As a sound tech, next practice at our church, I'm going to serve ice cream cones to every worship team member, except one person in particular. That should correct the improper mic technique of our pastor. Thanks for the word picture.
Thanks James for this mic handling video. This is definitely an issue with a small portion of our worship team and elders at our church. I plan to share this with them respectfully.
Man. Great detail on everything. Love the “Pirate” technique! Also that’s the best proximity effect description I’ve heard, and why mics are designed that way. Keep em’ coming!
You are so much appreciated brother! Your videos are always on point and entertaining to watch. I can’t tell you how much your mentoring on RU-vid has improved my novice sound tech abilities! Thank you thank you thank you!!!! PS I shared this video with my worship team I think it’s going to help me avoid those “sound tech solos” 😂
Great video, I’m going to forward it to a “very particular” speaker that I know and MAYBE he will understand what I have been trying to explain for weeks…
Great video so many singers and speaker don't understand how to use a mic,I have that problem with the band I'm in they keep the mic about 6in from there mouth.
Hi sir.. thanks for the another great video... could u pls make a video for how to setting up multiple wireless mics (Groups & Channels) without any interference!! Thank u.. 😊
It’s interesting the weird quirks that people have with microphones. I think that most of it is because people don’t like the way their voices sound, or they just aren’t used to hearing their voices amplified. So they do everything to hold the mic away from their mouths as much as possible. The other people are rappers, or they are trying to emulate what they see rappers do.
Ok, this shure beta 87a is a super cardio mic. How should I hold correctly to get the super cardio figure, especially the third little circle? The front (logo) towards me or the back towards me?
no, you'll need a mic preamp, unless the speaker has a mic input. But even then, your level control will be limited, and you won't have much tone control (if any)
We had a real low feedback beginning on the speakers mic. The sound tech turned down the gain, but I thought EQ on the low end 100hz would help? Depends on the mic and how close to the mains he was as well. Any hints (have the speaker block the mains with his body?)( Get a speaker with a higher voice?) Wish I'd been at the board!
EQing out the offending frequency would be helpful, but there are more tips here too ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-X0sf2ZuQKGM.html Sounds like your speaker is in front of the PA. Low frequencies will bend around a person's body, so that wouldn't help the low frequency feedback much. Plus, the mic should be near their mouth, so only their head, which is smaller, would be in the way.
Not sure I completely agree with your advice on mic placement (ie using proximately effect). Due to the inverse square law, if a singer is eating the mic and moves it 2 inches away, there is a big loss in gain. Whereas, if the mic is already 2 inches away, and moves a further 2 inches out, there is much less gain change. Using the proximately effect is a bit of a crutch. It is not a starting point to teach your amateur singers. Have a look at this guy use his mic. One of the best in the world. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dv54giOSRKs.html
Do you have any tips for getting sings to project better? I have a couple of ladies who sing too softly and not close enough into the microphone. It is to the point I'm facing feedback issues.
Great question Angell! There are a few things that could be going on. First, have your worship leader do a singer practice with no mics around a piano or acoustic guitar. Make sure they can blend and project acoustically. Then, they might have themselves turned up too loud in their monitors. This is a trap that keeps them singing quietly. The tricky part is that they might have confidence issues, which has to be “pastored” gently and over time, so your worship leader can help with that too. Do they mix their own in-ear monitors, or are they on wedges? The other coaching I give to singers is to sing THROUGH the mic like they’re singing to the front row. Sometimes that mindset shift helps it “click” for them.
@@AttawayAudioI think the acoustic practice and singing through the mic will help it click, thank you! they are currently using wedges. part of the problem is that because they sing so quietly i often cannot get enough of them in the wedges for them to hear themselves over a full band
I hate singing so close to the mic, all the audience see is the mic. My kind of singing is to get the story of the song across and to act the song. When you see Frank Sinatra or Liza Minnelli, great emotive singers, they hold the mic away so you can see their faces. How come they can do this, when other singers swallow the mic?
It's all about context. The stages those singers are on may not have been quite as loud, and they're not being compressed the same way we would for modern pop styles and PA levels.
