Much to my chagrin I find myself involved in...da...da...da...worship sound.
Choir has two correctly hung/spaced/angled Audio Technica U853A mics on...brace yourself...250 ft mic cables.
I can't fix the cable runs- they are a Done Deal. So instead I have to put a band-aid on a brain injury.
Add to the problem that the Volunteer Sound Engineer is also lacking 2k in his hearing range (not me)
Usual practice is to push choir mics to max with Volunteer Sound Guy boosting 2k because he can't hear it.
It's a fine line between hearing the choir or...artifacts...usual result is either a nice ring on top of the choir or screaming feedback, depending on size/volume of choir and key of the song- room resonates in "D" and "B"...
I did a quick and dirty fix by using the channel EQ on each choir mic but it is ugly and too extreme (and is freaking out the Volunteer Sound Guy who can't stand the sight of Extreme Knob Settings)- I need to strap some form of signal boost/EQ shaping/feedback control to the inserts on the choir mics so that I don't have to mess with the FOH mix just for one choir special. (Short of breaking his arms I can't do anything about the 2K being boosted.) NOTE: Choir mics do not fold back through platform monitors, only present in FOH (ctr cluster)
I'm hoping that somebody here has experience with choir mics and elegant remedies (other than taking Volunteer Sound Guy deep into the Nevada desert and ditching him) for volume problems and feedback. Something that will allow the Volunteer Sound Guy to position his precious knobs where he feels at peace with the visual configuration and can be compensated/corrected out of his line of sight...
Choir has two correctly hung/spaced/angled Audio Technica U853A mics on...brace yourself...250 ft mic cables.
I can't fix the cable runs- they are a Done Deal. So instead I have to put a band-aid on a brain injury.
Add to the problem that the Volunteer Sound Engineer is also lacking 2k in his hearing range (not me)
Usual practice is to push choir mics to max with Volunteer Sound Guy boosting 2k because he can't hear it.
It's a fine line between hearing the choir or...artifacts...usual result is either a nice ring on top of the choir or screaming feedback, depending on size/volume of choir and key of the song- room resonates in "D" and "B"...
I did a quick and dirty fix by using the channel EQ on each choir mic but it is ugly and too extreme (and is freaking out the Volunteer Sound Guy who can't stand the sight of Extreme Knob Settings)- I need to strap some form of signal boost/EQ shaping/feedback control to the inserts on the choir mics so that I don't have to mess with the FOH mix just for one choir special. (Short of breaking his arms I can't do anything about the 2K being boosted.) NOTE: Choir mics do not fold back through platform monitors, only present in FOH (ctr cluster)
I'm hoping that somebody here has experience with choir mics and elegant remedies (other than taking Volunteer Sound Guy deep into the Nevada desert and ditching him) for volume problems and feedback. Something that will allow the Volunteer Sound Guy to position his precious knobs where he feels at peace with the visual configuration and can be compensated/corrected out of his line of sight...