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Author: Carol Dutcher
Date: 2009-10-03 01:09
I play in a quartet, and right now I am using a Shure microphone on the usual generic microphone stand. My problem is that I would like to talk between numbers that we play to give history of songs and such, and removing my microphone from the mike stand is quite a struggle, so I borrow the vocalist's mike, which she passes over to me, across the face of the banjo/guitar player, or I stand up and do the boarding house reach to get her microphone. What I would like to have is a microphone that is easily usable as both a "talk" microphone, and an instrumental microphone that I don't have to struggle with. I don't know if there is such an animal. As noted, I sit down while I am playing. All our mikes are plugged into one amplifier which sits in the back of the quartet.
Thanks for any suggestions.
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Author: timg
Date: 2009-10-03 11:31
How about a second microphone? A switched microphone could be left lying somewhere handy, without causing unwanted noise during the songs. If there's no spare mic channel on your amplifier, you could either use a small mixer, or a microphone preamp connected to a line input.
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Author: JJAlbrecht
Date: 2009-10-03 20:33
For just speaking, an inexpensive wireless microphone and receiver combination might also work well for you. Keep it turned off until you ahve something to say to the audience.
Jeff
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Author: Carol Dutcher
Date: 2009-10-04 02:45
Ken, I looked at the PZM Crown sound grabber but don't understand quite how it would work. I will have to call and get more info.
Thanks, Carol
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Author: John J. Moses
Date: 2009-10-04 20:18
Try buying or borrowing a new ZOOM 4 with two built-in "kissing" mics. Records great, no big set-up problem, then direct to CD on your computer.
JJM
Légère Artist
Clark W. Fobes Artist
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Author: T.Wees
Date: 2009-10-08 09:42
Carol --
Why is it difficult to remove the microphone from the stand? Is it the way it's connected or something to do with the cable?
Our vocalists' mics are on a sort of spring-loaded x-shaped clip that screws on to the top of a generic-type stand. Squeezing the bottom of the clip releases the microphone. To put it back, squeeze the clip again and replace the mic.
If that seems like a possible answer, I can get the name of the clip.
Todd
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Author: Noel
Date: 2009-10-08 15:54
You might want to look for a microphone stand adaptor that can let you mount 2 microphones on the same stand - one at instrument height and the other at your vocal height. I think there are a variety of solutions to do this, but your stand might already have the capability and just needs another clip - one on the boom and one on the upright.
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Author: Carol Dutcher
Date: 2009-10-08 19:14
Thanks for all the suggestions. It is difficult to remove the microphone from the holder it is in. I have been away from the board for a few days now and sorry about that absence.
Carol
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Author: reedwizard
Date: 2009-10-08 21:30
You could get a new holder for the microphone that makes it easier to remove. I am guessing it is a mount that the microphone sort of slides into, a solid plastic mount. There are many different types of mounts for microphones, I would find one that releases it easily. A shock mount would release the microphone much more easily but is more expensive.
Personally I would avoid PZM microphones there are much better choices for recording, if that is what you are using the microphone for. PZMs work by using the surface they are attached to as part of the pick up field. so you get all kinds of extraneous noise and quite frankly a good dynamic microphone puts them to shame, and they are no match for a quality condenser microphone.
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