Thank you so much, the composition of the orchestra is 1 set of drums, 1 guitar, 1 bass, 2 cellos, 2 violas, 4 violin, a piano, an organ, 4 reeds, a trombone, a french horn, and 2 trumpets, plus a percussion section. I plan on using Shure SM87s, Neumann KM 184s and Sennheiser e904s. I hope to mic each instrument, and in our pit there is a patch box that will feed to the board. So do I need an XLR cable for each mic that I will use, just in varying lengths? I appreciate the help! :-D
I've seen drums handled with 1 or 2 mics but I've also seen them use more than a dozen mics, do you know what is needed or appropriate here? Are the guitar and bass direct inputs (e.g. direct outputs on their amps, an amp/speaker emulator, etc.) or mic'ed cabinets? Does the organ have audio outputs or will it have to be mic'ed? Is the piano acoustic or electric? What comprises the percussion section? Does everything have to be reinforced? How many system inputs do you actually have in the pit? How many mixer channels are available for the orchestra? I don't expect answers to all of these questions but they are just some of the factors that could affect how you approach the situation and that is without even getting into actual microphone selection, personal preferences or actually mixing everything. It is a rather complex issue to try to address via a forum and you'd probably really benefit if you could find someone there with relevant experience to help guide you.Thank you so much, the composition of the orchestra is 1 set of drums, 1 guitar, 1 bass, 2 cellos, 2 violas, 4 violin, a piano, an organ, 4 reeds, a trombone, a french horn, and 2 trumpets, plus a percussion section. I plan on using Shure SM87s, Neumann KM 184s and Sennheiser e904s. I hope to mic each instrument, and in our pit there is a patch box that will feed to the board. So do I need an XLR cable for each mic that I will use, just in varying lengths? I appreciate the help! :-D
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