[Bumping a 3 year old thread]
I'm working on a dance recital now. The teacher has asked us to mic the tap numbers for the camera. We have some PCC-170's,
SM58's, and SM81's. I'm debating about how to do it (especially considering we only have two channels left on the board. If they had waited a month, this wouldn't be a problem. We would have a shiny new M7 (I hope), and we could giver her all the mics she wants)
I put out one of the PCC-170's during rehearsal yesterday, and it sounds really good... when they're close to the mic. When they get about to the center of the
stage it starts to
fade out. They're also picking up a lot from the
stage monitors. I'm gonna reposition the monitors tomorrow and see if that helps. We have no compressors or gates or anything to process the signal (not even a graphic EQ).
I'm gonna spread out two of the 170's across the
edge of the
stage, which will help even out the pickup, but I still don't know what to do when the dancers head upstage. We may end up renting a
console for this (sad, I know). If we do, I'll try hanging some 81's from a
batten overhead (no one mentioned that. Think it will work?). We also, apparently, have some two
PZM's (of unknown model), but they have some unknown problem. I'll probably
play around with them too. Would they
pick up further on
stage than the 170's?
rant:
Another problem we're having is that we've completely run out of outputs on the
console, and the teacher wants a feed to the camera. It looks like we're going to have to run it out of the "2
track out" (
RCA connectors), but that's
PFL so we have exactly zero control over what it sounds like. (there's not even a volume control on it)
We're even using the
monitor outs. Those are also
PFL so again, the only control we have is through the
gain knob. This also means that we have to turn the
gain down on the tap mics instead of just muting them. (it's a cheap SoundCrap board)