Re: [Harp-L] Performance setup - hearing and feedback

[Denny Noreikas <harpmessin@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I recently experienced the same thing. A friend suggest turning the  
treble off and
the bass all the way up. Set the level on the amp for your ears then  
leave it up to
the sound man to adjust the level of the PA providing your amp is  
mic'd for use
through the PA.

Prior to that friend were telling me they couldn't hear me and I  
adjusted the volume
up on my amp creating feedback even with a Kinder AFB+. It is up to  
the sound man
to make sure the audience hears you.

Denny


On Apr 27, 2011, at 8:29 PM, Sean Murphy wrote:

> I've been taking lessons for about a year and a half now, and have  
> been
> asked by a friend to sit in with his band a couple of times for  
> gigs. I've
> encountered some issues I'd love to get everyone's thoughts on!
>
> The first time I played, I ran my bullet mic right into the PA,  
> which had
> some monitors at the front of the "stage". I could hear myself okay  
> when I
> was really cutting loose on solo-like bits, but when I was trying to  
> just
> provide backup I found that I couldn't hear myself hardly at all! I  
> hadn't
> practiced with the band and consider myself to be still at a  
> beginner level,
> so I didn't want to stink up my friend's band's music so I did a lot  
> of just
> standing around, but I would love to have been able to provide some  
> backing
> accompaniment.
>
> The same friend asked me to sit in with them again recently, and  
> this time I
> brought an amp (my fender guitar amp - not ideal, but it's  
> something); I
> figured I could set that up behind me and mic it, and have it  
> function as
> more of a monitor so that perhaps I could hear myself better. It  
> worked to
> some extent but I then found that I was getting huge amounts of  
> feedback out
> of the amp! I ended up having to turn the mic down so far that I found
> myself back in the same situation - once the band started really  
> thumping
> along I really couldn't hear myself except when I was really cutting  
> loose!
>
> So I wanted to poll the list - I'd love to hear suggestions,  
> observations,
> etc. on how to set up right, mic'ing an amp, etc. - any random  
> thoughts or
> pointers are appreciated!
>
> Thanks!
> Sean