RE: [Harp-L] What's so bad about micing to a PA?

[d peer <dpeer2000@xxxxxxx>]

have you tried a Harp Commander? It can feed into a P.A., amp, home stereo, etc and still get good tone. Also, the input is designed to take any kind of mic. Crystal, dynamic, etc.! I got mine from a guy on the list, but you can find them at Coast-to-coast music (www.coast2coastmusic.com).

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> From: samblancato@xxxxxxxxxxx
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 09:33:59 -0500
> Subject: [Harp-L] What's so bad about micing to a PA?
> 
> Hi Folks, 
>  
> When playing out on a gig I've gathered over years of reading this list that
> while some players may mic their rig through their PA, it's somehow
> preferable to have a nice loud, and usually big, honking rig to play
> through, skipping the PA reinforcement altogether for your harp.
>  
> So my Holland West Side Andy, coupled with my Kinder AFB+ is definitely loud
> enough to hold its own I have a hankering for something else.  My little
> practice amp is a Kalamazoo and I've grown to really love the sound of this
> little guy.  How is micing this amp (maybe setting it back out of the way so
> as not to have its original sound production mingle with the cacophony on
> the floor) not as good as a big loud amp.  I'm not an expert on live stage
> sound but it seems to me if you have something small that gives you a sound
> you really like and you can bring it up to size (and get it through you
> monitor to boot) with your PA what's not to like?  And I have to add that
> the Kalamazoo is as light, or lighter, than my little bedroom space heater. 
>  
> We have a Mackie board with Powered mains and monitors.  It's a nice system.
> Am I going to loose something that playing my big amp gives me?  This isn't
> a jam, I front  the band and can always tell the other guys to turn it down,
> which they are more than willing to do as we don't like to play super loud
> (we want patrons to be able to talk and hear themselves think).  So what do
> I stand to loose in micing a small amp that I like and leaving the big heavy
> guy at home? And is a 57 or 58 the best choice for this job?  I have a Sure
> 48 that's supposedly less pressure sensitive (supposed to be for drums) -
> would this work better?  Calling all experienced live performers with live
> sound set-up experience - what's you take on this?
>  
>  
> Sam Blancato, Pittsburgh
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