Re: [Harp-L] Audix Fireball V

[Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ALAN FUNK wrote:
<So can anybody give me more info on the Audix Fireball V
<Questions I have:
<1) Can I use the cable that came with my JT-30 (3pin to 1/4)

Answer: no.  The JT-30 is a hi-z mic, and your cable is hi-z too.  You 
need a Lo-Z XLR cable, plus an inline lo-z XLR to 1/4" male hi-Z 
transformer (about $17 at either Radio Shack or Guitar Center, take your 
pick), to use the Fireball V with your amp.

<2) recommended impendence adaptor - is it needed

See above, answer is yes.

<3) how well is this mic when used as back up vocals (between harp licks)

It works fine as a vocal mic.  It doesn't have the pronounced proximity 
effect that many dynamic vocal mics (like the Shure SM58) have.  (The 
proximity effect increases the mic's bass response as the sound source, 
like your voice, gets closer to the mic.) If you're okay with your voice 
sounding the same 1 inch from the mic as it does 6 inches from the mic, 
the Fireball will work fine.

However, since you're running the mic through your guitar amp, every 
word you sing into the mic is going to have the same amped sound as the 
harp.  That's not necessarily what you want.

One solution is to spend about $35 to get an A/B/Y pedal, which lets you 
feed one mic signal in and then use a footswitch to route the mic signal 
to one or both of two different outputs--for example, one output to your 
amp, and another to the PA.  That way you can get a different sound for 
your vocals and your harp with the same mic.

Or you could get another mic and stand to use for vocals.  That'll run 
you about $100, give or take.

Or you could just learn to love singing through your guitar amp.

Regards, Richard Hunter
hunterharp.com
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