)

I use a shadow pick up which you stick to the soundboard with a blutack-like substance which doesn´t harm the guitar (it comes with the pick up). you can experiment as to where abouts you want the pick up. I favour it halfway on the bridge and half way on the sound board. It seems to give a more balanced sound between treble and bass frequencies here.
If the sound is a bit thin through the amp then a little, little bit of reverb can help.

I prefer the pick up method because a micro-phone on a stand is prone to feedback.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 19 2004 17:39:18