MilesDenison
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Hi all -
sound engineer for a musical in which there are many occasions where two actors (of the 20+) will sing very close to each other, or facing one another (love song, argument, etc.) Each actor is mic'd with a headset, all but one with omni capsules - since it's a high school production, people are not always so careful to not lose my cardioid capsules.
When the actors are close to each other, the mics actually cancel each other out (I'm assuming they phase between the two of them?), and I loose both actors until one backs away or I lower the level. Aside from riding the faders (which I've been doing thus far, and it leaves room for a fair amount of error seeing as I'm not always so quick on the draw) what's the best way to combat this?
anyone else run into this sort of thing?
Thanks!
sound engineer for a musical in which there are many occasions where two actors (of the 20+) will sing very close to each other, or facing one another (love song, argument, etc.) Each actor is mic'd with a headset, all but one with omni capsules - since it's a high school production, people are not always so careful to not lose my cardioid capsules.
When the actors are close to each other, the mics actually cancel each other out (I'm assuming they phase between the two of them?), and I loose both actors until one backs away or I lower the level. Aside from riding the faders (which I've been doing thus far, and it leaves room for a fair amount of error seeing as I'm not always so quick on the draw) what's the best way to combat this?
anyone else run into this sort of thing?
Thanks!